Solitary Ostara Ritual

Preparations


For decorations use dyed eggs and pink and green streamers. Include a soil-filled cauldron, sword (or athame) a small shovel (trowel), a small pot a few of your favorite seeds and all your altar tools.


Ritual


Cast the circle.

After casting the circle, say:


“Here I am on this day, Ostara, Lady day, Rite of Eoster, The Vernal Equinox
and the first day of the planting season. I am here to understand life,
death, and rebirth, and to give reverence to those who have endured each.”

Bow your head to think about how Ostara fits into the three groups above and


how it fits into the wheel of the year. Say:


“I stand at the gate between the living and the dead on this night where
both light and dark are equal. I am here to witness the union of the Goddess
Mother Earth, the Waning Lady of the Moon, Of My God, Green Man, the Waxing
Lord of the Sun. Conception…a necessary transition on the wheel of the
year.”


Unite the blade of the Athame with the depth of the cauldron. Symbolizing
the Great Rite. Leave the Athame Standing. Hold the God candle and let the
flame become on with the Goddess candle’s flame. Replace these on the altar


and set them closer than they were before. Say:


“Elder Gods wish to bestow upon us the gift of knowledge. Thus they shall
speak.”


Use the small shovel to transfer soil from the cauldron to the small pot. As
you are planting the seeds, you should be thinking about your goals as
though they were the seeds. You can now conclude the ritual. Say:


“May these newly planted seeds material spiritual, and symbolic bring me
plentiful fruits and bounties.”


Close the circle and serve eggs and apple juice in your simple feast. Leave the cauldron and athame at the altar until Beltane to remind you of the seeds sewn on this day.










http://secretsofawitch.wordpress.com/2006/03/19/solitary-ostara-ritual/

Ostara Law

Ostara

Spring or The Vernal Equinox

Also known as: Lady Day or Alban Eiler (Druidic)

March 21

As Spring reaches its midpoint, night and day stand in perfect balance, with light on the increase. The young Sun God now celebrates a hierogamy (sacred marriage) with the young Maiden Goddess, who conceives. In nine months, she will again become the Great Mother. It is a time of great fertility, new growth, and newborn animals.

The next full moon (a time of increased births) is called the Ostara and is sacred to Eostre the Saxon Lunar Goddess of fertility (from whence we get the word estrogen, whose two symbols were the egg and the rabbit.

The Christian religion adopted these emblems for Easter which is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox. The theme of the conception of the Goddess was adapted as the Feast of the Annunciation, occurring on the alternative fixed calendar date of March 25 Old Lady Day, the earlier date of the equinox. Lady Day may also refer to other goddesses (such as Venus and Aphrodite), many of whom have festivals celebrated at this time.

Traditional Foods:


Leafy green vegetables, Dairy foods, Nuts such as Pumpkin, Sunflower and Pine. Flower Dishes and Sprouts.

Herbs and Flowers:


Daffodil, Jonquils, Woodruff, Violet, Gorse, Olive, Peony, Iris, Narcissus and all spring flowers.

Incense:


Jasmine, Rose, Strawberry, Floral of any type.

Sacred Gemstone:


Jasper


Special Activities:


Planting seeds or starting a Magickal Herb Garden. Taking a long walk in nature with no intent other than reflecting on the Magick of nature and our Great Mother and her bounty.

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Pagan Hare's Spiritual Affirmations

Here are some affirmations I have written myself. There are a number of ways you could use them. You could select an  appropriate affirmation as part of a ritual that could be used as a chant. You could choose one for mediation purposes. Maybe you could write each out onto a post it note and post them around your home. When you find one, read it, speak it aloud and allow it meaning to soak through you mind, body and spirit.

Affirmations:

I will remember the beauty of this world and respect all life.

I am loved by many, including myself.

In order for me to respect others I must respect myself first and formost.

I will remember to, respect and love my inner child today.

I will remember that positive thinking can work wonders.

I will touch someone with my love today.

I will remember and respect my true inner self.

I will love myself and others, love the Earth and love life.

I will learn from yesterday, live for today and look forward to tomorrow.

I will learn to share my worries and ease my mind.

I will remember the god/ess within me, s/he is my strength and my love.

I will share my smile today and make both myself and others happy.

Look up to the sky and let your mind, body and soul fly and be free.

My freedom is external, but it also comes from within.

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 I hope you find these few affirmations helpful.  Maybe they will inspire you to write your own.

Bennachd

Pagan ♡

The 13 Moon Affirmations

The 13 Moon Affirmations


I found these lovely affirmations at a great site called HubPages. These can be performed individually, during each of the full moons, or with a appropriate tree moon. Other ways you could use these affirmations is as part of a ritual for the full moon or as a full moon rite. Or as part of a meditation, what ever feels right to you.

Affirmations Of The 13 Moons


1. I honour the energy of BIRCH, for a new beginning. I am able to change myself as I so will it. Blessed Be!


2. I honour the energy of ROWAN for protection against darksome enchantment. I will not hobble myself with the chains of past failures. Blessed Be!


3. I honour the energy of ALDER, for the protection of my inner oracle. I will listen to The Voice of The Great Goddess within. Blessed Be!


4. I honour the energy of WILLOW, for the lunar rhythms within me as a woman. I will recognize and heed my own body's cycles. Blessed Be! (Man's version: "I honour the energy of WILLOW, for the rhythms of passion that dwell within me as a man. I will recognize and heed my own body's needs. Blessed Be!)


5. I honour the energy of ASH, the wytches wand. I will remember the axiom: "As Above, So Below" - and that I too, play a part in the larger scheme of things. I will link my inner and outer worlds. Blessed Be!


6. I honour the energy of HAWTHORN for cleansing and restraint. I will choose what I place within my body-temple, and empty myself and my life of all that violates my personal well-being. Blessed Be!


7. I honour the energy of OAK, the Doorway to The Mysteries. I will call upon the strength of The Horned One when I feel in need of protection. Blessed Be!


8. I honour the energy of HOLLY, spear of the warrior. I will not remain passive and victimized, but will choose to fight for my own freedom. Blessed Be!


9. I honour the energy of HAZEL, the tree of wisdom. I will heed my own inner intuitions, and will be wise and informed in my choices. Blessed Be!


10. I honour the energy of VINE, the tree of conviviality and celebration. I will love myself and will celebrate life, not seeing the choices I make as deprivations, but gifts. Blessed Be!


11. I honour the energy of IVY, the spiral to centre. I will do all that I do because of my own inner desires. I will listen to myself, and will remain balanced and centred while I do this work. Blessed Be!


12. I honour the energy of REED, the tool of the hunt. I will take direct action when necessary to protect myself, including the "killing" of old patterns, friendships and associations which harm me. Blessed Be!


13. I honour the energy of ELDER which sees the end from the beginning. Throughout many lifetimes I have been here. I have the knowledge that I have changed myself again and again. I will start from where I am now, and continue to persist in my Path. I will succeed. Blessed Be!

Cross Placed at Air Force Pagan Circle Prompts Probe

Cross Placed at Air Force Pagan Circle Prompts Probe

Friday, February 05, 2010

By Joshua Rhett Miller

A large wooden cross was placed at an Air Force Academy worship area for pagans and other Earth-centered religions, prompting an investigation by academy officials, though some caution that it's hardly "destructive behavior."



Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, said an Air Force Academy staffer spotted the cross — erected with railroad ties — lying against a rock at a worship area for pagan groups at the academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Jan. 17.

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Chants and Prayers

We all need a little help here and there, something spiritual either for healing and just gto get back on track and upon our chosen paths. So here are a few chants and prayers to enjoy.

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PAGAN CHANTS


Air I Am
Air I am: Fire I am: Water, Earth and Spirit I am

By Andras Corban Arthen


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The Earth, the Water, the Fire, the Air
Returns, returns, returns.
The Earth, the Water, the Fire, the Air
Returns, returns, returns.

Ah yay, Ah yay, Ah yay, Ah yay,
Ah yo, Ah yo, Ah yo, Ah yo,
Ah yay, Ah yay, Ah yay, Ah yay,
Ah yo, Ah yo, Ah yo, Ah yo

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Healing Chant ~
(author unknown)

Around the Circle, Throughout and about,
Healing within, healing without.
All health come in, all illness flee,
And by our will, So Mote It Be!

http://www.starkindler.org/arion/chants.htm

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PAGAN PRAYERS AND BLESSINGS

Brigid's Healing Well Spell

(By: Elizabeth Paul)

Waters of the Sacred Well,

Make our bodies whole and hale.

Pour Brigid's blessings out to me,

By Her waters healed I'll be!

Brigid's Blessing for a home

May Brigid bless the house where you dwell,
every fireside door and every wall;
every heart that beats beneath its roof,
every hand that toils to bring it joy,
every foot that walks its portals through.

may Brigid bless the house that shelters you.

Hoof & Horn

Hoof and Horn, Hoof and Horn,
All that dies shall be re-born
Vine and Grain, Vine and Grain

We all come from the Goddess
And to her we shall return
Like a drop of water
Flowing to the ocean

We all come from the Godess
And to her we shall return
Like a drop of water
Flowing to the endless sea ( Thanks sorcelle )

March of the pagans, from the Bible belt to Hollywood

March of the pagans, from the Bible belt to Hollywood

Alexander Cockburn: The Bible's had a rough time of it in America these past 40 years...

By Alexander CockburnLAST UPDATED 12:36 PM, FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Thirty years ago, driving across the hill country in the South, every 50 miles I'd pick up a new Pentecostal radio station with the preacher screaming in tongues in a torrent of ecstatic drivel – "Miki taki meka keena ko-o-ola ka" – the harsh consonants rattling the speakers on my Newport station wagon.

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