OOH!Originally Posted by Jembru
I forgot about that thread!!
*runs away to scavenge for new posts*
OOH!
I forgot about that thread!!
*runs away to scavenge for new posts*
“You have never answered but you did not need to. If I stand at the ocean I can hear you with your thousand voices. Sometimes you shout, hilarious laughter that taunts all questions. Other nights you are silent as death, a mirror in which the stars show themselves. Then I think you want to tell me something, but you never do. Of course I know I have written letters to no-one. But what if I find a trident tomorrow?" ~~Letters to Poseidon, Cees Nooteboom
“We still carry this primal relationship to the Earth within our consciousness, even if we have long forgotten it. It is a primal recognition of the wonder, beauty, and divine nature of the Earth. It is a felt reverence for all that exists. Once we bring this foundational quality into our consciousness, we will be able to respond to our present man-made crisis from a place of balance, in which our actions will be grounded in an attitude of respect for all of life. This is the nature of real sustainability.”
~~Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
"We are the offspring of history, and must establish our own paths in this most diverse and interesting of conceivable universes--one indifferent to our suffering, and therefore offering us maximal freedom to thrive, or to fail, in our own chosen way."
~~Stephen Jay Gould, Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
"Humans are not rational creatures. Now, logic and rationality are very helpful tools, but there’s also a place for embracing our subjectivity and thinking symbolically. Sometimes what our so-called higher thinking can’t or won’t see, our older, more primitive intuition will." John Beckett
Pagan Devotionals, because the wind and the rain is our Bible
Posted it and I even added the details of the ritual! It was still too long when I split it into 2, so it ended up being 3 posts.
The mother's milk is in part 2 if you don't want to read the whole thing. I elaborate on the wok a bit in part 3 too.
夕方に急なにわか雨は｢夕立」と呼ばれるなら、なぜ朝ににわか雨は｢朝立ち」と呼ばれないの？ ＾＾If a sudden rain shower in the evening is referred to as an 'evening stand', then why isn't a shower in the morning called 'morning stand'?
Been pondering this one for a bit and it occurred to me I use tools at times but more in the sense of vessels to carry more than as tools themselves. It's like I use candles but as a vessel for fire more than as a candle when I can't have an actual fire (or smoke) itself or coals for scrying. As such it is for the actual flame not as a representation of fire, so I might also use something else that produces a flame besides a candle. I use a bowl or chalice when I can't have open water present though most times it seems my rituals / ceremonies tend to occur when there is a misty rain or a light fog. Very seldom will I use crystals or salt to represent earth as my rituals / ceremonies are always outside and within the earth itself or upon a large rock. So seldom is there ever a symbolic representation of the elements of earth, water, fire for me via the athame, chalice, candle, etc in my practice.
For me I do not consider offerings to be ritual tools so I do not consider them as such when I ponder ritual tools. About the only thing I use with any regularity that I consider a ritual tool is my sword and staff.
I'm Only Responsible For What I Say Not For What Or How You Understand!
The various ritual objects, the music that the instruments make, and all of the other aspects of the rituals, all work in conjunction with eachother, to draw in a deity called the cosmic spirit of virtue, or a particular facet thereof, into the ritual environment, and into the souls of the participants.
That serves two purposes: the primary purpose and the secondary purpose.
The primary purpose is to feel the cosmic spirit of virtue, or a particular facet thereof, touching and flowing through one's soul. There are a variety of rituals because the cosmic spirit of virtue has a variety of facets, though all of such facets share the same fundamental characteristics. The secondary purpose is that by doing so, one's soul becomes infused with more cosmic spirit power, which leads oneself toward becoming able to perform more powerful forms of magic.
Last edited by MaskedOne; 22 Feb 2017 at 20:24. Reason: removing a topic
In light of the fact that this topic can be interesting, it is being restored.
Note that it is a page and a half shorter, reference the missing argument and I infract you.
Note that whether you call a ritual item as object/tool/instrument/implement/holy-relic/slice-of-universal-pizza/etc is a semantic question that apparently breeds idiocy. Waste space on it and I infract you.
Note that excessive and pointless sniping got this thread killed once. Attempt to repeat history and I infract you.
Note that this is your only warning. Fail to heed it in even the slightest manner and I infract you.
Note that this thread was closed once so it did not reach the point of me writing infractions. I have doubts that restoring it is good for its participants. Prove my doubts correct and (say it with me now) I infract you.
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"It is not simply enough to know the light…a Jedi must feel the tension between the two sides of the Force…in himself and in the universe."
―Thon
"When to the Force you truly give yourself, all you do expresses the truth of who you are,"
Yoda
Yoda told stories, and ate, and cried, and laughed: and the Padawans saw that life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
"But those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun." Suddenly his voice sounded to Will very strong, and very Welsh. "At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else..."
John Rowlands, The Grey King by Susan Cooper
"You come from the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve", said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth; be content."
Aslan, Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
For myself a tool is anything that I find to have a certain spiritual connection to myself. It might be a shiny stone,a feather,a piece of Chrystal,a ring that I have had for a very long time. I think we infuse a part of our own spirit in some things. There is a ring that I would not part with,and will take it to my grave with me. Nothing expensive,just a silver Pent ring,it seems I have had forever. I did NOT buy it myself,but it was a gift from a departed friend.
MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED
all i ever wanted was a normal life and love.
NO TERF EVER WE belong Too.
don't stop the tears.let them flood your soul.
my new page here,let me know what you think.
nothing but the shadow of what was
witchvox
http://www.witchvox.com/vu/vxposts.html
I use my brain as a ritual tool.
Other stuff is just an aid to using my brain in particular ways.
Every moment of a life is a horrible tragedy, a slapstick comedy, dark nihilism, golden illumination, or nothing at all; depending on how we write the story we tell ourselves.
My main tools are candles and incense, because they're so simple but they're an effective meditation tool. My biggest problem now is that both are banned in the dorms, so I'm saving for a lava lamp.
A lava lamp as a meditation tool sounds pretty cool. I haven't come across that idea before.
"It is not simply enough to know the light…a Jedi must feel the tension between the two sides of the Force…in himself and in the universe."
―Thon
"When to the Force you truly give yourself, all you do expresses the truth of who you are,"
Yoda
Yoda told stories, and ate, and cried, and laughed: and the Padawans saw that life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
"But those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun." Suddenly his voice sounded to Will very strong, and very Welsh. "At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else..."
John Rowlands, The Grey King by Susan Cooper
"You come from the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve", said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth; be content."
Aslan, Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
College has taught me to McGuiver just about anything into a tool I can use. Next week I'll show you all how to call the elements using only coffee grounds, bubblegum and a paperclip!
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