Weather
Today
is Sunday, the 20th of July, 2008
It’s
the 202nd day of the year.
The
moon will be void of course at 7:25 pm and enters Pisces at 9:07pm
On
Tuesday, the 22nd, the Sun enters Leo at 6:55 AM. Tuesday also marks
the anniversary of the execution of the Northamptonshire
Witches. There are two separate accounts of this particular incident, and they
differ in detail, but a number of women and a man (apparently four women and
one man) were executed at Abbington Gallows in
On
Wednesday, the 23rd, the moon is void of course at 2:39 and enters
Aries at 4:22 am
Friday,
the moon is void of course at 7:30 am, enters Taurus at 9:14 am and reaches the
4th quarter at 2:41 pm.
This
day marks the death of Pope Innocent VII who issued the Bull Summis Desiderantes on December
5, 1484. This Bull was included as a preface to the Malleus
Malificarum, presumably as a means to bolster support
for that work. There is some disagreement as to how much Summis
Desiderantes had on the witch trials and the
Inquisition, with some Catholics minimizing that importance, and likely, some
Pagans emphasizing it.
Saturday,
July 26 marks the anniversary of the interrogation of witches in
And being demanded whether
she was accustomed to go to church to the common prayer or divine service, she
said yea and being required what she did there she said she did as other women
do, and prayed right heartily there, and when she was demanded what prayer she
said, she answered the Lord's Prayer, the Ave Maria, and the belief, and then
they demanded whether in latin or in english, and she said in latin,
and they demanded why she said it not in english but
in latin, seeing that it was set out by public
authority and according to God's word that all men should pray in the english and mother tongue that they best understand, and
she said that Satan would at no time suffer her to say it in english, but at all times in latin:
for these and many other offenses which she hath committed, done and confessed
she bewailed, repented, and asked mercy of God, and all the world forgiveness,
and thus she yielded up her soul, trusting to be in joy with Christ her savior,
which dearly had bought her with his most precious blood. Amen.
Events:
Ongoing,
weekly:
Prayer
Requests
Every
Sunday
Time:
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location:
Your own home
Notes:
Please answer this request post stating your reason for healing energy and/or
prayers sent your way. Prayer requests can be asked for other than healing and
for other than yourself.
A
white candle will be lit for you on Sunday unless you request another color to
be used. This is a group event so the more people involved the better. Feel
free to join sending out energy. Always keep in mind that requests are always
done for the highest good of all concerned. This may mean the outcome may be
different than we hope for. The spiritual healing work we do is designed to
work in harmony with other treatment modalities, not as a subsitute.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEPagansAndWitches
Repeating
event:
2nd
Saturday of each month
New
Hampshire Seacoast Pagans have their monthly meeting at Karnan
House in
This
is an informal gathering for Pagans. Most of us are from the Portsmouth Seacoast
area, but all are welcome. We provide free coffee and tea, and usually somebody
will bring some food. There’s no agenda – just hanging out, networking and good
conversation.
For
more information about this event, visit:
http://nhspagans.numachi.com
August
2, 2008
Sunpoint Farms in
12:30
- 1:30 pm, Kids Games
2pm,
ritual hosted by
3pm
Potluck dinner - bring foods in the spirit of the season / sabbat
Bread cook-off, with a prize for the best bread.
3:45
- 4:15 pm
Drum
circle; drums, chants, Lughnassadh / Lammas stories
that anyone might wish to share.
websites:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nepagansandwitches
http://www.myspace.com/nepagansandwitches
August
16, 2008 at Myths & Maidens
The
Full Moon will be at its peak on this night with bright, cleansing,
illuminating moonlight surrounding us. A perfect time to open
ourselves to her silvery healing energy.
Everyone
needs healing - whether it is physical, emotional, mental or spiritual. True
healing is holistic ... it involves all aspects of who you are.
During
this ritual, we will be invoking the Triple Goddess and will be asking for help
from the Mother to channel her energy - the energy of the full moon, to pour
through us for true healing.
Uncanoonuc CUUPS invites you to join us - come to this special healing ritual
which will be held at Myths & Maidens at
For
more information, you can contact Myths & Maidens at 603-641-6043
August
15-17, 2008
WHITEOAK
(Ord na
Darach Gile) Lughnasad Druid Conclave East
A
primitive camping event (bring your solar shower, water, tent, potluck food,
cooler, bug stuff, etc.)
In
Musical
instruments, poetic offerings encouraged. There will be a
poetry and a craft competition!
A gathering for members of all Druid Orders and their friends. Formerly known as the
"Druid Summit", it is a place in the forest where Druids from all
paths come together to share and discuss issues of common relevance.
This
year we will feature a bardic competition and a craft
competition as well as a ritual in the forest. It is a primitive camping event
on the weekend of August 15-17, 2008 in the hills of
The
food and drink are potluck, bring your own solar shower (and extra food and
water), dried or fresh herbs and flowers (to offer to trees), silver coins
(dimes and quarters) (to offer to water) and butter or oil (to offer to fire).
Plan
to arrive Friday after 5 PM. Saturday we will do ceremony and Sunday morning we
will have a blueberry pancake feast. We ask that you bring the bounty of the
season to share with everyone (including pancake mix, blueberries, eggs, milk,
bacon, etc. Please bring organic ingredients). Applicants will also be asked
for a small donation to cover the rental of sanitary facilities. *Please note*
this is not a Pagan gathering or a gathering for the general public. It is for
Druids and close friends and family only.
To
sign up please write to membership@whiteoakdruids.org
FOOD:
Each
meal is a "family style", that is, we all eat together at each meal.
Plan to bring enough to feed yourself and several more at each meal (even if
you are vegan, for example, you can bring extra veggies!). Some folks are
volunteering to bring "extras".
September
13, 2008
This
event will be held at
The
event details, such as presenters are incomplete at this time, but I'll ad them
as they become available.
Visit
the web site at: http://snhppd.moonfruit.com/#
Starting
October, 2008
Introduction
to Herbal Healing and Self Care
When:
October to April, 7-9 PM
Where:
Cost:
Call for details
Details:
A six-month intensive. Covers Western herbal Materia Medica, formula making, case taking, Chinese Five Element
Theory, Homeopathic First Aid, Flower Essence Counseling, plant identification,
ethnobotany, and hands on herbal techniques such as
poultices, tinctures, salves, etc.
Over
400 pages of handouts are included with the course. A certificate of completion
is offered at the end.
MA
NURSES CAN GET CEUS BY TAKING THIS COURSE
CALL
FOR DETAILS OR TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE (413) 323-4494
This
week, for our poem, I was thinking about the conversation I had at a
Pentecostal revival I was at in
I
call it “A mother had two daughters”
A mother had two daughters
One was frail, the other
strong.
The first abed each day by
six,
The other played all day
long.
To sons one loving father
had.
The older was adventuresome,
Ruddy, brave and strong,
The younger somewhat
studious,
Gentle,
loving song.
The daughters spoke of
different mothers,
The sons of different dads
Each single parent seen as
two
Through the experiences their
children had
Perspectives give us
different views
One being, many seems
Yet many claim their God’s
the one,
The rest but
foolish dreams.
©
2008, Deirdre Hebert