The Song Of The Holly Fairy

O, I am green in Winter~time,
When other trees are brown;
Of all the trees (So saith the rhyme)
The holly bears the crown.
December days are drawing near.
When I shall come to town,
And carol-boys go singing clear
Of all the trees (O hush and hear!)
The holly bears the crown!
For who so well-beloved and merry
As the scarlet Holly Berry?
Flower Fairies of the Winter,

Cicely Mary Barker

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Prayer To Selene For Any Operation

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This hymn from the Greek Magical Papyri, is addressed to Selene even though it is clearly a hymn to Hekate. The confusion of title probably arose from the syncretisation of the goddesses in the hymn, with Selene being mentioned first.

It is an awesome invocation, and perfect for use on this, The Night of Hecate Trivia (The night of the crossroads.)

The invocation is meant to be accompanied by an offering. In keeping with other contemporary magickal practices, fragrant resins and herbs are used for positive magick. Incenses such as storax, myrrh, sage, frankincense, and (surprisingly) a fruit pit are recommended.

When calling up such a powerful and terrible deity, it's always a good idea to bring protective charms, generous offerings, and a spirit of deep respect and reverence.

HERE'S THE INVOCATION:

O three-faced Selene, come to me beloved mistress

Graciously hear my sacred spells;

Image of Night, Youthful One,

Dawn-born, light-bringer to mortals

Who rides upon fierce-eyed bulls.

O Queen, you who drive your chariot

On equal course with Helios,

You dance with the triple forms of the triple Graces

As you revel with the stars.

You are Justice and the thread of the Fates,

Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos,

O Three-headed One you are

Persephone, Megaira and Allecto

O One of many shapes who arm your hands

With terrible dark-glowing lamps,

Who shakes locks of fearsome serpents at your brow,

Whose mouths send forth the roar of bulls,

Whose womb is thick with reptile scales,

At whose shoulders are rows of venomous serpents,

Bound across your back beneath murderous chains.

O Night-bellower, Lover of solitude,

Bull-faced and Bull-headed One

You have the eyes of bulls and the voice of dogs.

Your forms are hidden in the legs of lions.

Your ankle is wolf-shaped,

and savage dogs are friendly to you,

Wherefore they call you Hekate, Many-named, Mene,

Cleaving the air like arrow-shooting Artemis,

O Goddess of Four faces, Four names, Four ways,

Artemis, Persephone, Deer-shooter, Night-shiner,

Thrice-resounding, Triple voiced, Three-headed, Thrice-named Selene O Trident-bearing One of Three faces,

Three necks, Three Ways,

Who holds undying flaming fire in triple baskets.

You frequent the Three Ways

and are Mistress of the Three Decads.

Be gracious unto me who is invoking you

and hearken favourably.

You encompass the vast world at night,

You make the Daemones shudder

and the Immortals tremble,

O Many-named Goddess who brings glory to men,

Whose children are fair, O Bull-eyed One, Horned One,

Nature, All-mother, who brings forth both Gods and men,

You roam around Olympus and traverse

the wide and fathomless Abyss,

You are the Beginning and End,

and you alone are Mistress of All:

For from you are All things, and in you,

Eternal One, do All things end.

You bear at your brow an everlasting diadem,

The unbreakable and irremovable bonds of great Cronos,

And you hold in your hands a golden sceptre

Which is encircled by a formula

inscribed by Cronos himself

Who gave it to you to bear in

order that all things remain steadfast:

'Overpowerer and Overpowered One

Conqueror of men and Damnodamia,'

You rule Chaos, Araracharara ephthisikere,

Hail Goddess and attend your epithets,

I offer you this incense Child of Zeus

Arrow-shooter, Heavenly One, Goddess of Harbours,

Mountain-roamer, Goddess of Crossroads,

Nocturnal One of the Underworld, Shadowy One of Hades,

Still One who frightens, having a feast among the graves.

You are Night, Darkness and broad Chaos,

For you are Necessity hard to escape

You are Fate, you are Erinys and the Torture,

You are the Murderess and Justice

You hold Cerberus in Chains,

You are steely-blue with serpent-scales,

O serpent-haired and Serpent-girdled One,

Blood-drinker, Death-bringer who breeds corruption,

Feaster on hearts,

Flesh-eater who devours those who died before their time,

Grave-resounder,

Driver to the Wanderings of Madness,

Come to my sacrifices and fulfil this task for me.

~From the Greek Magical Papyri

~And also: Hekate Liminal Rites

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Thank You For This Day

Thank You for this day on Earth
Ancient Mother who gave me birth
Healing Mother who keeps me strong
Crone Mother who brings each new dawn

Thank You for the gift of being
For blessing me with the wonders of seeing
For the sounds and feeling of laughter
and the wisdom learned through pain

Spirit Mother bless me, tomorrow with a day again

by Abby Willowroot

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Elements Hymn

At one with the Universe
My spirit is free
All creation pulses in me

Floating upon the wind
Sparking with the energy of fire
Flowing with the waters
Dancing the rhythms of Earth

Spinning and Spiraling
into Elemental re-birth
The magic of being renews

Floating upon the wind
Sparking with the energy of fire
Flowing with the waters
Dancing the rhythms of Earth

Between the Moon and Sun

by Abby Willowroot

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London

I wander thro’ each charter’d street,
Near where the charter’d Thames does flow,
And mark in every face I meet
Marks of weakness, marks of woe.

In every cry of every Man.
In every Infant’s cry of fear,
In every voice, in every ban,
The mind-forg’d manacles I hear.

How the Chimney-sweepers cry
Every black’ning Church appalls;
And the hapless Soldier’s sigh
Runs in blood down Palace walls.

But most thro’ midnight streets I hear
How the youthful Harlot’s curse
Blasts the new born Infant’s tear
And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse.

by William Blake

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Hindu Gods Other Ganesh Mantras

1. AUM SHRI GANESHAYA NAMAH. It means praise to Lord Ganesha". This is the mantra of invocation, adoration and worship. It is repeated at the beginning of religious ceremonies and matra recitation to invoke Ganesha's blessings for the auspicious beginning of a task, project, change of life, community undertaking or simply to offer Him praise. This mantra is usually taught to children for their good education. It increases their memory power, and they become successful in their examinations. Of course, people of any age may use this mantra when taking courses in a school or university, and for success in attaining their degree.

2. AUM GUM GANAPATAYE NAMAHA. This is Lord Ganesha's mula ("root") mantra. It is also known as His bija mantra, for it combines Ganesha's bija ("seed") sound, "GUM," with the phrase, "Praise be to Ganapati"." This is a mantra from Ganapati Upanishad. One may always use it before beginning a journey, new career or job, or before entering into any new contract or business so that impediments are removed and your endeavor may be crowned with success.

3. AUM VAKRATUNDAYA HUM. This is a very powerful mantra. When something is not working properly, individually or universally, nationally or internationally, or when the minds of the people turn crooked, negative, depressed or discouraged, the attention of Ganesha may be drawn by this mantra to straighten their ways. The HUM symbolizes "Delay no more, my Lord, in straightening the paths of the crooked-minded ones"." In addition, this mantra could also be used for healing any spinal deficiency, such as curvature of the spine or curved limbs. Dedicate 1,008 repetitions of this holy word to straighten and heal such deficiencies.

4. AUM KSHIPRA PRASADAYA NAMAH. Kshipra means instantaneous. If some danger or negative energy is coming your way and you don't know how to get rid of that trouble, with true devotion, practice this mantra for quick blessing and purification of one's aura.

5. AUM SHRIM HRIM KLIM GLAUM GAM GANAPATAYE VARA VARADA SARVA JANAMME VASHAMANAYA SVAHA. There are several bija (seed) mantras in this mantra. Among other things, it signals, "Shower Your blessings, O Lord. I offer my ego as an oblation"."

6. AUM SUMUKHAYA NAMAH. This mantra has a lot of meaning, but to make it simple, it means you will be always very beautiful in soul, in spirit,in face, everything. By meditating on this mantra, very pleasing manners and a beauty comes on you. Along with that comes peace, which constantly dances in your eyes; and the words you speak are all filled with that power of love.

7. AUM EKADANTAYA NAMAH. Ekadanta refers to one tusk in the elephant face, which means God broke the duality and made you to have a one-pointed mind. Whoever has that oneness of mind and single-minded devotion will achieve everything.

8. AUM KAPILAYA NAMAH. Kapila (red) means that you are able to give color therapy. You are able to create colors around yourself and around others, bathe them in that color and heal them. As per the mantra you create, so will you create the colors. Another meaning is "wish cow," the "cow of plenty." It means that whatever you wish, that comes true. There is a wish-cow inside you. Whatever you wish, especially for healing others, comes true immediately.

9. AUM GAJAKARNIKAYA NAMAH. The ears of Ganesha, the elephant, are constant fanning, which means people may talk a lot,but you are not receiving inside anything other than that which is important.It also means that you can sit anywhere and tune this cosmic television (the body) with seven channels (chakras) and all 72,000 nadis, to any loka and be able to hear ancestors, angels, the voice of God or the voice of prophets. That kind of inner ear you will develop through this mantra.

10. AUM LAMBODARAYA NAMAH. This means you feel that you are this universe. It means that all the universes are within you. Like an entire tree is in the seed, the whole universe is in the sound of creation, which is Aum, and that Aum consciousness in you makes you feel that you are the universe. Therefore, if you say, realizing the oneness with the universe, "shanti to the world" every day, then the grace of God will come and there will be world peace, universal peace. It is the universes within Aum and Aum within you.

11. AUM VIKATAYA NAMAH. This means realizing this world as a dream or a drama. When you are in that high consciousness, this whole world looks like a dream. All of us have taken a role. We have to play our role in life as wife or husband or children or citizens, all consistent with the role we have taken. When an actor bitten by a sponge cobra that is brought on the stage falls, the entire audience cries; but that boy who has fallen knows it was not a real cobra and he is not dead. Life is a drama --definitely life in this material world, this physical world of ego, is a drama. But inside, like the boy on the stage who is quite happy knowing that he didn't die by the bite of the sponge cobra, like that, the truth never dies in us; it is immortal. So everything else you consider as drama. That consciousness comes to you by knowing this mantra.

12. AUM VIGHNA NASHANAYA NAMAH. This mantra invokes the Lord Ganesha to remove every impediment in your life and in your works. By constant meditation on this mantra, all obstacles and blocked energy in your physical and astral bodies are released.

13. AUM VINAYAKAYA NAMAH. Vinayaka is the name of Ganesha in the golden age. So by realizing this mantra, your life will have a golden age. In your office, in your work, you'll be the boss. Vinayaka means something under control. Vinayaka means the Lord of problems.

14. AUM GANADHYAKSHAYA NAMAH. This mantra is so important. Suppose you have a group, a country, neighbors, or any kind of group therapy, group healing or a whole country needing healing, then you have to bring that entire group to your mind's arena and say this mantra. A group healing takes place by this mantra.

15. AUM BHALACHANDRAYA NAMAH. In Sanskrit, bhala means the forehead center. Chandra means the crescent moon. Bhalachandra means that chakra from where the nectar drips. That is the secret of all healing. It is to feel yourself as Siva, identifying yourself with the Truth and feeling constantly that you are carrying the crescent moon, the symbol of growth and nectar and peace.

"from "Loving Ganesa"

by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

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Pandemonium

Hi, ho, it's Spring again,
Out of my eye's corner
I Thought I saw the Horned Man, the Green Man
Charging down the glen,

It was not Pan,
I did not get that freezing in the bone,
Half fear, half ecstacy.
Perhaps I was mistook,
And only wished I saw,

And maybe Pan is playing in a rock band,
Traveling in a wave of liquorous riot,
George 'Something' and the Destroyers

Sonia Brock

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She Stands Out From Other Witches

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Horse and hattock! Horse and go!

Horse and Pellatis, Ho Ho!

This may be a familiar chant to many Wiccans and Witches commonly used in ritual, but many of us are clueless as to the meaning behind this chant and where it comes from. This chant is probably most familiar to Gardnerians and those in BTW traditions and it is included in the questionable online Gardnerian Book of Shadows. Where it comes from is easy to answer; the simpler phrase "Horse and Hattock" originates from Scotland as does the first mention of the chant in its entirety. The meaning however gets more complex. The following is not fact; it is simply what I have come across in study.

First let us take a look at folklore. In Scottish folklore, the fairies say the phrase "Horse and Hattock" when they leave a place to go back to their own realm and also when they prepare to go off for their nightly escapades. It is said people have heard the fairies shouting it out and in turn these people shouted "Horse and Hattock!" and thus they were transported away with the fairies. There is also a story of a child that cried "Horse and Hattock with my top! " and had his toy whisked away on the winds (1).

In another piece of folklore, the Laird of Duffus when walking in his fields was said to hear the cry "Horse and Hattock!" When the Laird repeated the cry, he was whisked away with the fairies to cellar of the King of France. He was found by the butler with a fairy cup in hand. When brought before the king to explain his intrusion, the Laird was pardoned thanks to the tale of his adventures and he returned home with the cup (2).

I also found reference to "Horse and Hattock" in a fiction novel, "The Black Dwarf", by 18th century Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott, as well as in a 19th century Camelot ballad, "The Doom-Well of St. Madron" by Hawker. Both examples are used in reference to mounting and riding horses:

"Now horse, and hattock, cried the laird,
Now horse and hattock speedilie; They that winna ride for Telfer's kye, Let them never look in the face o' me.

'Horse! horse! and spear!' exclaimed Hobbie to his kinsmen. Many a ready foot was in the stirrup; and, while Elliot hastily collected arms and accoutrements (no easy matter in such a confusion), the glen resounded with the approbation of his younger friends." (3)

"'Now horse and hattock, both but and ben, '

Was the cry at Lauds, with Dundagel men;

And forth they pricked upon Routorr side,

As goodly a raid as a king could ride.

Hare, hare, God send thee care.

I am in a hare's likeness now,

But I shall be in a woman's likeness even now. (4)

Thanks to various 18th-20th century novels and writings, my unscholarly conclusion is that "Horse and Hattock" is Scottish patois for mounting a horse. It came to be so because of its use in folklore relating to the fairies. As before said, any time the fairies were to go anywhere, they would shout the phrase "Horse and Hattock". 'Hattock' is referred to in the "Dictionary of the Scots Language" as "the elfin signal for mounting and riding off... Horse and hattock, the well-known cry of the fairies at mounting for a moonlight expedition, came to be familiarly adopted on any occasion of mounting." (5)

In my opinion, "Horse and Hattock" became associated with witches via Isobel Gowdie, a Scottish witch who was on trial for witchcraft in 1662. In her detailed voluntary confessions, she spoke of how she used the phrases "Horse and Hattock in the Devil's Name" and "Horse and Hattock, Horse and go, Horse and Pellatis, Ho Ho!" in order to fly by mounting a broomstick: "Then they would put a strae between their legs, cry -- 'Horse and hattock in the Devil's name!' and flee awa owre the muirs and fells." (6) Gowdie is also commonly associated with the shape shifting song:

"I shall go into a hare,

With sorrow and sych and meickle care;

And I shall go in the Devil's name,

Ay while I come home again."

Gowdie can be compared to the modern hedge riders - sending her spirit forth with the cry of the fairies and the shape shifting can easily be compared to the fetch. Perhaps Gowdie learned the chant from her meetings with the fairies or as a less mystical view; she may have created it herself based on fairy folklore. She stands out from other witches on trial because while her confessions of her Craft are consistent with folklore, her accounts are much more detailed and the information she gave (flying, shape-shifting & witches' meetings) was not typical in other witchcraft confessions of the time. (7) The commission for her trial was told not to use any forms of torture, most likely because she confessed of her own volition. She claims to have been a member of a coven, to have been entertained by the Queen of Elfhame (the underworld), and to have had sex with the Devil himself. There is no record of her being executed for witchcraft. (6) (8)

I looked up "Pellatis" as well, but did not find the word as is. What I found was "Pellax" meaning 'seduction' in Latin. Some Latin words commonly end in '"tis"'. So perhaps it is a Scottish corruption of Latin. "Pellatis" might also come from the Scottish word "Pelat" taken from the French "paillet" meaning a bundle of straw - perhaps even referring to a broom or besom. The latter is the most likely definition as in 1538 King James V of Scotland married a French noblewoman and years later their daughter well known as Mary Queen of Scots married the Dauphin of France. (9) During the time of Isobel Gowdie French would have been integrated into the Scottish patois. This would fit in perfectly with "Horse and Hattock" because in Gowdie's chant, you place a broomstick (bundle of straw) between your legs and then shout the chant in order to fly.

Thanks to Isobel Gowdie and Scottish folklore, "Horse and Hattock" will forever be associated with Witchcraft and fairy lore. Even though to most the chant has no meaning, I hope that I have opened a door to understanding. In my eyes, by using this chant in ritual we are opening a door to the spirit world and leaving the material world behind for the duration of the circle or working. Used in Gowdie's terms, it would be a cry to shout when preparing to cross over to the spirit world perhaps with the aid of trance, gnosis or entheogens.

Overall, what first seemed senseless goes very deep indeed.

FOOTNOTES:

RESOURCES:

1. Sir George Douglas. "Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales", A. L. Burt Company 1901 (p.126).

2. Briggs, Katherine Mary. "British Folk Tales and Legends" (1898-1980).

3. Sir Walter Scott. "The Black Dwarf", 1816 (Chapter 8).

4. Robert Steven Hawker. "The Doom-Well of St. Madron".

5. "Dictionary of the Scots Language" - "Hattock".

6. Margaret Alice Murray. "God of the Witches", 1933.

7. Issobel Gowdie Case - "Survey of Scottish Witchcraft Database".

8.Isobel Gowdie - Wikipedia.

9. "Religion, Marriage and Power in Scotland, 1503-1603" - "The National Archives".

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Religion Belief Come To Me With That Which I Have Not

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Answering to the call of the devotee,

the Beloved One whispers in his heart:

"Come to Me with that which I have not"

Searching all over,

in fiery deserts, cold mountains,

in dark forests, wide cities or in sleepy villages,

to scholars and to lay men alike

the devotee finds nothing that God has not.

The agony of vain search knows no bounds.

until one day bursting forth like thousand suns,

the truth manifests.

"Come with the poverty of your heart.

Empty your heart so that only

and only the Beloved remains

and may take His seat forever on the Heart Throne.

Know O devotee:

it is only poverty that God has not.

So come with a pure soul bathed in poverty,

as one who has nothing

and who wants nothing

but the Beloved only."

(c) MysticSaint

5 Sept 06, Singapore

Dedicated to Sister Aisha Virginia Gray, a beautiful soul. My tribute to her lifelong dedication to the spiritual dimension of life and imparting this through teaching and publishing.

She is the co-founder and trustee of the Islamic Texts Society. Her other publishing companies, Fons Vitae and Quinta Essentia, publishes books on world religions, spirituality and art.

This poem was inspired from a talk that she gave at Darul Arqam, Singapore on 5th Sept 2006 on 'Path to the Heart'. May Beloved Lord shower Infinite Mercy on her path and journey 'Home'.[+] Please visit MysticSaint.Info For full multimedia experience and enjoy special music.

Blessings,
Sadiq

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Stop By The Garden Of My Mind

I dance in my mind
to the music my passion provides.
I feel bound by the constraints
that my body limits me to.
By the constraints of my surroundings....
...the People...
...the bus...
... my room...

So in my mind there is a grassy hill,
a place of peace where a lady dances
to the music that plays in her heart...
A place where no one else can go,
where no one has to wonder or contemplate her sanity...

She spins, surrounded by silk and satin,
swirling 'round her soul. Sometimes black, red, white... Sometimes
green, gray, or purple...
But Forever she dances on...

Keeping beat to my heart, turning with
The cycles of the earth...
Swirling in time to my confusion...
Stomping her feet to the throbbing of my anger,
But always at peace, somehow, in a World
that, by necessity, is separate from mine.

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Self Blessing

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This should be performed at the New Moon or at other time of need. It is not to be performed promiscuously.

May be used as a minor dedication or as a minor exorcism to banish any evil influences which may have formed about the person.

Perform this ritual in a quiet place, free from distractions, and nude.

You will need the following:

Salt - about ј teaspoon.
Wine - about an ounce.
Water - about Ѕ oz.
Candle

The result is a feeling of peace and calm. It is desirable that the participant bask in the afterglow so that she may meditate and understand that she has called the attention to the Godhead to herself, asking to grow close to the Godhead in both goals and wisdom.

When you are ready to begin, sprinkle the salt on the floor and stand on it. Light the candle. Let the warmth of the candle be absorbed into your body. Mix the water into the wine, meditating on your reasons for performing the self blessing.

Bless me Mother, for I am your child.
Dip the fingers of your right hand into the mixed water/wine and anoint the eyes.
Blessed be my eyes that I may see your path.
Anoint the nose.
Blessed be my nose, that I may breathe your essence.
Anoint the mouth.
Blessed be my mouth that I may speak of you.
Anoint the breast.
Blessed be my breast that I may be faithful in my work.
Anoint the loins.
Blessed be my loins, which bring forth the life of men and women as you have brought forth all creation.
Anoint the feet.
Blessed be my feet, that I may walk in your ways.
Remain and meditate for a while.

by Ed Fitch. From the early 1960's

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