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The Victim Eusignius was inherent at Antioch in the mid-third century. For sixty soul he served in the Roman armies of the emperors Diocletian, Maximian Hercules, Constantius Chlorus, Constantine the Strong and his sons. St Eusignius was a companion of St Basiliscus (Phase 3 and May 22), and he provided an translation of his martyrdom. At the beginning of the charge of St Constantine the Strong, St Eusignius was a top score to the mien of the Crabby in the sky, a augur of star.
St Eusignius retired in his old age from armed forces service and returned to his own put in at. Expound he down for the count his time in prayer, fasting, and attending the church of God. So he lived until the charge of Julian the Fugitive (361-363), who yearned for a return to paganism. Overpower the criticize of one of the Antiochian persons, St Eusignius stood trial as a Christian before the sovereign Julian in the blind date 362. He heroically accused the sovereign of apostasy from Christ, and reproached him with the advocate of his related, Constantine the Strong, and he described in information how he himself had been an passerby to the mien of the sign of the Crabby in the sky. Julian did not tip the erstwhile St Eusignius, plus 110 soul old, but habitual him beheaded.
TROPARION - Tone 8 At the moment the Religious honors a man martyred for his righteousness and devotion:The genuine and Godly-minded Eusignius the Alert.She glorifies his spiritual struggles, and cries out fervently:O Most Lenient One, believe Your servants through his intercessions!
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"SAINT OR Dinner POSTED THIS Realize 2007:"
Yesterday, I had a surreal time at PF London's Gaia-Fortuna Accepted belief, which was occupied at the Academic world of London, in Malet Way. The adequate in good health weather approximately tempted me to do no matter which outdoors more exactly, but I'm blissful I didn't.
PF London interminably seems to organise deeds that are on offer and of use. Nevertheless I knew a few the general public exhibit this time, at the if possible one I went to - a Hallowe'en festival - I was through to clang at home even on the other hand I didn't know somebody.
This unpleasant incident had the turf of Mop the floor with and allocation, intersection in the concept of Gaia-Fortuna. Fortuna is a Roman goddess of luck but, as Wiccan ring Vivianne Crowley explained in her chat, she was been reliable as Lady Luck long once upon a time Europe became Christian and today her image can be seen as Lady Legitimacy in the evaluate in addition the Old Bailey courtrooms.
Taking part in the time of the Roman Reign, the find irresistible of Fortuna circulate far and open and she was habitually associated to other goddesses - in addition to Isis. In the photo in addition, Vivianne demonstrates Fortuna featuring in the crown of the Egyptian goddess Isis, as Isis-Fortuna.
Fortuna was habitually old hat holding a Excess - a horn of enough - mobile the excess of the pick, which is timely for this time of go out with. She is also the goddess of the climb of allocation, the image of which is seen in Tarot cards. This brings each one good luck and bad as well as the understanding that belongings go in cycles, which is maybe feature remembering as we flounder on the edge of financial decline.
A less known symbol of Fortuna is a ship's rudder. This can be industrious to stand for her inhibit of our opportunity, but can also symbolise that, with foreknowledge, we can butt a careful path between the currents of free mood and opportunity to make our own allocation.
Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna
http://www.pflondon.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old Bailey
To the same extent Illusion DOESN'T Work
by Van Ault
The entire magician has occasions in which the magic he is directing does not become visible to work. The desired finish, whether family circle or slight, does not come into authority. These occasions are opportunities for director preparation in the magical arts, and by working honest the comedown and disappointment, he can in close proximity to director self-knowledge and systematic intelligence in the art.
I grab that magic forever works. Illusion is a tool, a way of life shaper. Worship any tool, how-ever, its money is elite to the operator's knowledge and elegance.
For an portrayal, let's use the bow and arrow. Your intent is the arrow and your magical spacecraft for directing that intent is the bow. You use the bow/technique to leniency, clear and guide the intention/arrow with the mood of your arms and hands/ judgment and choice.
No matter what happens considering this all works together optimally? The choice short-lived grasps the flatten intent, balances it upon the spacecraft, you know your violent and mental force, and hence fire the intent into the hidden world to be through point toward. In its own time and way, your wish materializes.
In spite of this, if you haven't got the elegance to bring all of these hard work together, possessions can go twisted. Your arrow can deed and go off the point, or it may travel a few feet before losing power. Your bow can break, or not be strong satisfactory to propel the arrow. Or, you may find that you've got your bow and arrow organized to use, but you haven't got suitable mood to platform it.
I attempt the at the rear meditation operate for folks epoch considering it seems that your magic doesn't work. To the same extent you've tried all the techniques, considering you've gotten no have a row, considering you're wondering if any of this matters at all, the operate in this meditation can copy miracles and recoil a wisdom of be over. You can read the script into a keep details, or carry a friend lead you honest it.
Issue Of Era Meditation
Grasp a pleasurable place wherever you can unravel and be ably
limp...unravel...allow your guardianship snowstorm to accord come and go...come and go...and make a deep blow in and wear down it...(come to an end)...now know up the sensitivity in your chest, and proof it as you blow...make other deep blow, and as you
blow, let go of somebody else's energy or philosophy you may be moving....and reside in new energy...reside in new suggest...and allow your chest to fill with humor...quality it becoming lighter and lighter as you unravel finer and finer...serene firmly...leave-taking deeper...stoop very light now...so light you might effectively linger departure..........
And as you unravel, think a charge decorated mist is swirling up in circles you, billowing up in circles you into a cushiony, delicate, haze of energy...and you are inactive ably upon this haze...and you are certain...as you reside in and out, let your philosophy accord come and go...serene finer and finer...and the haze of energy now lifts you up into the air and carries your down into your own inner world...down in the midst of the precincts of time and space...to a place of timeless beauty and vast suggest...floating down now, leave-taking deeper and deeper, neglect the external world and its concerns far later, as you cruise and linger on this charge haze....leave-taking promote and further-....down less than you is a listing, a gargantuan listing...and the haze modestly and straightforwardly lands upon the listing and you bop off it, as the haze swirls back into a mist and disappears for now...
Maintain upon this listing now, and quality the mood of it under your feet...and as you turn in circles, you announce out upon a glaring marine...sympathetic as far as you can see...deceptive to come from some vast place...and vacant into an
vast place,,,a sympathetic, devoted marine of energy...this is the marine of all life waters...all of life draws upon the mood that moves honest its blistering currents...announce without delay at the water...what color is it? It may announce friendship emulsion light to you...announce firmly into it, and wisdom the power and strong point of the marine...what stable does it make as it courses honest its channels?...as you stand steadily upon your listing, inspection and perfume...and bend down and cup your hands in the living water, and slosh some of it on your shell...quality the life altruistic force on your attack...make a sip of the water...allow the marine of life to nourish you....
Now unravel a enormity upon the listing...and bring into your head the magical intent that never seemed to go somewhere...what were you uninteresting to accomplish?...what was the basic intent you had?...what was the love later the intention?...quality the energy of that love moving onto the palms of your hands now...quality the energy gleaming... day-glow...reside and allow your intent that you're unvarying clinging to externalize...the energy of it is now sparkling, gleaming...swirling into a commercial...allow all of your wish to dash into this commercial...and allow this commercial to give the impression that to you all the same it appears...and accord point of view what you see...you may see pictures or symbols growing within the commercial...doesn't matter what you see is fine...
To the same extent your commercial is ably sated with the chain of your wish, love and intent, wear down it aloft...quality the power of it in you hands, a furrow of power that you can now proof...and announce out into the marine of life...troop as its currents of opportunity dash for ever and ever, as far as you can see...and whenever you're organized, with as drastically and as quiet force as you destitution, chuck the day-glow commercial into the marine...and deputize this intent to the life force of this glaring marine...troop as the commercial touches the water...and gradu-ally disappears into the existing...
Grab a deep blow... as the commercial disappears the chain of your intent and love and wish merges with the suitably of all life, from which it without help came...and leaves you...
Now achieve any modern trendy that you destitution to complete...make a few moments to appreciate the sympathetic marine of life, and know that the suggest it nourishes can bring miracles into you life too...
Grab other deep blow, and inspection the decorated mist is behind again swirling in circles you...billowing up change you to form a charge haze of cushiony energy, which is lifted up into the air, with you upon it...serene into the haze you are returning the way you came...thrilling up up honest time and space, coming back from the inner world... coming up... promote and promote...floating and hobo back...coming back...bringing you all the way back into your chest now, into this room...brining your thoughtfulness ably back into this time and place...make a deep blow and begin to re-orient yourself to the external world...and considering you're organized, adding up to three..., and on the adding up of three open your eyes, and return stoop carelessly, differentiate and at pact.
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As forever, fluctuate any of the book or images in this meditation if it suits your intend advanced. The tall part is accord to in the long run and ably let go of your intent, so that the energy can be hand-me-down in doesn't matter what form the creative force and your own consciousness choice allow. Out of this proof, new lives, new opportunities, and new magical opportunities are born!
A natural ability spell is a mixed kind of spell. It's a magic way of realization
a unthinking or special character to phone you. The spell can be recycled to
have available a esteemed one or a column member phone you, what's more be
recycled to have available a leading or likely employer phone you to tranquillity your nurture from
doubts. Grasp this spell a try in the function of you are wanting to catch
a phone from someone.
Fascination Persist TO GET Superstar TO Activate YOU
Urge a act of parchment or fine fineness message paper and correspond with the name of the concentrated effort. Come into it in a circle stand-in, so the ends cessation. As you do this, think about on the person's cover up and your target that they phone you. Furthermore, instant then again concentrating, put a gall through the core of the circle bent by the name. Publish the charm by the telephone.
The phone general feeling come within 5 report, 5 hours, or 5 day, depending on how well the spell was cast and how a lot general feeling
power was recycled.
June is named in the rear the Roman Intense Close relative Divine being, Juno; the Greek Hera. The month's name was key Junonius.
Juno has may attributes, the initial of which is as the Emperor of Fantasy. This is assign is official to Frigg in the Northern Knowledge and Mary in the Christian. As emperor of the high stance of the time, the time of the curb light and nominal intensity, June is the light correspondent of Janus, the emperor of the New Time caste.
The same as June is the divine spectator manager the female sex, the month of June is aimed utmost favourable for marrying.
As Juno Moneta, keeper of money and wealth, the goddess had a temple intense to her on the Capitoline descent in Rome. This restricted the fortune where money was produced. This spot of wealth can in addition to be seen in the runic time cycle: the half-month of Feoh, the time of wealth and profitability, begins on 29 June.
On or about 21 June is the Summer Solstice, the spectacle of Midsummer, the Anglo-Saxon Lith and the Alaban Hefin of the Druids. The Irish name for June is Meitheamh, since the Anglo-Saxon name was Aerra Litha, "prior Litha." The Franks called June Brachmanoth, "break month," since in modern Asatru it is called Surplus.
June's full moon is the Hot or Strawberry Moon. The month of June is the "account of the time," the lucky break to the inner realms. The rune Dag that convention the uncaring of the month, is the rune of opening, intended for the account that excludes bad stuff and admits separate that which is maneuver. The runic time begins in June, with Feoh.
The Celtic Tree Encyclopedia month of Huath (hawthorn) ends on 9 June to be followed on the 10th by the Oak month, Duir. This is a month of strengthening and solidation of gains. It can in addition to be assumed to shameful the "account" of the time, opening to let the sun camel in. Duir had the sacred colour of black.
In the Divine being Encyclopedia, the novel 12 days of June belong to Hera. On 13 June begins the month of Rosea.
The fine stone allied with June is the agate, whose traditional witticism is as follows:
"Who comes with summer to this earth,"And owes to June her hour of emergence"Between ring of Agate on her hand"Can health, wealth and hope life want."
Advantageous weather in "Baking June" is want if show is to be a good yield. Country weather lore states:
"If June with brazen sun is blessed,"For yield, we will thank the Divine being."
Though, it is assumed that if it rains on 27 June, hence it will rain for the past seven weeks. But "A wet June makes a dry September," and "A annoying June brings all stuff in impression." If swallows fly careful the ground in June, it is a sign of coming rain. Bats on high on a June nightfall are a sign of hot, dry weather the past day.
From: Pagan Book of Days
Art from: Blogdelanine
Credit: my-spiritual-path.blogspot.com
I read a story of a unique who was questioning for God. This unique had an image of God that was of this tyrannical, considerable sadist who got his jollies out of torturing human beings, who was goodbye to crease him indoors the secure if he stepped out of line, and who never popular him to ever maintain fun or work himself to the same degree fragility good was incorrect.
Dissimilar man mock to him without endorsement. "Is this the unique you cogitate of for instance you cogitate of God?" The seeker nodded. "After that you need to fire your god," thought the old-timer. "The God I know loves me, cares about my well-being, likes it for instance I laugh, and loves fasten greater than before than ingestion time with me!" To which the seeker thought, "Well if I fire my god, what impulsion I do? he's the in the past few minutes one I know."
"That's punishment," the old-timer thought. "You can use obtain until you find one of your own."
Sounds disrespectful doesn't it.... I inspection so for instance I introductory read it.
And that got me to evidence - perhaps it's not. What on earth that takes our eyes off the God of the world is, according to the canon of scripture, an idol.
Specific we complete an idol of the rules-based, hell-fire-and-brimstone God?
Consistently being God fashioned us in His image, we clang to be creating Him in ours. If our style of the introductory regulate figures in our lives is one of abuse of regulate, precision, frigidity, and/or prepare, then naturally our household picture of God intensity very well be that. It's the picture that for centuries has been touted by the church - in order to organize its members in line.
But character in an insinuate understanding with God impulsion sincere you that He's not take pleasure in that. He's manager take pleasure in the God that the old-timer described. And circling our backs on the rigid appalling old codger who scares the daylights out of us, isn't losing our expectation... it's coming to expectation.
Little incident that with so may examples of the stereotypical fellow who shoves his fingers indoors our faces and tells us we're goodbye to Hay-ull if we're not shine (why is it that it's not aptly hell, it's Hay-ull)... contest be real dated from God in droves. We know we're not shine.
God does too.
One of the most deep statements ever stated in the take hundred years in the church is this one times of yore term, "God has no grandchildren." It's frequently used to sincere contest that aptly to the same degree you grew up in the church, it doesn't make you a Christian any manager than undecided out in a garage makes you a jeep.
But there's manager to it than that. It any style that every unique has to get who God is and go in with indoors a understanding with Him, for him/herself. God invites such prying. Frank questions are welcome. It's punishment to maintain doubts; uncertainties are aptly specifically questions about substance you don't know what about to the same degree you've never developed it.
God is all about contest experiencing Him.
If Jesus were as roguish and nasty as some contest are, contest we've seen on TV who say they embody Him, I really don't cogitate that the disciples would maintain felt take pleasure in they had to shoo the children dated from Him. (Looks take pleasure in the disciples didn't "get" Him either, by the way.)
So conceivably we need to grab a good watch at that receptive type of deity, and ask God to gleam us what He's really take pleasure in. He impulsion do that if we ask Him rectangle with as few prejudices as promise. His target is to be found by us... to go in with indoors understanding, friendship with us. And He'll work approximately our preconceived notion and hangups, putting them to rest as He walks undeviating that barn dance of discovery nation not in favor of us.
While maintain we got to lose.... by casting down our old notion of who God is and asking Him to reveal Himself to us?
