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A Challenge, A Contract, A Guide – arawnbel
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A Challenge, A Contract, A Guide. April 25, 2016. This presented issues. I have some leanings towards the receptive skills I can generally get in contact with spirits with relative ease, channeling just seems to happen, I experience varying degrees of possession *regularly* and I often run into NPE’s without actually meaning to. It’s hard to get over this imagery…. A few experiments and semi-established connections later and I was feeling defeated. While walking along the beach, I pondered the questi...
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The Trouble With Structure – arawnbel
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The Trouble With Structure. April 12, 2016. If you are anything like me you like a bit of structure. I tend to make the assumption that we – as humans – seem to like a degree of organisation, of rational order, of clarity and delineation to assist us with understanding and functioning in the world around us. But Witchcraft isn’t rational. I have a problem. Perhaps that is a poor choice of words for communicating. I attend a Circle and have an ecstatic, partial-possession experience with a Spirit I’...
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Labels, Community, and Tarostar – arawnbel
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Labels, Community, and Tarostar. February 22, 2016. So I recently spoiled myself with a purchase of a book by Tarostar; It’s called ‘A Book of Shadows’. This act highlighted, for me, the last vestiges of a mangled world-view foisted on my mind by online communities and self-proclaimed experts when I was young and first struggling to find my feet in the Craft. The reason that I bring this up is because I originally found out about Tarostar (years ago) as a recommended source of “Non-Wiccan” Cr...As many, ...
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March 2016 – arawnbel
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On The Malefic Witch. Witches have long been associated with death, stillbirth, and bad luck for individuals, farmers, and communities. This is true across numerous cultures and in much folklore. But what if this actually stands for something more than a morally inept individual with a voracious lust for the Christian Opposer? The Desecration of the Sacred This was…. Eat the Fruits of Your Own Making. Kindling the Black Flame. I am often interested to observe people making their way along their path and ...
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May 2016 – arawnbel
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The Witch’s Pyramid: Origins. We’ve all come across it. It waxes and wanes in popularity but any degree of initial research into Western Esoteric practices will eventually turn up the familiar “To Know, To Dare, To Will, and To Keep Silent” or some variation on it. But what exactly does it mean and where has it come from? A Foray Into Initiation. The Witch’s Pyramid: Origins. A Foray Into Initiation. A Challenge, A Contract, A Guide. The Trouble With Structure. On The Malefic Witch.
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Depth in Practice – arawnbel
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March 1, 2016. I am often interested to observe people making their way along their path and the stumbling blocks they encounter. There is an obvious pattern, particular snares which catch even the best of us for a time, and the dangerous allure of certain perspectives, opinions, or ideas that prove unfavourable for progress, development and action (analysis paralysis, anyone? You mean, you think you can be a witch without MY book? There comes a time when one must stop searching for the given answer.
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A Challenge, A Contract, A Guide – arawnbel
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A Challenge, A Contract, A Guide. April 25, 2016. This presented issues. I have some leanings towards the receptive skills I can generally get in contact with spirits with relative ease, channeling just seems to happen, I experience varying degrees of possession *regularly* and I often run into NPE’s without actually meaning to. It’s hard to get over this imagery…. A few experiments and semi-established connections later and I was feeling defeated. While walking along the beach, I pondered the questi...
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Lammas on the Dead Shore – arawnbel
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Lammas on the Dead Shore. February 3, 2016. We’re in the last stages of Summer here in the Southern Hemisphere; we’ve just celebrated Lughnasadh while the Northern Witches celebrated Imbolc. I was unsure, at first, about how exactly to approach the occasion. The Dead Shore is a beautiful, hostile place running along the headland at the South end of the beach. I visit it regularly it is the feature image of my second blog post. As I made my way out of the heath, the Wren pointed out a Mother-of-Millions c...
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The Witch’s Pyramid: Origins – arawnbel
https://arawnbel.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/the-witchs-pyramid-origins
The Witch’s Pyramid: Origins. May 12, 2016. May 12, 2016. We’ve all come across it. It waxes and wanes in popularity but any degree of initial research into Western Esoteric practices will eventually turn up the familiar “To Know, To Dare, To Will, and To Keep Silent” or some variation on it. But what exactly does it mean and where has it come from? It was first put into writing by Eliphas Levi. A French Occultist and Ceremonial Magician, in his work “ Transcendental Magic. Crowley believed himself to be...
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The Trouble With Structure – arawnbel
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The Trouble With Structure. April 12, 2016. If you are anything like me you like a bit of structure. I tend to make the assumption that we – as humans – seem to like a degree of organisation, of rational order, of clarity and delineation to assist us with understanding and functioning in the world around us. But Witchcraft isn’t rational. I have a problem. Perhaps that is a poor choice of words for communicating. I attend a Circle and have an ecstatic, partial-possession experience with a Spirit I’...
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