ancestors

  • On Friday the 30th, the day before Samhain/Halloween, I took a big step in my personal ancestor work.  I wrote in July that I have been feeling a draw to work with a particular great grandfather that I never met in life. I found his grave is not far from where I live at all

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  • I’ve discussed with some friends that I think this astrological cycle we are in right now has a theme of healing family issues. Cancer New Moon – Capricorn Full Moon – Cancer New Moon again. That’s the mother of the zodiac, the father, and the mother again. The Cancer-Capricorn axis is about security and the

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  • Lemures and Lemuria

    Originally posted on Neptune's Dolphins: ? the Mundus (Opening to the Underworld) ? During the Lemuria (the feast of the Lemures), the Lemures try to find a home among the living. Some want to have a proper burial or justice be administered for their wrongful death. Others want a family to adopt Them, and…

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  • Ancient Egyptian Stories to be Published in English for the First Time!! Cool!! Head Coverings in Roman Tradition Cats in Slavic Mythology Really cool crafty ideas for reusing shutters around the house Man sworn into his city council seat while holding Captain America shield. LOL awesome. Ranking of Darkest Star Trek Episodes of All Time.

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  • Round-up of Interesting Links

    Well friends, I’m sorry that I have been out of commission for a while. Missouri has had an epidemic of the flu going around, and pretty much everybody has been sick. Alex and I both had fevers of 102 degrees for several days last week. Even after our fevers broke and we got past the

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  • Cooks Recreate Ancient Roman Food   A Heathen’s thoughts on Living with the Dead Place, power, and persons A really nice oveveiw of Freyja for the GMC And because They are closely connected, a profile of Odin Incense Offerings to the Gods How many Polytheists Are there?   Responses to the Gods and Radicals article: Guilt by

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  • Ancestors and Pow-Wows

    Well the ritual last night went great. The altar cloth was gold, a color I assiociate with the ancestors, for some reason, I’m not sure why. The sugar bowls my great-great-grandmother owned were on the table and the worshipers bought pictures of their family members who had passed on. At the end of the ritual

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  • the Ritual Last Night

    Last night was the Temple’s official celebration of the Martyrdom of Hypatia of Alexandria. I’ve said before that I consider Hypatia to be one of the ancestral spirits of this Temple, as one as one of my personal heroes. It was a great evening. Three other people were in attendance, including my adoptive mother. She

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