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Greetings!
'That' time of year again and so many seem to be so fed up with the spend, spend, spend mentality of Christmas. I have never felt compelled to buy into the buy, buy, buy but I do like to give gifts and at any time of the year! I don't give to receive either. The so called Christmas period that I much prefer to call Yule has always been a great favourite of mine even before I had my own children. I just love the way that everything seems to wind down and I very much enjoy chilling out with my sons and their assorted friends. I long ago refused to go as a family to my relatives because my children and I would rather do our own thing happily together. My parents, their spouses and my parents in law all seemed to be at war with each other. If you went to one the others did not like it, so it was not pleasant to be anywhere but at home. I did try hosting but they could not behave in each others presence! My children still like to be at home as do I. Roll on Yule but once over it is also great to get back to work.
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Many Blessings and a Very Happy Yule. Liz
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My back gate Yule 2011
Origins of Yule: In the Northern hemisphere, the winter solstice has been celebrated for millenia. The Norse peoples viewed it as a time for much feasting, merrymaking, and, if the Icelandic sagas are to be believed, a time of sacrifice as well. Traditional customs such as the Yule log, the decorated tree, and wassailing can all be traced back to Norse origins.Celtic Celebrations of Winter: The Celts of the British Isles celebrated midwinter as well. Although little is known about the specifics of what they did, many traditions persist. According to the writings of Pliny the Elder, this is the time of year in which Druid priests sacrificed a white bull and gathered mistletoe in celebration.Roman Saturnalia: Few cultures knew how to party like the Romans. Saturnalia was a festival of general merrymaking and debauchery held around the time of the winter solstice. This week-long party was held in honor of the god Saturn, and involved sacrifices, gift-giving, special privileges for slaves, and a lot of feasting. Although this holiday was partly about giving presents, more importantly, it was to honor an agricultural god.Welcoming the Sun Through the Ages: Four thousand years ago, the Ancient Egyptians took the time to celebrate the daily rebirth of Horus - the god of the Sun. As their culture flourished and spread throughout Mesopotamia, other civilizations decided to get in on the sun-welcoming action. They found that things went really well... until the weather got cooler, and crops began to die. Each year, this cycle of birth, death and rebirth took place, and they began to realize that every year after a period of cold and darkness, the Sun did indeed return. | http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/yulethelongestnight/p/Yule_History.htm
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I am giving you information about the following two people who have just produced CDs and a book. These are not paid adverts but my own personal recommendations to you concerning two genuine healers.
CDs by Earth - Angel Ian
After a year of research Earth-Angel Ian has produced 3 CDs in answer to many that love his gifts and ability. His specialty is Healing and taking a person on a healing journey to a spiritual paradise. There are incredible successes from his work. The CD offers the listener to meditate as often as they need or wish to his soothing voice. CD 1 is 'Come journey to Paradise' CD 2 'Find your unique spirit sacred place' CD 3 is 'Three near death Experiences' all experienced by Earth-Angel Ian. Find him on his web-site at www.earth-angel.info All CD's are £7.50 each plus post and packaging or £20 plus post and packaging for all 3 CD's. You can order on the above site on the Donation page or direct to ianyourangels@aol.com
Hauntings & Healings a new book by Helen Bevan now available on Amazon.
Helen Bevan, an active pensioner who produces a healing magazine for members of the Bristol District Association of Healers, lives with husband Keith in Bristol, England. As a secondary school Librarian she talked to many classes of 14-15 year olds of her life-long experiences of the paranormal (she prefers this term to either 'supernatural' or 'supernormal). She still uses her spiritual gifts to educate, enlighten and assist people.
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Next Full Moon - Friday 10th December 14:37 Dark of the Moon - Friday 23rd December New Moon - Saturday 24th December 18:06 |
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Telephone Consultations
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I am now offering telephone consultations again. I work extremely well in this way. I am happy to ring landlines for the consultation but those with mobile phones would need to phone me. The way it works is that the person would make the initial contact by email and if a consultation is required the fee would be paid via Paypal. People don't need to have a Paypal account as credit and debit cards can be used. Otherwise payment is by cheque. Once payment is made an appointment time will be agreed. Often appointments can be arranged very quickly if urgent assistance is required. The charge is £35 for however long it takes, usually at least an hour to around two hours. Not available on a Sunday and daytime hours preferred. I specialise in spiritual matters of ANY kind, and I do mean of any kind, also counselling, relationship and health issues. Check out my main website for some of my professional qualifications.
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Mystic & Earth Spirit Fayre
The Assembly Rooms Glastonbury
Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th December 2011
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I will be at Glastonbury Fayre in the Assembly Rooms, where I will be facilitating a Power Animals workshop on Saturday. Entry to the Fayre £1, workshops £3.50 each or £9 a day including entry. I will also have my stand selling some of My Amulets especially the popular Tree of Life, Fused Glass Pendants, Totem Animals, Colour, Tibetan Silver & Gemstone Healing Jewellery. I will also be clearing many items at £1 each including gemstone heart necklaces, also some items at 50p, perfect for stocking fillers
Checkout this website for further details http://www.glastonburyfayres.co.uk
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Healing Visualisation & Regression CDs The New Healing Visualisation CD is a 36 minute focus on the body and it's main systems, lungs, heart, arteries, veins, lymphatics, skeleton, nervous system, digestive and eliminative sytems, ending in a very healing & peaceful space. The new Regression CD is now more than 46 minutes long. I will have these in Weston-super-Mare and Glastonbury or you can purchase online. http://www.drelizabethanndiamond.com |
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Mistletoe
A Modern Herbal - Mrs M Grieve
The well-known Mistletoe is an evergreen parasitic plant, growing on the branches of trees, where it forms pendent bushes, 2 to 5 feet in diameter. It will grow and has been found on almost any deciduous tree, preferring those with soft bark, and being, perhaps, commonest on old Apple trees, though it is frequently found on the Ash, Hawthorn, Lime and other trees. On the Oak, it grows very seldom. It has been found on the Cedar of Lebanon and on the Larch, but very rarely on the Pear tree.
When one of the familiar sticky berries of the Mistletoe comes into contact with the bark of a tree - generally through the agency of birds - after a few days it sends forth a thread-like root, flattened at the extremity like the proboscis of a fly. This finally pierces the bark and roots itself firmly in the growing wood, from which it has the power of selecting and appropriating to its own use, such juices as are fitted for its sustenance: the wood of Mistletoe has been found to contain twice as much potash, and five times as much phosphoric acid as the wood of the foster tree. Mistletoe is a true parasite, for at no period does it derive nourishment from the soil, or from decayed bark, like some of the fungi do - all its nourishment is obtained from its host. The root becomes woody and thick.
Mistletoe is always produced by seed and cannot be cultivated in the earth like other plants, hence the ancients considered it to be an excrescence of the tree. By rubbing the berries on the smooth bark of the underside of the branches of trees till they adhere, or inserting them in clefts made for the purpose, it is possible to grow Mistletoe quite successfully, if desired.
Mistletoe was held in great reverence by the Druids. They went forth clad in white robes to search for the sacred plant, and when it was discovered, one of the Druids ascended the tree and gathered it with great ceremony, separating it from the Oak with a golden knife. The Mistletoe was always cut at a particular age of the moon, at the beginning of the year, and it was only sought for when the Druids declared they had visions directing them to seek it. When a great length of time elapsed without this happening, or if the Mistletoe chanced to fall to the ground, it was considered as an omen that some misfortune would befall the nation. The Druids held that the Mistletoe protected its possessor from all evil, and that the oaks on which it was seen growing were to be respected because of the wonderful cures which the priests were able to effect with it. They sent round their attendant youth with branches of the Mistletoe to announce the entrance of the new year. It is probable that the custom of including it in the decoration of our homes at Christmas, giving it a special place of honour, is a survival of this old custom.
---Parts Used Medicinally---The leaves and young twigs, collected just before the berries form, and dried in the same manner as described for Holly.
---Constituents---Mistletoe contains mucilage, sugar, a fixed oil, resin, an odorous principle, some tannin and various salts. The active part of the plant is the resin, Viscin, which by fermentation becomes a yellowish, sticky, resinous mass, which can be used with success as a birdlime.
The preparations ordinarily used are a fluid extract and the powdered leaves. A homoeopathic tincture is prepared with spirit from equal quantities of the leaves and ripe berries, but is difficult of manufacture, owing to the viscidity of the sap.
Country people use the berries to cure severe stitches in the side. The birdlime of the berries is also employed by them as an application to ulcers and sores.
It is stated that in Sweden, persons afflicted with epilepsy carry about with them a knife having a handle of Oak Mistletoe to ward off attacks.
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The Robin I have a great affection for the Miwok tribe as I was honoured to be invited to their Big Time Festival when I was staying near San Francisco with Florentine. She was helping to record and grow their healing herbs and I learnt so much from them and her. They are the only people allowed to hunt deer on Mount Tamalpais, a sacred place, the deer was then roasted in a pit overnight. This was served with the most amazing food prepared by the women of the tribe.
A Miwok Legend Long before the Alisal rancheria was established, the Valley People lived in California's San Joaquin Valley, about a day's walk from the eventual site of Alisal and not far from the present town of Stockton. Their chiefs were Wek-wek, the Falcon, and We-pi-ah-gah, the Golden Eagle. Their neighbors to the east, the Mountain People, lived in darkness in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Although, they wanted fire, the Mountain People did not know where or how to obtain it. O-la-choo, the Coyote-man, tried to find it but failed. Eventually, Tol-le-loo, the White-footed Mouse, discovered that the Valley People had fire, and O-la-choo sent him to steal it. Taking his elderberry flute with him, Tol-le-loo traveled west until he reached the homes of the Valley People. Arriving outside their roundhouse, Tol-le-loo sat down and began to play his flute. Finding the music pleasant to listen to, the Valley People invited Tol-le-loo to come inside and continue his playing. Soon all the people began to feel sleepy. Now Wit-tah-bah the Robin was pretty sure that Tol-le-loo was planning on stealing their fire, so he spread himself over the embers to protect it. And that is why the robin's is breast is red today. Tol-le-loo kept playing his flute, and pretty soon everyone, including Wit-tah-bah the Robin, had fallen asleep. Seizing this opportunity, Tol-le-loo ran up to the sleeping Wit-tah-bah, and cut a small hole in his wing. Then he crawled through the hole and placed the fire inside his flute. Running out of the roundhouse, he climbed to the top of Mount Diablo, where he built a great fire that lit up the entire countryside, including the blue Sierra Nevada mountains to the east where the Mountain People lived. When Wek-wek the Falcon awoke and saw the fire on Mount Diablo, he knew that Tol-le-loo had stolen the Valley People's fire. So he set out after Tol-le-loo, and eventually caught him. Tol-le-loo denied having taken the fire, and told Wek-wek to search him if he doubted him. Wek-wek searched but could not find the fire because it was inside Tol-le-loo's flute. So Wek-wek tossed Tol-le-loo into some water and let him go on his way. Tol-le-loo climbed out of the water, and continued east to the mountains, all the while carrying the fire in his flute. Arriving home, he took the fire out of the flute, and placed it on the ground. Then covering it with leaves and pine needles, he wrapped it up in a small bundle. Le-che-che the Hummingbird and another bird went after it, but they could not catch it and returned empty-handed. O-la-choo the Coyote-man could smell the fire, and wanted to steal it. He approached the bundle, and pushed it with his nose, preparing to swallow it. Suddenly, however, the fire shot up into the sky and became the Sun. The people took the fire that was left and put it into two trees, the buckeye and the incense cedar, where legend says it still resides. From that time on, the Mountain People made their fire drills from the wood of these two trees. http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/How_Tol-le-loo_Stole_Fire-Miwok.html |
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ALL OF LIFE IS FLOWINGNESS
All of life is flowingness
And in this flowing, there is meaning and law.
I cannot lose, what is my own;
I need not seek, what is my own,
For what belongs to me, will come.
Whatever goes does not belong to me.
Only what I am has power.
I now give up all personal struggle and ambition,
Knowing that all that is rightfully mine
Will then be drawn to me.
So, I now let go,
And trust my Highest Self and the Universe,
To run my life for me
And to always show me the way.
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Bloodstone
A great favourite of mine with its dark green colour and flecks of red. I liked to gift these to men especially if they had any stress. Ancient Christianity held the belief that the blood of Christ dripped from the cross onto a dark green stone, thus creating bloodstone.
Physical
An intensely powerful healing stone of balance and renewal. Said to check haemorrhages. Purifies the blood, kidneys, bladder, intestines and liver. Neutralises toxins within the body and provides for their release. Benefits the heart and circulation.
Mental/Emotional
Improves talents and abilities and reinforces your own belief in your talents and abilities. Enhances the decision-making process and stimulates emotional growth, inner strength and sensitivity. Balances when feeling stressed.
Spiritual
Aids clairvoyance and instils wisdom and sensitivity for inner guidance. Helps with admittance to the spiritual realms of the ancestors.
In my opinion the best book on crystals and gemstones is 'Love is in the Earth' - Melody
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