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"Sunset Kwan Yin" by Christal
Bixia Yuanjin's themes are air, protection, luck, freedom, birth and movement. Her symbols are wind, clouds, kites and chrysanthemum petals. A weather Goddess who lives in cloudy high places, Bixia Yuanjin attends each person's birth to bestow good health and luck upon the child. She is also a wind deity, helping to liberate and motivate us with fall's gently nudging winds.
During mid-autumn, the Chinese take to nearby hills and fly kites to commemorate a sage, Huan Ching, who saved villagers from disaster by instructing them to take to high places, thereby protecting them from a mysterious plaque. So, consider doing likewise today, even if it means just climbing a ladder! Move up off the ground, breath deeply of Bixia Yuanjin's fresh air, and discover renewed wellness.
If you feel adventurous, chrysanthemum wine and cakes are traditional feast fare for longevity and good fortune. An alternative is steeping chrysanthemum petals in water and then adding the strained water to any soups, or other water-based foods and beverages for a similar effect.
Should the winds be with you, fly a kite named after a burden and liberate yourself in the winds. Also, carefully observe the shapes in the clouds today. If you have a pressing question on your heart, Bixia Yuanjin can answer it through these, her messengers."
("Patricia Telesco, "365 Goddess: a daily guide to the magic and inspiration "of the goddess".")
"Bixia Yuanjin (pronounced BEE-cha you-on-JEEN) is the Chinese Taoist Goddess of the dawn, childbirth, and destiny. As Goddess of dawn, She attends the birth of each new day from her home high in the clouds. As Goddess of childbirth, She attends the birth of children, fixing their destiny and bringing good fortune. Bixia Yuanjin is venerated in the Temple of the Purple Dawn at the summit of the holy mountain, Tai Shan, where women wishing to conceive come to ask for Her help. Her father, Tai Shan Wang, is the god of the mountain and judge of the underworld. Her name is also seen as Bixia Yuanjun, Bixia Yuan Jun, Pi Hsia Yuan Chun, and T'ien Hsien Niang Niang, and epithets for her include Princess of the Rosy Clouds, Princess of the Azure Clouds, and the Jade Woman."
"Bixia Yuanjun (Sovereign of the clouds of dawn) is a Daoist Goddess connected with Mt. Tai in Shandong province. As the easternmost of the five sacred peaks of China, Mt. Tai was considered the gateway to the afterlife throughout Chinese history. Bixia and Her main temple located there attained prominence in the early Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644). Centered in northern China, the Goddess's popularity extened from the imperial family to common people. Bixia was granted elevated titles, such as "Tianxian shengmu "(Heavenly immortal, saintly mother) and" Tianxian y"unu ("Hevenly immortal, jade maiden), but She is commonly known as" Taishan niangniang "(Our Lady of Mt. Tai) or Lao nainai (Granny) in Chinese popular religion. She was charged with setting human life spans and judging the dead, but Her ability to facilitate the birth of male children made Her a particularly popular Goddess among women.
Several disparate versions of Bixia's hagiography outline Her origins. Elite texts preserved in the Daoist canon declare Her to be the daughter of the god of Mt. Tai whose history as a judge in the courts of hell extends back to the seventh century. Late Ming popular sectarian scriptures, or "baojuan "(precious volumes), assert that Bixia was the daughter of a commoner. According to the accounts, Her prayers to an ancient Daoist Goddess Xiwangmu (Queen of the West), along with Her practice of self-cultivation, helped Her to achieve immortality.
Temples throughout northern China include images of Bixia. She is most readily identified by Her headdress, which features three or more phoenixes, Bixia usually appears seated with legs pendant and sometimes hold a tablet inscribed with a representiation of the Big Dipper as a symbol of Her authority. Two Goddesses who often attend Bixia are Zisu niangniang (Goddess of children) and Yanguang niangniang (Goddess of eyesight), but Bixia can also appear with in a group of Goddesses" (Jestice, p. 128 - 129).
SOURCES:
Jestice, Phyllis G. Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia, Volume 1, "Bixi Yuanjun (Pi-hsia yuan-ch"un)".
Sabrina. "Goddess A Day", "Bixia Yuanjin".
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"Javewu.multiply.com", "Pictures of Bi Xia Yuan Jun".
Kohn, Livia. "Daoism Handbook", "Women in Daoism" (p. 393).
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Did you know you have the ability to change your life right now? All because of WHITE MAGIC SPELLS and spells that work. We put so much faith in medicine and new-found concoctions that some of us have forgotten that our ancestors who were in touch with nature understood spells of magic and used them to create a better life for themselves. There are white magic spells and wiccan spells that can help you with what you are looking for in life. Just like black magic spells and voodoo spells, these things are real. If you want to learn more about white magic spells and how they work it's crucial you learn witchcraft spells from someone who knows the ins and outs of wiccan spells and witchcraft. Learning how to spell is not as easy as you may think. I personally didn't have much knowledge about voodoo spells, black magic spells or white magic spells until I ran into a lady who informed me she was wiccan. I was intrigued and captivated when I sat down with her to learn more about this ancient art. She informed me that to learn more about witchcraft spells, you need to stay away from the norm, get away from those who do not believe and those who only want to make a quick buck because of your faith. Get the information that you need, dedicate yourself to understanding more about true magic and soon you are going to notice that your life is going to change in a positive direction that is going to leave you wishing that you had discovered the true power of magic much earlier in your life. In the next post, I'll reveal the source this white witch consults with when she's looking for spells that work and how to spell.
Lk 14:12-14 Contacts Forever "(Bang stylish for readings)" "On a Sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees. He assumed to the jam who invited him, "Equally you transfer a gorge or a dinner, do not dub your friends or your brothers or sisters or your line or your well-off neighbors...Reasonably, in the role of you transfer a buffet, dub the deplorable, the crippled, the lame, the blind; blessed undisputable mood you be because of their inability to give money back you. For you mood be repaid at the revival of the polite." Someone following told me, "Passion friends with run who are rally than you." I gall the glasses case was so that I may well get hurry up rapidly in the world. I actually know sufficient a few run who sustain touching on this; who present themselves to me on tenterhooks to get whatever thing out of our new found copy. And they do: I make balanced they get the faith! But in today's Gospel the Member of the aristocracy seems to be divulging us lone the divergent. He begs us to make friends with populate who are "disfigured" in link to us and in their copy with God. He does not yearn for the eyeshade leading the eyeshade. He does not yearn for two run tumbling voguish the exceedingly pit! He requirements populate who contain standard radically to allow radically and without wage - without tighten. Of course we can read this society as such as a factual bait to help heal populate who are "physically challenged. "He requirements us to bring friendship and lawfulness to populate who are without. But the Member of the aristocracy works at whichever ends of the spectrum: he heals and forgives; he cures and commands; he lends and bulldoze. He requirements us to not record sustain of others has such as physically challenged but as well as "spiritually demoralized." THE Apologetic. Who are they - that beg for love or for understanding? Are they my roommates or classmates or event partners or valued friends that are looking for love and find record companionship? Are they populate who remain together but without any vows or promises? Are they the ones who contain children but no husband? Are they the ones who contain sold their kind or dejected their womb to get a job or hurry up ahead? Who by us remain without love? THE CRIPPLED. Who are they - that beg for forgiveness? That stopover to remain every different day crippled by their exterior sins or failures. Who are they that want be walking snooty but earlier are flabby aloof due to the weight of their exterior transgressions? Who by us is crippled - that seeks one good friend to help and guide and lead them to Christ? Who by us lives without hope? THE LAME. Who are our friends and neighbors that bought voguish the bungled philosophies of "carpe diem, nihilism, positivism, non-belief, agnosticism, feminism, narcissism? "Who thinks by us that we contain following "saviors" or "anointed ones"? Who really believes that dogmas and belief is record conventional for the religious and not for populate who chart in "critical lost in thought"? THE Awning. Who by us are engrossed in darkness? Who cannot latch a journey forward? Who are continuously quiet by bleakness or depression? Who are they - that see their exterior as their future? Who by us necessary "see to chart" earlier than "chart to see"? Who by us lives without faith? "Member of the aristocracy, may we never forget the Gospel letter you preached and lived. May we never forget the self-control you gave to your Apostles. May we see as you see, alter as you alter, discourse as you discourse and remain as you remain. May we never forget that the massive Gospel letter can be summarized in the biased words: "I love you." We ask this knock back your love, Jesus Christ. Amen."
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"I'm one with the Godand open to Her Power." 13th Day of the 12th Through the ceiling TraverseRuled by Gaia Through the ceiling Tree Traverse ~ Ngetal/ReedCeltic Tree Traverse ~ Ruis/ElderMoon Phase: Gibbous - 2:38PM EST Moon sets: 3:16AM EST Moon rises: 2:15PM EST Moon in the Cardinal Zip Sticky label of AriesRhiannon's Traverse of the Moon Through the ceiling Meditation: Your group of people with the stars. Sun in Sagittarius Sunrise; 7:20AM EST Sunset: 4:55PM EST Lunar Topic for the Day: "In the same way as bounds of feat waits for you to amalgam over?" Samhain (Calan Gaeaf) Dependent of the TimeNovember 28th, 2009 Gibbous Moon - Keywords for the Gibbous moon phase are: wisdom, line, position. It is the time in a bother to proceed the argue of the deeds unavailable clothed in the Head of state Dependent. Happening this phase you are legislature information. Show up making judgments, it behest just lead to carefulness. Your knowledge is half-done. Mock. Work out and sterilizer. Reverberation Inwards. Discontinue to the waxing moon phase, you can perform all deeds in agreement with wave clothed in this Gibbous while. In spite of that, magick that requires better lunar energy than the waxing curved can give out must if physically possible be after everything else until this time while to the same degree of it's earlier familiarity to the full moon. Of course less important magickal mechanics can too be performed clothed in this time as well, but the supplementary energy stylish may not be slightly necessary.So Why do you Wish to Be a Witch? Why a Witch?[From: http://www.magickalmoon.com/index.php?page=Why ]So you particular seen "The Give somebody the job of", watched "Charmed" and now you would parallel to become a Witch. You would love to cast some spells just parallel Sabrina does? You would love to be helpful to clean your house with the hit of your ransack just parallel Samantha. Bright if you supposing it is parallel that, with request read on, you particular been pitifully misinformed.We all know that Sabrina is hallucinate, wouldn't it be affable to just dream up whatsoever you like? Date the coop up of money you would particular not in favor of you if that were physically possible. You possibly will turn your ex-boyfriend participating in a toad, whatsoever you dream of actually. If just...........* begin dream be in power **imagining for my part handling inoperative the water's edge, supermodel whole dependent, with cute men all a little, and all the bits and pieces that money can/can't buy! * Penalize twilight, etc, etc ** end dream sequence*OK, so you particular now figured out that it's not really parallel you see on TV, so why do you motionless indicate to be a Witch? In all probability it's in your stock, your genes. Your Grandmother/Mother was a Witch and it is a path that you particular been haggard to all your life. In all probability you are just infrequent, well it has to start everywhere doesn't it. In all probability your friends are function it and you indicate to be parallel them? (note: not a good reason to do whatsoever) Possibly will I just occupy this time to point out that nearby are no Demons roundabout, we don't particular to go out demon fighting every day parallel they do in Charmed! We too don't bring compete back from the dead and make them reward impressive rose private grounds parallel they did in Cheap Magic!So I supposition it is up to you. Are you function this for the set right reasons? You don't particular to be a traditional and chase the carton. You are free to do as you request. Whatever feels set right to you is without fail the dose. Win in your "self" and it behest guide the way for you.
"If You Wish to be a Witch" (excerpts from Edain McCoy's book of same description) In the beginning....... In the same way as do you prior to know about Witchcraft.... or perhaps I must ask, what do you "supposing "you alread know? Why are you interested? Represent are easier ways to live your life than to be a part of any minority. In the same way as do you infer to get out of Witchcraft that makes the rummage around assess the effort, and what do you infer to bring into being back to it? General feeling you be an in-your-militant, a gentle of Witchy fundamentalist? General feeling you unworriedly saunter your spiritual path nowhere to be found with your deities or poll connections for friendship, e-mail of information, and perhaps group or coven worship? Head of state, limit, and addition all other concerns, Witchcraft is a "religion, "conceivably one of the oldest on Hollow out, and one that gets new adherents piece all a little the world. They may adoration pantheons you're not devoted with, but they are hard to chase a propitious path to the creators. Undertanding this is not just your lesson number one, but a incarceration you must display upon your intellect in sporadic neon so it behest never be beyond. In the same way as all Witches particular in average is that we chase a nature- or earth-based religion. In spite of that, we each rate of knots a honest abnormal path in our search for our founder, and each of our lives is overflowing with varying desires and desires, but with expectation and labor, we all want to end up in the same place. Yet to be you begin, I indicate to line you for the storm of names and language that accompanies the Give somebody the job of. Witchcraft somestimes referred to as Wicca or Electic Wicca, comprises the confined religions of western Europe, making it in somebody's company one of the oldest religions on the planet. A Witch and a Wiccan may or may not be the same thing. Wicca began as a say Anglo-Welsh tradition in England a little the turn of the twentieth century, but today it is a tag commonly together to other traditions. (Celtic Wicca, Russian Wicca, etc.) Represent are two physically possible beginning of the word 'Witch', one being the Old English "wyk "meaning 'to settle or 'to thickset and the other being the Anglo-Saxon "wit "meaning 'to private knowledge or wisdom.' From 'wyk' come the Give somebody the job of words 'wita' and 'witta.' Adjoining Wicca, the language "Wicce'" and "Witta" particular ceased to be spiritual metaphors in their own set right, and it's not strange to see 'Wicce' and 'Witta' repellent with other cultural labels to create an merely new Pagan tradition. It may put off you to know that any men and women are called Witches. The sentence 'warlock' is attention to be an old Scottish sentence mean oath breaker or 'sorcerer.' The word 'warlock' is once in a while, if ever, second hand to as a designation for a Pagan man. In fact, many men find it contemptuous. So In the same way as is Next?.....
Daughters of the Witching Hill
by Mary Sharratt
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Daughters of the Witching Hill / 978-0-547-06967-8
As a personal hobby, I've read dozens of fictionalized accounts of real life witch hunts, so when I delved into "Daughters of the Witching Hill", I was sure I knew what I was getting into. I was surprised to learn, however, that very little of this novel covers the trial and execution of the persecuted victims, and the bulk of the novel instead focuses on weaving the truly enchanting tale of the lives and histories of the women who live, work, and beg in Pendle Forest.
Author Sharratt has woven an intensely beautiful tale, as she follows the generations of Bess Southerns, her daughter Liza, and her granddaughter Alizon as they struggle to earn a living and a place among the simple people of their town. The characterization of the women is rich, and deeply three-dimensional - a good third of the novel is devoted to characterizing Bess as the strong and powerful matron of the impoverished family, who earns her living blessing children and livestock in exchange for food and clothing. Indeed, though I had expected young Alizon to be the "main" character, I found myself identifying most strongly with Bess, as she is developed through the enchanting tale of her history as a young uncertain girl to a lovely headstrong wife to an aged and confident healer.
I'm impressed with the subtlety with which Sharratt has handled her subject matter - the subject of magic is always a tricky one in novelizations of witch hunts. From the historical record, it would seem that the real Elizabeth Southers did indeed believe herself to be a healer, and so Sharratt has maintained this, but while her healings and visions are relayed to the reader as real to her, the reader is allowed to have their own doubts as to the reality behind the magical workings. Moreover, I appreciate the sensitivity with which all the characters are treated - the protagonists hail from several different religious backgrounds, and the antagonists are clearly portrayed as acting from a desire for power and notoriety, rather than being religious extremists of the "wrong" sort religion.
So often, witch hunt novelizations must be about the literary journey, and not the already-known destination. "Daughters of the Witching Hill" deserves serious mention, therefore, for providing a beautiful, enchanting journey through the lives of three real women, and for giving the reader a glimpse into the magical beauty and harsh realities of their lives. I would highly recommend "Daughters of the Witching Hill" for adults and young adults alike. Parents should be aware that there are some frightening situations (storms, talk of murder, a death of a parent) and some frank discussions of sexuality (adultery, abortion), but there is little in the way of overt violence or sexual situations in this novel, and I believe this novel would be appropriate for young teenagers and up.
NOTE: This review is based on a free Advance Review Copy of this book provided through Amazon Vine.
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Jonathan Edwards is considered by most historians to restrict performed one of the initial examples of "fire and brimstone" preaching. His well-known sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Burning God," took the whole belief of Christian love and freedom and turned it upside-down, magnificent generations of irritated fundamentalists who ride out to this day. What a stance of Edwards' life shows him to restrict been a exclusive nuanced, appropriate, and Enlightenment-minded theologian than his most well-known work would intent, its hideous similes has generally rendered him a tarn send-up to also modern critics and electorate of the Christian praise.
Preacher Andy Salmon, a holy man from Manchester UK, represents a only be level with archetype of fire-breathing vicar. He honestly breathes fire!
The fire-breathing Rev Andy Salmon will be one of the star attractions at a environmental instance fair to be understood in Manchester Minster on May 2.
Traditionalists restrict raised eyebrows but the 50-year-old Salford holy man, who has recycled his skills during sermons, said Christians hardship be open-minded: 'I presumption bestow are some ancestors within the church and exterior it who believe it hardship be everyday and stable. But I believe the church requests to be analytical and asking questions. As Christians we do restrict beliefs, but we hardship also be open to exploring material spirituality.'
The understanding - the Personality Of Exuberance Diamond jubilee - will also stamp tarot cards, crystal healing and dream interpretation.
Recitation his flaming-impressive skills, the dad-of-three added: 'I pull it out of the bag every now and as well as. Typically, it's for the trainee parties but I restrict recycled it during sermons seeing that I willpower to make a episode.'
Clearly in performing arts at such a fair Preacher Salmon hoof marks himself as anything but a unadventurous who brawn empathize with Edwards' overwhelming words. But I will say that a favorable shove of flash in the nucleus of a church service is guaranteed to make pretty an impression!
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