12 Days of Yule: First Night

Catriona McDonald's avatarThe Druid's Well

One dot, that’s on or off, defines what is and what is not: one dot.
—”Growing Up” by Peter Gabriel

Tonight, the retelling of the story of the world begins. Tonight, celebrate the spark, the divine explosion, the first existence of the One.  One has not yet become Two—One is undifferentiated from Itself, yet has separated from the void of Unbeing.

Light the candle of potentiality. Stand on the threshold of wonder, the precipice of fragmentation, before the One explodes into infinite multitudes.

The kindling of flame
The kindling of the Wheel
The kindling of light and dark
The kindling of the Powers
May hope be kindled in the hearts of all
May your flame join the eternal Fire

598px-a_young_star_takes_centre_stage Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, Karl Stapelfeldt (GSFC), B. Stecklum & A. Choudhary

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Benjamin Fulford Update – Old reality fading quickly as pole shift now fully underway

David Robinson's avatarMaine Republic Email Alert

Old reality fading quickly as pole shift now fully underway

http://benjaminfulford.net/

The collective story by which humanity has been herded into the future is undergoing a pole shift, and the old reality is fading rapidly. The story by which the world, especially the Western world, has been living in was one of a never-ending war on terror and an engineered clash between Islam and Christianity. The mass murdering criminals whose “social engineering” has perpetuated this story are being hunted down and killed or else are under house arrest or in hiding.

One of the most senior members of the cabal behind the atrocities in Syria and elsewhere, Bishop Javier Echevaria, the head of the fascist Opus Dei Vatican organization, was killed last week after he tried to overturn the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, Pentagon sources say. The Vatican says he died of natural causes.

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Pine Salt Infusion

witcherywednesday's avatarWitchery Wednesday

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Salt infusions are handy to keep around, and pine (or cedar*) is one of our favorites to make.  Both salt and pine are well known for their protective and purifying qualities.  But while salt is feminine and earthy, pine is masculine and tied to the air.  Combining these properties brings balance, creating a spell component that is more powerful then the sum of its parts.  And it’s quick and simple to make.

You will need coarse salt (usually labeled as kosher salt in any grocery store), fresh sprigs of pine, and a glass jar with a tight fitting lid.  It’s important to cut your pine sprigs from a wild tree. Not only for the connection to nature, but also because most commercially available pine is sprayed with pesticides and other chemicals for transport.  (Remember to take a moment and thank the tree for its gift.)  Place the fresh sprigs in the…

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Legendary Physicist David Bohm on the Paradox of Communication, the Crucial Difference Between Discussion and Dialogue, and What Is Keeping Us from Listening to One Another – Brain Pickings

“If we are to live in harmony with ourselves and with nature, we need to be able to communicate freely in a creative movement in which no one permanently holds to or otherwise defends his own…

Source: Legendary Physicist David Bohm on the Paradox of Communication, the Crucial Difference Between Discussion and Dialogue, and What Is Keeping Us from Listening to One Another – Brain Pickings

Know the body, don’t say no to the body | Acharya Prashant – Words into Silence

The only way to live as the one beyond the body is to realize the body; is to see that the body is the body. Now, that appears very close to saying the body is the body and I am not the body, but n…

Source: Know the body, don’t say no to the body | Acharya Prashant – Words into Silence

Seven Reasons Why the US’s New Mental Health Law Is Dangerous

Although celebrated in the media, the 21st Century Cures Act sets back many mental health advances made in the 20th century. Forced hospitalization and mandatory medications are two aspects of this bill, which takes money away from community-based programs that allow people to work and function in society.

Source: Seven Reasons Why the US’s New Mental Health Law Is Dangerous

A Lesson from Standing Rock | Black Agenda Report

There have been very few people’s victories under the Obama administration. His corporate policies have prevailed mainly by default, due largely to the failure of progressives to confront the First Black President. “The anti-war movement has been buried in the Democratic Party graveyard throughout the duration of Obama’s tenure.” The Standing Rock Sioux, however, never wavered in their determination, and faced down Big Energy and the U.S. government.

Source: A Lesson from Standing Rock | Black Agenda Report

Thursday 15/12/16

andycandypants's avatarJourney by the sea

Thursday 15th December, 2016.

The Moon is in Cancer.

The Sun in Sagittarius.

The Moon opposes Mercury in Capricorn and squares Jupiter in Libra and Uranus in Aires.

The Moon is in sensitive, emotional Cancer all day. Today is a great day to retreat, revive and be with family and friends. When the Moon is in Cancer we tend to gravitate towards the nurturing side of life, we become domestic and want to spread our self and our love wide, touching everyone we meet with kindness. Today is a great day to focus on your home, does it needing ssorting out? if your home is in a bit of a mess.. clean up! de clutter! do the washing or put fresh sheet on the bed. Our needs for comfort, safety, belonging, and familiarity are strong today, so invite your family and loved ones over.Cancer loves food so host a dinner…

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Homebrewed Mead: Traditional Yule

Trey Capnerhurst's avatarStillroom Remedies

Originally published a few years ago on Witchvox. But this one has pics! And a bit of current editing. Since switching over to veganism, I haven’t yet decided if I can partake again of this sacred beverage. I’m still thinking about it….

After adding everything together, and before the cloth on top!

When my apprentice, now mistress of herbs in her own right, and I first made mead, it wasn’t nearly that much of a trial as some authors seemed to imply.  I personally think it’s easier than canning, which frankly makes me nervous. You almost can’t screw up making mead, and it’s one of the most sacred and magical tasks we do here in the Medieval Still Room that connects us to our ancestors.  My husband pronounced it as the best concoction to come out of the brewing room yet!

Mead is possibly one of the first alcoholic beverages and has achieved…

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Losses of soil carbon under global warming might equal US emissions: Global study finds losses will be greatest in world’s coldest places — ScienceDaily

For decades, scientists have speculated that rising global temperatures might alter the ability of soils to store carbon, potentially releasing huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere and triggering runaway climate change. Yet thousands of studies worldwide have produced mixed signals on whether this storage capacity will actually decrease — or even increase — as the planet warms. It turns out scientists might have been looking in the wrong places.

Source: Losses of soil carbon under global warming might equal US emissions: Global study finds losses will be greatest in world’s coldest places — ScienceDaily

Patent US6630507 – Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants – Google Patents

Cannabinoids have been found to have antioxidant properties, unrelated to NMDA receptor antagonism. This new found property makes cannabinoids useful in the treatment and prophylaxis of wide variety of oxidation associated diseases, such as ischemic, age-related, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The cannabinoids are found to have particular application as neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and HIV dementia. Nonpsychoactive cannabinoids, such as cannabidoil, are particularly advantageous to use because they avoid toxicity that is encountered with psychoactive cannabinoids at high doses useful in the method of the present invention. A particular disclosed class of cannabinoids useful as neuroprotective antioxidants is formula (I) wherein the R group is independently selected from the group consisting of H, CH3, and COCH3.

Source: Patent US6630507 – Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants – Google Patents