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Oak-Apples: ink and weather lore.
Oak-Apples: ink and weather lore.
“If thou wilt see and know how it will go that year, then take heed of the Oak-Apples about St Michael’s Day. When they be within full of spiders, then followers a naughty year: if they have with them Flies, that betokens a good year, or if they have Maggots in them; if there be nothing in them, then followers a great Dearth. If they be many, and early ripe, so shall it be an early…
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Practical magics: recycling and repurposing your very own censer!
Practical magics: recycling and repurposing your very own censer!
A while ago I wrote about the merits of buying second hand, how the crafty witch can repurpose basically anything with a little skill and know how.
A recycled pot, repurposed as a censer – note the holes in the lid.
Many of us shun the old joss-sticks for resin incense, burnt on lit charcoal blocks in censers… the old fashioned way, if you will.
But many of these commercial censers are…
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Goodbye 2019 - Hello 2020!
Goodbye 2019 – Hello 2020!
2019 has been a strange year, full of high’s and low’s and middling things… and… Ive not posted here much, but thats going to change with 2020.
So what have I been doing?
Well, Ive been busy with my creativity, as well as other things… reading, writing, planning, visiting – the list is endless! I even got to host the second Welsh Occult Conference in the spring!
I’ve also picked up the…
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Ars Angelorum by Gary St. M. Nottingham
Ars Angelorum by Gary St. M. Nottingham
Recently, I required a very interesting book, namely Ars Angelorum. The Book of the Angels, by Gary St. M. Nottingham.
But these are not the cute and cuddly angels of the new age – don’t expect fluff and lots of sparkle and light – these are the real dudes people.
The above show the book in my possession and are copyrighted ©Cymraes2019 all rights reserved.
My hard back copy is a very…
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Awesome Humpback Amazing - truly an amazing experience! I so enjoyed the photos and videos - the climate change crisis has us all twitching but when something like this happens its magical! Truly magical and part of me now wants to pack up and head 'doon sooth' as fast as I can!
Lets cut to the chase: climate change is a thing. It’s happening RIGHT NOW!
Do you need convincing?
No? Thought not…
Are you concerned?
I bet you are, depending on where you live, the changes in our climate are becoming more pronounced – a simple online search will show how humans are impacting on our world.
Both the north, and south poles are melting. I will say no more than…
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A letter of thanks.
A letter of thanks.
The incense billows, perfuming the room as the incantations rise to fever pitch! The candle flickers, then grows tall as if the spoken word commands it to lengthen stretching up, reaching out so it can be seen on the otherside of the walking world. The sounds then begin, not in the room, but deep within the home… in rooms that are empty, in places were no mortal hand knocks. It is done then,…
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Amissio.
My corner of the world has been rocked by the death of my Beloved.
I’m sure you will understand my silence.
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The weekend of the much anticipated Welsh Occult Conference began with an A-typical Mercurial trick or two, as the joker God tried his hardest to keep us from attending – but the Companee of the Green Man and Mother Nature are made of stern stuff, and we endured. All be it our plans for the Friday, were laid waste… well almost.
The Dragon Hotel, Montgomery. ©Cymraes2018
The Dragon Hotel in Montgomery were most accommodating with our late arrival. The rooms were lovely, and we settled into the bar to unwind and socialise with the lovely Hellfire Helen, who regaled us tales of her dreaming incense – very kindly gifting us a portion each… but that is, as they say, another story; lets just say we slept well and our dream were interesting…
We rose early to breakfast and decided to go for a short walk afterwards, to see the “sights”.
Disused well. Montgomery, Powys. ©Cymraes2018
You know, the British weather is a peculiar thing; this summer has been kind to us, with sunshine and warmth after that long hard winter, and the previous summer that failed miserably come the August. So it was delightful to arrive in the beautiful town decked out in Mother Natures best flowers blooming happily, filling the air with their perfumes.
Montgomery blooms. ©Cymraes2018
A short walk across the square with it’s quaint shops, up the hill and down the road to St Nicholas’s Church filled the senses with awe – the views from which were outstanding, heralding an adventure into the sacred ritual landscape across the valley the next day.
The interior of St Nicholas’s Church, Montgomery, Powys. Cymraes2018
Icon of St Nicholas. ©Cyrmaes2018.
The Herbert Monument. ©Cymraes2018
The Herbert’s ©Cymraes2018
Their children. ©Cymraes2018
Knights of he Realm. ©Cymraes2018
Then onto the conference in the town hall. We chatted with the stall holders, (such good stalls!) and friends who had also made the journey – the Occult/Traditional Crafter scene is so small in the UK, nearly everyone knows everyone, so these events are always a good chance to socialise; this one was no different from any other. After a good natter and some early bargains, we settled down for the talks.
First up was Tracy, and a very well researched talk on the history of the pentagram, which was quite enlightening. Then a brake, in which I caught up with a young man I know well online, and it was a pleasure to meet him and his beautiful fiancé – if every you get a chance, check out his blog; it’s really very very good 🙂
Next was Jake Stratton-Kent, and for all of you who know JSK, he needs no introduction – what he doesn’t know about necromancy isn’t worth knowing!
His talk was on the PGM; that delicious collection of papyrus from 2,000(ish) ago – containing many spells from both the Greek and Egyptian mages, including some re-wroded to fit the newly emerging Christianity. I was secretly pleased to see his copy of the PMG looked very much like my own; well worn, with many little tabs, bookmarking important sections. But I doubt my knowledge comes any where near Jakes – he truly is one of those rare people who walk their talk… I recall his mentioning the general spell for consecration being easy to adapt and the question and answer session that followed was most excellent. A highly entertaining talk.
We broke for lunch, and as the caterer had failed to turn up, we went back to the hotel to eat, and socialise before returning to hear Sian Sibley speak on Hekate. As with the pervious speakers, Sian gave an excellent talk, but at one point she was asked not to speak so quickly! To which she laughed, and replied, “Well I am Welsh!”
Next up was my favourite talk of the even; Mrs Midian, Victoria Musson, on the Sacred Landscape, something which sits with me very well … it’s clear Victoria is hefted to her home land too. Her talk, even with out the planed power-point presentation, was also very enlightening – she is clearly hefted to her part of the world, and her roots go deep there.
Then last but not least, the final talk was given by the organiser, Gary Nottingham, a sorcerer of some repute who regaled us with a few tales of past successful workings, as well as plenty of food for thought regarding the Arte of Magic.
The day had ended all too soon!
The following day, refreshed and ready for adventure, we ventured into the Sacred Landscape to visit Mitchel’s Fold stone circle, before heading our way back home.
For those of you who do not know the area, it is filled with Sacred sites; hill forts, burial chambers and spirits of the land abound.
It was a very fitting end to a wonderful week end – and the good news is, there will be another, Welsh Occult Conference – at the time of writing, it’s planed for Saturday 11th May 2019 at the Town Hall, Welshpool, Powys. Details of speakers though, have yet to be released.
For now, I leave you with a little folklore….
The Sacred Landscape of Mitchels Fold stone circle, with Corndon hill, and a Bronze Age track. ©Cymraes2018
There is a legend, that once, during famine, a good witch gifted the villagers of the area, a white cow, who could never be milked dry; as long as the milk was never spilt on the ground the cow could feed the hungry – so all the good folk of the parish went up the hill to milk the cow, every day, and thus were saved from starvation.
But there was an evil witch, called Mitchel – who disgruntled with such generosity, took a sieve and milked the cow dry – such was the anger at this that the witch was turned to stone… some say by the good witch, some say by the Vicar… but which stone is her?
Mitchel’s Fold stone circle ©Cymraes2018.
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The Welsh Occult Conference 2018: a review. The weekend of the much anticipated Welsh Occult Conference began with an A-typical Mercurial trick or two, as the joker God tried his hardest to keep us from attending - but the Companee of the Green Man and Mother Nature are made of stern stuff, and we endured.
Last night I dreamt of Toads singing in the Moonlight… Do you dream? And when you do, do you dream of toads? Do you hear their shrill call, as you hide your head under the sheets?
Dear RM...
Dear RM…
Rochelle darling…. please stop bombarding my blog with such blatant lies – that is until I gather myself enough to be associated with such content; really you should face the fact that your book was heavily plagiarised… oh and about those other comments I’ve recieved – the post you wrote on Gather under the fake name of Pagan News have ALREADY been deleted for hate speech and harassment…
Up…
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This just in from Andborough Publishing reproduced here in full:
“It is unfortunate but we have pulled the book Beyond the Third Eye by Rochelle Moore from publication. After hearing complaints from readers we put the book through a plagiarism scanner and it produced a rating of 25%. According to the software manufacture, any rating above 21% is highly suspect of plagiarism.
We conducted a random inspection of several passages the software identified as suspect and found word-for-word duplication from works that predated the book. No attribution was given for these passages. The duplicated material varied in length from several sentences to multiple paragraphs.
This is truly unfortunate and will force us to change how we handle new manuscripts. In the past our authors sign a publishing agreement that states:
“a) Author warrants that Author is the author and sole owner of the Work or was assigned the rights delineated above; that it is original and contains no matter unlawful in its content, nor does it violate the rights of any third party including but not limited to rights of privacy, rights of publicity, libel or infringement of copyright or any other rights; that the Work is not in the public domain. Author also warrants that these rights are owned or controlled by him without encumbrance and that Author has full power to grant the listed rights to Publisher.”
We worked from a position of “Good Faith” that the authors were who and what they claim they are and had the rights to the work they presented as original. Now we will have to put every manuscript to the test. Thankfully modern technology has provided us a way to scan and compare against other digital works, it does however limit us to only digital comparisons.
We’ve had several people ask why didn’t we vet our authors better. Vetting in the publishing world is fact checking and fact checking is so time consuming that even local newspaper forgo this and expect the authors/writers to check their own facts. This is the case with large publishing houses as well. A recent article in The New York Times tells the problems that befell Henry Holt & Company recently. Not only did the author make up facts in the book but embellished his own credentials.
This was a sad week at Andborough Publishing. Our apologies.”
It is indeed in many different ways a sad time. But I see no reason for them to apologise. They were a victim of a plagiarist!
The dupliciousness of Rochelle Moore now continues with her “Agent” and various other fake profiles making it known on FB that this is not true and that the publishers are throwing a dicky-fit like spoilt children because she has found a better publisher!
WHAT!
Andborough Publishing have acted in a very mature and responsible manner through all of this and I have no doubt they will continue to do so. To suggest other wise, once again illustrates the childish manner in which Ms Moore surrounds herself.
The woman is a plagiarist – the proof is irrefutable….
Update 21st June 2010.
Since this was posted I have had several comments from a Dublin IP; these comments were ‘written’ by false identies. That is people who do not live (nor could have been) in Dublin. After seeking approval from the people these comments were suposed to be from, several will not be appearing.
Further on this matter can be found here.
Rochelle Moore’s book pulled by publishers for plagiarism! This just in from Andborough Publishing reproduced here in full: "It is unfortunate but we have pulled the book…
The Old Flame.
The street was still damp from the recent rain, the trees on the other side of the high stone wall along the footpath, kept dripping droplets on her head, causing her to pull up her coat collar, to save the cold dribbles going down her neck. It was still too windy for an umbrella, so she put her head down, and pushed on to her destination. Glancing up, she saw an old flame walking towards her,…
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Bare faced cheek!
It would seem our friend Rochelle Moore is not content with letting things lie… under one of her many guises I find she is now attacking me on “Gather“. I’d give the whole low down, but as you know, dear reader, it gets a tad boring going over the same old same old! Have a root – it’s all here.
The latest bit of ‘bait’ to which I AM responding (much just goes over my head as I’m not going to…
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Of the cave.
The mists cleared, and the damp warmth they’d surrounded her with, went also, leaving a clear star lit sky, and the promise of frost perhaps, later in the night.
She walked on, searching… her long dress, caressing her bare feet as she walked on the dusty ground, aware now, that the sound of running water was growing louder.
Finding the stream, to the East, the first grey light of a new day grew…
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Whoring the Goddess - Ayahuasca takes her revenge.
Whoring the Goddess – Ayahuasca takes her revenge.
A long, but important read – well researched, with links. What occurs to me after reading this is simple: not everyone seems to be what they claim to be, especially when money is concerned. The first lesson of Malkuth (this earthly plane) is to discern. Yet the New Age bleeds it’s ‘ethic’s’ even into our sphere of community – it brings with it an unhealthy trust of everyone, and this cannot be…
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Hunting for Wetiko.
“We are currently in the midst of the greatest epidemic sickness known to humanity.” ~ Paul Levy
…there was no ritual, no incense billowing from the censer, no flickering candlelight, no barbarous words… none of this, but a sense of something watching, waiting… waiting for that moment to invade, infect, much as a mosquito does. A low level of intelligence, aware, but predatory. It was simply th…
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