#earth-bound

[angel-lightwolf]

Dragon verson of Tenshi from Earth-Bound by Dusksonata.

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[teufelskunst]

For the past weeks (and with interruption due to sickness), I have been working meticulously on the set-up for ritually blessing this year’s harvest. Of course it is not possible to pile up all the herbs and seeds gathered over the year. So instead I created a new, dynamic working sigil, which can be adopted and rearranged for different needs. In my own ritual the sigil is constructed from different plant parts and seeds, each corresponding with one of the four elements and esoteric symbolism. I.e. the sickles are made out of fennel stalks and vervain herb. For the stang in the center was used a thorn-apple stalk with pods and thornapple leaf and seed for the triangle symbolizing the spirit housed within the green. Of course you could use other herbs, real sickles, or simply trace the lines in the soil.

My offerings given to the spirits included self-gathered pine tree resin, Samhain protection incense, four beeswax candles, water and rum. The operation can be performed in silent contemplation or you call upon specific crossroad spirits and deities of your tradition. When done, all parts of the sigil can be gathered and employed to different sorcerous ends. Important is, if the ritual is dedicated to a certain spirit or deity you should stick with it.

Now I mentioned this was a dynamic sigil. As you can see in the above picture, the ritual aimed at blessing objects (in this case my seed boxes), which are placed inside the blades of the four sickles. A different ritual setting would consist of placing links to the four elements inside the sickles, e.g. offerings corresponding to each or your main altar tools. The point is, that you can construct and arrange the set-up in different ways suiting your needs. Now here are a few suggestions how to go about it:

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a1. Blessing different objects…

a2. …energetic flow

b1. Four elements moved inside sickles…

b2. …following physical state of matter

c1. Same succession as in b2, but different placement…

c2. …with emphasis on widdershins movement

d1. Yet another version…

d2. …emphasis on pentagram symmetry

Recently someone pointed out that the placement of the four elements inside my sigil was “wrong”. He was reasoning from the viewpoint of Western Mystery Tradition / Tarot. Well, as you can see there are different versions that all can be worked with. It is entirely up to you if you want to employ a tradition-specific succession and which you chose. Important is, if you do, that you contemplate and know why you chose one option over another.

Btw. I am looking forward to use the earth-bound altar again. It was altogether a very powerful experience employing sorcerous herbs and soil in this way.

PS: Please remember, I will process any new orders by the 2nd week of November. Until then I am preparing for my stall and exhibition at the Samhain Celebration on November 4th in Gotha (Germany).

Harvest Blessing October 2016 For the past weeks (and with interruption due to sickness), I have been working meticulously on the set-up for ritually blessing this year's harvest.

[malctg]

Voices!

At fifteen thought life was fun an adventure as she entered the church behind her parents they were on holiday her sister followed behind from a young age heard voices in her head knew they were of the dead!   For a while suppressed the sounds in her mind but within the ancient building had started again echoing from every angle her parents had no idea but had to confide with her younger sibling…

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[customstoday]

Astronaut captures most amazing images of Earth from International Space Station

Astronaut captures most amazing images of Earth from International Space Station

HONG KONG: Inspiring footage taken from the International Space Station has given Earth-bound mortals a rare glimpse of what the world looks like from outer space. Hurtling back to earth at 17,000 miles per hour is hardly going to be a relaxing experience, as these Nasa images show. The amazing photographs and gifs released by Nasa demonstrate the tricky – if incredible – procedure astronauts…

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[philipchircop]

EARTHY AND REAL

lying face down on the ground, as if pulled downward by an invisible force - that same force that fashioned all of us out of fragile clay -  in the original lush garden of possibility

ears to the ground listening to the sounds of deep desires and urgent longings, distracted and perhaps disturbed by a thousand thoughts dancing in synch with the litany of the saints – sung in near-perfect modulation

name after name of women and men - down-to-earth people - who lived their lives looking for feet to wash, the saints who blundered their way forward into the Big Heart of Love.

instinctively, two little children neighbour their elders, their fresh cheeks rubbing against the cold marble floor

imagine them whispering in innocent silence the loud imperatives of what it means to be an artist of the good news:

stay close to the mud and the humus that knows all  the seasons by heart

stay rooted and grounded in love, mercy and compassion

let your clay be moist lest you lose the imprint of the artist

play and pray with all, in good times and bad times

laugh and cry, and let the tears be the lens through which you look at life

stretch the circle of compassion where everyone belongs

steer away from sticky pedestal behaviour.

Philip Chircop SJ Ordination Day | Our Lady of Lourdes Parish | 24th May 2014

[mwydyn]

Just another Earth-bound misfit.