Saturday, July 17, 2010

B4 Time Was...


Before Time Was

by Scott Cunningham



Before time was, there was The One;

The One was all, and all was The One.

And the vast expanse known as the universe was The One,

all-wise, all-pervading, all-powerful, eternally changing.

And space moved.

The One moulded energy into twin forms,

equal but opposite, fashioning the Goddess and God

from The One and of The One.

The Goddess and God stretched and gave thanks to The One,

but darkness surrounded them.



They were alone, solitary save for The One.

So They formed energy into gasses into suns and planets and moons; They sprinkled the universe with whirling globes and so all was given shape by the hands of the Goddess and God.

Light arose and the sky was illuminated by a billion suns.

And the Goddess and God, satisfied by their works, rejoiced and loved,

and were one.



From their union sprang the seeds of all life, and of the human race,

so that we might achieve incarnation upon the Earth.

The Goddess chose the Moon as Her symbol,

and the God the Sun as His symbol,

to remind the inhabitants of Earth of their fashioners.



All are born, live, die and are reborn beneath the Sun and Moon;

all things come to pass there-under,

and all occurs with the blessings of The One,

as has been the way of existence before time was.

Self Dedication

This is an entry that I typed on my computer the day/night of my self dedication.
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MY SELF DEDICATION

Everything is together.. I have been prepared for quite sometime.. I thought I was going to have to wait until the next new moon, but everything that I was missing just fell into place.. It was meant to be tonight!! I was in need of an athame and a chalice... Well, I was in my storage shed today and there it was sitting right on top of a box... my athame!! I have had this for a few years.. I just bought it because of the scarab and egyptian carvings on it.. never really had a purpose for it.. I hadnt even thought of it in years... well, there it was.. right in front of me.. i opened it up, and it was double edged... I said, yes my athame, you found me!! This whole time I was looking and you were here all along just waiting for the right time to reveal yourself!! And, Also yesterday I was in the thift store with my husband to look at movies and someting told me to go to housewares.. I usually avoid the knick knack section because of the visions that I often get from touching things... Well, I was drawn that way yesterday... and low and behold there it was sitting on the first shelf I walked to.. a silver chalice!!! And when I touched it, I felt nothing but love.. I think it was from a wedding bc of the since of love and joy that i felt through it!! So, I have to 2 pieces that I was missing =) Of course my besom is made by hand, as well as my pentacle/alter cloth.. I have a beautiful bamboo mat that i painted a pentacle on with black paint... Im going to decorate it later when I get some Ideas for it, but hey.. we all gotta start somewhere.... Oh, and I almost forgot.. I had to come back and add this... I wasnt missing it, but I found an inscense burner right there by the chalice!!!!! Oh, I had to have it!! It was sooo perfect!!! Tonight will be my first circle cast and my dedication... I havent wanted to perform any sort of anything, circles, ect... untl my self dedication... so, tonight, i will cast my 1st circle, do my self-dedication, and bless my tools in the name of the god and goddess.... Ohhhhhh Its a blessed blessed exciting night!!!!



BLESSED BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




*********Update**********


After an hour I am finished!! I feel wonderful.. I feel like there is peace and love and energy coursing through my body... I'm smileing, I can't stop smileing... I dedicated myself, I blessed all of my tools, and I blessed my book of shadows.. I was so nervous about casting and releasing the circle, but it went so smoothly!! Except for when my finger went into my fire element candle =) Wow, is all I can say.. that was wonderful =)
My alter for that night.

Intro to My Blog


Well, I figured I would take this opportunity and write a little intro to my Blog.  My blog is called "& The Moon Called To My Soul".  My blog is used as my virtual Book of Shadows so that someone else may benefit from the knowledge that I have obtained.  I will not include everything that is in my personal BOS because somethings are just personal.  But, this will include a large portion of my personal book of shadows.  A BOS is where a witch keeps a journal of his/her thoughts, feelings, dreams, tarot(some do), divinations, spells, rituals, etc...  A person's BOS is a collection of works that grows throughout the years.  You can learn alot about a person through their BOS.  A copy of ones BOS us usually passed down from teacher to student, or through families.  They contain ethics, laws, and education texts as well as personal doings.  Most are handwritten, but in today's age people are getting more modern with their BOS.  This is my attempt at that, hence my virtual Book Of Shadows =)  Enjoy & Remember...  I am a Solitary Eclectic Wiccan/Witch.  Eclectic means that I do not follow one particular path or set discipline.  I incorporate many different things into my spirituality.  Some people will believe different things than I do according to their path and teachings.  That is the beauty of this spiritual path...  Its about you, and what feels right to you and no one else!=)