My kind of red riding hood

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So, if any of yall are on Twitter you MUST follow Sexstrology. It is f'ing hilarous. This gem I bring you this AM

Sexstrology Capricorn is the goat. Dont fuck with the goat.

  

Random

Saw this on tumblr. Not at all relevant but me likes.

i like it dark

I have a friend who is a healer. She does energy work and crystal healings and she is AMAZING. Sadly, shes been having her own health issued lately so I havent had a healing for months. Happily, she is doing much better now and I was able to get a healing today.
During which she told me that I am living in my top chakras and am ungrounded. Yeah I get told this alot. Anyways, she brought up the darken time of the year and where we are at for the wheel of the year. "This is the time when you work on shadow-self and the dark moon. While most people are afraid of it/hate it you go YAY WOOHOOO FINALLY." Needless to say I am a big fan of the dark and tend to enjoy shadow work and try to remain very open and honest with myself though out the year. Perhaps this is why, if you look at yesterdays post, I have such a problem with the disapearing act. I don't think that I certain time of year should dictate what you work on though working on your herb cultivation in the middle of winter would be quite difficult but I digress. I don't think that you should devote summer months to friends and the winter to family. They should always be mixed and mingled too much of either is a bad thing. So now my silly people have burned them selves out on their friends and miss their family because of their disjointed following of the Wheel of the Year

fUNNY

So I was talking with two of my friends today about two other friends who are doing the lame hibernating thing which I have spent two posts ranting about and they think I should just be like " Hey all you had to say was you did wanna get me a present this Yule."

should i go down the bunny hole to?

    So, has anyone else noticed the recently alarming rate at which people seem to be dropping off the face of the planet? As of late a number of my community members have all seemed to disappear down the rabbit hole so to speak with a mass e-mail good bye citing the time of year as the reason for their disappearance. Oh and to not be surprised if they are different once they re-emerge from their self imposed alone and family time. While I think that yes it is great to turn inwards and work on ones self and family I do not understand the need to abandon ones friends to do so. Dont get me wrong I love to hermit and I am in fact queen hermiter, however, if one of my friends needs me I am there in a flash. I disappear and say hey i hate people right now but if you need me I'm hear for you. But as of late everyone is disappearing with the message to leave them the fuck alone because it is self time.  But oh they are just keeping in touch with the season.
    Frankly, I think they have it wrong yes you should do more inward this time of year. Hell in Montana its kinda hard to get anywhere once the snow starts but I think when you are working on self you still need your peeps. And to alienate them is just stupid. I am just supposed to sit around alone when I am in need and wait for you to come out of your hole and then be thankful that you have graced me with your presence? Nope sorry I don't roll like that. Nor do I use the Wheel of the Year as an excuse for my actions which I am beginning to find is a popular cop out in the pagan community.
  

Long time no see

Sooo I suck. I haven't blogged in forever (said 'Sandlot' style). I blame the insanity of Halloween. I hope that everyone had a good Halloween. Mine was wonderful! This is the first year that I have celebrated as a pagan. I went to a ritual preformed by two friends one of whom had not run a ritual before and it was AMAZING. It was one of the first times that I have not had a post ritual 'downer'. Often times after ritual I tend to feel sick and completely drained. This time I felt full of energy to even keeled. It was great. The dark moon is fast approaching and I am still working with the book 'In the Shadow of the 10 Moons' and I am really looking forward to it. Sorry this post is a bit lame. I shall begin to write more regularly and it will be awesome.

Happy Mabon!!

I am quite excited for today is Mabon one of my favorite sabbats. Why? Well as the 'pagan thanksgiving' that means lots of food and pigging out as well as my favorite time of year. I love to beatiful fall colors the changing of the leaves and the crisp magickal air that surrounds me. I am posting a giving thanks spell for the day from http://www.llewellyn.com/spell.php

Mabon Spell of Gratitude

September 22
Wednesday
Mabon - Fall Equinox

Color of the day: Brown
Incense of the day: Lilac

Mabon, the Witches’ version of Thanksgiving, is the second of the three
harvest sabbats and a time to reflect on what blessings we’ve received.
It’s probably instinct to always want more in our lives: more money,
more love, more friends, a better job, a fitter body, a house in the
country. We rarely rest having realized one goal before we eagerly
pursue the next. This striving makes for a full and rich life, but for
real happiness, we must practice the art of gratitude. As Lao Tzu said:

"Be content with what you have;
Rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking,
The whole world belongs to you."

Begin this on Mabon and continue a practice of gratitude throughout the
year. Every morning, light a stick of incense on your altar and take a
few minutes to thank the Spirit for the multitude of blessings you enjoy
each day.

Fall

It is finally beginning to feel like fall. I love the changing of the seasons. The crisp air, the colors of the leaves and the warms clothes. I like getting to drink hot cocoa and cider. The comming of fall makes me happy.

Sew Be It

/I have been soo busy I have gotten behind looking at my e-mails. The below is one that I got from one of my yahoo groups I belong to and I know I have a follower who will find it interesting.

Sew Be It

September 10
Friday
Ramadan ends

Color of the day: Pink
Incense of the day: Mint

Today is the anniversary of the 1846 patent on the sewing machine and is
celebrated as Sew Be It Day! Sacred to the goddess Athena, needle arts
are a way to do subtle and powerful magic. Even the simplest act of
repair can be strong magic. A basic basket of needles, pins, thread, and
scissors can be found in almost every household. To bless your sewing
tools, place them on your altar. Light a blue candle and use lavender
incense. Call in the blessings of each element to the tools, the basket,
and your sewing. Call in Athena and present your sewing tools to her for
blessing. Then say:

By spool and thread, my wishes are spread; with magic and pins, my magic
begins.
As I will it so mote it be with your blessings three times three.
Thank Athena and the elements.

Dark Moon

My alter is in my closet which is huge. I have my closet in the overhangs of my house which is also where my dogs kennel is. Keeping my alter there keeps it safe, out of the way and hidden since I am in the broom closet.

So, last night I preformed my first dark moon ritual. I have been reading 'in the shadow of the 13 moons' which is amazing and I used as a guideline. I kept it simple cast my circle, did some enegy work and spoke with the goddess telling her of my intent to begin working with the dark moon. During the ritual I began to smell something really bad kinda sulfery. I thought perhaps it was a sign of some sort and it seemed strongest from the west. After I ended my circle i entered my room to find that Nubbins, my familar/dog who thinks hes a cat, had diarrheaed all over my room WTF. So, I am toying with two ideas my life sucks and my dog is a pain in the ass OR the dark moon energy was way to intense for him and he couldnt handle it. He has circled with me before and loves my magickal stuff. Either way this sums up my life right now. Dog Shit. Agh I swear I was being good and made my self stick to my decison to do ritual last night rather then just go to bed and i get stinky piles of poo for my efforts.

Nubbins aka the shitter, that goddess hes cute or hed be in deep shit

Busy

So i have been crazy busy so i leave you today with a pretty picture and a recipe for fall tea which i got off of an e-mail list I am apart of. Also, I am having my first dark moon circle tonight which I am quite excited for more to follow....

To drink in the best aspects of autumn, combine the following:

1 T. cinnamon

1 tsp. clove

1 tsp. dill

1/2 tsp. basil

Peel from 1 orange finely diced

1 cup oolong tea



This tea needs a lot of room to steep so it’s best brewed loose in a mug

or in a large tea ball. Charge the mixture with the following blessing

nine times:



Here I command the warmth of all life; the light within me; the Sun’s

supreme might. Quicken the pulse, as the season is undone. Cradle the

sweet seeds of lust just begun. Foster our hopes as they stir in the

womb; harbor the breath of life, beneath earth’s silken tomb. Awaken

within me the embers of might; the pulsing beacon of will and of sight.

For here I imbue the glimmering fragments of fate, which expand to

eternity and guide me through the gate.

Mabon

Yesterday it was cold and rainy here in Montana so I pulled out the old sewing machine and cranked her up. I happen to have an addiction to fabric. Like I have boxes of the stuff  but never make anything and as I dont have but one or two alter cloths I decided to get mine for Mabon done which i posted a pic of above tho not the best photo as it was taken with my cell phone. This will be my first time celebrating Mabon but as fall is one of my favorite times of year I think this may be one of my favorite Sabbats. But for now I am just celebrating the fact that I got my alter cloth made!

Here I am

Here I am blogging. So what the hell do I do now? My friends have been pestering me to get a blog. So here I am blogging about my new found pagan life and the random shit that happens to me thanks to my dog. Oh yes he will probably he a huge topic of blog. After rereading that last sentence perhaps i should go to bed now.