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What happened?

WHY????

 

 

 

 

IMBOLC - FEBRUARY 2/groundhogsday  

Winter fights valiantly to hold the land. The crisp snows of January
have turned to storms of sleet, and the Earth and the sky are gray,
leaden, and heavy with the cold. But here and there, scattered like
jewels inthe sodden grass and the frozen garden, the first slender
tips of daffodils start up toward the pale, growing Sun, and
something in us stirs as well, as life pulses unseen beneath the
still-slumbering ground.

This is Imbolic, known also as Imbolg, Candlemas, the Festival of
Brigid (pronounced Breed), and the Feast of Lights. The word Imbolc
means "in the belly," or in the womb of Mother Earth, as well as "in
milk," which refers to ewes coming into milk for the first lambs of
the season.

This Sabbat marks the return of spring, even as winter continues it's
reign. In ancient times, people honored the Goddess Brigid in her
guise as the waiting bride of the youthful Sun God. A modern
tradition at this Sabbat is "Groundhog's Day," based on an old
British rhyme that says, "If Candlemas Day be bright and clear,
there'll be two winters in the year."

Imbolic is a time of cleansing and purification, for discarding
outworn things or the passing year in preparation for the warm spring
days ahead and to make room in our lives for the Earths's new
bounty. Rites of initiation and consecration of altars and ritual
tools are often conducted at this Sabbat.

Candle wreaths or wheels are traditional, as the Sun is seen as a
candle flame at Imbolic, compared to the balefire of power at
Midsummer. Grain dollies are representative of the Goddess Bride,
and wishing wells and still, deep pools are the domain of the Goddess
this day. Lavender, white, silver, adn red are traditional colors;
amethyst adn quartz crystals are symbolic as well.

The customs of Imbolc include ritual "spring cleaning" of the house,
to banish the last vastiges of winter and hasten the growing days.
Use lavender and rosemary in a pot of boiling water to wash floors
and walls, vinegar and mugwort for windows and mirrors. Burn sage to
cleanse the psychic energies, and replace old protection and
prosperity charms.

Cleans your body with a ritual bath scented with lavender, and as you
soak, meditate to clear your mind and heart of any thoughts or
emotions that no longer serve you. Make handipped candles, write
Goddess-inspired poetry, paint, make a collage, or do any other hands-
on craft to symbolize the germination of life and ideas. Wish upon a
coin or a crystal, then throw it into a still body of deep water and
ask spirits to bless and guard your desires until they manifest.

Just before Sunset, turn off all the lights in the house. With a
single white candle burning to represent Brighid, Knock three times
on the front door and invite the Goddess to enter, asking that she
bestow health, success, abundance, and love upon everyone in the
house. Then slowly begin turning on the lights, moving room to room,
until every light in the house is on

Advocacy Campaigns you can participate in: FREE & EASY

Ask hospital to develop non-animal medical training methods

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Elephant Wasting Away at St. Louis Zoo

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Help Bring Puppy Killers to Justice

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Urge Bay Meadows to protect racehorses' lives

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Urge University President and CEO to end alcohol studies and send monkeys to a sanctuary

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Urge University to send long-suffering monkey to a sanctuary

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Please Sign This Petition that Urges the Chinese Government to pass National Animal Welfare Laws

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Urge researcher to end alcohol studies and send monkeys to a sanctuary

Oppose Cruel "Net & Bolt" Deer Management Method in Millburn

Ask Massachusetts Attorney General to investigate dog tracks

Save the Geese at Silver Lake

Thank Governor Richardson for Supporting a Statewide Cockfighting Ban

Thank USDA for Enforcing Laws Against Abuse of Show Horses

Urge Army to investigate soldiers who threw stones at injured dog

Speak Out Against the Omak Suicide Race

Take Action: Urge Korean Prime Minister to Strengthen Animal
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Urge CU officials to end cruel primate alcohol studies

Urge County Supervisors to Protect African American Museum from Mega-Dairies

Urge Micrus to stop using dogs for sales demonstrations

 

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Year long intension experiment.

A series of world wide web based mind-over-matter experiments monitored by physicists and psychologists will measure how directed thought energy changes the world around us.

The largest ever study of it's kind will test if a targeted effect gets stronger as more people think the same thought at the same time. Tens of thousands of volunteers are expected to participate through out 2007, inspired by the premise of best selling author Lynne Taggert's book The Intention Experiment.

"This is not about sending intensions to make a million dollars," says Taggart, who notes that book sales and grants are funding the experiment. "The targets are philanthropic."

Examples include healing wounds, patients with Alzheimer's, and counteracting pollution and global warming.

The effort's wide-ranging consortium os scientists includes experts in consciousness research from the University of Arizona, Princeton University, The International Institute Of Biophysics, and the Institute of Noetic Sciences. "What's most important is being willing to ask the question," says Taggart. "That's what real science is."

For details and to register to participate, visit

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Just wanted to say hello to everyone, and I hope to meet some wonderfull positive people on here.

THANKS!

 

Misty Ann