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Episode 13

Wow, what an incredibly busy day!! Samhain, trick or treating, time change…OH MY!! Trick or treating was a blast. My son was dressed as a winged Grimm Reaper. He looked awesome, but it was also hot. Therefore, he soon ditched the mask and the hood came down. He looked like a friar….too funny!! I appreciate everyone who voted on the poll over on FB. The show be extended…..now what? We shall see:) I hope you all have enjoyed the October episodes. Everything will be somewhat back to normal in November.

In this episode, we heard two songs by Hungry Lucy, Grave and Bound in Blood – Insomnia Remix, and the background music heard during the Paranormal Segment was Riding the Banshee by Dan-O.

For Lesson 12: Designing a Spell, we learn how to design our own spell and not have to depend on spells found in other sources. We have the means to do this as long as we know how. This is where the correspondences we discussed last week comes in handy. Think of your goal. Once you have done this decide which day of the week is best and which phase of the moon is best. Choose what color is best associated with accomplishing the goal you have and choose this color for your candles. For your ritual bath, add an herb that has properties best connected to your goal. To the when choosing a gemstone. When speaking the spoken part of your spell, hold the gemstone in your hand. Then carry the gemstone with you until your goal is accomplished. The spell can be completed at your alter. Don’t forget to write all of this information in your BOS and also include the date and the way your goal is accomplished.

The book assists us with reaching our Hall of Consciousness. The use of the spiral staircase is a great way to do this. However, you can choose any setting you like to do this. Maybe you are more relaxed by walking on the beach or walking through the woods. Whatever works for you is fine as long as you are able to find the answers you seek. Next we learn about the aspects of deity and connecting with goddess. For learning the aspects, remember to only work with one form of deity at a time. Again, don’t forget to write what you did and what happened in your BOS. When connecting with goddess, the book instructs us to add a red candle to our alter. Light the candle everyday and feel the connection you experience.

After working through this lesson, part 1 of the book will be completed. Next week we begin on part 2 which consists of the following lessons:

  • 13: Increasing Psychic Ability
  • 14: Divination
  • 15: Labyrinths
  • 16: The Broader View of Wicca
  • 17: Understanding the God and Goddess Relationship
  • 18: Designing Rituals
  • 19: Spell Variations
  • 20: Herbal Gardens
  • 21: Concept of Time
  • 22: Numerology
  • 23: Numerical Value
  • 24: The Nature of Reality

Thank you all for the votes over at Podcast Alley for October. I made it to #15….AWESOME!!

Ok everyone, we are only on episode 13, but I will be done with these lessons on Episode 50. We need to go ahead and starting thinking about where we want to go next. Do we want to continue with Wicca a bit longer or do we want to explore another pagan path. During my meditations this past week, Kitchen Witchcraft has constantly been coming up. Maybe that is the next avenue for me to explore…..guess I will need to visit my Hall of Consciousness to find the answer! I would like your input on this. You are as much a part of this podcast as I am so I would like to hear your thoughts.

Paranormal Segment:

I share with you yet another one of my experiences and one of my aunt’s experiences. For my story, I was with a group of friends trying to see the local urban legend Bingham’s Light. Though we did not see the glowing light, something happened. I noticed flashing lights around my friend’s car after he attempted to provoke the spirit of Bingham. When it was time to leave, his car would not start. Guess it was not such a bright idea for him to provoke:) We then went to Montrose Cemetery. This is an old cemetery located on the edge of a cliff known to be haunted by a big, tall, dark figure of a man. This night was crazy and one of my friends vowed to never ghost hunt again!! Listen to the podcast for all the details.

You all have a great week and I can’t wait to spend even more time with you next week.

Blessed Be,

MeadowMoon

Episode 3 (Repost)

Merry Meet Again…

I want to thank you all again for downloading the podcast. I have received a few emails this week that I mentioned in this episode. Just for furture reference, I would like to be able to mention any of the feedback I receive in my podcasts so if there is certain information you would not like discussed or if you would not like your feedback mentioned at all, just let me know. In any feedback I receive, if your full name is listed or even your location, I will never mention your full name and as for your location, I would only provide genral info.

I want to give a special thank you to MoJo over at The Wigglian Way and Drake Atlas at Get Out of the Broom Closet for their comments. They both have a great podcast and if you have not heard their shows, get busy downloading from iTunes because they are great and among my favs!!

It has been an exhausting week here with work and the kids starting school so I hope it was not too apparent in the podcast how drained I was…XX(

You get to here some great promos from pagan podcasts I personally listen to and I mentioned a few others I enjoy. I will work on a list of all the great podcasts I listen to and post them over on the home page of the website.

In this episode, I discuss the “little” issue I had when trying to connect to Deity while lighting the white and red candles. This was really awkward for me and even after doing this for a week, I have NOT mastered this technique. I will have to work on this a bit longer but I won’t give up. It has always been more natural for me to connect to Deity when I am free to openly verbalize what I wish to say and when I am completely alone. This is normally done in my car while driving or while walking outside. The connection is amazing and I did not feel that while sitting before the candles. I am sure that it was because I felt really uncomfortable. Anyway, I will conquer this ritual…..it will just take some time.

Moving on to lesson 2, The Wiccan Liturgical Year, I really did not spend much time discussing the sabbats because I feel that makes more sense to do as these holidays move closer. I mentioned that the 8 sabbats are Samhain, Yule, Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Midsummer, Lammas, and Mabon. Just FYI….Mabon is coming up so this one will be discussed first. There were also three exercises listed for this lesson and these were briefly discussed in this episode. I will be working on this for the next week and next week’s lesson involves Energy. Don’t forget to let me know if you are doing these lessons as well.

Music in this episode was provided by Podsafe Music Network. The artist is Damh the Bard performing “Isis Unveiled” which can be found here. This song  just makes you want to move your body and like I stated in the podcast, get up and dance!!

I wanted to allow the Hot Topic from last week to remain open for one more week before closing in order to get some more of your thoughts. I will discuss the results in episode 4 and present the new Hot Topic.

That’s all for now and I look forward to episode 4!!

Blessed Be,

Meadowmoon

Episode 2 (Repost)

Merry Meet Everyone!!

Thank you to everyone that has downloaded the podcast. I have been working really hard to get this podcast up and running. A Pagan in the Threshold can now be found on iTunes, Podcast Alley, Podcast Pickle, and I forgot to mention that I can also be found on Libsyn.

I have been really nervous about playing music on the podcast due to copyright issues, but I did overcome this fear fast when I found the Podsafe Music Network. In this episode you will hear Hungry Lucy’s “In the Circle”…..I love this girl’s voice. You can find her music here.

To assist me in the rebuilding of my “foundation” as a pagan, I have decided to use the book “Witch School: Living the Wiccan Life” written by Debbe Tompkins and published by Llewellyn. This book starts at the very basics and builds up week by week through lessons and exercises. The book advises the reader to devote one week to each lesson and the exercises recommended for that lesson. I like how the book is set up because this works well for the purpose of the podcast, rebuilding the foundation of pagan beliefs.

The book is for Wiccans and is based on the Correllian Tradition. I had to Google this tradition since I was not familiar with it. If you would like to know more about their tradition and what sets tham apart from other traditions, go to www.correllian.com.

The first lesson is Connecting with Deity. In the podcast, I go into further detail about the exercises offered for this lesson. This book seems to be off to a good start. In all, there are 49 Lessons….now that I remember, I am not sure that I said that correctly in the podcast…hmmm….anyway….moving right along!!

If you would like to get this book and follow along with me through the lessons, you are more than welcome to. Let me know, I would love to hear from you!!

I hope you enjoy the first Hot Topic segment. For this episode, I wanted to discuss tarot cards due to a recent discussion I had on the issue. Here are the questions I really want your feedback on:

  1. Can you purchase your own set of tarot cards or must they be gifted to you? If it has to be gifted, why?
  2. How do you cleanse your cards?
  3. How do you store your cards?

For the above questions, provide what details you can as far as were you taught this, what is the reasoning for why you chose the method you did, etc…

If this segment is a success, I do have a few more Hot Topics I can bring up but you are always welcome to submit some ideas as well and I will discuss on future podcasts!!

Hope you enjoy Episode 2 and I’ll have another episode out next week.

Blessed Be,

MeadowMoon