Written by S. Cunningham
in "Living Wicca"
Before time was, there was The One; The One was all & 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 molded energy into twin forms equal but
opposite, fashioning the Goddess and God from The One and of The One
The Goddess & 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 gases and gases 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 Gods,
satisfied by their works, rejoiced and loved, and were one.
From their union sprang seeds of 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 thereunder, and all occurs with the blessings of
The One, as has been the way of existence before time was. |
What is your Witch
Potential?
by The Witches' Almanac
Reincarnation is a basic tenet of Witchcraft. Those of us fortunate
enough to belong to the Craft believe that successive lives are enjoyed
under the same zodiac sign. But unlike other ideologies Witchcraft
imposes no demands for increasing excellence - only that each life be
lived to its fullest capabilities.
Most of us, despite centuries of indoctrination by the mechanized
society, still have ties to the earth...some innate Witchcraft
potential that can be developed.
Read the following questions and see how you react to them:
Have you always been intrigued by the occult?
Do you prefer night to day?
Does a storm stir in you an inexplicable sense of excitement?
Are you a sensualist?
Have you always felt different from most of those around you, set
apart?
Do you instinctively respond to animals?
Are you comfortable alone?
Are you relatively indifferent to material possessions?
Have you had fleeting glimpses of former lives?
Should you find you can answer most of these questions in the
affirmative
your witch potential is probably high and should be encouraged.
There is no church to join, no tribute to pay and no hierarchy to
employ.
You, and you alone, must concentrate on the development of your own
other-consciousness.
Go to nature and observe. Attune your inner-mechanism to the quiet pace
of the seasons
and the procession of the constellations across the sky. Go alone, or
with that person closest to you.
Watch the moon rise, walk in the forests. Feel the earth, drink the
water,
breathe the air...then light the sacred candles and begin the life you
were meant to live.
(* The Witches' Almanac Spring 1995 - Spring
1996 pg. 94 **
Originally appeared in the first public edition of The Witches'
Almanac, 1971) |
| Look
for my
friend Rosie to return to this page |
|
|
