cauldron of life study Group

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Meet the people of the Cauldron of Life Study group, Based in Northern Ohio.

We would like to meet people that truely want to learn. and truely want to improve their lives. These Study groups are open to all who are Serious about learning, and a knowledge of what a "proper person is".All we ask is that you bring a snack to share and maybe a canned good or two to donate to the local food bank. We meet at 7pm every 3rd friday of the month.
So if you'd like to meet with local Pagan/Wiccans in the area, and like a warm comfortable place in which to learn. Please come and visit us.
Blessings

Techniques For Awakening Your Kundalini
You function perfectly well without ever awakening the Kundalini,
but you limit your consciousness and experience. Kundalini supports life and consciousness while remaining coiled, but once awakened can lead to superconsciousness and divine wisdom. This comes about because the sense-mind is transformed into pure mind, which is absorbed by the stream of consciousness flowing in the form of Kundalini Shakti. The mind moves beyond all the contraries and polarities while realizing pure being.

Method #1 - The Swirling Rainbow
Focus on your chakras, one at a time, starting at the first foundation chakra and moving upwards toward your crown. Open up each of the chakra centers, sensing the area as a clockwise spinning wheel of energy growing stronger and brighter. Visualize the following vibrant colors filling your chakras: root-red, navel-orange, solar plexus-gold, heart-green, throat-blue, third eye-violet, crown-white. Join the wheels and colors together into one large swirling rainbow. Do this for five minutes every day and notice the change in your personal energy.

Method #2: Elemental Kundalini
This method can be done solo or as a couple, standing, sitting, and/or reclining and takes about two hours. You will want to discard any clothing for this experience. Read over the guidelines and then gather together everything you will need, and don't forget the matches. Each of your first five chakras correspond to elemental energies as follows:
Root chakra - Earth Element
Second chakra - Water Element
Third chakra - Fire Element
Fourth chakra - Air Element
Fifth Chakra - Ether (Akasha), Spirit

This awakening process applies these five elemental correspondences, using physical representations; a bowl of earth, a cup or chalice of water, a candle holder with candle, incense or smudge, and sacred object or personal symbol. Gather these items together before you begin and place them in front of you on a table, counter, the floor, or ground. Position the physical items you will use around you, within easy reach, and hopefully in the appropriate North (earth), East (air), South (fire), and West (water) directional corners. I strongly recommend purchasing a small compass to determine the four corners. Place the representation of Spirit in front of you or between you when working with your lover. Spend fifteen minutes on each chakra.

1. Begin by focusing on your first (root) chakra. Also called the Muladhara, this is the point where earth energy enters your body, and is the seat of passion located at the base of your spine. Some say the root chakra at located at the center of the pubic bone. Concentrate your attention on your root chakra as you visualize and sense things that are related to the earth. Your bones, flesh, skin, and hair consist of the earth element. Now take a pinch of clean earth from the bowl and rub it on your lower stomach. When working with your lover, take another bit and rub the earth on your lover's lower stomach. Allow them to reciprocate. Slowly let the earth run through your fingers as you feel its fine grainy, yet smooth texture.

2. Move upward to your second (navel) chakra. Also called the Svadistthana, this is the chakra of identity, personality, and emotions. Focus on the water element and sense your feelings, emotions, moods, and the blood that courses through your body. Hold the cup of water, take a sip, and then have your beloved take a sip. Next dip your fingers into the cup of water, applying the drops to your navel area and rubbing the moisture into your skin. When working with your lover, rub droplets of water on their navel area. Allow your lover to reciprocate. Set the cup back down.

3. Move onward to your third (solar plexus) chakra and the fire element. Also called the Manipura, this chakra influences will power, expression, and adaptability to change. See and sense things related to fire and light, such as the sun, and gaze into the light in your lover's eyes. Light the candle and hold the candle holder firmly, waving it back and forth in front of your solar plexus area, about nine inches away from your skin. Feel the warmth of the flame, but be careful not to burn yourself. When working with your lover, wave the flame close to your partner's solar plexus and then allow time for them to reciprocate. Set the candle down in a safe place.

4. Move to the fourth (heart) chakra, reflecting upon the element of air. Also called the Anahata, your heart chakra is the point where energies twine, where passion and unconditional love meet. Focus on the rhythm of your breathing, the breeze as it touches your face, and the heat of your lover's breath. Light the incense or smudge and use the smoke to cleanse and soothe you. Bathe in the pungent smoke, while noticing the way the smoke moves and the patterns it takes.

5. Move your awareness to your fifth (throat) chakra and the element of Spirit. Also called the Vishuddhi, this is the chakra of psychic power and spiritual communication. Visualizing and sensing the divinity of all things, make an effort to connect with the spirit within and without. Take your sacred object or symbol and place it on or near your throat chakra. Breathe in the spiritual essence and light you feel is reflected in the object or symbol. When working with your lover, place the sacred object or symbol on their body and allow them to reciprocate.

6. Take a minute or two to connect your chakras and the elements together in a harmonious way by weaving them together with a golden thread of light. See and sense everything inside and outside of you as being part of an infinite fabric of rainbow light. Breathe in this light until you feel completely energized. Apply this energy to love making, a creative project, or something else you take pleasure in doing.

The above techniques are an excerpt from Sirona Knight's new book Love, Sex, and Magick. Click on the title for more information.

The Magick of the Witch is a power to behold: author unknown.

WOMEN’S GROUP CLASSES.I facilitate a Women's Group that is all about self-empowerment through the feminine Divine and I highly recommend it for everyone! There is a non-refundable $15.00 fee for the 3 session course payable at the first session. Please register prior to the first session.Throughout this course, each person will be given the tools necessary to find their own inner strength and be able to tap into that ability at any given moment. There will be guided meditations, discussions, and many diverse topics that we will touch on.This is something you don't want to miss, so be sure to reserve your spot to begin the journey into your own self worth!If interested, please contact Rowan to reserve your spot!.. [email protected]

Cauldron of Life is very gratful for all the friends and support we get. We will be shuffling our friends list, to help show our support of all of you. Thank you very much.

Music:

CORVUS CORAX
Dragon Ritual Drummers
Blackmores Night
Burning Sage
Albannach
Mediaeval Baebes
Celtic Woman
Celtic Legend Enya
Raquy and the Cavemen
Morgan the Bard

Loreena McKennitt
Emerald Rose

Movies:

"THE SECRET-The Law of Attraction
Pan's Labyrinth
What the bleep!

Television:

The 13 Virtues of a Witch
1. TOLERANCE:
The idea of this virtue is to be able to be fair and broad-minded. There may be people you don't like in this world but at least if you can tolerate them you will not end up hating people, or judging them unfairly. To be able to tolerate something means that it won't bother you. Silly unimportant things in life won't stress you out as you will be able to accept that people do things differently or sometimes things just happen.
2. CHARITY:
The ability to give to those less fortunate then you shows two things. One that you realise your life is not as bad as you may think. You can recognise the good things you have and the fortunes you hold. Two you will be able climb the spiritual ladder, knowing that you can think of others and help them when possible. Being charitable eliminates being selfish, which only serves to make you bitter, twisted and unpopular.
3. HUMILITY:
To be able to see when you are wrong helps you to build yourself a better character. To see your own faults will allow you to realise that you are not perfect and therefore not expected to get everything right. Humility helps us to be modest, to see that we are no better than anyone else and to be able to accept other people's help when we need it.
4. DEVOTION:
Devotion allows you to commit to something fully. Devoting yourself to things you believe in gives your life a purpose and meaning. By devoting yourself to a religion you take on a set of guidelines to follow that help you live as a moral and decent person that you can be comfortable with. Devoting yourself to your kids allows you to be happy in knowing that you have brought them up well and done the best you can. Devotion to anything will give you a sense of satisfaction. Your life wont be meaningless as you will have achieved things that were important to you.
5. PATENCE
Patience allows you to see the best of things. If you are patient enough to see a task through to the end you will reap the rewards. If you are patient enough to work with handicapped kids you will see the real people in the shells that are often neglected and ignored. If you are patient enough to hear someone out you may be surprised at what you learn. If you can be patient you will never miss out on anything that others may give up on. Patience brings infinite rewards at very little cost, all you have to do is be able to wait for the end of a situation.
6. KINDLINESS:
To be able to be kind, considerate, gentle and sympathetic make you all the more attractive. No matter what people will be able to approach you and you will be able to handle any given situation. People wont fear you or fear what you will say to them. Filling yourself with love of this sort will attract the same sort of love back to you. A person full of kindliness cannot be judged wrongly for all people will be bale to see is the good in you.
7. FORBEARANCE:
Forbearance is the ability to have self-control. There will be times when you want to scream and shout but you need to be able to refrain from saying anything you may regret. Think things through properly or you could end up in trouble. Forbearance allows you to wait for the right moment so that you can sort things out calmly.
8. SINCERITY:
Sincerity is a virtue that people cannot help but respect. A sincere person acts honestly and without falseness. To act with sincerity means you wont have to pretend to like something or someone. It does not mean that you can go around shooting your mouth off or hurting others feelings; you still have to exercise restraint and diplomacy. However people will not doubt tings you say if you act with sincerity at all times. People will know that you are genuine.
9. COURAGE:
Courage in this instance does not mean running off to fight wild animals or defeat monsters. Courage can be as little as facing a situation that you have been putting off for a while. To have courage is to be able to go through life knowing that you did what you had to do no matter what the cost. Courage enables us all to face the hard times in life in order to receive the rewards and benefits on the other side.
10. PRECISION:
To act with precision is to act carefully and with clarity. Precision allows us to avoid confusion and mistakes and to achieve the best in any given situation. A precise person will be able to go about life in an orderly fashion, not getting caught up in tasks that are unimportant. Precision allows us to know what we want and how to go about getting it therefore increasing our chance of achievement.
11. EFFICIENCY:
Efficiency allows us to do our best in anything we set out to do. It helps us lead more organised lives. Efficiency is the ability to do something well and only using the amount of time and energy that is needed. Being efficient is being able to work quickly and effectively in an organised way, therefore allowing more time for other activities in your life.
12. DISCRIMINATION:
This is not discrimination against certain types of people. This is the ability to see the differences between two actions, two people, two situations etc. Discrimination helps us think through all possibilities and decide which is the best course of action. It allows us to choose the best person for a job or the best object to be used. It even means being able to discriminate between good and bad. A person who has good discrimination will be able to see both sides of everything and work from there. Their judgments will be fair and based on facts as well as common sense.
13. WISDOM:
Wisdom has nothing to do with education. You cannot judge people's wisdom by how far in school they did or didn't get. Wisdom comes from life experience. It is the best tool for giving people good advice and helping them out of tricky situations. Wisdom is the ability to see what is for the best and when or when not to act.

Books:

God/Goddess, A.J Drew/Patricia Telesco
The Witch's Shield, Christopher Penczak
The four agreements,

Heroes:

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Veterans Day invitation to Wiccan and Pagan veterans to join the Order of the Pentacle.
The Order of the Pentacle is a new Pagan Veterans association.
It is open to Wiccans and those on other Pagan paths who have the Pentacle as their emblem of belief, who have served and/or are serving the US Armed Forces, and who want the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to add the Pentacle to its emblems of belief list so that it can be an option to be included on veteran grave makers issued by the VA.
The Order of the Pentacle also is open to spouses of veterans who have the Pentacle as their emblem and want it on the VA's list.
The Order of the Pentacle has formed in order to provide additional support for the Veteran Pentacle Quest.
There is no membership fee.
TO JOIN
email: [email protected]
or fax: (608) 924-5961
or mail: Order of the Pentacle, PO Box 9, Barneveld, WI 53507
INCLUDE
(1) your full name
(2) your contact information (postal address, phone number/s, preferred email),
(3) plus some basic info about your military service - what branch(es) of the US military you served in, your rank(s), and when (what years) & where you served.
In the future, we may summarize and publicize some general demographics of the membership, such as the number of members and number of branches of military and range of locations and eras served in order to point out the diversity of military service of Wiccan/Pagan veterans who have the Pentacle as their emblem of belief.
However, we will keep your name and the associated personal information you send us private, unless you specifically indicate it is OK to share this as part of our work.
From time to time, we plan to update those in the Order of the Pentacle about the Pentacle Quest with special emails.We also suggest that you join our Circle Times e-list, if you haven't already done so, in order to get updates we send that way. You can sign-up on-line at the Circle Sanctuary website or by emailing:
[email protected].
If you know of others who are eligible and might be interested in joining the Order of the Pentacle, please forward this email to them.
SPREAD THE WORD: post this invite to lists, websites, blogs, and other places.
Thank you!
Circle Times: Veterans Day, November 11, 2006