Sabbats
Gil VanWagner
Copyright Gil VanWagner 2011
Published at Smashwords
Introduction
Here are the words of Sabbat, words for your journey. They are for you. Just in case you need them, whenever you might need them. Written to touch during the season, the Sabbat, and meant to arrive right on time. The words are of self, yet from somewhere else. They were pushed through me. I am but the messenger.
Sabbats are words of inclusion, positivity, self-sufficiency, sharing, and connection which honor the many spiritual paths that lead to Truth and Light. Inspirational writings for those that coexist. The words are written for, and shared with solitary travelers who seek to know and become part of their own Tribe and herd. Those beings of Light which embrace their human and primal nature that is life in this realm. Perhaps they were sent for you?
May they be of comfort to you when you need it, a companion to you on days of quiet solitude, or perhaps, that hit upside the head that reminds you you can (and should) do better. May they be exactly what you need them to be, exactly when you need them to be.
Read. Enjoy. Share. Then read again in next cycle and feel the messages anew. Print them out, write your own inscription, and give them away as a gift of something that matters to you...to those that matter to you.
Sabbats
Why Sabbats? Is this book for Wiccans? Yes. It is also for anyone that feels the seasons. Anyone that moves through the circles and cycles linked to all that was, all that is, and all that comes. It might be for you, someone you know, or someone else. What happens next is your choice.
Many things separate us. Even more things connect us. You might call it Autumn, someone else Fall, another Harvest, while even another says Samhain. We could discuss, debate, dissect, and disagree on what it is called. We could also celebrate the feel of it all. Connect because the changing colors and crispness in the air makes us all think about walks in the woods. Smile as we feel as well as hear leaves in our hands. Yes, there is much that can bring us together…once we realize how alike we all are.
That begins growth, community, kindred, kind, and, most important of all in these and all times, healing. You picked up this up for a reason. You read this for a reason. Perhaps because you embrace Sabbats. Maybe you wonder what Sabbats are. It might be because it was recommended or gifted to you. Could be happenstance on a rainy day with you between books and wondering what to read. Whatever brought you here, you are here. That is enough. Evidently, the time is exactly right. After all, that is how the flow of all things works. Enjoy.
What is When
Yule 21 December
Imbloc 2 February
Ostara 20 March
Beltane 1 May
Litha 21 June
Lammas 1 August
Mabon 23 September
Samhain 31 October
SOURCE
SOURCE is mentioned many times in this book. SOURCE is my higher power. SOURCE is all the good I knew from religions. The Jesus I know and honor is SOURCE. All the angels and saints are SOURCE. SOURCE is Buddha, Mother Teresa, Francis of Assisi, Gandhi, Elvis, Buddy, and more and more. SOURCE is everywhere and in everything.
Before I knew life, SOURCE was there. Before humans knew life, SOURCE was there. Long beyond life as we know it, SOURCE is already there. SOURCE is beyond time and space. In our darkest dark, It holds the candle in wait. In the brightest light, It waits even brighter. Before we get to where we are going, It is there. When we look back at where we were, It waves to us. SOURCE is everywhere. SOURCE speaks in the silence and silences the noise.
The creation of all things comes from SOURCE. All things destroyed return to SOURCE. SOURCE walks inside of us and with us. SOURCE brings the dead life anew. SOURCE transcends limitations, illness, and obstacles. The very concept of limitations of space and time and physicality are human things. Things we are to experience and then defy by moving closer and closer to SOURCE.
SOURCE is in everyone we meet and everything we experience. SOURCE is the deer, the air we breathe, the water we drink, the wind that washes over us, every rock in every stream, every fish in every sea, and every sea on every planet. SOURCE is that and more. SOURCE is all.
When we look for It, It is there. When we do not, It is there. Open and It is there. Close and It waits. SOURCE knows…before you do....when you do not. SOURCE knows. We can know. SOURCE includes. SOURCE forgives. SOURCE heals. SOURCE provides. SOURCE trusts. SOURCE is your SOURCE and my SOURCE and SOURCE of all things. SOURCE is all we need.
SOURCE is my Higher Power. SOURCE is God of my own choosing. SOURCE is yours as much as it is mine. SOURCE is us.
Yule
The return of the light. Solstice..when the darkest time comes and we mark the return to light. It comes in the coldest time and celebrates the warmth. Celebrated with the fire of the Yule log as well as the green of the Holly leave, this is the time to know the coldest time has gone and we come back to the light.
Yule has be claimed by many. Many of its traditions rolled into other traditions and then those into other traditions. It is all that it was and more thanks to this synergy that spread it wider and further in what is felt and loved about Yule. Embrace what you have learned to the best of all things this time of year and spice it with the seasoning of your gifts that are to be shared with the world.
Yule 1
Believe.
Yule 2
Let this Yule link with what others call it. Let it link to Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanza, Ramadan, Festivfus, Equinox, and dozens of other names that are commonly themed to the truest Yule. The Yule that asks the truest question of the truth of all of these days. “What did you give for Christmas?” It is time to take back this holiday from the money changers just as the one for which it is named took back the temple in a very human rampage against the wrong message in anyone’s name.
Christmas. Joy. Giving. Love. Peace. Who picked that this is but one day? A season to brighten but one month and then be packed away for 11 months? Who?
Learn that giving is all the time. Learn that the more you sacrifice to and for others, the more you have. Lead by example in this each and every day. Move to those that link what you do this day to what will be remembered of you long after you are of another existence. Let this Yule be the one that opened you to ultimate gift you can give to others. Give yourself and all you are so that others will taste the intensity of your love for all humanity.
Yule 3
Look at the day that was designated as the right one and see what remains even just moments after. The joy in the preparation was but for a moment in the joy in the opening and then there was relief. Yes, there are exceptions when gifts meet needs and show the consideration of the giver to the receiver. Yet, far too much was expended for moments of smiles sandwiched between the stress of the preparation and the impact of the aftermath. Yet this is done each time and then vowed to be corrected with a resolve that fades quicker than the pine needles on a dying tree.
The joy of Yule should be deep and long as the love from a parent to a child. Yule is the key to linking what is needed here to what is possible there. Giving of self in unconditional love is the magick that moves you from mere giver to one that makes a difference. This cannot be bought with coin of this realm for it must be purchased within yourself with the gift you were given as you use that gift to help others. This is not of one day but of everyday. Yule should drive you through the cycle of all time. Let this be the day that happens so that tomorrow and tomorrow’s tomorrow is as joyous as any Yule and as every Yule should be.
Yule 4
Pack not this Yule away in a box. Take it inside your heart and carry it forth so that Yule shapes each of the seasons that follow. Yule is the key to open the door to your own happiness as you connect to those that move far beyond the gift of now. Link to those that know of you and your gifts. Each act then multiplies and more will hope to feel the energy of Yule that you live each day.
Celebrate each season but shape each celebration with the Yule truth that giving of self is the greatest gift….to others and to the givers as well. Give and see the ten-fold return. Then give again. Then again. Yule fuel ignites flames of passion and belief. In self and in hope of what you can do. Yule is the gateway to destiny.
Yule 5
A rose in the snow draws the attention of all around since it seems out of place. That one rose will draw more to it than the field of roses in spring for the field is lovely but also right as and where it should be. Merely another aspect of the wonders of spring that blends so beautifully with millions of other wonders common to that time. Common things in uncommon settings or different times become wondrous.
Yule 6
The Yule is of children. All children. That is why all crave Yule for all seek the child they were and always would be. Look inside of yourself and see the child that you were in the fourth and fifth year. This is your own child of Yule. This is the child that shapes what you long to be. This is the child that defines what makes you happy and how you see the world and those in it. This is the child that must be fully known for you to live your destiny.
The time between then and now was the journey to destiny. To gather resources. Knowledge. Skills. Understanding. Then to return to a place where that child can be brought forth again and use all that was learned on the journey to live its destiny.
That is why we crave Yule so much. The child cries in wonder if this is season that it will come forth and live as it did when in the fourth and fifth year yet use all it knows. For many cycles, there is a glimmer of hope but then the journey moves the child forth into the world again. The true Yule is the one where you complete the circle and live your destiny as sure, as safe, as free, and as happy as you were when in the fourth and fifth year of this realm.
Look hard at the what, who, where, how of that when and see the answers that have screamed at you for so long. Find Those that understand this and present in trust. Yule then is forever.
Yule 7
Children are exceptions to many rules. This is because they must be nurtured and taught. Children are not adults and should not be treated as such. Children also mature and grow each year and should be treated accordingly. Let them enjoy their childhood but ensure their childhood prepares them well for time as adults.
There is a child in each adult but that child should only be entertained and encouraged when the adult is responsible for themselves. As an adult, you are responsible for only one adult and that is you. To accept responsibility for another adult, as long as they are fully functioning, is the ultimate irresponsibility. Fix yourself. Help others. Fixing begins within each of us and is completed with the help of others but begun alone.
As you carry the Yule forth, your challenge is to find your gifts and use them to help others. As for the gifts you have, learn how to share. Sharing your gifts and making a difference is the true art of Yule. Share in such a way that helps others and enriches you. Watch as your gifts multiply the more you share of them. Skills hone. Talents soar. All in the usage that honors Yule.
Yule 8
The Truth of Yule is found in the same place as the joy of Yule. The joy is found in the same vault that contains the energy that fuels the motion forward. Look there and see answers to every question, strength for every task, connection to every moment, and peace of belonging. The Truth of Yule is inside you.
Yule 9
Yule marks one cycle over and another begun. This is the season of reflection as well as planning. Look at the Cycle. The Thirteen moons of the year and the seasons named as of old. Plan for the next cycle accepting how much changed in the last and how much more will in the next. As you move to place in service that honors Yule all the time, that Cycle of acceptance becomes much more important than the ones prior. The Yule of true acceptance links the cycle to the Circle and the Circle opens you to Infinity. The cycles are many. The Cycle of acceptance is one and links all those follows to those prior and begins the Circle that never ends.
Yule 10
Look in the eyes of children, see the fascination, and then ride that fascination across time and space. Moments of connection like that cut through concerns, heartbreaks, disappointments, and failures and fan the flames of wonder and awe. There will be much said of being of Yule all the time. Feel those moments of fascination and you will know exactly why that is so important.
There are things behind the curtain. Feel how joyous it was before you knew they were there.
Yule 11
Making Yule yours all the time with require tremendous change. That is why many box away Yule and speak of it only when the time is marked for them to do so. Yule is that powerful. It is not in those things boxed away but those things boxed away are of it. The Energy of Yule is so vital and so wonderful that many can not handle but a dose of it every dozen moons. There is longing for it but that longing is denied, channeled, and even suppressed.
Yule has been tainted with the costs of what you have been made to think of as Yule things. That is by design for the trimmings mask the beauty, in a sadly effective harness of the true Energy of Yule. Look to the roots of Yule and all things of Yule and there is the truth. Giving. Keep that from the boxes and gift it to yourself.
Yule 12
Miracles come in all shapes and sizes. See the daily magick and feel the miracles that are all around. See the little ones that begat the butterfly effect on your existence. See with eyes of trust and feel the happiness of belief. Miracles are in-sight.
Yule 13
Temptation and weakness will, at times, temper even the most passionate belief in Yule. Questions from within of how much of self can be placed into the fray. Examples will rise of those that take the most earnest of giving for uses of self and wrong. This is all by design for it offers the ease of rationalization to return to ways of old. This makes the Yule in the box for most of the year and in words only when not boxed feel right. This is part of what is wished for then Yule will be little more than what it was. Theirs.
Yule 14
The joy of the true Yule will surpass even your wildest expectations. As you embrace the truth of Yule and bring it forth in your life, the happiness and excitement will so far exceed what you can fathom that your words will fall short of ever truly explaining the emotions that you will live at every cell of your existence.
It will be as if each day and every breath is a first experience. Virgin life. Picture the first time of any thrill and you know that each subsequent thrill falls short of that experience. There is not just the experience but the push through the unknown. Follow ons……..repeat attempts………can and will be longer or done better and exceed the first one on some levels. There will rarely be another first when the step off the cliff was so sweetly nerve racking.
With living Yule and calling, each moment and each day is deeper, sweeter, and so new that virginity is back. Each step offers newness so sweet that the joy escalates. Spread wide and journey forward with the smile that few will know what you live.
Yule 15
Joy is alive. The energy of joy bursts forth in laughter and tears. So much energy that time ceases to exist and space has no meaning when and where there is joy. When in the midst of joy, let it wash over you for it cleanses even the darkest areas. Joy sheds the light of mirth into areas too long shadowed. This is the product of Yule.
Work to purpose and there is joy. Gather in love and there is joy. Be with kindred and there is joy. Joy is the product of Yule and that makes Yule so vital. Yule is of all times, all seasons, all places, and all people. Yule is that powerful and will change all things for those that live it. Yule is a circle of joy that begins and ends the same but, just as a circle, has no true beginning and no true end.
Believe.
Yule 16
Yule is of resolution. Those that commit to Yule in truth commit to service. These special beings resolve to serve, to give of themselves in all things, and to focus all their gifts and abilities to making a difference. Look at Yule as what is truly is and see why it has been masked, boxed, and otherwise hidden away. To be of Yule is to give in joy all the time and to live in service to all humanity. One being like this accomplishes feats that impress. As more of them gather, they do even more. This is Synergy and this is why Yule is so important to shifting things on all levels.
Yule was like this long ago. It was renamed to diminish it and bracketed on the calendar to limit it. The images of Yule became of other things. Worldly. Often selfish. Things to distract from the Essence of Yule. The art of giving. The skill of serving. The beauty of contribution of self.
Look back on previous celebrations of this season under any of its name and the proof is there to see. What is remembered? What has lasted beyond the memory? Imagine the Yule Project projected forward and then forward again. Imagine joy tasted and shared and tasted again. This is Yule. Resolve to be it and be resolved by it.
Yule 17
The fruits of your labor make the greatest Yule gift. Be as the fruit tree in producing what was meant from you and ensuring that fruit nurtures as many as possible.
Fruit trees bring forth as much fruit as intended. Each produces to its capacity and the sweetness of the fruit is based on the soil, sun, water, and care the tree feels around it. Do not base consumption on what is produced. Consume what is needed so the tree does not feel inadequate. Each tree produces far more than one could and should consume. Eat heartily and share of the fruit just as you share of your own fruit. This is of the Yule and of everyday.
Yule 18
Yule is the brightest candle of all. The Yule candle shines brightest in the darkest time and warms best on the coldest of seasons. The Yule candle is the purest of your own energy bursting forth freely and lovingly to shine on those in need that are open to the linkage of all things to all things. Light it now and hear them say you are like a sun to them.
Yule 19
Yule is comforting. To feel the purity of purpose within warms in ways that few things in this realm can. The warmth of being Mothered, cuddled, hugged, and loved. The safety of the infant you were held to the bosom you loved. The safety thought long gone but that is and always was yours for the taking. Yule is nurturing to all levels of self and connects you to the energy flow that is life’s true essence. Yule suckles and those of Yule are nourished.
Yule 20
Let your dreams be of Yule for as you become of Yule your dreams will show you much. Old things seem in new light. The light of understanding and growing in-sight. A freshness and innocence thought lost is just one of the gifts for all of Yule. There is also another gift that those in longing for so long need so very much. As you become of Yule, this gift is yours as well from the cornucopia that is this special time. The gift of relaxation will be revealed as Yule is more and more.
The guiltless time of just being. Sleep. Reflection. Laughing. To be without structure and have all be right. All things become of Yule and Yule returns many fold for those amazing labors. Labors that feel as joy but that drain and demand nonetheless. The harder the efforts, the sweeter the pause. This is Yule as well.
Yule 21
Many will reach to you. This is the Yule in you easing to the light of their longing and need. The longing and need of connection and answers. Sense the blessings in the draw of them to you. Give in trust of self for what you give will be exactly right. There are so many in need of Tribe and herd and they will head to you as they see what you are as a result of being of Tribe and herd.
Yule 22
The children of Yule play happily. Games once taken for granted or tainted with false pressures are as new and refreshing to them as the simple joy of a kite on a string is for the innocent. Amazement. Peace. Connection. Joy. Awe. Love and Trust in powers that make things fly on power unseen. The playful ones look and laugh at they play together in the field and their toys touch the heavens. Safe and secure under watchful eyes.
Yule 23
The energy of Yule pulses as well as disrupts. The energy of Yule is powerful and surges through beings with a voltage of drive and need that seers things not of it. The power of this energy will change the very flow of your own river. Moving to torrent. Bridging the banks. Pushing forth through the delta and feeding into the sea from where the journey began.
Yule 24
Yule is not childish. The work of Yule is the most important work for any of any age. Childish is hiding from needs and not seeking the Truth. Those of Yule see not just the needs but ways to help. Childish is believing in false hopes and hoping to heal while doing nothing. Those of the Yule trust in the Source and use all their abilities to heal from within knowing that those of Tribe and herd will rally when the need exceeds the abilities.
Yule 25
Yule will at times stun you with the overpowering nature of awe and wonder. Moments are unwrapped with glee as sure as presents. The unfolding more unwrapping and the revelations more insights as well as understanding. Look at those moments with both mirth and thanks for Yule will energize you exactly when you need it most.
Yule 26
Yule shifts to Imbolc and this is the most telling of times. This Yule must be the one that you do not box away. This Yule has been the Yule of resolve in that this is the Yule that you will carry forth and live each day. Belief. Giving. Purpose. Hope. Joy. This is the Yule of unconditional love and total trust. This Yule is not ending for that is the problem that this Yule has addressed and solved for you. Yule is no longer a time but a thing. A thing of the sweetest joy and the most promising hope. This is the Yule that opens you to your true purpose in all things.
Imbolc is Action. Actions driven but what Yule is. More that symbols or platitudes. Truths and Beliefs. Executed now in Imbolc and the seasons that cycle to the next Yule which will be even sweeter. Breathe in deep and fill all of you and move to tomorrow and beyond with strength and connection. Tribe and herd grow and this will continue to be the case for the gift of Yule begins to truly give. To all of you and all like you.
IMBOLC
Between. Imbolc is between. Between the seasons. Between the Solstices. Between the light and the day. Between the cold and the warm. It is time when we see the hint of the Winter’s end.
In old days, they looked to see what may emerge from the cold. Is it friend or foe? Lactation of the ewes reminded of the coming time of nurture. Perhaps…just perhaps, the cold is truly over.
Ground Hogs Day has it roots of foretelling here. People eye the plow and the rake while the snow shovel remains within reach. The juices feel the flow beneath the ice that has become our reality. Just maybe. Just maybe. We look tentatively at the light and the warm and open more each day to its truth. Imbolc.
Imbolc 1
The sun returns in this special time. Refreshed and ready for the vital work ahead. This is a new sun as sure as Tribe and herd are new and will be new again when the wheel moves to this time in the cycles ahead and all cycles to come. This is the Power of Yule that changes the energy of the Source itself. The purity of Yule and all of Yule charges the core of all things and those of the Yule move to Imbolc ready for tremendous joy and amazing progress.
Imbolc is to growth as Yule is to purpose. The flow of purpose feeds this new beginning. Lash forth with resolve for you are well prepared for the labors ahead. Be of Yule, feel the old swept away, light your brightest lights to show the dawn that is now. Imbolc is of the new you. Let the joyous labors begin.
Imbolc 2
The fields to be plowed and farmed are wide and long. The herd moves forward in full trust that the efforts will yield the sweetest fruits and the most glorious grain. The labors will be from sun up to sun down and sometimes even by the light of the moon. The beasts move forth will all resolve day after day after day after day. Over the next hill are more fields moved to Tribe and herd. Virgin lands provided for the harvest that comes.
Imbolc 3
Imbolc is your wake up call. A wake up call to action. Feel the urgency pushing forth in you and act on that urgency. The urgency will foster many things but two will overwhelm the others. Questions will surface and you must be open to the answers. The other thing that will cry to you with insistence is the need to act. Talking and thinking are not over but they will never again be enough. The questions are linked to the actions needed for once you address the questions, you will be driven to action.
Honor Yule and the beauty of it but hesitate no longer. Imbolc blossoms in you.
Imbolc 4
Trust is blind and that requires courage as well as in-sight. Those of herd will find themselves moving forward without little if any sight of what is ahead. Yet you are to plow ahead with faith in the Source. Being of Tribe and herd is key but being of Source is more important for Source drives All.
Yule reminded you to be giving and to carry Yule forth in all you do. Imbolc will blossom a sense of trust and in-sight in the Source and that you are linked to it. To journey where you have not been and move in blindness as you do is not for the faint of heart. The Source will guide you but the direction is of your choosing. Choose well.
Imbolc 5
The past, present, and future are with you at all times as sure as if marked on the flesh of this realm. The past you must shoulder and carry but elevate in the effort for the past can weigh you down or tie you up should you carry too much of it forward. The present is bright and big but must not be the focus on your path for it is behind you as quickly as a blink of an eye and will tempt you to slow down into the here and now versus the joy of forever. The future is your umbilical to forever and must be the focus of all you do. The clearer your purpose, the wider the path. Know your why and all else calls to you as sure as the sweetest music from the most Magick of voices.
Move to your future with joy and the present will move to its place quickly but with sweetness and the past shall be carried forth with strength beyond what you ever imagined. This is the joy of labor in the herd and for the Source.
Imbolc 6
The routines are reshaped almost to the point of being shattered. This is the way of Imbolc for the energy of Yule pulses and pushes the flow of all things to new ways as Imbolc actions honor what was but rise to what is needed now. The harness is on and the field thought known but the new work plows territory unlike any prior.
Watch the team in the field and see the collective efforts. Harnesses linked must use all the ways of old but adapt to the pace of the even more capable team versus any single beast. See that the yoke is sometimes even pulled by those not yoked as all involved move to efforts for places are now well know.
Some will watch this in awe for the work will be spectacular. Pause the Tribe and herd at times to rest so that they too may savor this amazing season of birth and planting.
Imbolc 7
Feel the joy of the Source as you move forward in trust that all will be right. The energy of the Source both feeds and strengthens. Let the flow swirl inward as sure as the umbilical to nourish. Feel the wash of protection and love as the Source rushes through the crown. This energy prepares you for what comes for what comes will require strength and resolve.
Imbolc 8
Fear not the tests of Imbolc for your linkage to the Source will guide you well. Imbolc brings the darkest of the dark and the coldest of the cold but this will not stay you. As the snow moon wanes, resolve escalates. This is how those of Source and Yule sustain through trials and tribulations that keep others to hearth and home. Imbolc is seeding time even as the ground is blanketed in white and cold. The work of Yule and the labors for Source are not just of fair weather.
Imbolc 9
Dreams can scream. See them as well as hear them. Learn to capture the gift upon reentering this realm. See beyond the fragments to the message weaved through the tapestry. There are forces at work slowed to communicate in images that you can process and handle. Open to the truth therein.
Imbolc 10
Music sings to you in new ways. Bring it from the background. Songs of old comfort with the wash of places and people thought gone but there in the tones and notes. Music of other places and types now reach to you. Hear the messages therein for music is of vibration. Vibrations of energy just as light. To transport. Across time more so than light and at a pace that fosters a different trip since the pace ebbs and flows.
Imbolc 11
Accept the wonders that make each of you unique. Each is gifted in their own way and you are to share those gifts freely. This is how it is to be of Tribe and herd. There will be clear indicators that you are with those of Source for they will speak of you and your talents. It is not in your nature to feel special but the more you use your gifts with purpose and love, the more you will begin to see how special you are.
This is not to say that you will not long for gifts you do not have. Those who cannot sing love the sound of singing all the more. Those who cannot prepare but the basics of food savor the taste of culinary delights even more so. This is envy of a good sort for envy in the light of acceptance of self-equals respect for the gifts of others.
Imbolc 12
Fasting and sacrifice should be routine as Imbolc moves forward. The seasons shift and flow. The flesh and spirit need reminders of sweetness and taste and abstinence can foster that. Learn not to take anything for granted by willingly and eagerly offering your treats. Use this time to also curb weakness for habits are broken with routine as sure as they are made with them.
Imbolc 13
Change will be as the weather. There always. The weather is part of the landscape. It is affected by your location and choice of place to be. It is beyond your control and must be factored in all you do. Shelter from it at its fiercest. Brave it when needed to accomplish essentials.
Curse not the rain but see the vegetation that follows. Rage not at the cold but huddle to the fire and anticipate the warm of the more summer of days. Hate not the storm that kept you from where you were going but look to see the place you are for the storm was for a reason and you are where you are for a purpose.
Imbolc 14
The seeds of change are planted and taking root. The planting continues but already the focus shifts to tending the newly rooted and soon to be rooted crop. Tend well for the seeds are of all of Tribe and herd. Tend well, for those of the Source are of the change.
The crop will product exactly what is needed for Tribe and herd and any of Tribe and herd. Let each be as is meant to be just as You and Yours become what is intended and right. Move in trust and anticipate with joy the crop that comes.
Imbolc 15
Invest fully and feel the rewards many-fold. What is withheld does not protect but limits. Hear the advice and ask for input but the choice of investment must be just that…….choice. Yours. To give totally, there must be a belief deeper than many are willing to face.
Face the toughest questions inside. Know as much about Self by understanding what is denied. Only by facing these demons, many of which are well disguised, can the truth of belief be clarified and purpose be clearer.
As the calendar of the moon shifts, look at the answers therein. Embrace inside and then open to embrace in the taking and the giving. Being about self is not selfish. It is essential to be as meant to be in Tribe and herd.
Imbolc 16
Trust is the key to the answer. All answers. Trust pierces the questions so that acceptance tempers impatience. Trust provides lift above the fray of manipulation and frustration. Trust comforts even as specifics remain shielded. As shifts and change move to ever present, overwhelming at times, Trust soothes so that labors are pure and rewards follow.
Temptation will call loudly in these times but Trust muffles the sirens. Dash not on the jagged rocks of resentment and loneliness. Trust in Source as well as Tribe and herd. The journey will be safe even in the roughest of seas.
Imbolc 17
The tide of change swells even more as resources and shifts flood Tribe and herd. Ride the waves together and use all the gifts of the Source that are and always have been yours. The enormity of the changes confuse when the changes are far off but the clarity comes quickly for the size is epic and the movement just seems slow. Look closely as you move forward to process what comes. It is as beautiful and impressive as it is big.
Imbolc 18
Carry forth what you wish and what you need. Whenever you pause to look backward, see the joy and learning. There is not negative there for you are beyond it and survived any and all that was. See things as that and then look ahead on your journey. There is no negative there for there is shaped by you now and your back then. The only negative there is what you carry forth from behind or plant now to bloom on the journey ahead.
Shoulder only the magick and joy of the past. In all things there are answers to the question of what is, or was, wonderful about it. Find those and use them for they are the whys and wherefores that show you where for art thou.
Imbolc 19
Gather to Tribe and herd those that seek Tribe and herd. Those that seek will long to be of Tribe and herd and feel the pride in the homecoming. Let them know the difficulty of the tasks and work ahead. Advise them true that linking to the Source will require the deepest soul searching and hardest self-evaluation. Be blunt the path to the Source is not for the faint of heart.
This is rightful for this is true. The path traveled though opens new journeys. Journeys of joy and bliss beyond comprehension. This is what Tribe and herd are.
Imbolc 20
Circles always move to completion. As sure as the moon fulls and hides, the Circles of Tribe and herd revolve and complete. Just as with the moon though, each Circle has sameness and change. Same moon but never seen through the same eyes or from the exact same place. All things are in motion and change is the consequence.
See the Circle and then the next and the next. Each carries forth parts of the prior but blazes forth in new directions with different perspectives. This is not just change. This is growth.
As moons complete, reflect on the Circle of the one that exits and savor the new Circle of the next. The moon is the moon throughout. Battered with Cosmic storms and the winds of change, it drinks of the sun and sends forth its light and energy into the night for all to see and feel. The times it is eclipsed from Tribe and herd makes for sweet reunions and celebrations.
Imbolc 21
The full moon illuminates your dreamscapes clearly for the veils are thinnest then since the dimensions are bridged and merged at those fine moments. The beings of light feed images to the dreamscape that are messages for your path and journey. See not what is there but what each means.
See the Hospital but know the place of healing for answers are there. Hear the cheers of the throng at the spectator sport that distracts them while you journey forth in trust. Realize that solutions do come from teams of old in ways that are uncommon but much needed. Feel your own tears and the tears of the one who held you there and know that both outpourings are needed to merge to clean the air. Accept the longer hair as the symbol of time to grow for the wearer. Notice the privacy failures and know it is not about privacy but communication. Help the woman in heels off the mountainous and challenging path while noticing how her footwear and preparation were so ill suited for the arduous journey. Make note of the amok and anger things that had you move hither and yon versus straight ahead. Explore why basic functions were exposed there and the process and way of cleaning were so different and seemingly ineffective. Accept the twists, turns, delays, confusions, frustrations, and distractions there in that dreamscape of connection are far more than symbolic for the journey underway and the days ahead.
All this and more are there for you are to look forth to the beings of light more and more. The dreamscape is not somewhere else. It is part of what is next shown to you in ways you can process and handle now. Move to the beings of light there and those here as well and journey forth for Ostara comes soon.
Imbolc 22
The Circle closes again and the changes are what is right. On the cusp of Ostara, look forward but savor what was and carry forth with you what will benefit. Leave behind the darkness and woe for that burden delays and stalls the carriers. Armor yourself in the hope and joy of Trust of the Source.
What you are now is very different from what entered Ostara even one circle ago. As that being was different from the circle prior and the one prior to that as far back as circles go. In that same manner, you will different one circle hence for that is growth and that is right. Honor what was but be what is and become what will be. Fill the circle with answers and light. The light of self as well as the light of herd and Tribe.
Bridge. Lead. Explore. Dance. Sing. Love. Trust. Comfort. Study. Share. Actions after actions after actions. Just be you and you will be with those that accept, love, and protect you.
OSTARA
We made it!
Ostara is celebration. We made it through the dark and the cold. It is the joyous reconnection to the belief that all things survive. We feel life in Ostara.
This feeling of resurrection and re-birth crosses time and space. Ostara is rooted in a time when winters killed. The cold battered, land was barren, game was hidden, food stores close to depletion, and hope felt distant. In winter, nature pruned. Many things died as we huddled in the cold and prayed to survive. In that darkness, death was all around and we wondered if it was our time. We wondered if we were strong enough to make it. Winter touched our connection with life as many things moved beyond this realm. Light returned in even the smallest dose and we welcomed it. We emerged from hiding and hibernation. Our ancestors greeted the barest hint of thaw with dance and fire and joy. They saw the animals move forth again and mate to begin another circle around the sun. Food would soon grow on tree and bush and more. Soon, there would be much to gather and share again.
If the Wheel of Life has a starting point, it is Ostara. We looked to the heavens and felt safe again…selected to live another cycle. It was time to gather. Some prepared for planting. They honed the plows and assembled together in a joyous pre-game show for the work ahead. Just as the very survival we celebrated was linked to the last harvest and gathering, our continued existence was again linked to the abundance that would soon return and be ours to share as tribe. Ostara is fertility and beginning and more.
Eggs showed in nests and burrows. Bulbs birthed buds of beauty. Bodies felt warm and encouraged touch. Eggs became magical on the Equinox, March 21, when they stood on end on that one special day. A balancing act that defied the known and called us to feel forces much greater than our earthly vessels. The Gods and Goddess made eggs dance as the light returned.
Soon, some named their Gods and Goddesses. One of the first so named is Eostre, the German Goddess of Spring, for whom Ostara is named. Eostre is linked to the East, where the Sun rose and shined brighter and earlier as spring warmed the ground. Eostre also links fittingly to Shining and Glorious. The celebrations were rich and pure with dancing, mating, and joy. Ostara is nature’s call to multiply. Rabbits and their impressive fertility symbolized the sheet magick of reproduction and life.
Passover is honored in this time. Life and survival emphasized again. Easter is marked in this time and the story of life over death literally. The theme is common…life celebrated. Ostara reminds us that light and joy return and are to be shared by all.
Ostara 1
The time of joy is here. Feel the energy of re-birth in you, around you, and of you. The sleeping is over and all wake up refreshed. Feel the rain as nurturing and sweetly refreshing. Take in the light to better see in the darkness. Breathe deeply for new air comes with the saplings and buds. It is a time a life. A time of joy. A time of dancing.
All things are better now and will continue to be. Community is stronger and bigger. The SOURCE sees and smiles and laughs and loves. The beasts embrace their yoke and work eagerly from sun-up to sun-down. There is singing in hearts and minds and souls. The slumber inside and our moves away with a stretch of the meta-physical and the last yawn of sleep.
Surround yourself with purity and light. Wash off the dust of doubt. Purge the sludge of the unknown. See the answers and share them. This is a wondrous time and healing is underway. There is healing energy in all of you. Share it. Turn it on yourself first. It makes you stronger as well as better.
Feel the kiss of beginnings long awaited. There is sanctuary at hand and you are it. Together. Believe in yourself and those like you. Act. Love. Trust.
Ostara 2
Enjoy the openness. Be outside and willing to feel the dirt. That is the yearning. That is the unsettledness. The earth beckons. Gaia stretches awake and calls to you. It is time for planting. Time for sitting in the sun. Time for savoring the buds and then the leaves and the blooms. Time for watching as young ones discover the flight of butterflies and the mastery of ants.
There has been one revolution since the Equinox and already you feel the light of the season. That is as it should be. For every time there is a season. Sing of it.
Reflect back to the playful nature of this time and then make it so again. There is much strength in all of you. This time fuels it. As the unbundled clothing frees the flesh, the flesh breathes deeper and deeper. You are less removed from nature. You draw back to roots that are there all the time but now seen when you are within. Open so that the air flows and sings and energizes. It will give you answers and love.
Ostara 3
In this life, we need each other. Of the flesh. To be with. To touch. To love. On other plains and in other existences, that will be much different. Your energy will merge with those like you and others to be one yet apart. You will feel the strength of self and connection there. That wonderful mix of collective and solitude will be yours each moment.
Taste that hint of that now when guided by those you know. Those that can move you above your crown for even the shortest of moments. Those who can touch you and let the inner forces stir to heal as well as comfort. Those of other plains now, before, and forever. Some are among you now. Some of you are those and have yet to taste it. Others will come to you as you better live this so that you may link with those who guide you. Those of you that guide will touch many and expand the kindred.
Embrace the need to be with others on this plain. The flesh has needs that must be met. Above the crown is forever. Below the crown in now. Now must be balanced or forever may not be reached. Laugh together. Cry together. The more comfort and joy you feel with others, the more comfort and joy you feel when alone.
The energy of the many makes us stronger. The energy of each makes the many stronger. The energy of self is not enough to sustain forever. It must link to feed and be fed. Link. It will bring you comfort and joy.
Ostara 4
Do an inventory of thanks. Walk through your home, inside and out, and see all that is there. All that is there makes the home feel as it does. Think of each thing and the memory it holds. Who held it and enjoyed it? What of the time it first came into your possession? Feel that moment for its energy is there in. The inventory of thanks strokes the energy of the object so it feeds you and all those around it for many days to come. As if dusting off the energy. Bringing it back to life.
This inventory of thanks also rewards and reminds. So much is there for you. So many sweet memories. So many special objects. Things once someone else’s but now yours. Let that energy connect you to them again. Each room will feel purer and each object more alive. You will emerge from each room happier and more understanding of your good fortune as well as what is truly important.
It is also a time of purging. Some objects do not connect to us but may with others. Share of these things so that their energy may serve more when in other hands. This is as spring cleaning was of old. A time to reflect and appreciate. Time to shake off the cobwebs of self and have a home shining with the energy of appreciation.
The energy will feed the grass and plants and animals all around you and the place you call home. It will radiate and attract. People will want to be there. Plants will smile at the sun as they bask in the light of your happiness. Animals will feel the peaceful energy of appreciation and be calmer. All will be well. The annual re-birth will make it so.
Ostara 5
Many feel the change and they begin to connect to the Collective Consciousness. Speak of it. Look for it. The discussions will open eyes and doors. As you speak of it, you will hear answers to questions you did not even realize. That accelerates. All that was, all that is, and all that will be waits for you in the Collective Consciousness just as the Collective Consciousness waits for you.
Generations of people see it in the now and this number is the bounty. The bounty is not in material things. Material things are necessary but passing. Material things should be for safety, comfort, and enjoyment but are means to an end. The ends is the Collective Consciousness.
Your talents and your strengths are the purpose. To provide what you need so that you become linked with the Collective Consciousness now. The shift in the cosmos has been and it pierced the veils between the worlds. It was intended to be at this time and has come to pass. That floods you with opportunity and insight as more of you gather. Drawn to the change not just in each other but in everything. Look for it and it will be there before you. Speak of it and you shall hear back from Kindred. Gather and more gather with you.
As you look back, see not what was wrong but what had to happen to prepare for you. Be of the SOURCE and you shall have the answers. Answers seen even in the clutter of what was told to you to be right. Answers from the good as well as the bad of all that has been. Seek from what was and keep that which feels true to you now and discard the rest. In that reassembly is the Truth for you now and forever. The journey to Truth has been an evolution and moved with glacial speed. The split has come and you will rocket forward to the Peace of Truth and the link to eternity.
Ostara 6
There are answers all around you. Signs of connection to Gaia and the Cosmos. Look at the animals and things that push from the earth. They sense you and move to you. Energy is life and energy draws life to it.
Animals know for they are grounded. Their senses respond to the inner you and the inner of all. Use them and trust their inputs as to trust and love. Be forewarned though for animals are life as well and have their own energy. Just as with other species, there are the good and the bad. Learn the ways of them to understand what each means for each means different. Totems are accurate indicator of trends and help you understand what is being said, reported, and foretold.
You cannot go and look but you should look and see. It is what gathers to you that matters. The messages are in the gathering not the gathered. You cannot shape what is there but what comes to you is shaped by you.
The birds that flock to you are messengers. The plants that catch your eye call to you. The ones that come to you via others were sent there for a purpose. In all life, yours included, there is energy and connection. What is attracted in meant to attract just as magnets draw together
Use this message in the inverse as well for what you gather to you shapes you. Those you bring to your side feed and shape your energy and change you in the process. Welcome all but invite wisely.
Birds are not the only like feathered creatures that flock together. Know this and see who is with you for there you are in manner and form and purpose. The energy of the collective is powerful and should be fed well. Your energy feeds its. Those with you are likewise.
Ostara 7
Abundance is yours and will be forever. Reflect on the abundance at hand already. In the ways you know you should. Then savor it. Compare it to your Inventory of Thanks and see what truly matters. Hold those close while you can and thank those who truly love you every time you can.
This positively nurtures the Giver and the Receiver. It is like water to plants that bloom. When you do this, you walk taller and happier, thankful for all you have. This accelerates everything.
It is time to venture forth. You have watched and waited. You have contemplated and evaluated. You have hesitated. It is time to have that adventure. The foundation of action is Trust. Trust in yourself first and then trust in others you have learned to trust. Those that have proven true. Those that speak and love you not for what you give but for what you are. Trust in yourself and Trust in them and others like them that will come. Step forth in Trust. A small step and then a bigger one. Then even bigger ones. It will be perpetual motion as trust fuels steps and steps fuel trust and the cycle propels you ever onward.
For some among you, this is the jump off the cliff long pondered. Roots held you. Trust frees you. For others of you, this is but a step but that makes it no less monumental. It is bold for you and it is time for bold.
Ostara 8
Be both arrogant and humble. You need the energy of both to move fast as well as focused. While you question if this is possible, you already sense bits of both and should embrace those feelings.
Be Arrogant. This is about you. You are not a player in someone else’s story. You and you and they are players in yours. All these things have been positioned to fulfill your destiny. Do not subjugate your destiny to another’s. Look at the resource and the bounty as placed to move you to where you know you should be. Speak of that authority and that purpose and let all sense your passion of it.
Be humble. This is about a much higher calling as well and sensing that higher purpose ensures your arrogance fuels but does not taint. Things will move forward without you but not as quickly and not as sure. That is the case for all of you. All of us. All of all kinds. Belief in self is key or else we only follow, living someone else’s dream. Humbleness to apply your natural talents and strengths to the good of all ensures we do not succeed at the expense of others.
Balance. Use the arrogance but check it with humility. Ensure others’ arrogance is checked as well. Those that achieve this serve a higher calling and fulfill destiny. Those that do not either follow or corrupt.
Ostara 9
People notice the change in you. Some ask of it. Others just watch. They sense it is something very significant but ponder rather than query. Some think it seasonal. Others credit a change in diet or a new health regiment. Still others think it medication or libation. Still they watch and wonder.
It is as it should be. Those around you every day will see it first. Then others, from long ago and far away, will be placed so they can see it too. Many will merely watch or comment but not probe. Not even to skim or dance around it. They are not wise enough. They are not prepared. They are not made to ask the question for they are not ready.
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