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To Pagans and Wiccans the Land, the Divine Forest, the Sacred Groves, and the Holy Wells were all enlivened and hallowed by the presence of the Nature Spirits. From the dancing blue tipped flames of the hearth fire to the sparkling golden candle lights of the lapping brook, the elemental beings of air, water, fire, and earth brighten and sanctify all the Days and Ways of the landscape of daily living. Millions of Americans follow some form of Pagan or Wiccan based belief practice today; while, droves of European descendants of Pagans worldwide have donned the mantle of their ancestral heritage. Many of Pagans and Wiccans are solitary practitioners. Others are involved in small groups, covens, and circles. Most of Pagans and Wiccans celebrate the eight seasonal Sabbats, usually outdoors. Many of them strive to follow an ethical behavior code that requires them to avoid harming themselves or others in their pursuit of spiritual transformation and divine union. Magic is enchantment, spellcasting, bewitchment, and using the will to alter reality. Everything is interconnected and magic practitioners use consecrated magical tools to focus and send forth energies from within themselves, from the deities, or from natural power places to influence and to shape desired outcomes and to pattern events.
Gaia and The Green Man,
the Goddess and the God refers to The Earth Mother and her consort The Green Man
(often depicted as a face made of leaves and vegetation). Many of the magical
tales involved stories about humans, goddesses and gods shapeshifting into the
likeness of animals and birds, including that of Seagulls and Swans.
Animal Totems that recurred frequently in Paganism Storytelling were Bear, Boar, Cow, Horse, Hound, Mare, Raven, Salmon, Otter, Owl, Pig, Seagull, Stag, and Swan. The pure inspirational wisdoms and the joyful magnificence of the Natural World were embodied in the Salmon Animal Totem, who acquired knowledge about everything by feeding on Rowan Berries. By partaking of the essential magic of the Salmon, the magician gained mystical learning, magical understanding, and sublime expressive abilities in the creative arts of drama, poetry, prose, and song. Both the Cow and the Hound were Sacred to the goddess. The Cow was a source of nurturing prosperity. For the magician, the Cow was symbolic of compassionate hospitality, generosity of spirit, receptive giving, rightful ownership, and fair entitlement.
The Hound signified
devoted companionship and kind thoughtfulness, especially in regard to the
deepest longings and needful wishes of the human spirit. Often linked with the
restorative and regenerative aspects of the Otherworld, as a consistently
faithful and supportive companion, Hound conveyed healing through loving
attentiveness, trustworthy intimacy and reassuring vigilant consistency...Continue on
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