Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year's Eve this year WOW how astonishing!
This New Year's Eve blue moon will be visible in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Africa. For party goers in Australia and Asia, the full moon does not show up until New Year's Day, making January a blue moon month for them.
However, the Eastern Hemisphere can celebrate with a partial lunar eclipse on New Year's Eve when part of the moon enters the Earth's shadow. The eclipse will not be visible in the Americas.
The Blue Moon partial eclipse is a VERY odd occurrence to me, especially since it is happening on New Years Eve!
I personally last recall seeing, bathing in a Blue Moon Eclipse in November 2003 (memory may be failing) yet I am pretty certain that was when it was.
My minds eye has to conjure thoughts regarding all the hoopla surrounding the cause and effects of the not so distant December 21 st 2012 doomsday theory when MASS planets align NO ONE really knows for certain what will happen.
The ancient Mayan Calender ends on that day in time. Many belive that this is an actual mark of the 'end of time' as we know it a prediction of sorts What is the true meaning, who really knows?
My thoughts are things like this Blue Moon phenomena that are happening such as tomorrow nights events and so on and the likes are actually/likely a part, in essence a precursor to the 2012 whatever that really may or may not bring about.
Tidbits I Gathered To Share
A Blue Moon is the second full moon in a calendar month. For a blue moon to occur, the first of the full moons must appear at or near the beginning of the month so that the second will fall within the same month.
"Blue Moon" appears to have been a colloquial expression long before it developed its calendrical senses. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first reference to a blue moon comes from a proverb recorded in 1528:
If they say the moon is blue, We must believe that it is true.
Below Is NOT My Work It has been around the WEB for at least 10 yrs Thought it might be fun so
Have You Any Ooooooohhhh Tales To Tell
I have but one good one to share that happened to me on Friday The Thirteenth If time permits I will share today in the comments.
Happy Friday 13th!
One of the most commonly held superstitions in our so-called civilized,
educated society is that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day, and since,
in this equation, each is held to be unlucky, added together, their sum
can only equal double trouble.
The modern basis for the aura that surrounds
Friday the 13th stems from Friday October the 13th, 1307. On this date,
the Pope of the church in Rome in Conjunction with the King of France,
carried out a secret death warrant Against "the Knights Templar". The
Templars were terminated as heretics, never again to hold the power
that they had held for so long. There Grand Master, Jacques DeMolay,
was arrested and before he was killed, was tortured and crucified.
Superstitions swirling around Friday as being
lucky or unlucky have existed since ancient times, beginning with the
northern nations. Ancient Romans dedicated the sixth day of the week to
their beautiful, but vain, goddess Venus, so, when the Norsemen adopted
the Roman method of naming days, they naturally adopted Venus as their
name for the sixth day of the week. Their closest translation for
Venus, Frigg, or Freya, eventually evolved into Friday, a day they
considered to be the luckiest day of the week.
From a religious standpoint, Muslims tout Friday
as the day Allah created Adam, legend has it that Adam and Eve ate the
forbidden fruit, the apple, on a Friday, and later died on a Friday,
and Christians consider Friday as the day on which Christ was crucified
by the Romans.
The Scandinavian belief that the number 13
signified bad luck sprang from their mythological 12 demigods, who were
joined by a 13th demigod, Loki, an evil cruel one, who brought upon
humans great misfortune. The number 13, in the Christian faith, is the
number of parties at the Last Supper, with the 13th guest at the table
being the traitor, Judas. When Christians combine this day and number,
the combination can only hold special significance.
Whether or not a person considers Friday the 13th
as unlucky, he or she must understand that this superstition, as well
as others, merely stem from beliefs or practices man used, and
continues to use, to explain, and to protect himself, from events
beyond his control in his complicated world. He worked, and works only
with the bag of knowledge he has on hand.
Only when factual, scientific bases for these
beliefs are unearthed, and people do not dispel the beliefs, but
instead cling to them, the beliefs become superstitions. Today's
beliefs may very well be tomorrows superstitions. Until then, however,
don't step on a crack!
I have always said it is the mind of a limited man Who can spell or say a word but just one way. That holds true here as well. I do not have a limited mind.
A Gau is in a sense a mini Altar They are also portable Shrines One can carry small images, or prayers to their personal Deity or even an image of him/her.
Many carry Amulets or other personal items in them It keeps one in constant connection With the special meaning in which they Have placed their personal thoughts, prayers etc into this Little mini Altar.
You might be thinking Altar, mini Shrine what! You mean you can wear this. The answer is yes a big yes!
They come in many sizes, shapes, designs and so on Personally I have four in which of one mine is at the top of this post. No, it is not filled with the water, I made that within the image.
I have one with Garuda, a winged Hindu Deity Who carried Lord Shiva Another is a simple small oval one with a Lapis Stone Another is a very old one large it is covered in wool, A pouch of sorts, with a long strap Many Dragons are carved into this one it is filled with Herbs, tiny pieces of cloth and Buddha displaying a Mudra
Mudra's are shapes made by ones fingers, Each one (Mudra) holding a special meaning These different Mudra's have helped me a lot over the years With Anxiety as one meditates, and performs the Mudra, it becomes Second nature to go into that particular Meditative State that the specific Mudra represents
In my case I studied ones that would Almost immediately bring me into a Meditative state of calmness.
The Mudra's and getting to that state requires Much practice to get ones 'psyche' Conditioned to go into that State of calmness.
To me they are great working tools!
So there you have Gau's and Mudra's Another reason I consider myself quite eclectic in my Spiritual beliefs.
As both above, the Gau and the Mudra Are not of Western Religion or Spiritually Rather adopted by we Westerners and utilized as we see fit To do so Spiritually.
There is no wrong or right in Spirituality or Religious Beliefs
Simply Believe That is all you need to do.
To Know To Dare To Will To Keep Silent
Why am I not silent? Many would not know if I did not share and I also have a belief 'To keep it, you must turn it over' As I am doing with you.
This post will be as short or as long as I 'feel' I
should make it as I type it. It will be about using ones body, or body parts as
Magickal vehicles, or the conductress' of Magick.
Have you ever felt really odd when someone is pointing
at you, not even in a mean way, or a scolding way? Well this could mean that
person holds a lot of power in their hands and Spirit, sometimes far more than
they may even be aware of.
This holds true for
the 'Eye' as well, as I have always been able to give the 'eye' and so has my
grand baby Kat, very early on for her too. She can and will get very upset if I
'slip' and give her the 'eye' she will actually 'get after me' I wont say here
what she told my daughter who gave her the eye a few weeks back and Kat diverted
herself, turned her back, and when she looked again daughter was still 'eying
her' Kat got angry and then said just f*** it, you don't understand.
The statement came about when she had turned away
(submitted) and my daughter continued to stare at her, the 'eye' she was just
playing with her but boy oh boy Kat did not see it as play.
She, Kat is good with 'the eye too'
So back to my initial story, I said I would let this
take me where it may soooooo
~Point A Finger Cast A
Spell~
I don't know this but 'I know this" oxymoron, no not really as there are many
things that many know that others do not feel or believe as they cannot see it
or feel it, or sometimes do and simply refuse to acknowledge it.
Some people hold a lot of power in their 'pointer' and
it is and can be used as a Wand, a Scepter of sorts, a tool of Magickal
workings. Think I am crazy? Well that may be so but I am also being truthful,
ask any Witch who is near fifty, she will know if she has been into the Craft
most of her life (or his life) yes, men are called Witches too.
Life forces hold a lot of power, some day I may do a
Video of the power of the body in regards to Magick. Something that even awe
struck me, and I don't know why it did, I have no clue why when I say to someone
WOW did you see that, or hear that or whatever, it's like duh as I have seen
stuff all my life yet I still challenge the reality of it.
The hands hold powers to heal as well, just 'laying on
hands' can heal, I have been healed in the past by Elders of the Melchizedek
Priesthood (among others) those I speak of now were young Mormon Men, one who
held so much power and Magick, even I was mystified at his enlightened
Spirit!
To this day I think of him often, and conjure up his
sweet kind face and heart, so filled with love & light, unreal!
So if Fingers are Wands, or can be, and Eyes, hold
power and Magick, why cannot the entire body be a Magickal Vehicle.
I can answer that one, to those who believe that
Magick is wrong or bad and that is their choice, yet I believe what I know to be
truth.
Yet there
will always be the naysayer's.
This leads me to one
last thing, Discernment aka Seer or Seeing in a Magickal Sense.
Our friend Lookin'
here on the Stream has been gifted with Discernment, she sees and often time is
given Visions about people, things events before they happen, warnings, or Omens
of sorts.
This is Discernment to her, Gifted by God Whereas to me it is called Seer Gifted by Ancients whomever they may be, as I sometimes 'see' things, events before they happen.
Call it
what you may, or will Spirituality, Magick, God, Goddess
I will call
it Love, Light And Blessings engulfed with Magick from the
Divine
Whatever
one chooses to see as their own, personal Divine Being (s)
There is no wrong, there is no right.
So
that is a tastes of 'body' Magick or at least a little about it in regards to the body being
a Magickal Vehicle. We all have the ability to stay 'in tuned'
So the next
time you see some little old lady, OR A small sun kissed raisin colored child
lol
thinking of
my Kat Pointing their 'finger" and you feel odd, just remember, or better yet,
wonder what they might be really thinking
and how old is the Soul that really is in the thing we call Body for many
Spirits have traveled many lifetimes.
