England, Ronald Hutton wrote the following: Among Witches I have found people who think of their goddess and god as archetypes of the natural world or of human experience, others who regard them as projections of human need and emotion which have taken on a life of their own, others who see them merely as convenient symbols, and yet others who have a belief in them as independent beings with whom relationships can be made. . . . More remarkable, and significant, I have encountered all those viewpoints within a single coven, co-existing in perfect harmony because the members never felt the need to . . . debate them.
Tribute to Dr. Raymond Buckland 8/31/1934 – 9/27/2017
Raymond Buckland’s Candle Burning Rituals
On this day 9/27 of last year since he started his new journey… wherever that may be… We shall meet… I love every book he has shared with us n for sure changed my life…
Timing Any time, though early morning or late evening hours seem to be best for most people
“To Meet Your Spirit Guide”
Day(s) Any day Hour Mercury Candles
Day Candle as appropriate; Offertory:
Violet (3) inscribed “Spirit,”
White (3) inscribed “Truth”
Incense Anise, Cardamom, & Coriander, or Fleawort, Hemp Seed, Parsley, & Violet Root Oil Acacia, Anise, & Cassia, or Gardenia, Jasmine, & Lotus, or Jasmine, Lemon, Rose, & Sandalwood
Key Word “Merge”
Supplementary Items Crystal Ball… Bath Almond, Anise, Lavender, Mint, & Orange Bergamot, or Cinnamon, Frankincense, Myrrh, & Sandalwood
Breathe deeply & build your ball of protective light. While soaking in your Ritual Bath, Meditate on the Whole Ritual: the steps you will take & what you wish to say to your Spirit Guide when you make contact.
£ Enter the Circle in the hour of Mercury.
£ Light the incense.
£ With the Oil, dress the Altar Candles & the Day Candle, while concentrating on the purpose of the ritual. Light your taper; then from that, light the Altar Candles & the Day Candle. State your intent:
I am here to make contact with my Spirit Guide, and to acknowledge him or her.
With the Awl, inscribe the Violet #1 Candle with the word “Spirit.” Dress it with Oil.
Light the Violet #1 Candle, direct your energies into it, and say:
Here do I light the first Lamp of Spirit. May its light reach out across the barriers from this world to the next. May it make contact with that World of Spirit into which we will all eventually enter.
Take up the Censer and swing it, censing the whole area around the altar, while rhythmically repeating the Key Word “Merge,” & building up the energy to that focus.
Replace the Censer & take up the Violet #2 Candle. Inscribe it with the word “Spirit,” & dress it with the Oil. Put it back in its place & light it, directing your energies into it. Say:
Here do I light the second Lamp of Spirit. May its light also reach out across the barriers from this world to the next. May it make contact with that World of Spirit and help spread the light, illuminating ing the passageway between our worlds.
Take up the Censer & again swing it, Censing the whole area around the altar, while rhythmically repeating the Key Word “Merge,” & building up the energy to that focus. Replace the Censer.
Take up the Violet #3 Candle, inscribe it with the word “Spirit,” & dress it with Oil.
Replace it and light it. Say:
Here do I light the 3rd Lamp of Spirit. May its light also reach out across the barriers from this world to the next. May the light from these 3 lamps blend & grow, dispelling all darkness & lighting the way that my Spirit Guide may come to me & speak with me here today.
Inscribe each of the 3 White Candles with the word “Truth,” & anoint each with Oil.
Light the White #1, #2, & #3 Candles in order saying:
Here do I build Truth. As these candles burn throughout out this ritual, their power generates nothing but the truth in all that transpires between this world and the next. Through these candles there is truth in all communications that come to me.
Take up the Censer and again cense the whole ritual area, while chanting the Keyword “Merge.”
As you finish censing, replace the Censer, but keep up the chanting, sitting, & now gazing into the Crystal Ball as you chant. (A clear glass tumbler filled to the brim with water will do if you do not have a crystal ball. Stand the ball or glass on a piece of black cloth-velvet is best-so so that your eye is not distracted when scrying.)
When you feel right, let your chanting taper off until you sit quietly looking into the crystal. Do not try to picture anything in the crystal. Rather, try to keep your mind blank, so that whatever will come and appear to you comes of its own free will. Gaze into the center of the ball. There is no need to try not to blink; look naturally, blinking as you need, but try not to be distracted. Try not to notice anything in your peripheral vision; just gaze into the center of the ball. Eventually a face or figure will appear there. It may take a long while to come, or it may appear almost immediately. If it doesn’t come at all, after twenty minutes utes of waiting, abandon this attempt. Extinguish the candles in reverse order to that in which they were lit and, leaving everything set up, leave the ritual area. Try again in three day’s time. If nothing happens then, try in 3 more days, & so on. You should have results within a month at the most. If a figure does appear, accept it, & ask if he/she is your Spirit Guide. You will hear an answer. You may not hear it out loud, or even see the figure’s lips move, but you will become aware of the answer.
This is how most of your “conversation” will proceed: you will ask your questions mentally (or out loud) and the answers will come into your head as though you are hearing them from the Spirit Guide. Ask if you have more than one Spirit Guide & if you do, ask for them to also appear to you. You may ask anything you wish, but I would suggest establishing a connection whereby your Guide may appear to you at any time, or at specific times, so that you can converse with other spirits through him/her. When you have finished speaking with your Guide, Thank him/her, & then sit for a moment with your eyes closed, meditating on all you have learned. Extinguish the Candles in Reverse order.
To Both Dr. Raymond Buckland & Dr. Gerald Gardner both inspiring men making our Heritage possible to be a recognized religion…
We all Are Teachers & Students This Man should be in your studies… Early Tribute of Dr. Raymond Buckland…
It is the power of guidance, healing, and transformation. But before we can really have it for others and the world, we must start by loving ourselves. Only then can we have Perfect Love and Perfect Trust for all.
Be Well,
i was looking king for a way to contact Dr. Buckland to find out if he can explain what’s happening to me when I’m working on someone…. I just found out of his passing yesterday… how funny that his one year of leaving the physical world…
Eza
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Cernunnos Horned God
He is known as the God of The Hunt …there is also another ‘supreme deity’ referred to as ‘The Horned God’, ‘Cernunnos’, ‘The God of Wicca’, ‘Pan’, ‘Herne’, ‘Dionysus’ and many more titles. He is known as the God of The Hunt, of fertility, of the Sun and the God of The Forest – and if, as the name suggests, you get the sense that he really is something else, then you are thinking along the right lines. The Horned God is the other half of the divine couple, with the Triple Moon Goddess being his partner.
The Horned God is one of the two primary deities found in Wicca and some related forms of Neopaganism. The term Horned God itself predates Wicca, and is an early 20th-century syncretic term for a horned or antlered anthropomorphic god with partly pseudo historical origins, partly based on historical horned deities.[1]
The Horned God represents the male part of the religion’s duotheistic theological system, the consort of the female Triple Goddess of the Moon or other Mother Goddess.[2] In common Wiccan belief, he is associated with nature, wilderness, sexuality, hunting, and the life cycle.[3]:32–34 Whilst depictions of the deity vary, he is always shown with either horns or antlers upon his head, often depicted as being theriocephalic (having a beast’s head), in this way emphasizing “the union of the divine and the animal”, the latter of which includes humanity.[4]:11
In traditional Wicca (British Traditional Wicca), he is generally regarded as a dualistic god of twofold aspects: bright and dark, night and day, summer and winter, the Oak King and the Holly King. In this dualistic view, his two horns symbolize, in part, his dual nature. (The use of horns to symbolize duality is also reflected in the phrase “on the horns of a dilemma.”) The three aspects of the Goddess and the two aspects of the Horned God are sometimes mapped on to the five points of the Pentagram, although which points correspond to which deity aspects varies. In some other systems, he is represented as a triune god, split into three aspects that reflect those of the Triple Goddess: the Youth (Warrior), the Father, and the Sage.
The Horned God has been explored within several psychological theories and has become a recurrent theme in fantasy literature.[5]:872
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