Choosing a domestic deity for the Pagan household
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Choosing a domestic deity for the Pagan household
Research will help you learn how to honor the domestic deity you’ve chosen.
Every domestic witch will eventually look into the subject of a household deity. Traditionally, there are two types of domestic deities: a major god or goddess or the minor or local entities called animistic deities. You’ve probably heard of at least a few of the goddesses used as deities in the household: Hestia, Frigg or Brigid are some of the most popular used today. But have you heard of the tomte, domovoi or cofgodas? These are but a few of the animistic deities that have been worshipped in the past.
Domestic deities are thought to look out for the members of the household, the home itself and/or the land around the home and any animals or livestock that live on it…
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2010 Digital Almanac download edition online!
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2010 Digital Almanac
Now you can access the complete contents of The Old Farmer’s Almanac online! Our new Digital Edition is an exact replica of the Premium Edition, and includes the Almanac’s timeless blend of facts and fun with the most accurate astronomical data under the Sun, plus 32 extra pages of reference material!
It also includes:
- General Weather Forecast
- Seasonal weather maps (in full color!)
- Detailed forecasts for 16 U.S. weather regions
Price: $6.95
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The Witch’s Pantry
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Rosemary Shortbread
1/4 – 1/3 cup sugar, depending on desired sweetness
1 -1/4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 pound (1 stick) butter
2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary (or 2 teaspoons dried rosemary)
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Mix the dry ingredients together
- Microwave the butter on low with the rosemary until the butter is melted
- Pour the butter mixture over the dry ingredients and mix until blended
- Place the dough in either an 8×8 baking pan, or a pie plate. Press the dough in with your fingers.
- Prick the dough with a fork
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the edges are lightly browned.
- Cut into squares or wedges while still hot
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Beads N Botanicals
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Beads N Botanicals showcases artistic endeavors from photography and jewelry making to Native American styled decorative art ,ceramics, glass blowing and more.
Originally located in Hoopeston, IL and now located in Urbana, Beads N Botanicals offers the following:
- Exhibits and sales of artistic works, primarily of the arts and crafts variety, but also including photography, painting and fiber works.
- Retail and wholesale of beads, beading supplies, books, bracelets, semiprecious stones, crystals, stones and clusters, earring findings, essential oils, medicinal and culinary herbs, incense, handmade jewelry, freshwater pearls, sterling silver beads, Swarovski™ crystals, tarot cards, teas, hand-blended oils, books, candles, custom-blended perfumes and bath products.
- Consultation services: consultation about using herbs for health, aromatherapy, hypnotherapy, Reiki, psychic and tarot readings.
- Classes, promotional lectures, psychic & health fairs. Classes focus on jewelry-making, beading, aromatherapy, medicinal herbs and personal development.
Beads N Botanicals is located at:
117 North Broadway Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Their phone number is 217-365-9355
Hours:
Tuesdays: 11am to 4:30pm; Wed-Friday: 11am to 7pm; Saturdays: 10am to 5pm
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10 Must-Stock Items for Your Kitchen
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10 Must-Stock Items for Your Kitchen
Save time and money by keeping a supply of these top ten items in your kitchen.
1. All-purpose flour
2. Dry or canned beans: Great Northern, baby lima, kidney, pinto, black
3. Canned beans: chili, cannelloni, garbanzo, refried (or make your own and freeze)
4. Rice: brown, jasmine, wild
5. Broth or stock: vegetable, beef, chicken
6. Pasta: spaghetti, penne, macaroni, fettuccini, egg noodles
7. Cans or jars of tomatoes: diced, sauce, salsa
8. Bread crumbs
9. Cans or jars of fruit: pineapple, mandarins, applesauce, peaches, pears; also packages of raisins
10. Canned or frozen vegetables: peas, corn, green beans, mushrooms.
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Gaia Community Email
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“I gave a gift to my friend and the world…”
For the past two years, I’ve had the honor of introducing MicroPlace as one of our cherished partners for the holiday season. They’re an organization that enables everyday people to invest in microfinance, providing small loans to the working poor and allowing you to invest your money in a way that empowers and honors entrepreneurial members of the Global South.
This year, once more, they’re providing the means to open your circle of gift-giving, choosing a gift that touches not just your friend or loved one, but a family or entrepreneur on the other side of the world.
It’s a wonderful opportunity, and a wonderfully useful present. When you give the gift of a Microplace gift certificate, you’ll choose where to invest the money (be it a location like Africa, or to a particular cause, such as women entrepreneurs), and, when the investment matures, your loved one will get the money back to reinvest or remove to use in any way they wish.
So instead of a holiday cluttered with stuff, your gift will first help empower others to support themselves, and, when the investment matures, your loved one can use the money on whatever they choose. (And, until supplies run out, when you buy a gift of over $20, you’ll get another gift of $20 to give to someone else for free! )
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Witch School Heads to Salem
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Witch School Heads to Salem
We’ve been following the story of Witch School over the years, throughout the organization’s quest to find a home. Originally founded in Chicago, Witch School moved a few years ago to Rossville, Illinois. Their presence in the economically depressed area has not gone unnoticed. Witch School has been the target of a number of protests by local churches, many of whom felt that they should have been consulted before their new neighbors were allowed to move in.
At any rate, this weekend, Witch School will be packing up and moving to Salem, Massachussetts. Founder and CEO Ed Hubbard says they’re not leaving because of the fundamentalists, but because of the lack of resources in the area. “The Churches are not the cause, they are a symptom of the problems in rural areas, and that is the lack of useful educational resources.” He adds that they’ve had significant problems with the Witch School internet provider — some of which may stem from intervention by local pastors — and for a business that thrives on online interaction, that’s a problem.
Certainly, relocating to a place known as the Witch City can’t be a bad business decision — although Witch School will encounter more competition, they’ll also have a significant increase in the number of people interested in what they do. Not only that, they’ll be located in a local pedestrian mall, which means prime access to the tourist trade. Hubbard plans to have the new location up and running by April, 2010.
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Colorado Univ. Starts Pagan Student Group
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Monday October 19, 2009
University of Colorado-Boulder is joining the ever-increasing list of colleges that have a Pagan Student Alliance. What’s making all this growth possible? Simple – students like Emma Lee, who are taking the initiative and starting Pagan student groups where there isn’t one.
Lee, a geology major who recently transferred from Mesa State, wants to “create a place where students with a variety of belief systems can gather, share ideas and make friends.” Lee and a friend founded the Pagan Student Alliance at Mesa State, as a way of making sure there was a place for everyone to feel at home.
A number of other universities have started Pagan student groups. In September, Webster University launched the Webster Pagan Grove. Boston University, Iowa State, Ohio State, and Penn State are just a few of the colleges that have organzied Pagan student groups, and all have one thing in common: each began because one person said, “Hey, we need this.”
If you belong to a school that has a population of students in non-mainstream religions, a Pagan student group might be just what is needed.
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