Happy Lithasblot ... Norse Holiday

Instead of re-creating a wheel. Here's the link I posted last year in regards to this holiday. happy-lithasblot-norse-holiday-july-31.html

Full Moon Tonight ... Tuesday, May 17, 2011 ... Healing Circle

I am leading a spirit-tribe-healing circle tonight and wish all readers of Cyber Coven to feel included. As you light the candles on your respective altars - connect your flame to ours and know that the smoke from our respective incense will rise up and connect in the astral - communicating similar goals for healing and abundance. 


As we heal ourselves, our minds, bodies, and spirits, we are better able to heal the Earth. So mote it be.

Walpurgis NIght Begins Now Until May 1st

Norse Festival Of Darkness Starts Tonight: Walpurgis is celebrated 9 nights (Apr 22 - May 1) to remember Odin's sacrifice on Yggdrasil, the tree of life. On the ninth day, Odin saw the runes, died, and since all light left the world, at midnight, the bonfires are lit to celebrate the return of the light and Odin's rebirth.

Reiki - Shamanic Healing

A friend of mine, on Facebook, posted this video with the comment that it had made her cry. I also very deeply moved by it and wanted to share. See a wolf volunteer for a human's healing touch!

dogwork.com/healing2/

Futhark Runes Arranged In Order Of The Modern Alphabet

click on image to enlarge it

Tigers And Deity Who Love Them

TIGER GODDESSES AND HISTORICAL MYTHS:

• “Budhi Pallien,” a fearsome Goddess from North India, shape-shifts into a tiger and roams the jungle on four paws.
• “Waghai Devi,” another Tiger Goddess, belongs to the Gonds people. They leave offerings for her in the forest and ask her for protection against wild beasts.
• “Goddess Durga,” a Hindu Mother Goddess, rides a tiger while fighting for justice.
• Also in the Hindu tradition, “Goddess Kali” honors the tiger as sacred.
• In Japan, the tiger symbolizes courage.
• While China has many different tiger myths; quite often the tiger represents military might, as it also does in Japan.
• Some Taoists worship the white tiger for protection and to avoid bloodshed.
• Chinese believe “The Year of the Tiger” happens once every twelve years. A person born on such a year will have courageous and powerful personality traits; strongly influenced by the tiger.

ALL ABOUT TIGERS THEMSELVES:

In the jungles of Asia, where ferocious tigers roam, nobody is safe. That’s because the striped cats hunt with an almost supernatural ability. Typically they travel alone and stalk their prey silently. A single tiger can sneak up on a grazing animal and stay down-wind, where it will remain undetected.

Most often, the predator will crouch behind tall yellow grass or blend in with other vegetation while watching for the best hunting opportunity.  When that moment arises, she bursts forth, previously unnoticed, from one explosive pounce. Her extreme intelligence means the tiger wastes very little time to chase after her food. Although she can run up to 35 miles per hour, a single leap can launch her more than twenty feet forward. Yet, her best hunting asset is her magnificent agility and mental strategy.

A tiger’s night vision is six times greater than a human’s and since most animals can be caught unawares at a watering hole, most tigers start their hunt there; just as the sun goes down. With very sharp teeth, exceptional vision and perfect hearing, the carnivore uses her pointy-hooked-retractable-claws to capture her prey.

How the kill is made depends on the size of the target. Small to medium-sized animals will most likely be killed by a single bite at the base of their skull. {See this video to watch a tiger kill a crocodile: youtube.com/watch?v=D7dazPp20d8). Larger animals, such as a buffalo, will be pulled down by their throats, where the animal most often dies from suffocation. Either way, the tiger’s kill is done with determination and precision.

References:

Excellent Tiger Facts: .andymcdermott.com/tiger_facts.htm

How Tigers hunt - including White Tigers in Zoos (theoretically) natureobservers.com/snowtiger/hunting.htm

Tiger’s diet and eating habits: zooschool.ecsd.net/Tiger.htm

Tigers as man-eaters: lairweb.org.nz/tiger/maneating11.html

Year of the Tiger: c-c-c.org/chineseculture/zodiac/tiger.htm

Tiger mythology: Animal Magick, by D. J. Conway

Tiger mythology: Animal Speak by Ted Andrews.

Focus On Gratitude - Looking Inward - Getting Back To One's Roots

In the United States, the cold months are now changing the landscape and it's the time of year when all of nature draws its energy inward. The trees pull resources from their leaves and send nutrition and sustenance down into their roots. Annual flowers begin to wither and return to seed. The focus of everything in the outdoors seems to be on survival.

Those of us who practice an Earth-centered spirituality, also begin to look inward. It's how we reconnect with our "roots" and by that I mean I am looking at my life critically and I'm asking myself: "have I accomplished everything I wanted to by this time in my life?" "Am I living according to my life purpose?" 

As I focus my attention within, I realize that I have been feeling stuck, as though I've been pushing against a huge wall. I haven't made progress as easily as I had hoped. So now I'm realizing it might be a good time to do spell work to change what energy I attract. This is still the harvest season - Thanksgiving being just this upcoming week - so when my coven mates and I gather on this next full moon we will be inviting all the helpful energies in the Universe to magnetize the resources we need and life will then flow a little more easily.

To that end, instead of rewriting spells that others have already posted on the internet, I'm just going to provide hyperlinks here for each of you to pick and choose what sort of abundance you'd like to draw into your life. My physical coven and I will be doing our work this Sunday, November 21st, on the night of the Full Moon. When you light your candles, realize we are all connected. We can pull positive change to each other, as we work together.

• A spell for greater psychic clarity: http://www.open-sesame.com/SSW2.html
• Cat spells for spiritual growth: http://www.pagan-world.com/paganinfo/spells/A_Cat_Spell_for_Spiritual_Growth.html
• Prosperity spell: http://www.witchschool.com/group/ritualclub/forum/topics/candle-tarot-card-spell-to?commentId=2738669%3AComment%3A73753&xg_source=activity&groupId=2738669%3AGroup%3A11235
• Money prosperity spell: http://www.tarotforum.net/library/5/2003-05/money-prosperity-spell-20030512.shtml
• Prosperity spell with Tarot cards http://www.suite101.com/content/prosperity-spells-that-work-a307770
• Spell to remember a past life: http://www.spells4free.com/Article/SPELL-TO-REMEMBER-YOUR-PAST-LIFE/961
• Spell to increase business:
• Spell to increase what's in your cash register: http://www.elovemagic.com/luck%20spells10.html
• Drawing down the moon: http://www.paganlibrary.com/rituals_spells/drawing_down_moon.php
• Make your own incense to improve business: http://www.spellcentral.com/spell-184/good-business-powder.html
• Gypsy magic to increase business phone calls: http://www.gypsyadvice.com/gypsymagic/labels/Money.html

Many more spells are available just by searching the topic you desire with the words "spell" or "spellwork."


Richest blessings in all the good work you do!

~ SunTiger