Author: A Solitary Pagan
Tips for successful romantic magick:
*Timing. Friday coinciding with a New Moon is considered the most auspicious time to perform love spells. *Colours for Love Magick: Pink, Red, Orange and Yellow *Numbers: 2 is the standard number. 5 if you would like to invoke powers of Oshun, Orisha of Love. 6 if you would like to invoke power of Aphrodite, Lady of Love. 8 is also number of infinity and eternity. And if you want to invoke po...
BELTANE LOVE SPELL
Burn copal on a charcoal as an offering to Aphrodite and ask for her assistance: “Stately Aphrodite, born from the gentle foam of the sea She who encompasses divine beauty and inspires love in the hearts of men Mother to the god of love, who embodies feminine perfection, Hear the desire of your faithful devotee. I call for your aid in revealing the love between myself and (NAME) That our bond may ...
Charge of the Goddess
One of the aspects of Witches that sets it apart from most other spiritual practices is beautifully illustrated in a single line of the oracle commonly known as “The Charge of the Goddess,” wherein the goddess states, “All acts of love and pleasure are mine.” When many other commonly accepted spiritual paths place so much emphasis on asceticism and sacrifice, it can be a challenge to fully e...
Bru nà Boinne
In addition to their agricultural significance, cattle also had a divinatory role at Beltane. The appearance of a white heifer was considered very auspicious, a manifestation of Bóand, goddess of inspiration and abundance who is credited with establishing the fertile Bru nà Boinne, the Boyne River Valley in County Meath, Ireland. Her presence signified an assurance of human health as well as the g...
Winter to Summer
Winter’s chains are broken for good as the wheel of the year turns from winter to summer. Love is in the air as bee carries pollen from blossom to aromatic blossom and honey drips from the comb. The sacred union of the goddess and the god is observed, and sexuality is celebrated as we regard our bodies as mirrors of the divine plan. The blazing flames of the great bonfire mirror the passion within...
Belinus
The old Celtic name for May Day is Beltane (in its most popular Anglicized form), which is derived from the Irish Gaelic ‘Bealtaine’ or the Scottish Gaelic ‘Bealtuinn’, meaning ‘Bel-fire’, the fire of the Celtic god of light (Bel, Beli or Belinus). He, in turn, may be traced to the Middle Eastern god Baal.
Maia
May Day ushers in the fifth month of the modern calendar year, the month of May. This month is named in honor of the goddess Maia, originally a Greek mountain nymph, later identified as the most beautiful of the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades. By Zeus, she is also the mother of Hermes, god of magic. Maia’s parents were Atlas and Pleione, a sea nymph. .
DXUI
DXUI (Bushman; to the Hottentots, TSUI; to the Xhosa and Ponda, THIXO) A creator god. In the beginning, Dxui took the form of a different flower or plant every day, becoming himself at night, until he had created all the plants and flowers that exist.
BUKU
BUKU (Various West African peoples) A sky god sometimes worshipped as a goddess. Buku created everything, even the other gods.
ANYIEWO
ANYIEWO (Ewe) The Great Serpent who comes out to graze after the rain. The rainbow is his reflection.
BABALON
BABALON: Literally, the Gate of the Sun, the seductive powers, the kalas. A Thelemic deity and feminine form of Baal whose powers are in the vagina.
THERION
THERION: Literally, the wild, the life-force within us, the animal powers. Ancient Greek name equated with the Horned Gods whose power is in the phallus.