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Yule Designs

Sorry for the long gap in my posts - had difficulty accessing the site for a while after the move, got busy with my new Circle, teaching classes, new students, creating new designs, my daughter coming to visit for a month - just a lot going on .... Anyway I wanted to share some designs I created for the Season

Blessed Yule & Winter Solstice to… Continue

Added by Cat High on December 2, 2009 at 2:50pm — 1 Comment

Farewell Texas - Hello Colorado

Well dear Friends, I have moved - I now live in Fountain Colorado. It is beautiful here!

I am sorry it has taken me so long to get, unpacked, settled in and back online, but I am back ...... I missed posting my usual Sabbat blog but will be posting Imbolc very soon. I will be posting pictures as soon as I get the chance of my new apartment and the mountains ...... tonight it is snowing and very cold as I am used to the Texas weather.

Added by Cat High on February 9, 2009 at 1:57am — No Comments

How to Choose a Magical Name?

I have had several people ask me this question, and since I currently do not have any students I have a little free time to post on here ........ so here goes ......

Choosing a Magical (Magickal) Name

Well for many people the name comes to them through meditation or dreams. Sometimes it is given to them when they join a religious order, such as a Circle, Coven, Grove, or Temple by the Priest, Priestess, Shaman, or Magus in charge. The name could be anything that you… Continue

Added by Cat High on October 6, 2008 at 9:30pm — 4 Comments

Samhain/Halloween From My B.O.S.

Samhain – October 31st

Life Events celebrated: Death to Impregnation

Other Names: All Hallows Eve, Halloween, Samhain Night, All Souls’ Eve, Day of the Dead, Guy Fawkes Night, Bonfire Night, Oidhche Shamhna, Hop-tu-Naa, Calan Gaeaf, All Hallowtide, All Saints Days, Fet Gede,

Symbols: Third Harvest, wisdom of the Crone, death of the God, reflection on our place in the Wheel of the Year, New Year, reincarnation, the dark mysteries, Rebirth after Death.

Colors: Black,… Continue

Added by Cat High on October 6, 2008 at 3:30am — 41 Comments

Mabon/Autumn Equinox From My B.O.S.

Mabon – September 21st

Life events celebrated: Old Age

Other Names: Harvestide, Alban Elfed, Harvest Home, Autumn Equinox, Second, Festival of Dionysus, Wine Harvest, Cornucopia, Mea'n Fo'mhair, and Feast of Avalon

Symbols: wine, gourds, pine cones, acorns, grains, corn, apples, pomegranates, horns, vines such as ivy, dried seeds

Colors: Brown, Maroon, Red, Gold, Green, Orange, Yellow,

Foods: wheat, breads, nuts, apples, pomegranates, roots, cider, grains, fruit,… Continue

Added by Cat High on September 13, 2008 at 2:29pm — 13 Comments

Seriously Annoyed

Dear Friends,

I am so furious, I just want to invoke every God Goddess or war an go seek and destroy ........ but I won't ..... I will fix my mundane problem the right way legally, not magically. (Well not yet anyway)

What is wrong you might ask?

Well I was welcoming new people to Pagan Space this morning and someone had asked a question and I decided to go look up a really good book on Kemetic Magic on Amazon and send them the link ...... I can't remember the title… Continue

Added by Cat High on August 27, 2008 at 12:00pm — 58 Comments

Lammas/Lughnasadh From my B.O.S

Lughnasadh – August 1st

Life Events celebrated: Middle age

Other Names: Lammas, August Eve, Lammastide

Symbols: Corn dollies, cornucopia, grains, the Sun,

Colors: Red, gold, yellow, orange, Purple,

Foods: bread, all berries, acorns (leached of their poison), crab apples, all grains, ripe produce, potatoes, summer squash, cider, blackberry pie, jelly, cherries, plums, apples, roasted lamb, elderberry wine, meadowsweet tea, Cornbread & apple cider,

Plants… Continue

Added by Cat High on August 1, 2008 at 4:00pm — 5 Comments

Poem ~ Mother Holds the Night ~

~Mother Holds the Night~

Mother holds the night,

The ever vigilant, moonlight,

Hovering over her nocturnal sphere,

Night by night, year after year,

Her watchful gaze upon mankind,

Always silent, never blind,

Sheltering all in her care,

Chasing away every nightmare,

Millions of children she must attend,

She does her best to protect and defend,

Weak, weary, sick, or strong,

Good, bad, right, or… Continue

Added by Cat High on June 9, 2008 at 7:30am — 12 Comments

Summer Solstice From My B.O.S.

Midsummer – June 21st

Life Events celebrated: Maturity and Strength

Other Names: Litha, Leitha, Midsummer's Eve, St. John's Eve, Grian-Stad, Alban Hefin, Summer Solstice,

Symbols: Spear, Cauldron, St. John's Wort, Sun Images, Faerie Images, Fires, Night of the Verbena (Vervain),

Colors: Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue,

Foods: First Fruits, Vegetables and Grains, Pumpernickel Bread, Ale, Mead,

Plants & herbs: Mugwort, Chamomile, Rose, Ivy, Wild Thyme,… Continue

Added by Cat High on June 3, 2008 at 12:44am — 4 Comments

Strange Holyday Today May 31st

Discordianism Holyday Syaday

Calendar

The Discordian calendar has five 73-day seasons: Chaos, Discord, Confusion, Bureaucracy, and The Aftermath. The Discordian year is aligned with the Gregorian calendar and begins on January 1, thus Chaos 1, 3173 YOLD (Year of Our Lady of Discord) is January 1, 2007 Gregorian.

Holydays

There are Apostle Holydays on the 5th day of each season, named after the 5 Discordian apostles: Mungday, for Hung Mung;… Continue

Added by Cat High on May 31, 2008 at 7:29am — 1 Comment

Lucifer & Lilith Invocations

I like working with Lilith for Personal empowerment, she helped me find the courage to leave my abusive husband, several years ago. Anyway, I did a personal ritual to Lilith for the Full Moon in Scorpio (my sun sign) the other night. Then the following night a group of us got together for a ritual and I asked for the muses to inspire me, and rekindle my creative spark ......... anyway I have more ideas for designs for my shop, as well as new verses for poetry and invocations .......

Wow… Continue

Added by Cat High on May 21, 2008 at 2:00am — 12 Comments

Poem ~ Moon Goddess Blessings ~

~ Moon Goddess Blessings ~

Lady Luna Queen of the night, mysterious Mother full and bright,

The Goddess personified in the moon, the dark wind whispers her tune,

Closing my eyes I begin to see, as the energy starts pulsing through me,

Her astral presence appears, draining away my insecurity and fears,

My spirit stirs with her… Continue

Added by Cat High on May 17, 2008 at 10:30pm — 21 Comments

Cat's Charges

I wrote the following "Charge to the God" & "Charge to the Goddess". because I wanted to use my own words to put more of myself into my rituals ..... to make them more personal, and give it a deeper meaning to me. Anyway I thought I would share this on my blog. And yes they do mirror each other .....

Cat’s Charge to the God

I am the Great Father, Creator, Protector, Scholar, and Destroyer.

I am the first spark of life that penetrates the… Continue

Added by Cat High on May 8, 2008 at 4:32pm — 22 Comments

Beltane from my B.O.S.

Beltane – May 1st

Life Events celebrated: First Sexual Union

Other Names: May Day, Walpurgisnacht, Roodmas, Beltaine, Bealtunn, May Eve, Cyntefyn, Cetshamain, Shenn do Boaldyn, Galan Mae,

Symbols: Maypole, Mayday baskets, bonfires, flowers, ribbons, flower crowns, fairies.

Colors: Red, White, Green, Yellow

Foods: Dairy Foods, Edible Flowers, Red Fruits, Strawberries, Cherries, Green Herbal Salads, Red or Pink Wine Punch,… Continue

Added by Cat High on April 29, 2008 at 1:00am — 10 Comments

Storm Gods Were Angry Yesterday

Wow did we have Hail yesterday! We missed most of it ...... but did have 5 minutes of dime sized hail stones. Luckily we were all safe, and had no property damage but a lot of people in the DFW metro area did. The hail ranged from dime to baseball size. Some of the storm photos are so surreal.

If anyone wants to see the photos, follow the link, and then click on one of the 3 Storm Photo Galleries.

http://www.nbc5i.com/news/15915201/detail.html

Storm… Continue

Added by Cat High on April 18, 2008 at 10:54pm — No Comments

Some of my Poetry

Simple Circle

Simple circle made of Stone,

A wilderness sanctuary without a throne,

No golden altar, just a slab of rock,

A place where the Gods and Goddess talk,

Simple circle under the watchful moon,

Many gather while humming a simple tune,

Candles ignite welcoming you with ease,

Incense blowing in the evening breeze,

Inside the circle a bond of love and trust,

Outside it lurks confusion, misunderstanding and… Continue

Added by Cat High on April 4, 2008 at 4:06am — No Comments

The Goddess = Maiden, Mother, & Crone

Above; Triple Goddess Symbol, is composed of waxing crescent (white), full moon (red), and waning crescent (black), and uses the symbolic colors.

"...the New Moon is the white goddess of birth and growth; the Full Moon, the red goddess of love and battle; the Old Moon, the black goddess of death and divination."

Robert Graves –… Continue

Added by Cat High on March 25, 2008 at 7:47pm — 1 Comment

God and Goddess Explainations

I recently had someone ask me some interesting questions and I thought they were good enough to record in my blog. ....... so here goes

Question #1) In nature everything to one degree or another is a reflection of the relationship between the God and Goddess. Water/female, air/male earth/female, sun/male. Now the moon is a very prolific Wiccan symbol of the Goddess and yet the moon's light is only a reflection of the sun (male). Any thoughts? I personally see the earth as a… Continue

Added by Cat High on March 16, 2008 at 12:43am — 2 Comments

My Best Artwork Ever

This was my first A in in college back in 1988 ..... & it is still my favorite drawing I have ever done!

Added by Cat High on March 10, 2008 at 10:57pm — 20 Comments

Snow In Texas!

Snow is rare here in Texas, but when we do get some it is a mess, very few Texans know how to drive in this weather. I got my very first Driver's license in November of '86' after my 16th birthday, in Dakota City Nebraska. I learned to drive on ice and snow but that was a long time ago. I'm Cold!!!

Our poor grill has no idea what this white stuff is ...…

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Added by Cat High on March 7, 2008 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

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