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For this series of articles, our inclusion of the Paths will be those of the Lightening Flash. The next Path of connection on ascending the tree is the 27th Path connecting the spheres of Hod and Netzach. The 27th Path represents the synthesis of mind and heart working in dialogue and exchange with one another. The Hebrew letter placed on this path is PEH meaning mouth. If we think in terms of synthesis and cooperative effort, this is the call of speaking from a place of compassion (Netzach) that has been informed by reason (Hod) .

(via Witchvox Article)

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United By Blue’s Bartram’s Garden Cleanup

Location: Bartram’s Garden, 5400 Lindbergh Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19143

Date: May 14, 2013

Please note this cleanup was postponed a week from its original date and will be held on May 14th. 

Time: 5:30 to 7:30 pm

(via United By Blue’s Bartram’s Garden Cleanup | United By Blue - Shop ocean-friendly apparel and accessories)

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Cornerstones of Magick is a monthly column I will be writing that will offer suggestions about connecting with the Sabbats/Esbats and useful information for practical application of the many resources we use for magickal practice such as astrology, qabalah, energetic anatomy, pathworking and more.  Revisiting some of the tried and true basics and opening to some of the new overlays are actions that continue to build stronger and broader foundations as we move forward along the path.  We are in an exciting time now with the technological capabilities for networking and research and a plethora of books, articles and events that are available for the taking.  On the flip side of this open smorgasbord is also the warning to carefully scrutinize what you believe and use as fact and take nothing simply at face value. Select what you need, chew on it for a while, digest it and then let it nourish in a productive and vibrant way. 

(Full article at: Capital Witch: Introducing: Cornerstones of Magick)

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We stand at another season and another turn of the Great Solar Wheel. We gather in the fertile space of circle greenery anchored well with phallic maypole standing tall. We dance around the potent fires of Beltane celebrating the sacred union of God and Goddess, youth and maiden and the polarity of seed and womb offered by male and female. The air is fragrant with the promise of summer’s musky scent and shoots of fresh grass elongate delicately upwards, stretching towards Father Sun and longer days to bask in His brilliance. We can see the lengthening of the days and feel the gentle caress of warm sun-kissed air on skin that has just recently shed its winter clothing. In the continuous cycle, darkness gives way to light and so also the sparse flora of the fields gives way to the thick verdant splendor of late-Spring growth. 

(via Witchvox Article)

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(via Positivity Toolbox)

Part of the mandate of Tenders of the Earth Temple is stewardship which we define as insuring that individuals are imbued with a sense of the sacredness of the earth and all forms of life both seen and unseen upon it, and being given an opportunity to experience their own sacredness and individual potential.

(via » Cultivating the Work Practical Words and Thoughts on Magick)

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I have always taken pride in observing that most Pagans tend to leave campgrounds, hotels, and other borrowed or rented spaces in better condition than how they found them. I actually look forward to the routine of walking around my tent or cabin and not only picking up the small debris that I or my friends have dropped but also digging up the bits I see left behind by previous campers. It helps me settle in for the transition homewards. Unfortunately, this custom of cleaning a space that you have used does not seem to extend to the leftovers of magick and workings. Over the years, I’ve attended so many gatherings, festivals, and conferences that I cannot even begin to guess how many that may be. By comparison, I can count on my two hands the events where there was an active effort on the part of the organizers to clean up the energy of the space where a ritual or a working took place before it was used by a different practitioner or group. I do know a significant number of groups or individuals that do clean up after themselves in shared space, but it is far from the norm, and not the majority from my experience. And by clean up, I mean clearing and the settling of the energy of the space not merely putting the chairs back in their places or picking up the leftovers from a ritual or working.

(via Magickal Litter - paganSquare)

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3,771 is not the number of murals in Philly or the amount of visitors that Reading Terminal gets a day. It’s the number of plastic bottles that [Eraserhood based] apparel brand United By Blue pulled from the Schuylkill River during our 2012 summer cleanups at Bartram’s Garden. If those same bottles were stacked end to end, they’d tower over the Comcast Center, or Philadelphia’s tallest skyscraper.

So who is United By Blue? A group of caped crusaders ridding our rivers of litter in the dead of night? Not quite. United By Blue is an organic apparel brand that removes a pound of trash from oceans and waterways for every product sold. Translated? If you buy the softest, organic shirt you’ll ever feel, we roll up our sleeves. You buy an organic, waxed canvas bag for your next adventure; we’re out on the water.

Starting this March, UBB cleanups will stretch from beaches in Florida to rivers in Maine and we want you to join us. We supply volunteers with bamboo gloves, bags, bug spray, sunscreen, water, and a free meal throughout the day.

(via United By Blue Wants You on the Water: Volunteer Alert)

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The building of the magickal personality brings us to something else; each one of us has the actor within him or her. As Shakespeare put it, so beautifully and poetically:

All the world’s a stage
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
and one man in his time plays many parts.”

(via Witchvox Article)