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Real Name: Apollo Dawn Member Since: April 18, 2008 Last Signed In: August 26, 2008 Profile Views: 349 Blog Views: 1230 It's what you fill your heart with The Shores of Spirituality Full Moon: The Height of the Goddess' Power and a Time For Healing Forsake Love, Make War: Deny Nature and Destroy Our Spirit, Part II Regaining Our Lost Connections To Nature The Necessary Uniqueness of Our Spiritual Paths Litha, the Longest Day's Stop on the Wheel of the Year The Light in the Orphanage and More About Ghosts My Convictions Run Deep: Why Do Some Convictions Like To Overstep Their Boundaries? Marriage and Things: Sacred Institutions are Made So By Our Lives and Deeds, not Words and Threats May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 The fading edge of the violet end of the visible spectrum symbolizes the intersection, or rather the overlap, of freethought and spirituality. What is missing from the neighborhood is a voice of Pagan spirituality. It is missing no more. 
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Full Moon: The Height of the Goddess' Power and a Time For Healing
Like the changing of the guard, the Full Moon rises to the call of duty just as the Sun sets down for the night. She climbs higher and shines more brightly just as twilight fades to dark, imparting her extra measure of energy to Mother Earth; all of life responds in an energetic reciprocity that gives the Full Moon night its rambunctious reputation. The two weeks between the New Moon and the Full Moon represent the building of power, of growth and constructive processes, and making things whole and complete. As the Goddess reaches the peak of Her power early tomorrow, July 18, She symbolizes healing and wholeness for all who choose to draw it down. This rise and eventual peak makes the Full Moon Esbat an ideal time for healing magick: similar to prayer but with the added push of the participants' own spiritual energy and initiative. I am sure that everyone who reads this can think of someone who could benefit from some healing wishes between now and then. May tomorrow's Full Moon remind anyone so willing to remember those who might need to be made whole again, and to send some strengthening energy their way.
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posted by
witterpitters
on Jul 17, 2008 at 08:55 PM
AD: Thank you for the FYI. I will certainly make good use of the time frame. posted by
ApolloDawn
on Jul 17, 2008 at 08:56 PM
I had you and a few other people in mind when I wrote that. I will do likewise. posted by
witterpitters
on Jul 17, 2008 at 09:10 PM
I kinds of thought so :-) Thank you :-) posted by
bakonative
on Jul 17, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Are you a wiccan (sp?) ApolloDawn? Just curious posted by
ghostriter
on Jul 17, 2008 at 11:13 PM
I will be outside drawing down the Moon; my favorite time of every month. posted by
thegrumpyskeptic
on Jul 18, 2008 at 02:38 AM
just out of curiosity do you actually believe all that stuff, and furthermore if you could just humor me, what kind of mechanism does all this "energy" work. (by the way Energy is a measurement, not an actual force). posted by
ApolloDawn
on Jul 18, 2008 at 06:35 AM
Bakonative, yes I am. Grumpyskeptic, here are some of my posts that might explain how I see it: Atheism vs. Freethought, http://people.bakersfield.c... Reincarnation and the Afterlife, http://people.bakersfield.c... More, http://people.bakersfield.c... It's more down to earth than you might think.
posted by
catpaw
on Jul 18, 2008 at 09:56 AM
Not meaning to be disrespectful, but I think the changing climate indicates Mother Earth is PMSing right now. posted by
ApolloDawn
on Jul 18, 2008 at 10:04 AM
PMSing? Or having hot flashes? ;) posted by
witterpitters
on Jul 18, 2008 at 10:17 AM
No, no, no!!!!! NOT hot flashes............................power surges!! Maxine said so!!!!! Mother Earth not PMS-ing......................She's just totally pis**d off at how we humans are treating her earth! posted by
sagefever
on Jul 18, 2008 at 11:59 AM
Timely post ApolloDawn~ in more ways than one. I had the pleasure one night to be at the tip of Morro Rock in Sequoia during the full eclipse of the moon.The very second the moon began it's eclipse the great quiet all around us became truly quiet~ every bird,bug,and critter went still and completely quiet.They clearly expected something else,and as nothing but more dark happened,they slowly began to make their customary night sounds.Creation took pause and in that moment I learned creation and critters knew things I did not. posted by
ApolloDawn
on Jul 18, 2008 at 12:19 PM
I am looking forward to this day, the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.go... While waiting for that day, there is a less spectacular but much closer annular eclipse of May 20, 2012: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.go...
posted by
sagefever
on Jul 18, 2008 at 12:27 PM
Cool.a few days before my birthday... posted by
adampayne
on Jul 18, 2008 at 03:51 PM
It is always great to read such a refreshingly different perspective on life, ApolloDawn! posted by
ALICEN
on Jul 18, 2008 at 05:53 PM
ApolloDawn: Last night while watching TV, I could see through the sheer curtains what I called a full moon in the eastern sky. Its color was yellow, and it seemed a perfect orb. I've always been completely taken by the beauty of a full moon, and more so now that we are living in an area not yet completely overtaken by the lights of humanity. One of the saddest things about sitting in that spot and watching the moon is that it moves away from me. Quite purposefully, it seems. Odd, that. Once in the winter I woke very early -- it was still dark -- and went to the kitchen to make coffee, and there beyond the pear tree outside my kitchen window was the brightest moon I believe I've ever seen. The tree was in silhouette. Nestled in its bare branches was an old birds' nest: it had weathered the cold west winds, snow, blizzard-like conditions, and, generally, just winter itself. Never was I so grateful for having gotten up while it was still dark. Incidentally, the opening lines of your blog entry could have been turned to poetry. Was it intended that some would see it? posted by
ApolloDawn
on Jul 18, 2008 at 06:30 PM
I like to incorporate descriptive imagery when writing about spiritual things; it calls for the aesthetic nuance and effect that is often lacking in raw explanatory writing. We are fortunate to be old enough to remember really dark nights, and to live in a part of the country where inky skies can still be beheld by anyone willing and able to travel a modest distance. The full moon is a little brighter during northern hemisphere winters, as that is the season when full moons occur near perigee, the part of its orbit that is nearest the earth. I have deciduous trees on my property, and when winter comes, I too can enjoy the sight of a cold silhouette and see the legacy of nests built up over the years. posted by
ApolloDawn
on Jul 18, 2008 at 06:32 PM
By the way, since there might be a little interest in a poetry spot on this blog site, if you start one here, I will come.
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