Welcome to the Wonderful World of Witchcraft and Shamanism




Welcome to the Witch's world
where magick wands of often twirled
and spells are cast and circles hurled
and dreams of love become unfurled

The Witch's art is quite the craft
in spite of those who think it's daft
though Witch's suffered in their wrath
they've survived the aftermath

The Witch's way is quite alive
in modern times it's been revived
so don't ignore or be deprived
of ancient wisdom that's survived

Don't be fooled by pious creeds
self-righteous fools who plant their seeds
for evil lurks within their deeds
and all they sow are bigot weeds

So join our thread of loving ways
and add your fervor to the blaze
post your thoughts for days and days
to give the Goddess all you praise






We discuss all manner of the following:

Witchcraft
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Law of Attraction
Eastern Mysticism
The Way of the Wizard
Chakras
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Fairies and goblins and your malevolent ex
Religions and dogmas and obnoxious text
and whatever one moment should bring to the next


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"Religion is for people who are afraid of going to hell.
Spirituality is for people who have already been there."
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Wicked Witch of the West reporting for duty.

Im here also.

You would be the Wicked Witch of the East.

awww you 2 beat me. Now I'm stuck with the good witch of the north

Yep. Thats too funny. Just the other day, a guy on forum (a Christian of course) told me to look out or someone was going to drop a house on me.

I think I saw that one

I should go whining that they are "bashing" me now.

I’m the scalawag shaman of the bush.

thanks for that mental image

Abra, check out this movie on Netflix. You will dig it.

And jill has the whole blonde hair thing goin on so she can be Glenda the Good Witch of the North.

I came across this... I thought it was pretty interesting.



Sheela na gig is the name given to a squat, ugly female figure found carved in Celtic stonework, and is most well-known for the fact that she is depicted with exposed and/or grotesquely large genitals, which are often held open with her hands. Throughout the ages Sheela-na-gigs have been a common figure in the stone carvings of churches in Ireland, England, and various European countries.
She is often portrayed together with the Green Man.
There are various theories regarding the origin of the Sheela-na-Gig figure. The most popular of these are:Medieval symbol
The figure is believed by many to date back to medieval times and is thought to represent a warning against the sinful, lustful nature of women.This was the period, in fact, in which the Church struggled to establish its power over the populations and waged war against paganism in all its forms. The natural world thus became the enemy of Christian spirituality, and the instinctive affinity of woman with nature (and, therefore, sexuality) caused her to be seen as a threat to the authority of the Christian Church and to male power generally.

It is interesting to note, in fact, that the blatant and somewhat aggressive displaying of her oversized vulva has widely been discussed in a psychological context in relation to male fear-fantasies of the 'devouring mother'.

Pre-Christian pagan symbol
According to the second, and most widespread, school of thought the figure is one of the numerous surviving Celtic symbols from the ancient pre-Christian era. Many of the examples found in European medieval churches, in fact, appear to be much older than the structures housing them, as if taken from a pre-existing site.
In this context, Sheela-na-Gig is closely related to the symbol of the Goddess, or the Great Mother - or, more specifically, to the Crone aspect of her, as in Celtic tradition she is said to have a three-fold nature - Maiden, Mother and Crone.
The sexual nature of the Sheela suggests that she may be a symbol of fertility. There is much controversy over this, however, as the figure is almost always represented as an ugly, old crone and is never shown with a child or giving birth. Some scholars, such as Barbara Freitag, author of Sheela-Na-Gigs - Unravelling an Enigma, however, suggest that the figure was a folk deity whose main role was to aid women in childbirth.

Symbol of protection against evil
Another valid theory is that the Sheela figure had a similar role to that of the gargoyles that were placed on the outside of churches to ward off the Devil. In folk tradition, in fact, the Devil is said to flee from the sight of a woman's sex.

I just looked up Sheela Na Gig in a book I have here called "The Great Cosmic Mother." Interesting stuff. This is the author's words and I had to hand copy.

This is why pagan religion survived through at least a thousand years of Christian rule in Europe: power rested in the countryside. Missionaries were counseled by the Roman pope to accommodate pagan religion where it couldn't be overcome. Thus there are Christian churches throughout Europe built on the sites of Pagan temples, and both pagan and Christian deities are pictured in many European church reliefs. The naked Goddess, with her legs spread wide to show the origins of life, adorns the lintels of church doors, even nunneries, in many parts of Celtic Britain--particularly in Ireland, where she is called Sheela Na Gig. In the same way, Christian symbols were incorporated into the ancient Pagan festivals.

I'll have to check out that book... it's pretty interesting. Thanks

Yeah its a good one. I highly recommend it. You can get it used on amazon cheap. Its used in a lot of Woman's studies curriculum in college so you can always find it inexpensive.

Here it is.

http://www.amazon.com/Great-Cosmic-Mother-Rediscovering-Religion/dp/0062507915

Here is another one.



This is Swedish Freya--Nerthus, carved on stone from Gotland (Island in the Baltic)

Everything comes gradually at its appointed hour.

A woman holding a snake symbolizes reincarnation.

I didn't know that