Elections Day

Today is elections day in Israel.
There is not really anyone worth voting for. So I voted for the lesser of all evils, which in my opinion is the new left wing party Meretz. They will not get many seats but it is better than nothing.
Since the murder of Prime Minister Rabin, this country is turning more and more to the right.
It is scaring. Candidates like Lieberman who preach facism are on the rise.
In the last few days I noticed that a few pagans in the Israel Paganism blog wrote in favor of the war and one even mentioned voting for Lieberman.
This makes me very sad.
I also feel that very, very few of us are Reclaiming. I can count them on the fingers of one hand.
It makes me feel very lonely. To be pagan, Witch, Reclaiming in a hostile environment.
But I am doing the work of the Goddess. She keeps me going.
I some times wonder what am I doing here. In this planet, in this place.
Why are people so greedy? So violent? Waging wars in name of Allah and Jeova.
Destroying the planet and the life forms in it? Burning, polluting, destroying.
Who is this species of such a strange behaviour for self destruction?
I sometimes feel I do not belong here.
But in my opinion it al comes to self awareness. People are not aware of themselves. They act like machines. What can be expected of a machine?

Just now there was a hail storm. Round pieces of ice all over. The floor is white. Pieces of leaves on the floor. The hail cuts the leaves. It is quiet rare in this part of the world.

It is raining today. Snow on the high mountains. But not enough rain. Not enough water.

Honoring Brigid

Me and a friend priestessed an Imbolc ritual for the local community. At first it was planned on top of a very high mountain near a well, with two old oak trees. One in the middle of the well and one on the shore. But the weather forecast showed winds over 35kmh and local showers.

So we did it closer to the central area not far from the sea. As a surprise many people came. We did it ouside and had a nice fire inside the circle.

As I felt in need of a more intimate ritual I did one in my home.

I came up with a poem. Strange I've never written a poem before. English is not my mother language and whenever trying the words would not come up.

Somehow I feel I don't have a fluent mother language anymore. Everything is mixed up.

Untill 7 years old I spoke only German, then school in Brazil speaking Portuguese, living in Europe - english, coming to Israel -Hebrew.

So here it is:

On a mid winter's eve.

The cry of a falcon

flying over me to see

announcing the sunset.

for the ritual to begin.

At my place of power

Engulfed by fire

Fear at first

By Brigids presence reassured I was.

To let myself be consumed

by the sacred eternal flame.

To ashes I turned.

That She gently collected into a glass container.

Reborn anew I was.

Full of energy.

But some more moulding, and forging was needed.

So molten Iron I became.

Reshaped, healed.

Brigid's instructions to me:

The sacred mantle on my partner to heal.

Whenever in need.

To look into the candle's flame.

To look at the Sun.

For there for you I shall be.

Bleessed Be Brigid. Goddess of the Winter Sun.

And so I did after the ritual, I called my partner into the room and put the red sacred matle on her to be healed.

Trance into the Dragon's Realm

I have found recently that my Guardian Spirit is a Dragon and Dragons are being mentioned in various lists.

Somehow I felt that the international healing magick should be done with the aid of Dragons.
So I did a trance today into the Dragon realm with the help of my Guardian dragon.

The moment I arrived at my place of power, my Guardian dragon appeared, and so did elements dragons. Air, Fire, Water, Earth, one came up from below and one from above.

I found myself riding my Guardian Dragon and we flew off to another place that seemed to be the Dragon's realm. Many dragon's all over. They seemed black from a distance. A huge Dragon came to me, and what I understood is that they want us to create an energy ring around the planet. Once this ring is on, they will fly in it, around the earth over and over again. I believe that these will be the elements dragons that appeared.

When I returned from where I had left, something very strange happened. It felt as if the Dragon's realm was moving into the human realm. The human realm for a moment was about to collapse and give way to the dragon's realm. Then everything returned to normal. Like after an earthquake. I feel that if the human realm collapses, then it will affect the other realms, and create instability. I feel that this is the reason the dragons are reaching to us. So we can work together and contribute to heal this planet and stop the negativity.

Oh, and they would like me to wear a Dragon Ring. Where will I find the right one for me? I've never seen one before. Yes, I've found that there are lots of them through the Internet, but I really don't think this is the appropriate way to find the right one.

So the main problem remains to coordinate this huge project. Will the spider community go for it? Up to now very few showed interest.

I believe that this is something, that was never tried before, at such a great scale. But we also have never before, been at such critical moments. So will we do the effort to combine energies?

Love

Native American Nature Survival Course

From Thursday June 12th to Saturday June 14th I took a Nature survival course.
I arrived with a flu, but started feeling better in the woods. I started smelling pine tree resin and the next morning I had completely recovered.
I is amazing how mother earth can heal.
I learned how to walk barefooted without thorns getting in my foot. I already knew this practice known in the craft as Fox walking but I deepened this skill even more. It included unfocused sight (Owl eyes) and deer ears.
The combination of all tree together enables one to become part of the forest and approach animals without being detected by them. We practiced with long walks in the wild. Really amazing. Not one thron in my feet. I was walking on them. I think next thing I can walk on fire.
Next thing we learned was how to make a fire without matches. Making a bow and getting a spark through wood friction. Reaaly invoking Fire helps.
Then we learned how to make a shelter. How to recognize animal paths and their feeding areas.
Camouflage and how to become invisible to bypassers eyes.
On saturday we woke up at 4:45 in the morning to practice identifying sound waves originating at various distances.
This is only a very short description of what I experienced.
I became much more attuned to the wild. I felt that I don't want to live in the city. I'm part of nature.
I don't need all the modern stuff.
I'll be most happy to share what I've lerned with those interested.

Sparrow birds and survival message

Two days ago when I returned home from work I found two sparrow nestlings dead in my front garden.
A few minutes later I noticed my little yorkshire dog helping out a third nestling that had been stuck in the exit of the rain drain pipe. Unfortunately the nestling died and my dog just stood there frozen wondering what had happened.
I understood what had happened. The sparrow mother had built her nest on top of the roof near, or on the rain drain pipe.
I had the feeling of death inside me that was somehow a revelation of the day's tarot card I picked in the morning.
I felt that I was getting a message, but did not yet quite understood what it was.
I felt sad about the dead nestlings and the fact that I could not do anything about it.
Then the next day as I returned home, I saw on the roof a sparrow that was twitting in alarm. When I approched the drain pipe, I could hear another nestling inside. I picked it up with rubber gloves, so that his mother would accept him, and noticed that it seemed to be more developed than the other three. I went up to the second floor and put it on the balcony. He looked around for a while and then flew free in the sky. I was so moved and excited. I was crying with happiness. At that moment when the sparrow took the flight, I felt one with mother nature, with all there is, with the web of life, energy was flowing through me. I felt connected. I finally understood the message. One out of four. As I get it, this may be the survival rate. Somehow I felt that I'm to be part of this saving. Saving the one's that will come after us.
A very good friend of mine she enrolled to a three day nature survival course with her small children. I happened to enroll on the adult course a week later. And we did not talk about this subject at all.
Many friends of mine get the independent feeling that something is going to happen.
It is like some of us are getting the same message.
May the Goddess guide us.
Love