Eo! The Maiden and the horned one
Eo! The call to spill the seed
Eo! The stirring of the Cauldron
Eo Evohe!

Eo! The Green Man ever present
Eo! The Raven in the wood
Eo! The kisses ripe for tasting
Eo Evohe!

Eo! The rising of the sleepers
Eo! To hear the Pipe at dawn
Eo! The quickening is here
Eo Evohe!

Eo! The sweet rain gently falling
Eo! The seed deep in the Earth
Eo! I hear my lovers calling
Eo Evohe!

Eo! The lusty summer coming
Eo! The green leaf in the bud
Eo! The wild sap is running
Eo Evohe!

Eo! The musky Piper playing
Eo! The One Who Calls the Dance
Eo! The howling earth is saying
Eo Evohe!

Copyright 2001 Christopher Bingham

Na Beannacht Bealtaine Thine a Chairde!
*translation=
The Blessings of the Beltane Fires to you Friends!

With Beltane; The Rites of Spring, just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to share some seasonal magick.
• Disclaimer: Do as you will, cause harm to none!
~Enjoy!
The Lady of the Woods


Spells that Enhance:
Honey Spell
Perform this spell during a waxing moon on a day of Venus. You will need:
• one apple
• 5 tablespoons honey
• on knife
• one earthen bowl
• one pink candle
carve your lover’s name in the apple and place it in the bowl and pour honey over it. Then chant:
Cerridwen grant me my heart’s delight,
Make him/her sweeter night by night.
Then put the apple in a sacred place, and burn the candle seven nights in a row at 7:00 p.m. for seven minutes. On the seventh night let it burn down. As the flame flickers out, say the chant out loud, adding these two lines:
The honey drops from my lips,
He/she drinks my love in luscious sips.
Put the honey from the apple on your lips or rub it all over your body before making love.



Ribbon Knot Magick

You will need
• 3 white, pink, or blue ribbons (or one of each color)
• Cut into 9-inch lengths
• 2 teaspoons powdered dragon’s blood resin
• 1 cup of love potion
• 4 candles (red, pink, white, black)
mix 2 tsp. Of dragon’s blood resin into a cup of love potion. Light the candles. Sit in a magick circle, and soak the ribbons in the mixture. While they are still wet, tie a knot in the end of each ribbon while reciting this Spell:
(on the first ribbon)
Tie one, so shall it be.
Tie two, love will come to me.
(on the second ribbon)
Tie one, the spell’s begun.
Tie two, love shall be fun.
(on the third ribbon)
Tie one, the lovers’ moon.
Tie two, shall bring love soon.
Wear the ribbons in your hair, tie them around your wrist or through a belt loop ar carry them in your pocket. And be Ready! For it Works!

Fire Jumping Spell

It is an old Celtic custom to jump over fires at certain time of the year as a fertility ritual. It can also be part of a handfasting ceremony. The smoke and heat purify and strengthens one’s loins. Obviously, we don’t encourage our readers to endanger themselves by leaping over great bonfires. While it is true that firewalking has become popular in recent years, Many Witches still celebrate Beltane by leaping over a fire. If you decide to celebrate Beltane in this way, a large fire is not needed. Fire is fire, heat is heat. The Gods and Goddesses of Fire, Forge, and Hearth dwell in the smallest flame or glowing coal.

So light yer fire, then spend a few moments going into alpha, shifting your consciousness into purifying and strengthening powers of the fire. When you have become the fire, begin to dance around the fire, reciting this chant. If you do this ritual with others, the energy will be even more powerful!
Fire, Fire, burning bright,
Strengthen me this very night
To love my love awake, asleep.
I run to her/him, I fly, I leap!

Repeat the chant and continue dancing until the energy builds. When the moment seems right, time your verse so jump across the fire on the words I Leap! If several people are the spell, designate one the dance master who will decide when the energy has built sufficiently to begin the leaping. He /she will then be the first to leap over the fire on the words I leap. Each person in turn recites just the last two lines of the chant before jumping over the fire.

Blessings of Samhain!

I sit today and reflect upon the ever thinning of the veils between the living and the dead. Soon it will be time when we can rend the veils.
This is a wonderful time to listen to the advice of the Crone & Sage... "Let go" What is it in your life that you have need to "let go" of?
Who is it from your past; family member, ancestor or friend that always gave you good council and could use it now? The thinning veils of Samhain will soon allow our 'beloved dead' to walk amongst us... Invite them into your home and offer them refreshments to nourish their spirits. A simple turnip or two hallowed out with a tea light in them their name or initials carved or painted on them and Hung above your doorway will help guide them to your home.
This is the Celtic New Year! With every ending their is a new beginning and the year dies and is born again on the Hallows eve. It is a good time therefore, to contemplate and make resolve for those things you need and or desire to manifest this year. It is also a time to contemplate on what this next year's Spiritual Devotions will be, if any. I like to, as many do, review what worked and didnt work for ourselves in our mundane life, spiritual life & magickal life, etc.
Samhain is a signal to us that not only are our "beloved dead" near us to give comfort & guidance, but it is also a signal that it is time to begin the 'Wintering in'. The Harvest is in and the sun is slowly descending. Soon we will be in the dark half of the year. a good time to be close to home and focusing on hearth crafting...making candles, sewing projects left to the "I'll do it later pile", hearth fire tending,and improving or honing magickal techniques.
Mmmmm.... the smell of home baked breads and Stews that simmer all day... Hot apple Cider freshly squeezed.....I delight in this time of year, almost as much as when life begins to stir again after a long cold winter....
I find when I take a walk in the woods and i see the afternoon glow creating light and shadow play amongst the trees, i am in awe of nature's glorious fireworks of colors..... a blaze of glory before she lets go... I inhale deeply the rich musky scent of the god... that scent of decaying leaves and pungency .... Ahhhh the cool breezes that excite and thrill ...and chill your skin....It is in all of this one realizes that the Lady is going to sleep and her Lover and Consort will watch over her until her time comes to give birth to the new born sunchild.
Death is a part of Life... The Wheel turns yet again and the Circle of Life & Death Dance together .... May I have this dance with you?

Na Tirana agus Bantirana de domhain, dubh, GlasCoill Beannacht agat!
* Irish to English
May the Lord & Lady of the Deep, Dark, GreenWood Bless you!

How will you celebrate the Grape Harvest This year?
I will attend a Dionysion Grape stomp and feast and trance dance till i cant move any longer...
I look forward to the Blood mysteries of the God of Harvest
Io IO EVOHE!
~To the Divine Madness

High Court decision day in M3 case is 1st March

Meath Chronicle
Wed February 1st 06


MR JUSTICE Thomas Smyth of the High Court will give his decision on
the
M3 motorway case on 1st March next, following a seven-day hearing
that
finished on Tuesday last.

Campaigner Vincent Salafia is challenging the Minister for the
Environment, the State, Meath County Council and the National Roads
Authority (NRA) on the routing of the proposed motorway through the
Tara-Skryne Valley.

On the final day of the hearing last week, Mr Justice Smith ruled
that
he did not require to hear oral evidence by archaeologists and other
experts to determine legal issues in the case.

Counsel for Vincent Salafia had earlier argued that there were
factual
disputes in the case, particularly relating to whether the greater
Tara
area constitutes a national monument. It was submitted that the court
should hear oral evidence from experts on such matters and determine
whether the greater Tara landscape is a national monument.

The lawyers for the minister, the State, Meath County Council and the
NRA argued that oral evidence was not necessary to determine the
legal
issues and submitted none of Mr Salafias experts had sworn on
affidavit that any of 38 sites discovered during test trenching of
the
proposed M3 route constituted national monuments.

After hearing both sides, the judge said he had to ask himself
whether
oral evidence and cross-examination of experts would assist him in
the
determination of the identified issues in the case. The answer to
that
had to be no.

While there were conflicting views and opinions by highly qualified
experts on both sides, those views were not focused on any issue
which
he must determine, he ruled. These matters of opinion regarding the
archaeological landscape, culture and heritage of the Tara area were
extremely interesting but he had to keep firmly focused on the
issues.

He did not see that his decision not to permit oral evidence deprived
Mr Salafia of any benefit in the case, the judge added. Mr Salafia,
of
Dodder Vale, Churchtown, Dublin, is seeking to overturn the
directions
given by the minister and is also challenging the constitutionality
of
provisions of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 2004 on the
grounds that they give the minister an unreviewable and unfettered
discretion to disapply protections for national monuments.

So, here's hoping the decision will be for the good of history and
heritage and not for the good of the developers' wallets!