Yule

Yule is a Pagan holiday which is celebrated on Winter Solstice. This is the shortest night of the year. It occurs on the same day as Christmas. Many Wiccans celebrate this holiday. Other Pagan religions celebrate it too. It is a celebration which has crossed many boundaries. Most cultures have some festivities on Yule.

It is named Yule which is symbolic of a wheel. This is a word from Scandinavian culture spelled 'Jul'. This word is where Yule is known to be from. In Scandinavian culture winter was very long. Yule was a halfway point towards the summer. Most of us do not live in Scandinavia. This is a very small country. This word is very important because it is the one which is used. The Scandinavia culture might have had more power than you would think.

In Ireland and Norway the lights were left burning throughout the night. This was a symbolic gesture to bring back the light. Many Pagan religions have associations with the Sun. The Sun is a very powerful luminary. It heats up our entire world.

Christmas honors the virgin birth. This is not a concept foreign to Paganism. The word virgin was 1st applied to priestesses in Mediterranean temples. This was during the Roman Pagan period. Women were not bound by secular law when they became priestesses. They were free to take as many lovers as they wanted. These concepts are not associated with Christmas, but the virgin birth is.

Yule is a time of festivities. Many of them you are familiar with. The Christmas tree is a Yule custom. Many Wiccans also celebrate with a tree. People like to decorate trees for Christmas. Sometimes they are Fir. Fir is a tree associated with prosperity. It is a Jupiterian tree.

John Dee

John Dee invented Enochian Magick along with his associate Edward Kelley. This magick allows one to enter higher spiritual dimensions called Aethyrs or Heavens. There you can communicate with the good resident angels in each realm. Dee was born in London on July 13, 1527. He was living at the time that Mary Tudor ascended he throne which was in 1553. She was known as Bloody Mary for her torture of the Protestants. In 1555 Dee was arrested on charges of conjuring spirits and heresy. He served a few months in prison. Eventually the charges were dropped and he was exonerated.

Times changed dramatically in 1558. It was at this time that Elizabeth became Queen. She was a lifelong friend of Dee's and supported his work. In 1558 Dee also authored a book on astronomy called 'Propaedeumata Aphoristica'.

It was after the age of 50 that the study of the occult became an obsession for John Dee. In May of 1581 he saw an angel in one of his crystals. This was highly unusual as Dee was generally not successful at scrying.

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Garnet

Garnet is a gem which helps clear and promote a healthy root chakra. The root chakra helps us feel safe and secure in this world. When we are seeking security and manifesting our basic needs this is the chakra to work with. If we feel uncomfortable in crowded places a piece of garnet gives us a psychic shield. It helps protect us against negativity. When trying to recall our past lives garnet is a stone which can aid this proccess. It also helps deepen a commitment between 2 people and makes a great gift to strengthen a relationship.

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Quartz Crystal

Quartz crystal facilitates clairvoyance and enhances divinatory abilities. If enlightenment be your will you might carry this stone to aid you with your meditation. It induces prophetic dreams for those who do not wish to calmly wait for the future to unfold, but are desirous of a sneak preview. It can be used to receive and amplify energy which is of much use to those of us who wish to be powerful magickians. It can also help purify the aura for those of us who have one which has become dirty and unclean.

Quartz crystal is beneficial for healing, chakra balancing, protection and changing bad vibrations. It helps expand your mind so that it touchs the spirit world. Crystal water is a powerful magick elixir to consume. You merely place a quartz crystal in drinking water and allow it to absorb the potent energies. Quartz crystals are most powerful it it is rumoured that Atlantis was destroyed by their incorrect usage.

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