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February 2, 2010 - Mass For The Shut-Out - Imbolc Celebration!
It's time to celebrate Imbolc! Inbolc is one of the least-known but most-worthwhile celebrations in the cycle of the year, especially because of the fact that it is a fulfillment of the promise made at Samhain. Remember Samhain? At that time, there was
The Sabbat School Class, Lesson 7: Where We Meet!
And this time, you'll be given sone "homework" which can begins some discovery for you! We just finished Yule, and Imbolc is about a month away. While there are many times when it is appropriate to step back and look at the full perspective, we find our
December 21, 2009: Mass For The Shut-Out - Celebrating Yule!
It is time to celebrate Yule! Yule is indeed just possibly the most primary and basic of all of the Sabbats, and almost every spiritual path has a celebration at the time of the Winter Solstice which has the basic theme of a new birth, and especially a d
The Sabbat School Class, Lesson 6: A Yule Gift - Something You Can Actually Do!
This lesson is one that you might see as being a Yule gift. One of the most often-asked questions where spiritual matters are concerned is the basic question of what can you do. People spend a major part of their lives searching for something to do abou
November 27, 2009: Mass For The Shut-Out - Betwixt Samhain and Yule
Samhain is over, Yule is coming, and there is a special lesson which applies now Actually, it applies anytime but especially now. At Samhain, there was an end, but also a beginning. And anyone who has been a parent will remember that the time between d
The Sabbat School Class, Lesson 5: Things To Do With Bread And Wine
And here, perhaps, you'll find some answers as to what I'm doing in Mass For The Shut-Out, and more importantly, how you can apply them in what you do spiritually. The roots go beyond Crowley's Gnostic Mass, The Mass, Passover Seder, or Cakes and Ale. O
October 31, 2009: Mass For The Shut-Out - It's Samhain!
It's Samhain, and we are celebrating, both here and on "The Secrets In Plain Sight!" Samahin is special, for many reasons. One is that it the celebration of beginnings and endings. The other is that this is when the veil between the worlds is at its th
The Sabbat School Class, Lesson 4: Looking Forward To Samhain 2009
For me, Samhain is perhaps the most significant of the Sabbats, even if it is not considered to be a "minor Sabbat" in that it is not one of the four solstice/equinox points. This is the Celtic New Year, and also, according to tradition, the time when th
October 4, 2009: Mass For The Shut-Out - A Special Dedication To Uriel
The Archangel Uriel is special to me, for a number of reasons. One is that she represents the fulfillment of so much of what I was seeking when I first came here. And hence the name of this place in cyberspace. And today, we dedicate a statue to the Ar
The Sabbat School Class, Lesson 3: Priesthood Is A State Of Being!
If you can imagine how difficult it would be to keep a fish comfortable, healthy and happy out of water, then you can imagine the intensity of a call to priesthood. That's why I'm known to say that priesthood is a state of being. Those who think of it