Sorry to have been gone so long, but we had computer issues for a few months. Now Tegwedd has a new computer, which she loves, and sometime today, Stephen is supposed to get his back. It’s ready! Now we’re down to scheduling. Maybe late (after 10) tonight. Stephen goes online with his cell phone. He’s been having loads of fun with his cell phone, which is a spittin’ image of Tegwedd’s, which she’s learning to use. He’s going to try not killing Vox, as he’s killed computers in the past.
This is a group for all you people who love trees. It’s a natural for Druids. Supposedly, we worship trees. We don’t; we just have more respect and love for them as living feeling beings than most people do. The protection of trees has helped Stephen get over this bout of depression. Trees are our major source of oxygen.
This just in: Breaking news from Dylan Cook. Tegwedd was chatting online with him a few days ago, and he said: “I gave up on our groups because we [Stephen, Tegwedd and Dylan] were the only ones posting. I want to tell them to get their ass in gear and post.” So you’ve got it from the man who started the group on Yahoo. Get your asses in gear and post already. Post about your experiences with trees. Anything except spam is welcome.
With more people reading e-books and not as many going for dead tree books, not as much wood pulp will be needed for print books. Of course you can make paper out of hemp. That would save trees like nobody’s business. You can make just about anything out of hemp. Hemp oil or hash oil is a remedy for certain kinds of skin cancer. It heals the lesion, and in many instances has cured the cancer. Cloth can be made out of hemp that is softer to the touch, and wears longer than Egyptian cotton. The homespun that the pioneers who settled this great nation of ours wore was made out of hemp. Hempen yarn would have a very pleasant soft hand [hand--the way a textile feels TS] a lot like bamboo yarn, would wear longer and not require petroleum like acrylic does. You can make biofuel with it. Hemp or hash oil in a tea or in brownies is efficacious for asthma sufferers. Stephen has a hat made of hemp. Tegwedd has two skeins of hemp embroidery floss. You know her and embroidery and crochet.Here endeth the hemp rant.
Many Pagans like to go to different areas and plant trees. Forever Forests up at greenfield Ranch by Ukiah in Mendocino county, California does a tree planting from just after Yule until the new year. You can done money, trees, and/or donate your time and labor. Forever Forests is a trust started by the late great Gwydion Penderwen back in the 70s because he was so concerned with the state of the environment, and that the lumber companies were chopping down all the old growth forests. He decided to do something in his own backyard. You know the motto “Think globally--act locally.” From the pictures Tegwedd has seen of these gatherings, it looks like a good time was had by all. If she could get a ride up there and back, she’d like to participate in one of these jaunts. It’s hard work, but it also looks like fun. Maybe she could work in the kitchen or something else that doesn’t require heavy lifting.
Now for something with teeth. Soon Tree Blood will be on, and we always get inspired by that show. We both inspire True Blood to be a truly inspirational show. It’s something we can really sink our teeth (fangs?) into. It’s the show that inspires people to go out and get a root canal. Really, they’re not as painful as people make them out to be if you drew the right dentist. Tegwedd’s dentist in Santa Clara was an empath, so she didn’t like her patients to feel pain. This meant that she was generous with the Lidocaine. Novacaine is old school. Nobody uses it anymore. If you started to feel something, she’d give you another shot. Tegwedd’s had 5 root canals, so she knows whereof she speaks. However, it must be understood that in many traditions, when you become a vampire, all the teeth that you’ve lost in your life return. Does that include the baby teeth? Tegwedd just asked that question of Stephen, and he said “It mostly includes your adult teeth, but ask our readers out there.” So folks, what do you think? When you become a vampire, do you also get back your baby teeth?
Don’t forget to have a tree for your favorite God or Goddess. Devoting a tree to a deity adds a whole new magickal dimension to your practice and tree hugging. Tegwedd’s been a tree hugger since the summer of ‘66 when she took her first and last motorcycle ride. It scared her so much that when it ended, she staggered over to a tree and hugged it. Tree hugging gives you a tangible experience of embracing a deity. Note the spelling. Tegwedd, a dyed in the wool phonetic, is so sick and tired of seeing people spell deity “diety”.
Our friend Caitlin ni Manannan has people bringing her wood from when they prune their trees in their yards. And we are shortly going to be making rune Rune and Ogham sets. So if you’re local, bring us your branches. They should be at least the thickness of your thumb. If you have woodworking skills yourself, take your favorite piece of wood and carve the sigil of your favorite deity on it, and voila, you have an amulet or talisman. .
Gallery 14 at 3960 60th St. in Sacramento is a “clean well lighted place for art”. It will run its current show “Art by Ninja,” through September 2nd. Don’t wait until the last minute to see this show. You will regret it. Shows start on the 2nd Saturday of the month from May until December.
The 75,000 Verizon workers are on strike, and we stand with them. Solidarnosc! as the Poles would say. Verizon management, all Republicans, have made 100 unreasonable demands, and refuse to negotiate, but are paying scabs to cross the picket lines, and work for them. All the workers want, is to keep what they have, a small cost of living increase in wages, their health care, and their pensions. Management wants them to pay $100 per month for health care, while they get it free. If you were thinking of getting a Verizon phone and account, and do tell them why you aren’t, that you are boycotting them. If you have a Verizon account, close it, and go to another carrier, and tell Verizon why. Tegwedd used to be in favor of management like her father, who was a staunch Republican until he died, until she tried to live on the wages she got as a temp office worker. The she got in with Doc, who was a member of the SEIU Health Workers union. Stephen was a strong union man since he was 20. He’s a member of the IWW (International Workers of the World) aka the Wobblies. Janvier was a little Wobbly when she first started walking. If you want to piss off Stephen, abuse or oppress the workers. A very wise person once told Tegwedd years ago that you know you’ve successfully negotiated when nobody leaves the table happy. Tell Verizon that you refuse to do business with an employer who oppresses its workers.
Soon we may be selling pendants of the lady and the tiger worked in silver. If you reading this are a silversmith please call our toll free number 1-888-611-7982, and we’ll do business. Coming soon--prints of the Lady and the Tiger by Lizet. Rune and Ogham sets worked by Stephen. Tegwedd has started to crochet cellphone holsters of her own design. They are of acrylic yarn, in assorted colors. She is obsessed right now with making holsters for the Pagan Pride Harvest Festival, but she will make you one to order for a reasonable price. She has some right now in assorted colors for just $9.95+S&H. She is working with yarn she has on hand, so a custom one will cost more because she has to obtain the yarn to make yours. It will cost $14.95 + S&H The smallest container for US priority mail is $4.95.
We are offering a new service. For just $19.95, you can have spell-coaching. We will take you through the construction and performance of a spell. It’s very simple. If you want to perform a spell but you don’t think you know what you’re doing, hire us to coach you through it. The fee is payable to our PayPal accounts, to either abbotts_inn@yahoo.com or tezra.reitan@gmail.com .
We will coach you using strong ethics. Tegwedd has a couplet she will teach you which you can add to your spell that will ensure that it is ethical. Abbott’s Inn International School of Magick is over 40 years old, having been founded in 1970 in Berkeley, CA. It went cybernetic almost 9 years ago. Lizet has been helping us put the school on a more commercial footing, and with her inspiration, Tegwedd has started packaging the classes into manageable packets. Ms. Freeman did a 3rd website for us almost a month ago at http://abbottsinn.wordpress.com. From there, by clicking on two of the graphics, you can go to either of the other two sites: http://abbottsinninternational.com/ and http://abbottsinn.com/ . You can also get to our network http://abbottsinn.ning.com/ . With her help, we also salvaged some things from his old website, including the mission statement: The Abbott’s Inn International School of Magick aims to provide a gentle nurturing environment that promotes education in both the atmosphere and the specific tools of magick. Our research arm is called the Magickal Research Institute or MRI, not to be confused with the medical MRI, or Magnetic Resonance Image, which Tegwedd had on her right ankle about 9 months ago. Stephen and Lizet came up with the name almost 9 years ago. The three of us have become a very effective working team. Stephen has his cell phone, and we are both enjoying learning how to use our cell phones. His cell phone number is 916-467-6393. He’ll have access to the Internet on that phone. He says “I’m not very good at texting because of my glaucoma, so please be gentle with me.” Don’t forget to call 888-611-7982 for all your divination, learning class, and research needs.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Qabalah for a New Age
Welcome to Goddess & the Tree: Qabala for Pagans 8! We’re glad you could make it! Do check out the other 7 groups of this name on other networks. As I’m writing this, it is the 25th of December. To Christians it is Christmas. For us Pagans, it is Yule (or if you’re Celtic it’s Alban Arthuan.) For Stephen, it’s Jeazmas. It has not as yet penetrated his thick skull that this is wholly and originally a Pagan holiday. The Christians only grafted it onto their calendar because the people were so stubborn about celebrating it. For the Greeks it was the anniversary of the birth of Dionysus on December 25th in a cave. For the Persians it was the birthday of Mithra, son of Ahura Mazda, also born on December 25th in a cave.. Sorry about that. My word processor was doing some weird things. For the Romans it was either the birth date of Sol Invictus or Saturnalia, a week long celebration of the old farmer god Saturn. We really ought to take better care of our nation’s farmers, especially those who run family farms, for on them depends the stomach of America, and a good part of the rest of the world as well. People were getting drunk and copulating in the streets when the church fathers thought they ought to be in church, so the Church unilaterally and arbitrarily set the date for Christ’s birth on December 25th in the year 1. Actually, if such a person really lived, he was most likely born in the spring time, probably around the Ides of March just before the beginning of the Roman year. Stephen seems to think that he was born on April 20th, which is now known as Adolf Hitler’s birthday. The shepherds would not be watching their sheep out in the fields by night in December. All the really fun parts of Yule are Pagan: holly, mistletoe, stars, bells, garlands, gifts, and feasting, including tippling too much Xmas cheer. So please help me get through to Stephen that this is a Pagan holiday that the Christians have co-opted. We Pagans have celebrated the Winter Solstice for thousands of years. There is a group who is seeking to take the Christ out of Christmas. Can anyone find me more information on this group, maybe point me towards their website? Enough of that.
On to the Qabalah. The late great Ellen Cannon Reed wrote the book which inspired this group: The Witches’ Qabalah: The Goddess and the Tree. I mentioned before that it was a filing system. It’s like one of those cases with all the hooks in it, on which one hangs keys, except that in the case of the Tree of Life glyph, the hooks are places to hang magickal correspondences, or concepts. Uncle Al (Aleister Crowley) produced a master work, Liber 777,l the different parts of the world’s religions were filed on the glyph. He left out a great many religions, perhaps he omitted your favorite religion or spiritual path, but that’s all right because it leaves room for others to come in and complete his work. He never meant us, his spiritual nieces and nephews, to slavishly repeat his work, but to use it as the launching pad from which to launch our own work.
Stephen started working on a game called The Tarot and the Tree in 1974, and it as yet remains unpublished. The basic idea behind the game is to achieve balance. You acquire karma points, and the more karma points you acquire the higher you progress. You travel on the Tree of Life and have serial encounters with the different cards in the Tarot. There are multiple scenarios, which are mini-games within the game. I tried to get Stephen to put me through a game today, but he was into sulking in his room.
The Jews don’t hold sole title to the Tree of Life concept. The Germans/Norse have Yggdrasil, which is the ash tree that is the nexus of their universe. It certainly is the foundation of the Hammer of Thor game.
You know, angels far predate the Jews or the Christians. They were the servants and messengers of the Pagan Gods and Goddesses dating from Sumerian times, which go back to long before the Egyptians built any of the pyramids. Stephen doesn’t realize that. He thinks that the Jews and Christians own the angels. I think that the angels were deities in their own right at one time. Of course the followers of the Von Daniken and like theories would say that these Gods and angels were actually extra-terrestrials, aliens from other planets or dimensions. New Agers would say that demons are beings if low frequency vibration, while angels are beings of high frequency vibration. They can also be characterized by their attitude towards humans. The ones who were either indifferent or positively affected towards us are seen as angels, while those who seek our harm are seen as demons. Of course, if you are invaders taking over a people, your gods are good, while the other people’s deities are demons.
Enochian magick, also known as angelic magick, has its own qabalah. And of course the premier work on the Tree of Life, and the explorations thereof us by the late great Israel Regardie: A Garden of Pomegranates.. My copy was re-edited and annotated by that famous magickal couple, the new heads of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the Ciceros. They are a very controversial couple; you either love them or you hate them. Myself, I tend to admire them for what they’re done to further the cause of magick in this modern world, especially Golden Dawn magick. If you know of any other power couples in the field of magickal besides the Ciceros, and Denning & Phillips, please let us know..
We discussed in the first group of this name how the pop singer Madonna studied qabalah. Well, Stephen feels that this tends to demystify the subject. There are a few fantasy novels based on the Qabalah. Stephen believes they have a female protagonist. If you know what they are, please post here or on the Wall. I would like to know what they are. Maybe our library has them.
Let’s talk about color and the Qabalah. Each Sephirah has a color, as well as a bunch of other correspondences. Gematria is one of the four aspects or parts of the Qabalah. Notaricon is another part, and what they have in common is numbers. Each letter or character in the Hebrew alphabet also represents a number, and so, each word in the Totrah or Pentateuch has a numerical significance. Gematria holds that two words having the same numerical value are related in meaning. Gematria is the center post for all workings with the Tree of Life. Godwin’s Caballistic Encyclopedia is a classic in the field of gematria. If you have a number, you can look it up, and it might be there. You might be able to find a used copy for sale at Amazon.com. We don’t recommend Ebay, unless you have an unlimited supply of funds. But Doc had quite good luck with Ebay. You have to know what you’re doing with Ebay. Stephen refuses to have anything to do with Ebay because he hates auctions. “It’s not for the working poor.”
If you know anyone who wants a fairly cheap housing situation with two congenial Pagan magickal housemates in an ethnically mixed neighborhood in Sacramento, contact me at tezra.reitan@gmail.com or Stephen at abbottsinn_school@yahoo.com or Stephen at his phone number 916-455-2267. Also, we desperately need donations to keep Abbott’s Inn International School of Magick afloat. You can send donations of any size to either Stephen’s Paypal account at abbottsinn@gmail.com or abbottsinn_school@yahoo.com or my Paypal account at tezra.reitan@gmail.com. If it’s for at least $32, you’ll get either a reading or a class from our vast collections of divination decks/methods/tools or for the class, pick a topic from our vast repertoire in the field of magick. For $60, you can actually have both a reading and a class. I don’t have my webcam hooked up yet, or my mic, but with Stephen you can have sound and video on Yahoo IM, Windows Msgr or Skype. With me for a short while, it’ll be just phone or typing on Yahoo IM or Windows Msgr. Thank you for using and disseminating Stephen’s Zodiac referral number 1-800-280-8496. Stephen1580. It helps ever so much when you use it instead of the regular number because you don’t pay any more, but he makes three times as much. We’re both on SSI, thanks to Arnold Schwarzenegger drastically cut both of our checks, and Keen isn’t coming up with the paying calls. I haven’t made one cent since signing on with Keen. My clients all demand free five minute readings, and refuse to go over that five minutes for a paid reading. In fact, it’s cost me money to bid so altogether, Keen has been pretty much of a total loss for me. If you need money, kids, mow lawns or babysit, don’t join a psychic reading service, because it’ll just suck in what little money you do have.
Do check out the PaganRadioNetwork.net It’s free, although they certainly do accept donations. Doesn’t everyone? Seems like everyone has his hand out nowadays, and we’re sorry to be part of that, but the situation is dirt. We almost lost our power last month. In these times of smaller SSI checks, a bankrupt state, and practically non-existent paying KEEN calls, the prices just seem to be rising all the time for less and less service or quality.
In order to keep his computer alive, or perhaps get a new computer, Stephen needs a new battery and Windows 7, because Vista is just too unreliable. Vista is the worst operating system since 98. But first Stephen has to pay off his rent, and so do I. Don’t buy a Dell or do business with Wells Fargo. They’re both ripoffs.
If you’re ever in Sacramento, look up Walter Rhoads and Julie Maahs. Together they own Gallery 14 at 14th St. and 60th Avenue. We’re promoting them big time. Walter Rhoads has a very interesting and different approach to art. He compares himself to the late great Jackson Pollock but there are two main differences: Rhoads is still drawing breath with a healthy 98.6 degrees temperature (except when he’s sick, in which case it’s somewhat higher) and I think Jackson Pollock was gay, and Rhoads is, like us, hopelessly hetero.
We certainly hope you’ve enjoyed this post. Sorry about my negativity up there, but I’ve been very depressed by this economy lately, and wishing I were with Doc in the Summerland.
Tegwedd ShadowDancer
Stephen Abbott
Inky my BFF (BoyFriend Forever)
Little (Big)Boy
Oreo (the Mouser)
Bailee Beasley Beastly
Frikki & Frakki
Dr. Livingston I. Presume aka Prince Henry the Navigator
On to the Qabalah. The late great Ellen Cannon Reed wrote the book which inspired this group: The Witches’ Qabalah: The Goddess and the Tree. I mentioned before that it was a filing system. It’s like one of those cases with all the hooks in it, on which one hangs keys, except that in the case of the Tree of Life glyph, the hooks are places to hang magickal correspondences, or concepts. Uncle Al (Aleister Crowley) produced a master work, Liber 777,l the different parts of the world’s religions were filed on the glyph. He left out a great many religions, perhaps he omitted your favorite religion or spiritual path, but that’s all right because it leaves room for others to come in and complete his work. He never meant us, his spiritual nieces and nephews, to slavishly repeat his work, but to use it as the launching pad from which to launch our own work.
Stephen started working on a game called The Tarot and the Tree in 1974, and it as yet remains unpublished. The basic idea behind the game is to achieve balance. You acquire karma points, and the more karma points you acquire the higher you progress. You travel on the Tree of Life and have serial encounters with the different cards in the Tarot. There are multiple scenarios, which are mini-games within the game. I tried to get Stephen to put me through a game today, but he was into sulking in his room.
The Jews don’t hold sole title to the Tree of Life concept. The Germans/Norse have Yggdrasil, which is the ash tree that is the nexus of their universe. It certainly is the foundation of the Hammer of Thor game.
You know, angels far predate the Jews or the Christians. They were the servants and messengers of the Pagan Gods and Goddesses dating from Sumerian times, which go back to long before the Egyptians built any of the pyramids. Stephen doesn’t realize that. He thinks that the Jews and Christians own the angels. I think that the angels were deities in their own right at one time. Of course the followers of the Von Daniken and like theories would say that these Gods and angels were actually extra-terrestrials, aliens from other planets or dimensions. New Agers would say that demons are beings if low frequency vibration, while angels are beings of high frequency vibration. They can also be characterized by their attitude towards humans. The ones who were either indifferent or positively affected towards us are seen as angels, while those who seek our harm are seen as demons. Of course, if you are invaders taking over a people, your gods are good, while the other people’s deities are demons.
Enochian magick, also known as angelic magick, has its own qabalah. And of course the premier work on the Tree of Life, and the explorations thereof us by the late great Israel Regardie: A Garden of Pomegranates.. My copy was re-edited and annotated by that famous magickal couple, the new heads of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the Ciceros. They are a very controversial couple; you either love them or you hate them. Myself, I tend to admire them for what they’re done to further the cause of magick in this modern world, especially Golden Dawn magick. If you know of any other power couples in the field of magickal besides the Ciceros, and Denning & Phillips, please let us know..
We discussed in the first group of this name how the pop singer Madonna studied qabalah. Well, Stephen feels that this tends to demystify the subject. There are a few fantasy novels based on the Qabalah. Stephen believes they have a female protagonist. If you know what they are, please post here or on the Wall. I would like to know what they are. Maybe our library has them.
Let’s talk about color and the Qabalah. Each Sephirah has a color, as well as a bunch of other correspondences. Gematria is one of the four aspects or parts of the Qabalah. Notaricon is another part, and what they have in common is numbers. Each letter or character in the Hebrew alphabet also represents a number, and so, each word in the Totrah or Pentateuch has a numerical significance. Gematria holds that two words having the same numerical value are related in meaning. Gematria is the center post for all workings with the Tree of Life. Godwin’s Caballistic Encyclopedia is a classic in the field of gematria. If you have a number, you can look it up, and it might be there. You might be able to find a used copy for sale at Amazon.com. We don’t recommend Ebay, unless you have an unlimited supply of funds. But Doc had quite good luck with Ebay. You have to know what you’re doing with Ebay. Stephen refuses to have anything to do with Ebay because he hates auctions. “It’s not for the working poor.”
If you know anyone who wants a fairly cheap housing situation with two congenial Pagan magickal housemates in an ethnically mixed neighborhood in Sacramento, contact me at tezra.reitan@gmail.com or Stephen at abbottsinn_school@yahoo.com or Stephen at his phone number 916-455-2267. Also, we desperately need donations to keep Abbott’s Inn International School of Magick afloat. You can send donations of any size to either Stephen’s Paypal account at abbottsinn@gmail.com or abbottsinn_school@yahoo.com or my Paypal account at tezra.reitan@gmail.com. If it’s for at least $32, you’ll get either a reading or a class from our vast collections of divination decks/methods/tools or for the class, pick a topic from our vast repertoire in the field of magick. For $60, you can actually have both a reading and a class. I don’t have my webcam hooked up yet, or my mic, but with Stephen you can have sound and video on Yahoo IM, Windows Msgr or Skype. With me for a short while, it’ll be just phone or typing on Yahoo IM or Windows Msgr. Thank you for using and disseminating Stephen’s Zodiac referral number 1-800-280-8496. Stephen1580. It helps ever so much when you use it instead of the regular number because you don’t pay any more, but he makes three times as much. We’re both on SSI, thanks to Arnold Schwarzenegger drastically cut both of our checks, and Keen isn’t coming up with the paying calls. I haven’t made one cent since signing on with Keen. My clients all demand free five minute readings, and refuse to go over that five minutes for a paid reading. In fact, it’s cost me money to bid so altogether, Keen has been pretty much of a total loss for me. If you need money, kids, mow lawns or babysit, don’t join a psychic reading service, because it’ll just suck in what little money you do have.
Do check out the PaganRadioNetwork.net It’s free, although they certainly do accept donations. Doesn’t everyone? Seems like everyone has his hand out nowadays, and we’re sorry to be part of that, but the situation is dirt. We almost lost our power last month. In these times of smaller SSI checks, a bankrupt state, and practically non-existent paying KEEN calls, the prices just seem to be rising all the time for less and less service or quality.
In order to keep his computer alive, or perhaps get a new computer, Stephen needs a new battery and Windows 7, because Vista is just too unreliable. Vista is the worst operating system since 98. But first Stephen has to pay off his rent, and so do I. Don’t buy a Dell or do business with Wells Fargo. They’re both ripoffs.
If you’re ever in Sacramento, look up Walter Rhoads and Julie Maahs. Together they own Gallery 14 at 14th St. and 60th Avenue. We’re promoting them big time. Walter Rhoads has a very interesting and different approach to art. He compares himself to the late great Jackson Pollock but there are two main differences: Rhoads is still drawing breath with a healthy 98.6 degrees temperature (except when he’s sick, in which case it’s somewhat higher) and I think Jackson Pollock was gay, and Rhoads is, like us, hopelessly hetero.
We certainly hope you’ve enjoyed this post. Sorry about my negativity up there, but I’ve been very depressed by this economy lately, and wishing I were with Doc in the Summerland.
Tegwedd ShadowDancer
Stephen Abbott
Inky my BFF (BoyFriend Forever)
Little (Big)Boy
Oreo (the Mouser)
Bailee Beasley Beastly
Frikki & Frakki
Dr. Livingston I. Presume aka Prince Henry the Navigator
Friday, December 25, 2009
Why Save Trees?
I think there is even a Battle for the Trees Revolution Ning network somewhere. It is certainly appropos that we should be starting this group at this particular time because for the past month, evergreen trees have been cut down in the flower of their youths so that people can decorate them for the Yuletide season. Artificial trees can be just as festive as the real ones, and if you must have a real tree, pick one in a pot that you can transplant. If you must have a cut tree pick one where the dryad has left it prior to cutting. My friend Lyra has a way of figuring out if the dryad or tree spirit has left the tree. Stephen agrees with me, and feels that this holiday is a waste of trees. The Druids left the trees growing outside, and decorated them in the forest. It took the Christians to cut them down and bring them into the house, where they could die, dry out, and possibly burn the houses down. Stephen says, “These stupid Christian holidays will be the death of this planet.” I reminded him that all the supposedly Christian holidays were once Pagan holidays. Stephen would like to see the trees become animated, and stomp the life out of the Christians.
We would like to know what your favorite tree is. Stephen’s is the oak because of its connection to the Druids. Mine is the nectarine tree because the nectarine is my favorite fruit.
A number of years ago we did a ritual for Sacramento Cross Traditional Circles where we had Ogham tree cards made up, and Dagda did a guided meditation where we became trees..
I know I said this in the post for the first Battle for the Trees Revolution group, but I’ll say it again. Trees are our major source of oxygen on this planet. Trees and algae/seaweed. Can any of you find out whether 5000 acres of the Amazon rain forest are still being destroyed every day and post it here? We’d appreciate it ever so much. A lot of heavyweight actors are working to save the Amazon such as: Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, possibly Alec Baldwin, for sure Ed Begley Jr., the former presidential hopeful Al Gore, and possibly the singer Sting. It certainly seems like this is something he would be involved in, as socially aware as he is. Do you know of any groups that try to stop the whole Yule tree racket?
One thing we can all do is encourage ebooks by buying downloads instead of print books or as they’re often called, “dead-tree books.” to save trees. One thing I’d like to see is hemp legalized and developed as an industrial crop. I’d like to see acid-free hemp paper used for books. Hemp is a sustainable crop. It can grow just about anywhere, in just about any kind of soil. It is rather labor intensive, true, but think of all the jobs it would create. We could have just about full employment. Hemp can be used for a multitude of things: clothing, rope, hemp seed oil, hemp seed bread, awnings and tents, and bio-fuel for energy. Stephen has a hemp cloth hat. He doesn’t know where it is, but he owns one. He uses the hat when he does yard work. Somewhere I have some embroidery floss made from hemp fibers. They could make yarn and crochet/tatting thread from hemp. Hemp clothing wears better than cotton because hemp fibers are longer than cotton fibers. Hemp clothing used to be worn during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. It’s what was known as “homespun”, and was worn by the pioneers in their movement west during the empire building portion of our nation’s history. Legalizing hemp and marijuana would not only put an end to the drain on California’s limited financial resources that CAMP (Campaign Against Marijuana Production) represents, but it also would bring in billions in tax revenues that the state sorely needs. I sorely hope that we don’t have to wait until the stubborn old guard dies off before we can see cannabis legalized. Our esteemed governor, Arnold Schartzenegger is all for it being legalized, since he sees at least the financial benefits our state would reap. It could be controlled the same way that alcohol and tobacco are, with each householder having the choice of whether s/he wanted to buy the household’s supply of cannabis or grow a certain number of plants hirself. Legally the head of a household can produce up to 200 gallons of wine or beer per year. I don’t know about distilled spirits, however. If anyone knows how much distilled spirits are allowed by a householder please post here. This is a very old law allowing this production, which we inherited from the Brits, back when we were British colonies. For them, it goes back at least to Anglo-Saxon times, maybe even back before the Romans invaded Britain back to Celtic times, or Beaker people times.
If you know anyone who wants a fairly cheap housing situation with two congenial Pagan magickal housemates in an ethnically mixed neighborhood in Sacramento, contact me at tezra.reitan@gmail.com or Stephen at abbottsinn_school@yahoo.com or Stephen at his phone number 916-455-2267. Also, we desperately need donations to keep Abbott’s Inn International School of Magick afloat. You can send donations of any size to either Stephen’s Paypal account at abbottsinn@gmail.com or abbottsinn_school@yahoo.com or my Paypal account at tezra.reitan@gmail.com. If it’s for at least $32, you’ll get either a reading or a class from our vast collections of divination decks/methods/tools or for the class, pick a topic from our vast repertoire in the field of magick. For $60, you can actually have both a reading and a class. I don’t have my webcam hooked up yet, or my mic, but with Stephen you can have sound and video on Yahoo IM, Windows Msgr or Skype. With me for a short while, it’ll be just phone or typing on Yahoo IM or Windows Msgr. Thank you for using and disseminating Stephen’s Zodiac referral number 1-800-280-8496. Stephen1580. It helps ever so much when you use it instead of the regular number because you don’t pay any more, but he makes three times as much. We’re both on SSI, thanks to Arnold Schwarzenegger drastically cut both of our checks, and Keen isn’t coming up with the paying calls. I haven’t made one cent since signing on with Keen. My clients all demand free five minute readings, and refuse to go over that five minutes for a paid reading. In fact, it’s cost me money to bid so altogether, Keen has been pretty much of a total loss for me. If you need money, kids, mow lawns or babysit, don’t join a psychic reading service, because it’ll just suck in what little money you do have.
Do check out the PaganRadioNetwork.net It’s free, although they certainly do accept donations. Doesn’t everyone? Seems like everyone has his hand out nowadays, and we’re sorry to be part of that, but the situation is dirt. We almost lost our power yesterday. In these times of smaller SSI checks, a bankrupt state, and practically non-existent paying KEEN calls, the prices just seem to be rising all the time for less and less service or quality.
In order to keep his computer alive, or perhaps get a new computer, Stephen needs a new battery and Windows 7, because Vista is just too unreliable. Vista is the worst operating system since 98. But first Stephen has to pay off his rent, and so do I. Don’t buy a Dell or do business with Wells Fargo. They’re both ripoffs.
If you’re ever in Sacramento, look up Walter Rhoads and Julie Maahs. Together they own Gallery 14 at 14th St. and 60th Avenue. We’re promoting them big time. Walter Rhoads has a very interesting and different approach to art. He compares himself to the late great Jackson Pollock but there are two main differences: Rhoads is still drawing breath with a healthy 98.6 degrees temperature (except when he’s sick, in which case it’s somewhat higher) and I think Jackson Pollock was gay, and Rhoads is, like us, hopelessly hetero.
We certainly hope you’ve enjoyed this post. Sorry about my negativity up there, but I’ve been very depressed by this economy lately, and wishing I were with Doc in the Summerland.
Tegwedd ShadowDancer
Stephen Abbott
Inky my BFF (BoyFriend Forever)
Little (Big)Boy
Oreo (the Mouser)
Bailee Beasley Beastly
Frikki & Frakki
Dr. Livingston I. Presume aka Prince Henry the Navigator
We would like to know what your favorite tree is. Stephen’s is the oak because of its connection to the Druids. Mine is the nectarine tree because the nectarine is my favorite fruit.
A number of years ago we did a ritual for Sacramento Cross Traditional Circles where we had Ogham tree cards made up, and Dagda did a guided meditation where we became trees..
I know I said this in the post for the first Battle for the Trees Revolution group, but I’ll say it again. Trees are our major source of oxygen on this planet. Trees and algae/seaweed. Can any of you find out whether 5000 acres of the Amazon rain forest are still being destroyed every day and post it here? We’d appreciate it ever so much. A lot of heavyweight actors are working to save the Amazon such as: Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, possibly Alec Baldwin, for sure Ed Begley Jr., the former presidential hopeful Al Gore, and possibly the singer Sting. It certainly seems like this is something he would be involved in, as socially aware as he is. Do you know of any groups that try to stop the whole Yule tree racket?
One thing we can all do is encourage ebooks by buying downloads instead of print books or as they’re often called, “dead-tree books.” to save trees. One thing I’d like to see is hemp legalized and developed as an industrial crop. I’d like to see acid-free hemp paper used for books. Hemp is a sustainable crop. It can grow just about anywhere, in just about any kind of soil. It is rather labor intensive, true, but think of all the jobs it would create. We could have just about full employment. Hemp can be used for a multitude of things: clothing, rope, hemp seed oil, hemp seed bread, awnings and tents, and bio-fuel for energy. Stephen has a hemp cloth hat. He doesn’t know where it is, but he owns one. He uses the hat when he does yard work. Somewhere I have some embroidery floss made from hemp fibers. They could make yarn and crochet/tatting thread from hemp. Hemp clothing wears better than cotton because hemp fibers are longer than cotton fibers. Hemp clothing used to be worn during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. It’s what was known as “homespun”, and was worn by the pioneers in their movement west during the empire building portion of our nation’s history. Legalizing hemp and marijuana would not only put an end to the drain on California’s limited financial resources that CAMP (Campaign Against Marijuana Production) represents, but it also would bring in billions in tax revenues that the state sorely needs. I sorely hope that we don’t have to wait until the stubborn old guard dies off before we can see cannabis legalized. Our esteemed governor, Arnold Schartzenegger is all for it being legalized, since he sees at least the financial benefits our state would reap. It could be controlled the same way that alcohol and tobacco are, with each householder having the choice of whether s/he wanted to buy the household’s supply of cannabis or grow a certain number of plants hirself. Legally the head of a household can produce up to 200 gallons of wine or beer per year. I don’t know about distilled spirits, however. If anyone knows how much distilled spirits are allowed by a householder please post here. This is a very old law allowing this production, which we inherited from the Brits, back when we were British colonies. For them, it goes back at least to Anglo-Saxon times, maybe even back before the Romans invaded Britain back to Celtic times, or Beaker people times.
If you know anyone who wants a fairly cheap housing situation with two congenial Pagan magickal housemates in an ethnically mixed neighborhood in Sacramento, contact me at tezra.reitan@gmail.com or Stephen at abbottsinn_school@yahoo.com or Stephen at his phone number 916-455-2267. Also, we desperately need donations to keep Abbott’s Inn International School of Magick afloat. You can send donations of any size to either Stephen’s Paypal account at abbottsinn@gmail.com or abbottsinn_school@yahoo.com or my Paypal account at tezra.reitan@gmail.com. If it’s for at least $32, you’ll get either a reading or a class from our vast collections of divination decks/methods/tools or for the class, pick a topic from our vast repertoire in the field of magick. For $60, you can actually have both a reading and a class. I don’t have my webcam hooked up yet, or my mic, but with Stephen you can have sound and video on Yahoo IM, Windows Msgr or Skype. With me for a short while, it’ll be just phone or typing on Yahoo IM or Windows Msgr. Thank you for using and disseminating Stephen’s Zodiac referral number 1-800-280-8496. Stephen1580. It helps ever so much when you use it instead of the regular number because you don’t pay any more, but he makes three times as much. We’re both on SSI, thanks to Arnold Schwarzenegger drastically cut both of our checks, and Keen isn’t coming up with the paying calls. I haven’t made one cent since signing on with Keen. My clients all demand free five minute readings, and refuse to go over that five minutes for a paid reading. In fact, it’s cost me money to bid so altogether, Keen has been pretty much of a total loss for me. If you need money, kids, mow lawns or babysit, don’t join a psychic reading service, because it’ll just suck in what little money you do have.
Do check out the PaganRadioNetwork.net It’s free, although they certainly do accept donations. Doesn’t everyone? Seems like everyone has his hand out nowadays, and we’re sorry to be part of that, but the situation is dirt. We almost lost our power yesterday. In these times of smaller SSI checks, a bankrupt state, and practically non-existent paying KEEN calls, the prices just seem to be rising all the time for less and less service or quality.
In order to keep his computer alive, or perhaps get a new computer, Stephen needs a new battery and Windows 7, because Vista is just too unreliable. Vista is the worst operating system since 98. But first Stephen has to pay off his rent, and so do I. Don’t buy a Dell or do business with Wells Fargo. They’re both ripoffs.
If you’re ever in Sacramento, look up Walter Rhoads and Julie Maahs. Together they own Gallery 14 at 14th St. and 60th Avenue. We’re promoting them big time. Walter Rhoads has a very interesting and different approach to art. He compares himself to the late great Jackson Pollock but there are two main differences: Rhoads is still drawing breath with a healthy 98.6 degrees temperature (except when he’s sick, in which case it’s somewhat higher) and I think Jackson Pollock was gay, and Rhoads is, like us, hopelessly hetero.
We certainly hope you’ve enjoyed this post. Sorry about my negativity up there, but I’ve been very depressed by this economy lately, and wishing I were with Doc in the Summerland.
Tegwedd ShadowDancer
Stephen Abbott
Inky my BFF (BoyFriend Forever)
Little (Big)Boy
Oreo (the Mouser)
Bailee Beasley Beastly
Frikki & Frakki
Dr. Livingston I. Presume aka Prince Henry the Navigator
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