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The Spiral Dance with Hawthorne
The Spiral Dance with Hawthorne is a lively weekly show dedicated to folks who share a passion for earth-based spirituality. We offer a combination of music and talk, with engaging conversations with writers, musicians and activists, complimented with the latest in Wiccan, Pagan and New Age music.
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Current Episodes:
- Healing With Color
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- Humans have a deep emotional and psychic connection to color. It's ingrained in our psyche. Color has been used to heal our bodies as well as our minds, but it's usage has slipped in and out of favor over the centuries.
So, this week we gaze into the color spectrum. We'll take a look at the long history that color has played in the healing arts from Ancient Egypt right up to today. And we'll also look at some of the suprising ways that we're just now learning about, regarding how people percieve color.
Then I want to delve into Color Symbolism in Buddhist Art.
And, for your added enjoyment, all of this week's music will have colors in the title.
I hope you enjoy this week's show!
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Link- Games for May
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- Here we are deep into the Spring season. But, if you're anything like me, then you haven't done any Spring Cleaning yet, have ya? It's time we Hop to It! While we're clearing out our attics, let's look for Crafty Ways to Rummage and Recycle. Afterall, "Repair, Re-fashion and Recycle" should be the watch words of the modern Pagan, right?
But in the midst of all that work, we should take the time to stop and smell the flowers. So we'll talk about "Flower Essence Therapy for Magickal Transformation".
Speaking of Flowers - and all things herbal - this week we take some time to meet The Goddess of Herbalists, Eucalypta Evergreening!
So, you can see that we're continuing our Spring Themes, right? The Acorn is sort of fallish, because that's when the Oak drops them. But nonetheless, they are seeds, and Springtime is the time for all things seeds. So we'll take a look at The Mighty Acorn! Acorns are a token from the God, and the very symbol of Fruitfullness and Bounty.
And we'll also listen to Morganna Davies, with her story, "The Little People and the Hawthorne Tree"
Then, at 60-minutes into the show, we're joined by Dawn Hunt of Cucina Aurora for her monthly Kitchen Witch installment.
I hope you enjoy this week's show!
- A Dark Moon Meditation
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- We have a Dark Moon this week on Thursday, the 9th. So, this week I have for you a Dark Moon Meditation.
The Dark of the Moon can be an exceptionally powerful period. This is a time when we can look more deeply into ourselves and learn what it is that's holding us back in Life. And, hopefully, learn what we can do about that. Our meditations will be mostly done with the help of readings from a book called Dark Moon Mysteries, by Timothy Roderick
Then in the second part of the show, we'll do a protection ritual as Ted Andews leads us in "The Bannishing Ritual of the Pentagram".
And we probably won't have time for the Spiral Dance Spell of the Week.
So, sit back while we cast a Widdershins Circle together.
I hope you enjoy this week's show!
- Blessed Beltane
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- It's a nice day to start again!
This week, we celebrate Beltane! Beltane is a festival of Fertility and Love as we welcome the flowering of Nature's Return. In our mythology Beltane represents the Mating of the Goddess and the God. It's The Original White Wedding!
I'll present to you my yearly reading from Marion Zimmer Bradley's "The Mists of Avalon" - this is from Book One, "The Mistress of Magick", pages 176 - 179, which describes The Great Rite at Beltane.
Plus, Maypoles and The God at Beltane!
Then, after we honor our sacred sabbat of Beltane, I want to take just a little time to honor the Political May Day - the Union and Labor movement.
I hope you enjoy this week's show!
- On Creativity
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- This week I want to talk about "Creativity". Aleister Crowley famously said "Magick is the science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with will." That is the essence of Magick, and it's the essence of Creativity.
Creativity is Mundane Magick - making ideas take shape into reality. And it's all about how you approach challenges in your everyday life
So, we'll start with some basic definitions of Creativity, and some basic ways that we fail to find our creative outlets - our blocks and our Inner Fears. But fear not! We'll also look at some tools to keep your creative energy up.
In the second half of the show we'll have a SPOKEN WORD Meditation. This is from the Ace/Llewellyn "Deep Mind Series", and it's called "Creative Visualization". I think you'll really enjoy that - have something ready in mind that you want to meditate on.
I hope you enjoy this week's show!
- Up in the Air; To Know, To See
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- I'm dedicating this weeks show to one of the Five Cardinal Elements, the Element of Air. It's a good topic for April because, by many traditions, Air is associated with Springtime and Day's Beginning.
Usually associated with Men's Mysteries, Air is most often thought of as on the Mental Plane. On the Witche's Pyramid, the expression of Air is "To Know".
So, Air has many occult facets. And on this week's show I'll share some ideas about Incantations and Power Songs.
Plus we'll take a look at what the different Winds mean to people of the Yoruba tradition of Nigeria.
The Romans gave the month of April it's name, which they called, Aprilis. For the Romans, it signifies a time of unfolding leaves and flowers. And the name Aprilis is associated with the Greek goddess, Aphrodite - who the Romans later named Venus. So we'll spend some time with Aphrodite/Venus.
Also, we'll visit with the sound of the Aeolian, or WIND Harp!
Now; concurant with the element of Air, is the ability to see. I have an article on The Power of Visualization.
And -- you can't VISUALIZE if your life is without VISION. (I don't know how QUOTABLE that line is, but I've got some VERY memorable quotes about having Vision in your life.
I hope you enjoy this week's show!
