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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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- 3 Topics for the Dark Times
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- This week I have some unrelated topics – which may be related in one way or another to the time of year.
A couple of weeks ago we talked about Chaos Magick, and just over the past few days I received a writing from actress Tonya Kay on the subject of creating Chaos Magick through a sigil spell. I’ll present that to ya in the second part of the show.
Preceding that, we’ll talk about ways you could keep your shadow-self in balance. The Hindus say that there are 5 parts to our shadow-selves. By recognizing these five parts you can learn how to deal with them and learn from them, and so keep them in Balance with your other, more Positive Self.
Also, we’ll take a look at the Meaning of Divination. What IS divination? Is it common fortune-telling, or is there something deeper than that going on?
And finally, we’ll look at Zecharia Sitchen wrote a book called, The Twelfth Planet - Planet 'X' which put a new spin on Earths ancient history.
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- Stories and Myth
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- "Sing, O Muse!
Sing to us of the Glorious Gods who ruled the Land and the Sea.
And tell us of the Fair Beauty of the Goddessess who dwell in Eternal Olympus!
Sing to us, O Muse, of ages that have come to pass;
of those Mighty Warriors wielding their deadly spears,
from the Lores of our Timeless Myths!"
This week on the Spiral Dance, our theme is Stories and Myths. Aristotle said that Myth is “composed of wonders”, and this makes the lover of myth, in a sense, a true philosopher.
Why they are stories so important to us? You know, we think of story-telling and myth-making as something that happened around a campfire eons ago. But, really, there has never been a time when humanity was so – BUSY – telling ourselves stories; never has there been a time when story-telling has been so important. From radio to movies to television; now to podcasts and downloadable media anywhere you want it at any time at all. Why do we make ourselves so connected?
I have a traditional story from Ireland, called “Coonlaugh and the Fairy Maiden”, which explains in story how the Irish came to learn about Ti Na Naugh. Also I have another story with different sort of lesson; this one is called, “Quarellsome Damyan”.
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- November; Chaos and Musings
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- This week we welcome the month of November and what I call Samhain-tide; the season between Samhain and Yule. We now slide into the Darkest time of the year – a time of trepidation, a time to put the past behind us, a time to endure loss before we can hope for renewal.
So this week we talk about Chaos Magick, and then I want to share a writing by Pagan author Tony Keely called “Pagan Musings”. It was originally written in 1970, but his thoughts on the Pagan movement are as relevant today as when they were first written. I read this piece here on The Spiral Dance back in December, ’08, and I’m happy to bring it to you again.
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- A Celebration of Samhain
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- “Now is the Night of November Eve, as the Samhain rites begin.
Spirits step from the World Beyond, this night when the Veil is thin.
Coming through the Land of Shadows,
awakening from the World of Dreams,
joining hands with the Children of Midnight
as the Moonlight Lantern gleams.
Drifting in the Wind of Evening, Chanting words in an ancient tongue,
dancing light to the music of Fearies, as the Sacred Prayer is sung.
We honor this In-Between time, this space between Darkness and Light,
While greeting the Reign of the Winter King,
On this Windy Autumn Night”.
As you know, October 31 is the Wiccan Sabbat which we call Samhain. Samhain is a celebration of the Year’s Final Harvest. But in our mythos, it also celebrates the death of the Grain God, who will now find rest until he is reborn of the Goddess at Yule. And it’s also a time when we celebrate the Goddess as the Crone; the Timeless Old woman of Wisdom. It’s a time that marks the end of the Old year. And it’s a Feast of the Dead as well.
This week: A Celebration of Samhain
It’s been said that at this time of the year, the veil between this world, and the world of Spirit is the thinnest.
And this year our Samhain celebration will feature a Dumb Supper in which I honor the spirits of my parents.
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- The God (times four)
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- For this week’s show I want to look at the religious, magickal and mystical natures of the God as He relates to the Wheel of the Year. Through these roles we know the God in four principal guises: The Oak King and the Holly King, and also the Green Man and the Harvest Lord. Many Wiccans and Pagans work these figures into their rituals, creating a mythos of how the God and Goddess relate to each other.
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