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Got this from another list I'm on (and have seen it in more than one place!). So, BUMP!
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An Invitation to Participate in a Magical Working on Lammas, 2004
Greetings.
We are inspired by the recent political witchcraft coming out of the Reclaiming community and are asking interested magical folks to consider joining in a Lammas working. The United States is at a pivotal point, with the current president mobilizing conservative religious forces for his re-election, in a high stakes political game that barely resembles democracy.
We are also inspired by a novel, Lammas Night by Katherine Kurtz, a fictional but credible account of Witches in England coming together across traditions on Lammas in 1940. In the novel, a cone of power was collectively raised, putting out the idea to Hitler that any attempt to invade England would fail. His plans to invade were retracted, perhaps due to strengthening of the magic through sacrifice.
On the eve of a US election, Americans are in a position of influence, towards the domestic election and the use of U.S. power in the world. We see the need for a cone of power aimed towards global justice and cooperation. The witches of Britain in 1940 considered how they would feed the cone of power they raised; we can consider the sacrifices we are prepared to make to empower our magic in 2004. Sacrifice means to make sacred; we see it as an act of choice, not passivity. What does the land need back from us at this season of the first harvest?
We offer some suggestions for your consideration:
-What am I willing to let go of in order to have more time, money, and energy to insist on a cooperative role for the U.S. on the world stage, rather than a domineering role?
-What do I need to let go of to move towards a world where there is fresh water for all, clean air, an ozone layer that protects us from the sun, a sustainable diverse agricultural base, etc? Are there "privileges" in my lifestyle that are contrary to this larger good that I can consider sacrificing?
-Do I have internal patterns of denial and individualism that I can consider sacrificing? How about letting go of disappointment in the Democratic candidate, or of the idea that this election is only a "U.S" issue, or that this money-run election is about democracy?
-What will most empower my spiritual work? Can I reach for deeper honesty? What about a sacrifice of the 'male principle' for revitalization? What sacrifice is mine to make?
We ask you to consider joining from across traditions of the craft to work together this Lammas, 2004. Consider meditating on what each of us is willing to sacrifice in order to empower our magic because "another world is possible." We affirm that "we are the change, we are the change we are waiting for, and we are dawning..." Sometime between the night of July 31st (the second full moon that month) and August 2nd you are invited to contribute to the cone of power raised for the greatest good of all. Picnic by moonlight. Plant a crystal to add to the web. Share this invitation with other Pagans, Wiccans, Witches, and anyone who is willing to join us. Clarify your intention. Offer up that which no longer serves you, or that which serves only you to the detriment of other parts of the interconnected web of life. Celebrate the first harvest, and add your energy, intensified by your sacrifice, to the cone of power aimed towards global justice and cooperation.
Please distribute this invitation widely...and it harm none, so mote it be.
Blessed be,
Selchie, of Ontario, Canada, and Grove, of Massachusetts, USA |
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