White Russian pudding shots!!!!

I'm putting this here so I can remember this!!!  I'm so going to make these for my Shore Leave Convention!!!!

White Russian Pudding Shots!
• 1 small package of Instant Chocolate Pudding
• 3/4 cup of Milk
• 1/4 cup of Vodka
• 1/2 cup of Irish cream (Baileys would be best)
• 8 oz. of Extra Creamy Cool Whip

Mix pudding and milk for a couple of minutes with an electric mixer; add alcohol, mix well. Add Cool Whip. Put the pudding mix into individual serving cups with lids. Keep in the freezer until ready to SERVE!

Symbolic Meaning of Feathers

 

 Symbol meaning of feathers deal with ascension and spiritual evolution to a higher plane. Feathers were worn by Native American Chiefs to symbolize their communication with Spirit, and to express their celestial wisdom.

Also in the Native American Indian culture, feathers represented the power of the thunder gods, along with the power of air and wind.

Native American Pueblo Indians would pay homage to the Feathered Sun which is a symbol of the cosmos and the center of existence.

 Another symbol meaning of feathers also revolves around prayer, and the Pueblo use feather sticks as they dance in prayer for rain during solstice rituals.

As a Celtic symbol meaning, the feather was worn by Druids in the form of ornate feathered robes. Celtic Druids donned these robes in ceremonies to invoke the sky gods and gain knowledge of the celestial realm. It was believed that the feathered cloak along with the presence of the sky gods would allow the Druid to transcend the earthly plane and enter the ethereal realm.


The Egyptians believed that feathers were symbolic of sky gods too. Ma'at, the Egyptian goddess of justice, would weigh the hearts of the newly dead in the underworld against the weight of a feather to determine the worthiness of his or her soul.

In Christianity feathers represented virtues. In fact, an image of three feathers were made into signet rings - each feather symbolizing Charity, hope, and faith. These rings were worn as a symbol of a virtuous soul - they were also used as wax seals.

 The ring would be dipped in warm wax then pressed against documents to seal the closure. The recipient would know the documents came from a virtuous man by the indication of the three-feather symbol in the wax.

Feathers

According to legend, when someone finds a black feather, it means that the guardian of their soul is near them. The feathers are supposed to remind the individual that he or she is not fighting the battles of life alone.

Lemon Rosemary Blend

 

 

 

 

Ingredients

1. 2C Water
2. 10 Drops Lemon Essential oil
3. 1 Sprig of Rosemary

Instructions

1. In a sauce pan on the stove heat water to a boil, turn off, and add Rosemary.
2. Steep Rosemary for 2 minutes.
3. Add lemon essential oil.
4. Carefully pour into a diffuser pot and allow to fill your home with cleansing fragrance.
5. Add water to the pot every 30 minutes or so to maintain a good water level and prevent drying out or burning. I would not allow this mixture to steep longer than a few hours as the spells energy will dilute as time passes and as more water is added.

Spell Work

1. Gather your ingredients and supplies in your kitchen. Make sure your pot is clean.
2. As you pour the water into your pot for heating pay attention to the clean clear water and how refreshing and cleansing water is by nature.
3. If it helps think of a time when you took a shower after working all the garden or in another very sweaty dirty situation. Think of how you felt after you washed away all the dirt, sweat, and heat from your labor.
4. Hold on to that feeling of refreshment and clean.
5. Before you add your ingredients to the water, smell them. Embody their fragrance expand the feeling of clean to your home.
6. Allow the pot and scents to do the rest. Each time you come near the pot to add more water, breathe in the cleansing fragrance and once again embody the feeling of clean energy.

New Years Ritual

by Sable Aradia

You will need:

• A candle
• A cookie, piece of cake, cracker, piece of fruit, or whatever small food item you prefer (seasonal fruitcake or baking is especially appropriate)
• A horn, bell, chime, drum, or other loud noisemaker (or just your voice even)
• A drinking container filled with your choice of beverage (alcohol is traditional, but feel free to substitute sparkling fruit juice or whatever celebratory drink you prefer)
• A besom or household broom

Light the candle at about a quarter to midnight on December 31.  Make the space sacred in whatever way you prefer.

Imbue the chosen food item with the energy of the past year, using the candle as a focus.  Consider what you learned, what you gained, and what you have to be thankful for.  Eat the food with the intention of accepting the gifts given in an “attitude of gratitude.”  Consciously thank the Old Year for its gifts and lessons.  If you like, you may also thank your household gods and spirits for protecting you through the year and make offering to them at this time.
Fill the drinking container with your chosen drink and set it by the candle.
Observe the countdown to midnight in whatever manner you prefer.  Listen to the radio, gather around your clock to count down the seconds, or turn on your TV and watch the descent of the ball in Times Square.

At the stroke of midnight, bellow “Happy New Year!” and make noise!  (I like to go to my door and blow a horn three times at the threshold.  For me this invites the Wild Hunt to chase ill-meaning energies and spirits away.)  Maybe sing “Auld Lang Syne” if you don’t have noisemakers (or just want to).  Traditionally, all the noise scares away evil spirits.

Take the broom and sweep negative energy out of the house, ending with your most-used entranceway.  Shut the door firmly on it and lay the broom across the doorframe.  This symbolically seals the threshold against the return of what you’ve banished.  (I also view it as an omen; the first person who crosses the threshold and steps over the broom will have a powerful effect on the household in the next year.  I usually leave it until it has been crossed by both someone from the household and a guest.)  If you don’t want to leave it for a long time because it’s in the way, at least try to leave the broom for the night before you remove it.
Imbue the drink with the energy of promises and hope for the New Year and make a celebratory toast, drinking deeply of the liquid.  This would be a good time to make oaths, New Year’s resolutions, or engage in the Norse “brag and boast” custom. Drink all of the liquid (and make sure to offer some to the household spirits also, if that is part of your custom.)

Thank the gods you follow and extinguish the candle; or leave it burn for the rest of the night until it goes out, symbolizing the light of hope in darkness (to do that, you can often put it in a kitchen sink if you’re worried about possible accidents; even if it spills over, sinks are usually fireproof.)
That’s it!  Happy New Year to you!

Peppermint lip balm DIY

Pies

WITCH TIP When making pies you can inscribe sigils and symbols into the crust to add magic to the finished product.

ROSEMARY

Rosemary: burn rosemary to rid your home of negative energy, or as an incense while you meditate. 

Hang bundles on your front door to keep harmful or negative people from entering. 

Stuff a healing poppet with dried rosemary to take advantage of its medicinal properties, or mix it with juniper berries and burn in a sickroom to promote healthy recovery. 

In spell work, substitute rosemary for other herbs such as frankincense, if needed.

You might be a Redneck Pagan

You might be a Redneck Pagan.......

if your cakes-n-ale are cornbread and moonshine.

if  your voodoo doll is made of WalMart bags.

 if "All Hail" is often misinterpreted as "awww hell"

if you gall stones for runes

 if instead of colored candles you use colored Yule lights.

if skinny dipping in the crik is part of your ritual bathing.

if your ritual robe is made out of mossy oak camo.

 if your ritual knife is also a skinning knife

if your chalice is a red solo cup

 if your ritual chalice is a mason jar that once had pickles in it.

if your cauldron is also a wash tub...

 if your cauldron is the old rusty top-load washing machine in the front yard

if you reenact the wild hunt, and actually hunt

if you call the quarters as "North, East, South and Over Yonder."

 

Altar blessing