April 10 Ezine

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Volume 5 Issue 4 April 1st 2010
Inside this Issue:
Interview with
Amber Jayanti
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Merlin
by Gypsy Avalon
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The Order of the
Everlasting Day
By Marcus Katz
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Pagan Festival
by Frances
Billinghurst
Image © Pino Longchild
Editor’s Letter
Highlights
That’s not all though: Marcus New Zealand Pagan
Katz provides us with a glimpse Festival, P.3
at his new magickal project; The
Australian High Priestess, Frances
Order of the Everlasting Day
Billinghurst, writes about a recent
which seems to be a fascinating festival she attended.
new venture. Francis Billinghurst
as always provides an
The Meaning of
AntipoW dean perspective with her
E Archangels, P.7
accNount of a recent Pagan

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flestival in New Zealand. There’s
A
Jas Dela Luna writes about the
articles too from new
background to Archangels.
contributors Jas dela Luna and
Lina B. Humphries, not
Empathy, Development
forgetting the last in the series
& Control, P.9
about Celtic-Arthurian
M
mythology with a look at Merlin
Lina B. Humphries discusses what it
erry Meet everyone! I by Gypsy Avalon.
means to be an Empath.
trust that you are all keeping
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New Zealand Pagan Festival
by Frances Bi"inghurst
Dawn, the Builders of the
N
ew Zealand, a Adytum (or “BOTA”),
country located at founded in 1921-22 by Paul
the bottom of the Foster Case, was established
world, seemingly rather in New Zealand in 1963 after a
non-eventful (except for visit by its then head, Anne
when it banned American Davies. Other occult and
nuclear warships back in esoteric organisations exist in
the 1980s which resulted New Zealand as well, such as
in the “Big Brother” A.M.O.R.C., the O.T.O.,
attempting to impose a Society of Guardians, and
trade ban in order to get even the Order of the Nine
its own way), known for Angles.
its sheep population, love
of extreme sports, and During the 2003 Pagan Fest, I
outstanding scenery. worked with Philip Carr-
Frances at the Festival
However, just below the Gomm, author and Chief
surface there seems to be Druid of the Order of Bards,
another side to this rather Ovates and Druids. From
laid-back country that that visit, coinciding with the
would not be found in publication of his then book
travel books. “Druidcraft”, Philip was also
attracted to New Zealand,
New Zealand seems to have a whereby he established the
long and rather varied occult Avronelle School of
history which, whilst rather Druidcraft. Over a course of
hidden from view, still offers a year, during five weekends,
to intrigue those who stumble each held around the time of
across it. I first became aware the Full Moon, Philip,
of this history when, in 2003, together with 20 others, met
I attended the 4th annual New at various locations each time
Zealand Pagan Fest whereby around New Zealand to
Roel van Leeuwen, who was undertake teachings. Philip Carr-Gomm, Chief Druid
investigating this history for
his then PhD, presented a Another contact that I made
lecture on the topic. at that initial festival was
Mambo Paula Wedo, who at
Roel mentioned that when that time was a Vodou Mambo
the Hermetic Order of the sur point, meaning that she
Golden Dawn established the had undergone the second
Smaragdum Thallesses degree Vodou initiation. Since
Temple in Havelock North that time, Mambo Paula has
(more commonly known as returned to Haiti at least
“Whare Ra”) in 1912, it turned twice for various initiations,
out to be one of the last and more recently to assist in
vestibules of that Order, not the aftermath of the January
officially closing until 1978. earthquake and her Danthor
An offshoot of the Golden Foundation Drummer at the Festival
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which was set up to help the In all, there were about 12 five of the eight panellists
orphans in Haiti. different presenters offering a were in fact from that
wide range of talks over the background, with one having
When I returned to the New weekend that ranged from the actually trained with Alex
Zealand Pagan Fest in history of European magickal Sanders himself in London.
February of this year, some performances (such as Morris
seven years later, I was dancing and the Mummer In the closing ritual, Ramsay
accompanied in both the Plays), and medicinal New took on the role of a
opening and closing rituals by Zealand herbs, through to Mercurial spirit, whilst I the
occult philosopher and author Aleister Crowley’s Book of the High Priestess from the Rider
Ramsay Dukes. One of my Law and the Thelema current, Waite tarot cards. As the
biggest challenges was to write as well as comparing ritual space was opened, each
a suitable ritual without Alexandrian Wicca to modern participant took with them a
having worked with Ramsay Wicca. My own presentation seed that contained within
before and therefore not really was on the Dark Goddess them many memories of the
knowing what his ritual whereby the mantra of Kali- weekend.
influences are. Added to this Ma was chanted as a way of
was my assumption that the connecting to Deity. There A number of comments made
New Zealand Pagan scene was were also a number of over the weekend have been
still largely solitary, so what I practical workshops as well mulling around in my head
devised was loosely structured from cord making and knot since February, one being the
to allow for the different magick, through to the tarot, question of why we were
individualistic styles and past life journeying and power there, at a Pagan festival, as
personalities that was also raising, which was a lot of fun. opposed to any other kind of
suitable for about 100 festival? Why do we classify
participants (compared to the Whilst attendance numbers ourselves as Pagans? What
250 people who attended the seemed to be down compared does Paganism actually mean
2003 opening ritual). I also to the 2003 event (largely due to us? What actually sets our
blended together a number of to the global financial crisis practices truly apart from the
techniques, including which had hit New Zealand other spiritual and/or religious
vibrating Enochian elemental rather severely), there were beliefs?
calls, chanting and various still plenty to see, listen and
movements, to cater for the do with demonstrations of With what seems to be the
differing levels of experience. belly dancing and medieval push these days for Paganism
archery being had, as well as to be assimilated with the
My own invocation of the market stalls. other more orthodox religions
Goddess reflected my Wiccan in order to “ease” classification
training, whereas Ramsay’s call Prior to the closing ritual on and/or clarification (which, to
to the God showed him the Sunday there was a panel me, tends to be limited to the
Crowley-influenced with consisting of the presenters descriptions of one particular
Therion stomping around the sharing our various views and faith in particular, that of
circle. This was later opinions on how to approach Christianity), sometimes it
embraced when the other men covens and finding suitable seems hard to differentiate
present created an inner circle teachers, as well as the various between what is Christian,
reciting a version of the God structures of groups. One Buddhist etc and what is
chant I use at various rituals thing that I noted that whilst Pagan, in particular with the
of my own, in comparison to there seems to be a lack of modern concept that one can
the larger one where the interest with respect to be a “Pagan Christian” or a
women were circling in the training in more disciplined “Christian Wytch”.
opposite direction reciting the covens, particularly those
better known Goddess chant. which are more traditional in
their format (ie, that being
Alexandrian or Gardnerian),
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Wicca, in particular, has
seemed to have lost a lot of its
boundaries, so to speak,
within the wider community
with just about anyone
classifying themselves as a
Wiccan regardless of whether
they have been initiated into
the Mystery religion stemming
from Gerald Gardner that
centres around the duality and
polarity of Deity.
I am hoping that by the time I
return to the 2011 festival, that
I may at least have found
some answers. Frances Billinghurst is the High Priestess of the Temple of
the Dark Moon, an active “progressive” Wiccan coven which
offers courses in Wicca including a 13-lecture correspondence
course, as we" as holding public Fu" Moon gatherings. For
further information, write to her at PO Box 2451, Salisbury
Downs SA 5108, visit the Temple's web site.
www.templedarkmoon.com,
or email
[email protected].
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The Meaning of
Archangels
By Jas Dela Luna
“Archangels...are
heavily influenced
A
by, and rooted in,
Judaeo-Christian
rchangels serve ONE
purpose, they are here to help beliefs.”
and serve us. They have no space
or time restrictions and can be
everywhere at once to aid and
assist you. They also serve to
offer us Divine guidance, and are
simply manifestations of the
Divine energy source that flows
through all things.
dubbed “areligious” and worked The Archangels
The medieval Celestial
with by practitioners of many
Hierarchy is a method for
paths, religious and nonreligious
classification used still today in The list of archangels that I
alike.
angelology. In the Celestial have included in this article is
Hierarchy, Archangels fall into not all inclusive. The actual
A large amount of the
the eighth of nine levels. Most number of archangels is not
information available from
Archangels (all of them, other agreed upon, but these are the
historical texts are written from
than two that are known), have angels that I feel comfortable
a Christian perspective, and it
names that end in the suffix “el”. listing. Along with the
should be noted that Archangels,
“El” means “in God” and follows Archangel’s name I have
although “areligious” are heavily
the first part of the archangels’ included the meaning of their
influenced by and rooted in
name and describes the name and the religious origin of
Judeo-Christian beliefs.
archangels’ “specialty”. the angel.
There was one specific point in
Ariel- The name means “Lion
Christian history that had a
of God”. Ariel is
long-lasting effect on the
Cabalistic in origin.
public’s knowledge of

archangels. It was during the
Azrael – The name means
“reign” of Pope Zachary (741-52
Christianity? “Whom God helps”.
C.E.)of the Roman Catholic
Azrael is Hebrew and
Church. Pope Zachary believed
Muslim in origin.
that the public’s interest in the
The names of the fifteen
archangels had been
archangels featured in this
approaching idolatry. The Pope Chamuel- The name means
article are gathered from Jewish,
then decided to “officially” “He who sees God”.
Cabalistic, Christian, and
remove the names of seven Chamuel is Judeo-
Islamic ancient spiritual
archangels from the accepted Christian in origin.
practices, texts, and beliefs.
list. However, those seven
These are not the same way that
archangels are still included in
angels are recognized by these Gabriel- The name means
the list I have provided below:
religions today, as in ancient “Strength of God”.
times there was a great deal of Gabriel is Judeo-
mysticism involved in each of Christian in origin.
their practices. For this reason,
the Archangels are what I have
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Haniel- The name means is Judaic and Cabalistic
“Grace of God”. Haniel in origin.
is Babylonian and
Cabalistic in origin.
Uriel- The name means “God
is light”. Uriel is Judeo-
Jeremiel- The name means Christian in origin.
“Mercy of God”.
Jeremiel is Judaic in
Zadkiel- The name means
origin.
“Righteousness of
God”. Zadkiel is
Jophiel- The name means Cabalistic in origin.
“Beauty of God”.
Jophiel is Judeo-
Christian in origin.
Metatron- The name means
“He who occupies the
throne next to the
divine throne”.
Metatron is Judaic and
Cabalistic in origin.
Michael- The name means
“Who is like God”.
Michael is Judeo-
Christian in origin.
Raguel- The name means
“Friend of God”.
Raguel is Judeo-
Christian in origin.
Raphael- The name means
“Healing power of
God”. Raphael is
Judeo-Christian in
origin.
Raziel- The name means
“Secrets of God”.
Raziel is Judaic and
Cabalistic in origin.
Sandalphon- The meaning of
the name of
Michael tramples Satan by Guido Reni,
Sandalphon is
1636, Capuchin church of Santa Maria
unknown. Sandalphon
de"a Concezione.
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Empathy, Development and Control
by Lina B. Humphries
your state of mind. Also take help sensitize you to the
note of your surroundings; for different "feel" of each person
This month Lina example, whether you are and their emotions/thoughts
with a group of people or in a or state of mind. Everyone is
discusses what it
huge crowd. Note the different and they all give off
means to be an
differences between the state different energies. The goal
Empath and how to of mind induced when in the here is to distinguish what
presence of people and that belongs to you and what
control and utilise this
of how you are when you are belongs to others.
ability.
alone. This helps teach
discernment between yourself - Try to find an activity that
and others. brings solidity into your
physical self. This can help
mpathy is the ability
E
- You must meditate or at with the extra stress you may
to read or sense
least sit quietly and learn to have to deal with. It will also
others’ emotions and
watch your thoughts and help to prevent you from
state of mind. This gift can be
emotions. The more aware getting sick by keeping the
quite frustrating as emotional
you are about your state of energy circulating. A simple
atmospheres can become
mind and your feelings, the walk or jog is great!
overwhelming for the
easier you can tell them apart
empath. Being in large
from someone else’s. - Once you learn to identify
crowds where there are
your energy and distinguish
considerable amounts of Meditation is also a great way
that from others you have to
mixed emotions can be a to develop a sort of shield; a
find a method of releasing it
struggle and living in a big shield that protects you from
from you. Grounding and
city or just going to work or receiving energy from those
centering is a great method of
school can become a around you. It can also be
sending the energy back to
hardship. For someone who is used as a very good way to
Earth. There are other
just discovering that they filter the receiving of energy.
methods available as well;
have this empathetic ability it
There will be a difference in these include visualization,
can be quite a challenge!
the use of song or chanting.
the quantity of feelings you
receive when the shield is
Here are a few things to Whatever is chosen, make
developed and up, compared
remember from my personal sure that it is done on a
to how you feel when your
endeavors in controlling my regular basis, otherwise the
shield is not in use. This
empathetic abilities: energy will continue to
shield is a great defense
circulate within you and may
mechanism and one that can
- You should begin to take become heavy and stale.
be expanded and worked on.
note to how you are feeling,
several times a day. Stop what
- Practicing a statement such
you are doing and pay
as "This anger belongs to ...,
attention to how you feel and
but this is my feeling..." will
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