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http://www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com/; Great prices, but the shipping cost is a little high.

DailyOM - Chanting: Feb 12, 9:05pm 1 review new-age, meditation, kirtan
http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2005/1130.html; From the page: "In many cultures and civilizations, chanting, a form of vocal meditation, has endured through the ages. Practiced by many people around the world seeking greater health, a sense of well-being, enlightenment, and a connection to the divine, chanting unites the mind, body, emotions, and breath through vocal sounding. This unification can open and nurture your creativity, lower stress levels, and teach you to become fully alert and in the moment.

Some people are naturally drawn to chant while others feel awkward using their voices in such a way. Singing along with recorded chants before chanting on your own can help dispel any nervousness. However, the chanting that will resonate most deeply and beneficially for you is the chanting you do for yourself. There are many different chants. They can be composed of names, words, sounds, syllables, or even sections of text. What you chant is less important than your willingness to focus fully on the act of chanting itself. To begin, sit comfortably with a straight back and take a series of long, deep breaths to open and flex your lungs. Then, take another breath, and with resonant tones direct your breath outward in the form of sound. Simple syllables like 'oh,' 'ee,' or 'mm' are easy to remember.

Chanting lets you raise the level of your own vibration to a higher spiritual state. You can chant as an invocation or to set intention. Reciting even the simplest chant can bolster a flagging spirit, hone the mind, and produce natural painkillers within the brain. While chanting, you may feel energy surging through your physical body or joy entering your heart. Chanting can liberate and ground you simultaneously because it allows your soul to soar freely while compelling you to focus on the here and now. "

Hecates Casting a Circle Chants: Dec 13, 2007 9:51pm 2 reviews wicca, hecate, chants, sickle, circle-casting
http://www.hecatescauldron.org/Hecate%27s-Casting-a-Circle-Chants.htm; From the page: "I cast you now, O Circle of Power,
I conjure your magick to grow and tower.
Dividing the world of mundanity from
The world of the Ancients and Mighty Ones
The space where all magick lives and breathes
Where time and place and mundanity cease.
Between the worlds, the Circle is cast,
Meeting as one with Present, Future and Past.
The Old Ones and Young Ones join the night and the day
And all that's mundane is now swept away.
All Merry Meet, suspended in Time,
The Circle is bound by the words of this rhyme."

Quarter Calls: Dec 12, 2007 11:10pm 1 review wicca, circle, quarter-calls, watchtowers, the-quarters
http://www.asiya.org/calls.html; An interesting site if you need some inspiration.

Cerynitis reviews: Nov 30, 2007 7:20pm 2 reviews stumblers
http://ceryniti.stumbleupon.com/; Ceryniti is one of my dearest friends, though we have many differences we still seem to mesh so well together.

Pagan stories for children: Nov 25, 2007 10:09pm 1 review mythology, paganism, wicca, for-kids, child-yule-stories
http://isle-of-avalon.com/stories.htm; From the page: "The first song
taken from the CD 'This Winter's Night' by Mother Tongue.

Have you ever wondered why there's so much singing at Christmas? This is the story of the very first song. It's a true story just as all stories are, if you believe in them

This story begins a long long time ago when Earth and Sun made the first beings. -- the very first plants and animals and people.

It was springtime and the Sun shone warm and bright from His high perch above, and Earth, proud mother that She was, held and fed Her newborns and relished them with tenderness and love.

It was a time of joy, it was a time of great delight. The Moon waxed and waned time and again in the night sky, and the children of the Earth grew well and strong through Summertime. They played and danced and Earth and Sun watched over them.

Then Autumn came, and the Earth began to sleep much longer every day. She grew tired and pale. She could no longer feed Her children and had no strength to make new life. High above the Sun grew more distant and took longer to return each morning. The nights grew longer and cold winds blew where none had blown before.

And then, one day, Earth went to sleep and never did wake up. She wrapped Herself in a blanket of snow and rested Her tired head on pillows of dried leaves and She did not wake up. Her children could do nothing to rouse Her from her slumber. They prodded Her, they called Her, but She would not awaken.

In the sky, the Sun was nowhere to be seen and the children of the Earth felt fear and also felt despair. This was the longest night that they had ever known.
"What shall become of us" they pondered. "Earth Mother sleeps, and Father Sun is oh so far away that we can barely see Him in the sky. He is much too far to hear our call. What shall we do?"

So they brought their questions and their fears to the Moon, the sister of the Sun, for they knew not where else to turn. She closed Her eyes and took a slow deep breath and looked within Herself and awoke thoughts that had never been awakened until then.
She opened Her soft eyes and said "When hope is lost, the best way to get it back is with a song. Climb you the tallest trees, the biggest hills and the mountains and yule a song to reach the Sun.

Now 'yule' is a word from one of the worlds oldest tongues. It is related to words like 'yell' or 'yodel' and it means 'to call out in song'.

But the first beings had never heard a song so once again they sought the Moon's advice. "How shall we yule?" they asked. "How shall we sing a song?"
"Take the best of what you have," she said, "the best of what you are. Take what you love; take what you cherish most. Take your joys, your dreams, your fondest hopes and weave them all together in a sound."
And so they did. They climbed atop the tallest trees, the mountains and the hills. They stood in all the places that would bring them closest to the Sun. They shut their eyes and thought and felt the best of thoughts and feelings and dreamt the finest dreams. And as they did their voices rang out and made a bridge of song across the sky to reach the distant Sun.

He heard, and turned, and smiled, and wrapped Himself in all His light and warmth and sped to where the yuling voices called. As He drew near the sleeping Earth did stir and dreamed a dream of Spring. And so the wheel of life made its first turn, and hope and joy prevailed. And ever since, that time of year has been called Yule in honour of the song.

But the first song did not end. It had such power, such allure that the first beings kept singing it throughout, and then the second beings born of the Earth took up the song, as did the third and so it ever since has gone, through years and years until this very day.

At times the song is very soft and scarcely can be heard above the din and clatter of our lives, but when Yule comes it rises and swells in memory of that night when the Sun heard, and light and life returned.

And so do we upon (this) that longest night gather with those we love and who love us and stand upon the body of slumbering Earth and light the log with last years and lift our voices soaring to the Sun and join the song that first was sung so very long ago.

We sing our thanks to those who went before and sing our fondest wish to those who come after. We bask in the returning light of re-awakened hope and welcome YULE."

gfpagansmeetgroup : Great Falls Pagans Meeting Group: Nov 25, 2007 11:22am 1 review paganism, wicca, wiccan, pagan, meetings
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gfpagansmeetgroup/; Great Falls Pagans Meeting Group is a relaxed social gathering for people of any of the various pagan paths, those who are seeking a pagan path, or those who are just interested to find out more information about paganism in general. The meeting provides those who attend with the opportunity to discuss paganism, network with others, make new friends, or promote any events you may be planning. The groups are open discussion so do not feel pressured to having to have something to talk about if you attend. Come laugh, talk, have fun!

Any questions, comments, or topics of interest concerning the pagan community are welcome. Newcomers are always welcome.

This group is not affiliated with any particular group in Great Falls, it is open for all groups and people to get together to network and share ideas.

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