Editress: Ginger Strivelli
In February our monthly class/ritual/meeting was held on Feb. 14th. In honor of Cupid, for our ritual, we made love charms to be given to people we knew who needed more love in their life. Our class was on building relationships with the Gods and bringing them into our everyday lives. The Feb. Witchlings’ Circle made similar wooden heart love charms, to be planted in our springtime gardens to bring love energy to fertilize the season’s flowers.
Lady Birch Langley returned to us this month and is again helping me and the rest of the APA elders to run the growing APA empire. (Thank the Gods!)
We are also planning on sending APA delegations to several Spring/Summer Pagan gatherings in the region, including one where I was asked to teach a workshop on Political Activism. (Can’t image why.) I also may be teaching my workshop on Pagan Parenting there as well. We will update that gathering’s info and other events news in the next newsletter.
Elemental Invocation Rite
by Paula Swaney
Earth
Element of Earth, I find you in the crest of the mountain, the pebbles that line the riverbed, the dust of the path I travel. You are the solidness of my body and the foundation on which I stand and I am one with you.
Air
Element of Air, I find you in the breeze that touches my face, the clouds that present me pictures in the sky, and the movement of Autumn leaves. You are my breath of life, and my wind of intellect, and I am one with you.
Fire
Element of fire, I find you in the molten lava of a volcano's eruption, the crackling warmth of the hearth's flame, and the arid heat of the desert day. You are the driving force of my will, and the flame of my passion and I am one with you.
Water Element of Water, I find you in the oceans ever changing tides, the quiet stillness of the lake, and the crashing thunder of the waterfall. You are my cleansing tears, and waves of emotion and I am one with you.
Depression/Negativity Banishing Bath Spell
By Ginger Strivelli
Add one ounce of peppermint extract, one rose quartz crystal, and a piece of fallen tree bark to a hot bath. Use the tree bark as a wash cloth.
Visiting the Dragons, Fairies, and Other Magical Creatures Ritual
By Destiny Strivelli (Age 8), Amethyst Strivelli (Age 6) and Sybilsue Strivelli (age 4)
They sit in a triangle clasping hands, while holding a stone in each of the clasped hands. (One Amethyst, One Rose Quartz, and One Aquamarine) With their eyes closed, and a blanket over their heads, they then “go to visit the dragons, and other magical beings.”
Prosperity Candle Spell
by Ginger Strivelli
Heat up one gold pillar candle, in the sunlight until the skin is slightly molten. Roll the candle in Cinnamon, then press coins, rhinestones, and seashells into the sides to decorate. You must do this quickly before the wax resets. While performing this crafting, invoke a Prosperity or Wealth God, such as Lakshmi, Genesha, or The Holly King.
“You can’t fool Mother Nature.”
Old Margarine Commercial
“Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.”
Arthur C. Clarke
“The Earth is the cradle of Humanity. But one doesn't always live in the cradle."
Konstantin Tsiokolvsky
