Sea Witches:

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For centuries stories of sea witches have predominately enhanced British folklore. The tradition, and legends, of Sea Witches surrounds experiences of seafarers and beachcombers as well as others in the sea faring trade. These legends with the aid of imagination, and frequently superstition, have produced tales of phantoms, or ghosts of the dead allegedly possessing supernatural powers that control the fate of seafarers on the waves.

However, the tradition of the Sea Witch still exists. Sea Witches focus on Moon lore, the tides, and weather magicks. From these elements came the Witch tradition of women who could raise wind and cause storms, which even 200 years ago could send them to the stake.

Currently the path of the Sea Witch is one chosen by few Pagans. The Sea Witch works with the chaotic forces of nature. Many term chaos evil, especially those enthralled with the powers of light. Here the Sea Witch differs, she or he recognizes that chaos, if evil at all, is a necessary evil because the chaotic climatic elements are part of the environment of the sea. Thus, the Sea Witch does not just use "white magick" and/or "black magick," but "gray magick" because the person deals with all elements at her/his disposal when maintaining a balance between light and dark powers. Not many ordinary persons can manage such a feat, which is why most Sea Witches are solitary, working alone and by themselves.

Sea magick pertains to magick performed involving the element of Water, usually performed by the seashore; however, in modern times, depending on the location of the Witch, substitutes such as a lake, river, pond, or bath tube can be used. Even placing a bowl of salt water on an altar with the proper intention will suffice. The magick is usually sea related. Although several types of magick may be performed, the most common is weather magick since precipitation is water related. Such activity stems from old traditions when sea witches were called upon to control the weather to insure seafarers safe voyages. Related to Sea Magick is Moon Magick since the Moon controls the tides of the sea.

According to legends witches were believed to be able to control the wind. One method was with the use of three knots tied into a rope, or sometimes into a handkerchief. When the three knots were tied in the proper magical way, the wind was bound up in them. Witches gave, or sometimes sold, these magic knots to sailors to help them experience safe voyages . The release of one knot brought a gentle, southwesterly wind; two knots, a strong north wind; and three knots, a tempest. In the folklore of the Shetland Islands and Scandinavia, some fishermen were said to have commanded the wind this way. The belief in controlling the wind by tying it goes back to the legends of ancient Greece; Odysseus received a bag of wind from Aeolus to help him on his journey.

In other legends the activities of witches and sorcerers have been confused, which is a commom practice even today. For example, Sir Francis Drake is said to have sold his soul to the Devil in order to become a skilled seaman and admiral. The Devil allegedly sent Drake sea witches, who raised a storm that helped him to defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588. The battle occurred near Devil's point, overlooking Davonport, which, by some, is still considered haunted by witches.

In summary, Sea Witch magick strives to achieve a balance between light and dark powers; the Witch does not focus more on one than the other. The reason for this is that the Sea Witch realizes such a balance is maintained throughout the continuum of life, even in oneself, just as it is in the environment of the sea. She/he experiences emotional depression and optimism at times, neither are harmful for short durations and both help establish personal emotional stability. When understanding this the Witch, or person, is more complete and better able to deal with life's situations.

        

Meeting Your Spirit Guides

 If you are writing your answers you are doing automatic writing. If you are using telepathic communication with your guide, be sure to write your responses down when you are finished, as one tends to forget what is given. If communication is verbal on your part, please use a recording device and record what you 'hear' or 'see'. Ask questions only once. Accept the first answers.

 

Lesson 1 - Listening and Viewing

It's time to meet one of your spirit guides.

Today you will ask spirit questions that are not personal, and can be answered by Yes or No.

They may be accompanied by physical sensations on your body such as:

 

• pressure on top of your head - opening of the crown chakra.
• a sensation on the left side of the body or face.
  The left side receives, the right side sends.
  The left side goes to the right side of the brain, the intuitive side.

Before you start, you may sense the presence of your spirit guide.

Find a quiet place, free of distractions. Relax and get comfortable. Clear your mind. Focus on your guide.

Send the thought ... Hello!

You may hear a greeting, but this is not necessary.

Send your Yes or No question telepathically or verbally i.e. Is today Monday?

Relax and allow the answer to come naturally as a thought.

Continue with other non-personal Yes or No questions until you are comfortable. Keep practicing. There is no hurry! Spirit has no 'time' table.

You may also practice this with another guide.

 

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Lesson 2: Getting to Know your Spirit Guide

Prepare paper and pen.

Send the message What is your name?

If you have trouble understanding the name, focus, then come as close to what you hear as you can. Spirit will accept whatever name you give. Names can be long and make have to be shortened. There may be more than one name for a spirit i.e. Spirit Eagle.

Begin a dialogue. Trust what you hear.

Send the message (Name of guide) Are you ready to answer questions?

Wait for an affirmative answer.

Sample questions

• Do I know you?
• Have you ever helped me? If so, how?
• How many spirit guides do I have?
• What is the purpose of our connection?
• Are you my twin flame?
• What is my mission?
• Are you my only spirit guide?
• How many guides do I have?
• Other

 

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Lesson 3 - Other Lifetimes Together

Prepare questions. Get comfortable. Greet your spirit guide.

Sample questions

 

• Did we know each other in another lifetime?
• How many lifetimes have we been connected? In what relationship?
• Have we ever reversed rules where I was your spirit guide while you lived on the Earth plane?
• Have you always been in my life in this incarnation?
• Other

 

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Lesson 4 - The Universe, Creation, Reality

Prepare a set of questions pertaining to the Universe. Take your time over as many sessions as needed.

Sample questions:

• Explain reality.
• How big is the universe?
• How and when was it created?
• Is there life on other planets?
• Do entities watch us from UFO's or other places?
• Did I know you in an alien form?
• Are there angels?
• Who is God? (Close your eyes and think Show me!)
• Are there many/any dimensions? (Close your eyes and think Show me!)
• Can a soul exist in more than one dimension?
• Does the future co-exist with the past and present?
• Do we have free will?

 

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Lesson 5 - Getting Personal With Your Guide

By now you should feel comfortable with your guide and able to differentiate his/her thoughts from your own.

You may have met more than one guide by this time and learning about the many ways each one guides you.

In the follow lessons try asking personal questions, but remember now to censor the answers based on personal needs.

Spiritual Questions ::

• Am I on the right spiritual path?
• Will you guide me to the next part of my spirit journey?
• Should I be working as a healer?
• Will you lead me to a book or home page to further learn what I have to?
• Is my current teacher good for me? Should I seek another?
• Do I need to move to a new location to find my destiny? Suggestions?
• Do I need to travel to fulfill my destiny? Where?
• Is this another aspect of my soul experiencing in this reality now?

 

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Lesson 6 - Biological, Adopted, or Foster Family Relationships

Your greatest karma (learning lessons and responsibilities) are with your family or those close to you who are like family to you. Sometimes these people remain in your life forever and other times they stay for a while and move on.

Sample questions:

 

• Are members of my biological family from my past lives?
  Ask for names and other information
  If adopted or had foster parents - use this for biological and adopted family members.
• Questions about the members of your family in relationship to you and to each other.
• Determine is a deceased family member is a guide to you. Generally they are not, but may linger around and be sensed as guiding in some way.
• Is my main karma in this lifetime to be the caretaker of (name person - usually the parent).
• If you believe you are a walk- in, ask about all family members - theirs and yours.

 

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Lesson 7 - Your Career and Job

Most people change jobs or careers in a lifetime, many returning to school. Spirit guides have a tendency to guides these changes for the better.

Sample questions:

 

• Do I have a chosen career or am I here as a searcher?
• Is the career I have chosen a lifetime career?
• Can I find a career that I am passionate about?
• I want to work in Metaphysics. Can I earn a living working in that field? Can I work part time in metaphysics?
• Will I have jobs or should I go to school and train for a career?
• Is my job a dead-end or will it improve? get promoted? more money?
• Does my boss appreciate my work?
• Am I being back stabbed at work?
• Should I begin an affair at work?
• Women: Would I truly be happier at home raising a family and changing diapers?
• Would I be happier working part time?
• Can I support myself with two part time jobs?
• Am I best suited to be ... create a list of desired job choices.
• Should I start my own business? alone? with a partner?
• Will my business merge? Evolve into something else? Fail?
• Will my race / ethnic background, etc. impede my chances for finding my suited career? - help my career?
• Am I settling for less than I could be because I have emotional problems, low self-esteem or learning disabilities?
• Am I smarter than I realize?
• Could I succeed in school after years of absence?
• Can I work from home? Choices ...

 

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Lesson 8 - Your Love Life

You are ready to ask questions about your love life. Now this is where things get tricky as the ego always kicks in here and you want to connect with The One.

Sample questions if you have a partner now

 

• Is my partner my soul mate?
• Are we together because we have karma to work out? In what way? Where does the karmic debt lie?
• Is my partner for the rest of my life? Will I have another?
• Is my partner growing spiritual as I am?
• Have we grown apart?
• Am I holding on to a relationship that is over?
• Does my partner still love me?
• Does my self esteem make me remain in this relationship?
• Why do I stay with my partner? Finances? Family? Afraid to live alone? Other?

   

Sample questions if gay

 

• Is there a reason I came in gay? genetic? karmic?
• Was I prejudiced in a past life?
• Are there learning lesson here?
• Does my soul prefer a male - (or female) role?
• Is this the first time I came in gay?
• Am I a gay male to hold female frequency, which I would not be able to do if I was straight?
• Am I afraid to admit that I am gay?

Sample questions if single

 

• Will I ever marry?
• Will I live wit someone?
• Will I find a soul mate?
• Does my soul mate exist on the Earth plane?
• Will I marry? - live with someone - ?
• Will I wind up alone?
• Do I need therapy to maintain a relationship? Do I sabotage relationships?
• Will I ever have a child?
• Is my destiny other than marriage and children?
• As my guide, can you bring me a partner?
• Does working with rituals help manifest partners?
• Would my soul's needs best be met by living alone? with a mate?
• I have searched for a partner all of my life. I am now 40 and have never met the perfect partner. Is this because I am too picky or I really don't have a partner out there?

 

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Lesson 9 - Your Love Life

Only the first answer is the correct answer.

For those searching for love

 

• Do I have a soul mate?
• How will we meet?
• Will that person recognize me?
• Will that person be ready for a full time commitment?
• I am dating - - - - - Is this my true soul mate? Ask detailed questions.

Married people

 

Why are my partner and I together? karma? love? soul mates? money? afraid to be alone?

Other

 

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Lesson 10 - My Goals in Life

Sample questions.

 

• Are my goals in life realistic?
• Do I need to change my goals pertaining to my love life? marriage? work? other?
• What goals will I accomplish?
• Other

 

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Lesson 11 - Connecting with Spirit Guides While 'On the Go' ...

Spirit guides are always there and ready to talk to you if you focus.

As you go about your day, decisions will be made about your experiences.

You can always send a question telepathically and you will receive an answer.

Driving is an important time for spirit to watch over you and to chat. Remember to pay attention and act quickly if the 'little voice in your head' sends an urgent warning.

You may also chat with your guides during the drive.

• Is there traffic ahead? Where?
• Will I be late?
• Other

 

Anyone who has info on orbs, feel free to stop in and fill me in....i have info that i found and am posting it here today....

{ What are Ghosts & Orbs?

The below statement is evidence based on the knowledge that is presently known concerning these things. Yes, ghosts are real and they do share space with us in this life although in a different realm of existence. Orbs are also believed to be ghosts of people as well as other life forms.

Orbs are believed (by many) to be ghosts in the form of balls of light. They are life forms that travel in groups and are believed to be the human soul or life force of those that once inhabited a physical body here on earth. Psychics claim to talk to them on a regular basis, and ghost hunters encounter them quite frequently. It is said that they are those spirits that have willingly stayed behind because they feel bound to their previous life or previous location for whatever reason. Because of this obsession they tend to become similar to a psychotic human beings. It should be said that the majority of us when we die proceed gladly and willingly to the next level of existence after saying our quiet good-byes, which means we're off to the spirit world. Then again, as stated, a select few elect to stay behind because of a refusal to move on. Apparently the longer they stay behind, the harder it is to find their way to the next level, which again, is the spirit world.

Ghostly orbs are the most photographed anomalies caught on film by ghost hunters and are quite photogenic (when they want to be). They can be completely transparent or display themselves in a bright solid form. It is not hard to capture them on film in their circular form. It is theorized that ghosts prefer the form of an Orb (ball of light) because it takes less energy thus being the mode of choice among the ghosts. The consensus is that small orbs take up the least amount of energy and apparitions and other fuller shapes take up the most. In the colder parts of the year, it seems that ghosts tend to find it easier to take on shapes other than orbs. That's when there is the most static electricity in the atmosphere. Those months being October through February. It is also believed that they are able to draw on our own energy when needed.  I've listed these ways but there are obviously many ways for ghosts to draw energy from the atmosphere and environment  but I won't take the time for that here.

If you're wondering, ghosts are normally harmless for the most part and have relatively no desire to bring harm to anyone nor do they have much of an awareness to act as such. Ghosts however, have been known to disrupt the lives of those that they effect and play pranks and move things about. To state it plainly, they are actually limited in the activities that they are able to carry out in their frame of existence. Non-human forms as well as evil spirits and demons, who have never had a body, have additional powers and have the ability to sway our thoughts and tempt our reasoning. This is why Ouija boards and other similar devices should be shunned! They have the ability to open windows into other realms of existence and can attract evil or bad spirits. If you are experiencing what you consider to be the effects of an evil spirit or demon in your life then it could be the location where you are living, but you must also consider your life style as well. In other words, how you are living or the activities that you involve yourself in that might  inadvertently be drawing them to you.

I might also mention a word or two about spirits in this forum. First of all, as I have alluded to earlier, ghosts and spirits are not quite the same. Spirits are capable of continuing a full existence on the other side with their full mental and emotional facilities intact, unlike their counterpart the ghost. You will most likely not encounter a spirit on a ghost hunt as you would a ghost. When they are detected, it is believed that their appearance might be in the form of ectoplasm mist, as well as a full bodied apparitions. They are permitted to visit on occasion and even communicate a message when they have permission to do so but for the most not they will not be picked up on any ghost detection devices or be photographed by any cameras (for the most part). Many believe that we have spirits assigned to watch over us, and that might very well be true but you won't normally be detecting them unless they have a special purpose in making there presence known. In other words Spirits (not ghosts) seem to have a finer spirit tissue that is for the most part undetectable. 

There are other theories concerning ORBS. I have in the past heard such theories that orbs might simply be Nature spirits or Airborne protoplasm as you would find under a microscope, except far more advanced. 

Other types of ghostly phenomenon are the vortex (funnel shaped appearance) and Ectoplasm (it has a mist or foggy appearance) also called Ecto Mist. These are often picked up on film and video as well but are much more rare. I'm not making any determinations to their origin but welcome any of your opinions on the subject.

__ J. Eaton

The opinions stated above are my own but have come through intense study, spiritual experiences, collaboration with other investigators and through many on sight investigations.

A word of counsel concerning orb photography:
Orbs can be produced by accident, and can appear quite readily on film by the elements and conditions around you. Most orb photographs are merely the result of dust or even weather conditions such as rain and humidity. Moisture, dust and airborne particles up close to the lens at the time of the flash can and will effect the results of your pictures. Always make a note of the conditions around you when doing ghost photography. }

 

The Rabbit

There are two dozen species of Cottontails in the United States, all with similar characteristics. Rabbits are vegetarians eating the inner bark of saplings and shrubs as well as leaves and fruit. They provide a perfect illustration of Nature's balance. Their rapid rate of reproduction is countered by the fact that almost every predatory animal eats them. Cottontail rabbits are quite timid, never venturing too far from the safety of their warrens. Rabbit teaches us through its timidity, to be gentle with ourselves in all situations.

The rabbit is often associated with fear because of the nervous energy it expends. They move suddenly and unpredictably. They hop and leap through life asking those with this totem to  pay attention to their personal movement.  Growth is assured if one is moving in balance with what is in their life.  If they are moving to fast or to slow an imbalance occurs and growth is stifled.

Rabbits are most visible during dawn and dusk. The sun rising and setting from horizon to horizon holds an air of mystique about it. It is a time when the invisible becomes visible and nature spirits are more pronounced.  Because the rabbit and the fairy realms are active during the same time of day it has a strong connection with the magic and mystery of other worlds. To enter this world all that is required is a leap of faith.

Sensitive with keen observation skills, the rabbit has strong reflexes that help them dash to safety quickly protecting themselves from danger. They can be seen, disappear and reappear in the twinkling of an eye.  Fast, agile and clever they hold the teachings of spontaneous decisive movement.  Always knowing which direction to go and when. When rabbit appears it is enabling you to take advantage of opportunities that may only present themselves for brief moments.

Rabbits are guides into the shadow world, where all of our personal fears lie. When the rabbit appears it is time to examine those deep reflexive fears that hold you back from growing. Do you keep dashing for the safety of your old patterns every time something new or challenging presents itself? If so the rabbit asks you to face your fears with compassion for yourself. Accept that it is part of human nature to feel fear at times, but also believe that our fears need not paralyze our growth and movement.

 

 

The Hawk

In Native American cultures the hawk represents a messenger.  It often appears in our life when we need to pay attention to the subtle messages found in our surroundings and from those we come in contact with. As with all messages received it is important to recognize its underlying truth.  Because there are so many varieties of hawk its messages vary and can affect all levels of our psyche.

One thing that all hawks have in common is the skill to move between the seen and unseen realms gracefully connecting both worlds together.  Their acute vision compliments this ability and their discriminating nature keeps them out of harms way.  The broader vision of the hawk allows them to see what the future holds.  In man this symbolizes prophetic insight.  If this medicine is underdeveloped a tendency towards over analyzing everything is common.  In so doing, clear vision is lost.  Those who hold this totem should remember to keep their analytical mind under control and not allow it to run wild.

The hawk has many foraging techniques.  The most typical in their pursuit of prey is swiftly following the animal's efforts to escape.  Once the hawk has secured the prey with its powerful talons, the bird dismembers it with its sharply pointed, strong beak.  In man, this suggests that we can run but we cannot hide from our destiny.  Sooner of later it will catch up with us.

The destiny of all humankind is to awaken from their spiritual amnesia and realign with the original intention of their soul.  When the hawk flies into our life we will be asked to evaluate who we have become and rip out the threads of our self created illusions.  This enables our inner truth to surface.

Hawk signifies union with Great Spirit.  A bird of the heavens the hawk orchestrates the changes necessary for our spiritual growth.  Having this totem can be bitter sweet.  If we accept its presence in our life we will be asked to surrender anything that doesn't honor the integrity of all life.  Be it an idea, a feeling or an action.  Although hard work is involved the rewards the hawk offers us are great.