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Voodoo priests in Benin offered sacrifices and prayers to gods and ancestors to seek an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and to other wars in Africa and elsewhere in the world.  After sacrificing a cock, spilling its blood on the ground in honour of deities and ancestors, the high priest invoked their aid to end conflict in Gaza, in Somalia, in Democratic Republic of Congo and “everywhere where peace is under threat.”

 

“If there is no tolerance, religious hatred will spawn what is happening today in Palestine, where dozens of infants and innocents are paying for the intolerance of their parents,” he added, speaking after traditional chants and dancing.

The voodoo priests, through the casting of cowrie shells, also consulted an oracle, which made a prediction for the year.

The prediction urged Benin, and the wider world, to abandon hate, pride and jealousy and embrace unity, peace and tolerance.

 

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Spell of the Week – Healing Poppet

 

*A poppet or doll, preferably self-made.

*Chamomile flowers and vervain sufficient to stuff the poppet.

*Hair or nail clippings from the object of the spell (if you can get them).

*A photo or image of the object (if you can get one).

*A black marker pen.

*A lancing pin.

*A box large enough to contain the poppet or doll.

 

As a general rule, for a healing spell to work properly and before commencing, the object of the spell needs to know, and consent to your working it. He or she doesn’t necessarily need to be present while the work is done. This spell should be performed on a full moon into its waning cycle.

 

Preparation: To construct a poppet take a suitable sized piece of cloth (use natural materials and fibers such as cotton, wool or silk and remember also to consider its colour correspondences for healing, see Colours). Fold it in two and with a pen mark out a rough image of a body. Now cut out the shape so you have two identical pieces then sew the two pieces together around the edges. Leave a hole wide enough to stuff the poppet with the chamomile flowers and vervain, also insert the photo, hair and/or nail clippings if you have them before sewing it closed. Finally with the black maker pen draw a black circle on the poppet where the ailment is concentrated.

 

The Working Ritual: Form a magick circle and call the Goddess and God to aid you spell. Consecrate the poppet and place it on your altar visualizing the object of the spell and the ailment he/she is suffering. Consecrate the lancing pin and charge it with healing energies. Take up the poppet in your left hand and the pin in your right and pierce the black circle with the pin. Concentrate all your willpower on healing the ailing individual saying or chanting something like:

 

“In the name of the Goddess and God, I lance this disease with the spear of healing. As the Full Moon wanes, let this ailment drain. No more to be, replaced with heath and vitality. So mote it be!”

 

Leave the pin in the poppet and place the poppet in the box on the altar. Visualize the object of the spell regaining good health while building your power and energy and releasing it towards its goal. When the rite has finished, store the box somewhere safe until the person is restored to good

health. The poppet can be retrieved and the rite re-worked to accentuate and re-empower the magick over a period if necessary.

Use additional lancing pins leaving each in place after each working. Once the healing is complete and success has been achieved, remove the pins and dissemble the poppet. Bury the contents outside in the earth.

 

 

Herb of the Week: Parsley

 

 

 

Latin Name: Petroslinum crispum

Common Names: Persele

Gender: Masculine

Planet: Mercury

Element: Air

Deities: Persephone

Folklore: An old superstition warns against transplanting parsley plants.

Other Uses: Medicinally, Parsley has three main areas of usage. Firstly, it is an effective diuretic, helping the body get rid of excess water. The second area of use is as an emmenagogue stimulating the menstrual process. It is advisable not to use parsley in medicinal dosage during pregnancy as there may be excessive stimulation of the womb. The third use is as a carminative, easing flatulence and the colic pains that may accompany it.

Magical Properties: Protection, Purification, Romance, Love, Communion with the Goddess

 

Crystal of the Week – Celestite

 

 

 

Colours: Blue, Yellow, Red, White

Crystal System: Rhombic

Rarity: Easily obtained, but can be quite expensive

Source: Britain, Egypt, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Libya, Madagascar

Energy: Receptive

Planet: Venus, Neptune

Elements: Air, Water

Deities: Angels

Mineralogy: A mineral consisting of strontium sulfate.

Spiritual Uses: It is known to accelerate spiritual development, stimulate clairvoyant communication, aid dream recall and astral travel.

Emotional Uses: Decreases negativity by putting an end to stress, worry and anxiety.

Physical Uses: Eliminates toxins, helpful in treating throat and thyroid problems.

Folklore: The name Celestite comes from a Latin word meaning Heaven.

Magical Properties: Power, Love, Angelic Guidance, Communication with higher realms.

 

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Thought For The Week

 

“Sometimes the smallest gesture can brighten someone’s day.”

 

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In the News

Witchcraft is being put on the curriculum for India’s primary schoolchildren in an effort to debunk superstitions that are behind scores of gruesome murders every year. A belief in witches and the evils purportedly wrought by them – from famine to sporting failure – is widespread among tribal communities in the country’s impoverished rural hinterland. It is estimated that 750 people, mostly elderly women, have been killed in witch-hunts in the states of Assam and West Bengal since 2003.

Lesbian and gay Christians have denounced Pope Benedict’s claim that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behaviour is as important as saving the rainforest from destruction.  The Pontiff said humanity needed to listen to the “language of creation” to understand the intended roles of man and woman and that behaviour beyond traditional heterosexual relations was a “destruction of God’s work”.  But the Rev Sharon Ferguson, chief executive of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement, described his remarks as “totally irresponsible and unacceptable in any shape or form.”  “When you have religious leaders like that making that sort of statement then followers feel they are justified in behaving in an aggressive and violent way because they feel that they are doing God’s work in ridding the world of these people.”

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Spell of the Week – Spell to Heal the Earth

Plant a small tree, bush or local flower from seed. 
Bless the soil it is placed in, the Water you use on it and allow it full moonlight when the moon is full.
When it is strong enough, take it to a place where it is native and will not upset the ecosystem. 
As you plant it say:

“Gentle Goddess, might Earth.
Taker this offering of mine.
Blessings I shower upon your earth.
And heal you in the fullness of time.”

Herb of the Week: Olive

Latin Name: Olea europaea
Common Names: Oleander
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Sun
Element: Fire
Deities: Apollo, Athena, Minerva, Ra, Irene
Folklore: The oil was used to burn the sacred lamps in the temples, and in the ancient Olympics, the victor was crowned with the leaves.
Medicinal Uses: Antibiotic, antiviral and antifungal, boosts the immune system.
Magical Properties: Fertility, Health, Lust, Peace, Potency, Protection
Cautions: None

Crystal of the Week – Chalcedony

Colours: White, Pink, Blue, Red, Grey
Crystal System: Trigonal
Rarity: Common
Source: USA, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Iceland, Mexico, New Zealand, Turkey, Russia, Brazil, Morocco
Energy: Receptive
Planet: Moon
Elements: Water
Deities: Nike, Selene, Mother and Lunar Goddesses
Mineralogy: A form of Silica
Spiritual Uses: It promotes calm and peaceful feelings.
Emotional Uses: Balances the emotions.
Physical Uses: Lessens the effect of dementia and senility, increases physical energy.
Folklore: In the 16th Century it was prescribed by magicians to dissolve fantasies and illusions.
Magical Properties: Peace, Nightmares, Travel, Protection, Lactation, Luck, Telepathy, Generosity

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Thought For The Week

“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul.  Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.”

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In the News

The number of prisoners who describe themselves as pagan has more than doubled in England and Wales since 2003, according to new government figures.  According to prison service guidelines, pagan prisoners are permitted to keep artefacts, including a hoodless robe and a flexible twig for use as a wand, among their personal possessions. Naked worship, known as skyclad, is not allowed.

Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed an ancient grave of an elderly woman believed to have been a magical healer 12,000 years ago.  The grave was found in a burial ground for at least 28 people in a small cave in the lower Galilee region of present-day Israel.  The special treatment of the body and use of stones to keep it in a certain position suggests the woman held a unique position in the community.  It is likely she was viewed as a magical healer or witch doctor, archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem said.

Spell of the Week – Goddess Oil Recipe

1/2 teasp?oon dried? Yarro?w 
1/2 teasp?oon dried? Sweet? Basil? 
1 teasp?oon powde?red Myrrh? 
3 drops? Rose oil 
3 drops? Laven?der oil 
1/2 cup Olive? oil 

Mix toget?her and allow? to matur?e for 3 weeks? in a warm dark place?,? shake? daily?.? Strai?n and charg?e under? the light? of the Moon.?

Herb of the Week: Nettles

Latin Name: Urtica dioica
Common Names: Stinging Nettle
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Mars
Element: Fire
Deities: Thor
Folklore: In Great Britain the stinging nettle is the only common stinging plant, and has found a place in several figures of speech in the English language. To “nettle” someone is to annoy them.
Medicinal Uses: Nettles have a long history of use in the home as a herbal remedy and nutritious addition to the diet. A tea made from the leaves has traditionally been used as a cleansing tonic and blood purifier so the plant is often used in the treatment of hay fever, arthritis, anaemia etc.
Magical Properties: Exorcism, Healing, Lust, Protection, Purification.
Cautions: The leaves of the plants have stinging hairs, causing irritation to the skin. This action is neutralized by heat or by thorough drying, so the cooked leaves are perfectly safe and nutritious. However, only young leaves should be used because older leaves develop gritty particles called cystoliths which act as an irritant to the kidneys.

Crystal of the Week – Angelite

Colours: Blue and white
Crystal System:
Rarity: Easily obtained
Source: Britain, Egypt, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Libya
Energy: Receptive/Projective
Planet: Venus
Elements: Air
Deities: Elohim, Archangels
Mineralogy: Formed from Celestite which has compressed over millions of years.
Spiritual Uses: Facilitates conscious contact with the angelic realm.
Emotional Uses: Helps the bearer to be more compassionate and accepting.
Physical Uses: Provides the body with protection from the environment.
Folklore: Intuitive sources say Angelite can be used to enhance one’s connections to the higher domains– to one’s spirit guides, teachers and guardian angels. It is said to be excellent for balancing the physical & etheric energies, for telepathy and astral travel, for creating a psychic shield of protection & for promoting peace. It is an inner key to the realms of Light. 
Magical Properties: Love, Healing, Power, Protection

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In the News

A gnome has been caught on camera by a group of friends in South America.  Experts have deemed the footage, showing a short creature sidestepping down a street in Santiago del Estero, Argentina as “credible”.
One witness said: “We were messing about - singing and dancing - when we heard a loud rustling noise from behind us. This tiny thing started running down Avenue San Martin at us. It had a pointy head and dark clothes.  It was a person of incredibly low stature. We filmed it then got scared and ran off. This little thing was barking like a dog - but running sideways on two legs. It headed off towards the football stadium.”
Hundreds of other sightings have been reported over the past 20 years, with local authorities confirming that they have known about the “creepy gnome” for several years.

Japanese climbers returning from a mountain in western Nepal said they had found footprints they think belonged to the abominable snowman.  The Yeti is said to live in the Himalayan regions of Nepal and is largely regarded by the scientific community as a mythical creature.  Sherpas narrate tales of a wild hairy creature roaming the Himalayas, capturing the imagination of foreign climbers of Mount Everest since the 1920s. Those stories prompted many, including Sir Edmund Hillary, to carry out yeti hunts.  “We saw three footprints which looked like that of human beings,” Kuniaki Yagihara, a member of the Yeti Project Japan, said in Kathmandu, after returning from the mountain with photographs of the footprints.  “We know how the footprints of bear, deer and mountain goat look like and it was none of that,” he said. “We believe it is that of Yeti.”

Spell of the Week – Black Opal Charm

The black? opal is widel?y known? as the “?Witch?es Stone?“? and is prize?d for its magic?k enhan?cing
prope?rties?.? To incre?ase your magic?kal power?,? charg?e the stone? with the follo?wing chant? and place? it on your altar?.? 

“?Opal black?,? of burni?ng fire 
Add the power? that’?s requi?red 
To make my magic?k hit its mark,? 
By light? of day, or night? so dark.?“ 

Herb of the Week: Myrrh

Latin Name: Myrrhis odorata
Common Names: Gum Myrrh Tree, Karan
Gender: Feminine
Planet: Moon
Element: Water
Deities: Isis, Adonis, Ra, Marian
Folklore: Myrrh was used as an embalming ointment and was used, up until about the 15th century, as a penitential incense in funerals and cremations.
Medicinal Uses: It is useful in the treatment of coughs and flatulence, and also as a gentle stimulant for the stomach. The root is antiseptic and a decoction has been used to treat snake and dog bites.   
Magical Properties: Exorcism, Healing, Protection, Purification, Spirituality.
Cautions: May cause contact dermatitis in people with sensitive skin.

Crystal of the Week – Ametrine

Colours: Purple and Yellow
Crystal System: Trigonal
Rarity: Readily available though obtained from only one mine
Source: Bolivia 
Energy: Receptive/Projective
Planet: Jupiter, Neptune, Sun
Elements: Water/Fire
Deities: 
Mineralogy: An unsual crystalline quartz that unites amethyst and citrine.
Spiritual Uses: Connects contradictions, gives the wearer luck and success.
Emotional Uses: Encourages optimism and brings harmony.
Physical Uses: Strong metabolic cleanser.
Folklore: None as it was only discovered a few years ago.
Magical Properties: Protection, Balance, Luck, Success

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In the News

A Norwegian politician said she would not be seeking re-election after being forced to admit she had ran up a large phone bill making calls to fortune-tellers.  Sarah Khaen spent several hundred thousand Norwegian kroner on the calls in recent years.  In a single quarter, her phone bill came to 48,000 kroner (almost 6,000 euros), spending more than twice as much as her parliamentary colleagues.  Her calls became so frequent that many fortune-tellers told her to stop ringing.

Worried bookmakers have stopped taking bets on aliens showing up on Earth.  It follows a flurry of bets amid internet buzz that a massive intergalactic spaceship will appear today (14th October).  Videos and messages on YouTube, blogs and UFO websites are buzzing with predictions that a vessel from the alien Federation Of Light will be visible in our skies for three days.  Bookies William Hill are taking it seriously enough to temporarily suspend betting on proof of the existence of intelligent alien life being confirmed by PM Gordon Brown.

Spell of the Week – Blood/Hunters Moon

Full Moon energy is used for banishing, protection and divination. It is a time for maximum power.
The Hunter’s Moon is the first full moon after the harvest moon, which is the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox.
The cold weather returns. Herds are culled for winter slaughter. Candle colour for this moon is deep red, symbolic of the colour of shed blood from the herds, and of the game. It is a time for Inner cleansing, justice, balance, and inner harmony.

In the northern hemisphere, the Hunter’s Moon appears in October or November, usually in October.
Traditionally, it was a feast day in parts of western Europe and among some Native American tribes, called simply the Feast of the Hunter’s Moon.

“As it was and remains today,
Death feeds life,
And life honours death.
Come to me my prey!
I will give you a good death,
And praise you
With my breath.”

The Hunter’s Moon is also known as the Blood or Sanguine Moon as traditionally this was around the time that surplus livestock would be slaughtered before the onset of Winter. As life grows so shall it wither, and this manifestation of the moon should be reflected in any ritual. Without closure we cannot begin a cycle anew as nature dictates. Use the balancing energy of the Blood Moon to even out extremes in your life, and to make preparations for hard times.

Herb of the Week: Mullein

Latin Name: Verbascum thapsus
Common Names: Aaron’s Rod, Blanket Leaf, Candlewick Plant, Graveyard Dust, Hedge Taper, Jupiter’s Staff, Velvet Plant
Gender: Feminine
Planet: Saturn
Element: Fire
Deities: Jupiter
Folklore: The down on the leaves and stem makes excellent tinder when quite dry, readily igniting on the slightest spark, and was, before the introduction of cotton, used for lamp wicks, hence another of the old names: ‘Candlewick Plant.’
Medicinal Uses: Externally an extract made in olive oil is excellent in soothing and healing any inflamed surface or easing ear problems.
Magical Properties: Courage, Protection, Healing, Love, Divination, Exorcism, Romance
Cautions: 

Crystal of the Week – White Howlite

Colours: White
Crystal System:Monoclinic
Rarity: Easily obtained.
Source: United States
Energy: Receptive
Planet: Moon
Elements: Air
Deities: 
Mineralogy: A silicate found in evaporite deposites.
Spiritual Uses: Stimulates ambition and removes blocks.
Emotional Uses: Calms anger and encourages self-love.
Physical Uses: Relieves insomnia, balances calcium levels.
Folklore: Named after mineralogist Henry How, who first discovered the gemstone in Nova Scotia during the 19th century.
Magical Properties: Astral projection and past life regression, Power, Healing.

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The elements of nature - Earth, Air, Fire and Water are the composition of the mineral kingdom, these elements form the structure of our physical plane.

The mineral kingdom provides a stable balance for planetary structure - it gives us a fixed stage for our ever-changing existence.

Stones provide building materials and tools, they shelter; guard personal safety; and protect the dead.

 

Crystals are manifestations of the universal forces of deity, natural batteries which contain and concentrate the Earth’s energies - which in turn can be focused to bring about needed change.  They are efficient absorbers and transmitters of energy, one of their functions is to cleanse and transmute negative enrgy, especially on the electro-magnetic waveband.  They are the Earth’s DNA, a chemical imprint for evolution.

 

The life-force energies of the mineral kingdom give form and balance to all other kingdoms.  The vegetable kingdom responds to the mineral kingdom, as do the animal and human kingdoms.  The human structure is made up of minerals, and the spiritual qualities of the minerals can be expressed in human form.

A person’s natural psychic abilities interact with the aura/energy field of a crystal.  The mineral kingdom strengthens energy pathways, and responds to light in the form of electricity and radiation.  Crystals can attract and amplify energies that are in sympathy with its aura, and stimulate growth.

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In the News…….

Humans may one day be returning to the forests to live in ecological homes grown from tree roots. Scientists from the U.S and Israel have proposed building the ingenious ‘tree-homes’ in cities and towns as a way of saving the planet.
Using the advanced techniques of airoponics, where plants are grown without soil, the green-fingered researchers are confident the first prototype home could be ready in just ten years.

Thirteen football fans died after a goalkeeper used witchcraft to help his losing side.   A riot broke out at a local derby in Congo between Nyuki and Socozaki, with supporters killed - and over 50 others injured - in a stampede for the exits. Witchcraft is widespread in the central African state but Socozaki’s players reacted angrily when the opposing keeper ran upfield to place symbols in their goalmouth. 

Some see a tunnel or a bright light. Others float above their hospital bed, looking down at doctors and nurses from the ceiling of an operating theatre. Now - in the biggest study of its kind - scientists are to examine the near-death experiences of 1,500 hospital patients to see if out-of-body experiences are real or just a trick of the mind.  Dr Sam Parnia, who is leading the study at University of Southampton, said: ‘If you can demonstrate that consciousness continues after the brain switches off, it allows for the possibility that the consciousness is a separate entity.’

Spell of the Week – Call the Wind Emotion Spell

This is a simple call to the Wind when you feel threatened, frustrated, angry, or the like. When you recite this, hold out your arms in welcome to the Wind, and, of course, feel.

"Strong gusts of Sweet Nature's Life
Soft scented stillness to calm all strife
Blow for me, breathe for me
Sweeping all evil away
Blow for me, breathe for me
In dark winter night or bright summer day "

Herb of the Week: Mistletoe
Latin Name: Viscum album
Common Names: All Heal, Birdlime, Devil's Fuge, Donnerbesen, European Mistletoe, Golden Bough, Holy Wood, Lignam sanctae crucis, Witches Broom, Wood of the Cross

Gender: Masculine
Planet: Sun
Element: Air
Deities: Apollo, Frejya, Frigg, Venus, Odin

Folklore:  Mistletoe was held in great reverence by the Druids. They went forth clad in white robes to search for the sacred plant, and when it was discovered, one of the Druids ascended the tree and gathered it with great ceremony, separating it from the Oak with a golden knife. The Mistletoe was always cut at a particular age of the moon, at the beginning of the year, and it was only sought for when the Druids declared they had visions directing them to seek it. When a great length of time elapsed without this happening, or if the Mistletoe chanced to fall to the ground, it was considered as an omen that some misfortune would befall the nation. The Druids held that the Mistletoe protected its possessor from all evil, and that the oaks on which it was seen growing were to be respected because of the wonderful cures which the priests were able to effect with it. They sent round their attendant youth with branches of the Mistletoe to announce the entrance of the new year.  
Medicinal Uses: Uses include treatment of hypertension, epilepsy, menstrual problems, headache and hemorrhage; improves circulation; aphrodisiac.
Culinary Uses: None
Magical Properties: Fertility; love; protection; visions.
Cautions: Berries are poisonous – do not consume.

 
Crystal of the Week – Tourmaline 

Colours: Various
Crystal System: Trigonal
Rarity: Easily Obtained
Source: Brazil, Africa, Tanzania, Nigeria, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malawi.
Energy: Receptive
Planet: Venus
Elements: Earth
Deities: Al-Uzza, Aradia, Hine-Nui-Te-Po, 
Mineralogy: Crystal silicate mineral compounded with elements such as aluminium, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium.
Spiritual Uses: It promotes an appreciation for the many wonders that life has to offer.
Emotional Uses: It encourages patience and openness, as well as sincere interest in fellow human beings.
Physical Uses: All the tourmalines contain a wide scope of healing effects. The multi-coloured tourmalines combine several qualities.
Folklore: Native Americans have used pink and green tourmaline as funeral gifts for centuries. An old Egyptian legend, is that the tourmaline, on its long journey up from the centre of the Earth, passed over a rainbow. In doing so, it assumed all the colours of the rainbow.
Magical Properties: Power, Healing, Love, Money, Grounding, Protection, Purification

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Thousands of Neapolitans crowded into the city’s cathedral on Friday to witness the miracle of Saint Gennaro — whose dried blood is said to liquefy twice a year, 17 centuries after his death.

Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, archbishop of Naples, announced the blood turned to liquid at 9:45 a.m. and the glass phial was paraded to crowds outside, who set off fireworks in celebration.

“It (the saint’s blood) is the seed of hope for all of us,” Sepe said.

Legend has it that when Gennaro was beheaded by pagan Romans in 305 A.D., a Neapolitan woman soaked up his blood with a sponge and preserved it in a glass phial.

The substance usually turns to liquid twice a year - on September 19, the saint’s feast day, and on the first Saturday in May.

The miracle was only first recorded in 1389, more than 1,000 years after Gennaro’s martyrdom.

More scientifically minded sceptics say the “miracle” is due to chemicals present in the phial whose viscosity changes when it is stirred or moved.

Some Neapolitans fear disaster may strike the city if the blood of the fourth-century martyr does not turn to liquid.

Disaster has struck at least five times after the blood failed to liquefy, including in November 1980 when some 3,000 people died in a massive earthquake that struck southern Italy.

Naples has endured a difficult year, with the historic port city’s image stained by a trash crisis that saw rotting rubbish pile up in city streets.

Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist, an influential thinker and the founder of analytical psychology.
He emphasized understanding the psyche through exploring the worlds of dreams, art, mythology, world religion and philosophy, much of his life’s work was spent exploring Eastern and Western philosophy, alchemy, astrology, sociology, as well as literature and the arts.
Jung emphasized the importance of balance and harmony, his most notable ideas include the concept of psychological archetypes, the collective unconscious and synchronicity.
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Archetypes

Archetypes are hereditary universal psychic formations from which the basic themes of human life emerge. Being universal and innate, their influence can be detected in the form of myths, symbols, rituals and instincts of human beings. Archetypes are components of the collective unconscious and serve to organize, direct and inform human thought and behaviour.

The origins of the archetypal hypothesis date back as far as Plato. Plato’s ideas were pure mental forms, that were imprinted in the soul before it was born into the world.

It is only possible to live the fullest life when we are in harmony with these symbols; wisdom is a return to them (CW8:794).

All the most powerful ideas in history go back to archetypes. This is particularly true of religious ideas, but the central concepts of science, philosophy, and ethics are no exception to this rule. In their present form they are variants of archetypal ideas created by consciously applying and adapting these ideas to reality. For it is the function of consciousness not only to recognize and assimilate the external world through the gateway of the senses, but to translate into visible reality the world within us (CW8, 342).

Jung outlined four main archetypes:

The Self, the regulating center of the psyche and facilitator of individuation
The Shadow, the opposite of the ego image, often containing qualities that the ego does not identify with but possesses nonetheless
The Anima, the feminine image in a man’s psyche; or:
The Animus, the masculine image in a woman’s psyche
The Persona

Although the number of archetypes is limitless, there are a few particularly notable, recurring archetypal images:

The Child
The Hero
The Great Mother
The Wise old man
The Trickster or Fox

Tarot Cards are an excellent way to study and work with spiritual archetypes.

Collective Unconsciousness / Akashic Records

The collective unconscious is known as “a reservoir of the experiences of our species.” It is a concept similar to that of the Akashic Records.
The akashic records are a compendium of mystical knowledge encoded in a non-physical plane of existence. These records contain all knowledge of human experience and the history of the cosmos. They are metaphorically described as a library, and are is sometimes referred to as the ‘Mind of God’. The records are constantly updated and can be accessed through astral projection. Individuals who claimed to have consciously used the akashic records include: Charles Webster Leadbeater, Dion Fortune, George Hunt Williamson, Madam Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and Edgar Cayce.

The akasha are the library of all events and responses concerning consciousness in all realities. Every life-form therefore contributes and has access to the akashic records. Any human can become the physical medium for accessing the records, and that various techniques and spiritual disciplines such as meditation, prayer and visualization can be employed to achieve the focused state necessary to access the records.

C.W. Leadbeater conducted research into the akashic records during the summer of 1910 and recorded the results in his book Man: How, Whence, and Whither? The book records the history of Atlantis and other civilizations and even the future society of Earth in the 27th century. The akashic records are referred to by Edgar Cayce, who stated that each person is held to account after life and ‘confronted’ with their personal akashic record of what they have or have not done in life in a karmic sense.

Synchronicity

Synchronicity is the experience of two or more events which are causally unrelated occurring together in a meaningful manner. Causal relationships are understood as simultaneous - that is, the cause and effect occur at the same time. Jung felt this principle gave conclusive evidence for his concepts of archetypes and the collective unconscious, in that it was descriptive of a governing dynamic that underlies the whole of human experience and history — in social, emotional, psychological, and spiritual terms.

During the production of The Wizard of Oz, a coat bought from a second-hand store for the costume of Professor Marvel was later found to have belonged to L. Frank Baum, author of the children’s book upon which the film is based.

Recognizing synchronicity in our lives can help us to follow our deepest intuitions, even when they run counter to conventional wisdom and logic. Synchronicities are people, places or events that your soul attracts into your life to help you evolve to higher consciousness or to place emphasis on something going on in your life. The more ‘consciously aware’ you become of how your soul manifests, the higher your frequency becomes and the faster you manifest positively.

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