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These last few days my dear listeners I have found myself upset, frantic even, emotional, and venting - I've remained grounded but barely and as a result I'm tired, my cup is going dry and as I waited in the airport to fly to Denver to meet my partner's mother for the first time I found the words and thoughts of others around me to vibrate painfully, grating off my eardrums. This is a sign that I'm not in a good place. That I allowed myself to become the effect versus the cause in my environment, and my environment now becomes an irritant. While I was Meditating with them, my Runes kept repeating to me this statement “I'm over directed towards outer things.” Outer things meaning things that are outside my sphere of control, outside of myself. And recently I've felt justified in reacting because things have been outside of my control. I don't control airlines, I don't control my partner's friends' bad decisions, I don't control the internet, sales tax, rental car prices - and I've been upset because my expectations of others were not met, people I care about were injured and there was nothing I could do about it. All I could do about it was react, get frazzled and now I find myself exhausted. It took a good hard long look at myself today in meditation sitting here in a hotel room in Colorado, my runes on full repeat - screaming Naudhiz! Naudhiz! Naudhiz! for me to finally listen, and realize that the story I'm playing that I allowed to run my world for the past week is bullshit. It's not the outside world making me this way, it's me - and I can be something other than upset. If I choose to rise above my monkey mind and reactionary behaviors. So the Rune Naudhiz (or Needfire) has the following Rune poems associated with it: #1 Need is constricting on the chest, Although to the children of men it often becomes A help and salvation nevertheless #2 Need makes for a difficult situation The naked freeze in the frost #3 Need is the grief of the bondmaid And a hard condition to be in and toilsome work So Naudhiz, which is translated to need or needfire, roughly means - from the darkness & cold the need for fire is realized, however, the fire must be generated within yourself to banish distress. So in other words, the only cause for the fire that banishes distress is your own will that comes from within. Your own thought process & realization to rise above the stressful circumstances, or the ability to start making choices and plans (remember idea, thought, plan, action - the 4 worlds principle from ep.1 ) that put you in places where distress does not occur. Now per Rune poem #2, line two “the naked freeze in the frost” i.e. those who do not help themselves out of distress remain in distress or die (the naked freeze). Those who are in victim stay in victim unless they change their thought process. So here my runes were telling me “Angel! Get your shit together and stop reacting to circumstance - take your thoughts back, get it together, and start being the cause!” All thought is acted upon - and as the thinker you always have control over your own thought process (both reactionary and causal), and in my case I needed to build a fire of gratitude to start to replenish my resources and get back on track as the creator of my reality replenishing my reserves. Now I keep saying effect vs. cause, or be the cause not the effect in my life. My runes were being really blunt with me and reminding me of the hermetic & buddhist principle of cause & effect. Hermetic rule #6 of the laws of the universe and this week's law of abundance. The law of causality. Which is “be the cause in your life or else you will just experience effects.” Here is the hermetic principle as quoted from the Kybalion. “Every cause has its effect; every effect has its cause; everything happens according to the law; chance is but a name for law not recognized; there are many places of causation, but nothing escapes the law.” So my listeners, thinking about the principle of cause and effect in your life - ask yourself where am I a cause or where am I an effect in my life? To do this you must acknowledge your thoughts & behaviors - are they just reactive to your environment all the time? Are you telling yourself a story that is bringing about a certain reality? or are you actively curating your thoughts, words & acts to bring about effects you truly desire into your environment? When things do not go as we planned in life we become unhappy. I recently experienced this - but when this happens instead of wallowing and blaming others for our unhappiness (this is focusing on outside circumstances so you end up naked and frozen like the Naudhiz rune poem). You must instead identify the cause, even if the cause appears outside yourself (like my recent situation) so it can at least break you out of being a slave to reactionary thought & action which compounds on itself leaving us trapped in a drama blender where we keep getting whirled around by circumstance. If we can focus on the cause we break the cycle, we recognize we can forge our own path, that we can take action to change circumstance, or at least change our mind about the situation so our thoughts & REACTION is a choice we make and our own. This moves us from the victim of our circumstance to the author of our world. Cause and effect is a law of the universe that is impossible to escape. It is the root of karma, it is part of synchronicity, part of fate, part of the web of wyrd. No one ever escapes cause & effect even if it may appear so on the surface or right now- it just comes in different ways to different people. But those who follow this rule of Cause & Effect and apply this law of abundance, this hermetic principle to their lives, are always in the process of attempting to be master of their lives thru right cause, right action, the will of acting in alignment with purpose, gratitude and positivity in order to elevate themselves from a place of victim of circumstance. Things like meditation, ritual, prayer, gratitude practices allow us to master the mind, gain mastery over emotions & desires, mastery over our thoughts so we can master our universe and be the change (the cause) we wish to see in the world as Gandhi taught, as Buddha taught, as hermetics teaches. Our thoughts = our reality. Thought & word = first cause. We must have vigilance in our thoughts to keep our thoughts in the light & love & higher self, to remain the cause and stay a master of our lives and circumstances. This is a practice to engage in every single day. And it's not a simple one as my story in this podcast today illustrates. It requires constant vigilance. I can still let my circumstances set me in a thought cycle, but I have a daily practice that can pull me out of it. I learned and practiced this discipline every day. I chant, I do rituals, I meditate, I work with the runes & tarot to help my higher self send me messages to wake me up if I am getting cloudy. Sometimes I slip, but then I get back up and try again. And I did not get here alone. My path to living this law of abundance has come with 25 years of Buddhist practice and 10 plus years as an adept and higher-level initiate with the modern mystery school. Honestly, my deep hard look at cause and effect didn't really fully mature until I chose the ritual master path and started studying hermetics thanks to the kind and loving nurturing of my ritual master teacher Ipsissmus Dave Lanyon. And with this training, I decided that the best way to be the cause in my life was to choose to be of service to others, to be a spiritual guide in the lineage of King Salomon so I can teach others how to step on the path that leads to know thyself and gives people not the answer, but the tools to find the answer. In other words, I teach people how to fish versus giving them the fish. I empower versus enable. How do I do that? Specifically now with things like this podcast, and the tools & teachings I am privileged to pass down through the Empower Thyself class and initiation. If you want to step on the path to purpose and start being the cause in your life, the tools, practices, and energetic life lift Empower Thyself gives you are a game-changer. I am able to hand you down simple daily practices and connect you to the power cell of a 3000+ year old tradition - that if used will help you know yourself better, start to live alive and awake and empowered so you start to be the cause in your life versus the effect. Empower Thyself is not a self-help book or some new age think yourself into a rich kind of process. It is a set of practical tools to allow you to break free from your negative ego and everywhere it keeps you trapped. It is the beginning of a means to learning how to tell yourself the truth in a kind & loving way, the beginning of a daily practice that if done consistently (or even at an average level of application) will start your engine toward making causes for a life you want to live in. It is a choice to become the author of your life and opens so many doors. Every single dollar and minute I've invested into my own mystery school training for my personal development has come back to me tenfold in joy and abundance and life satisfaction. I am not wanting for anything in my life and yes I may still have a bad day here and there, but I no longer have a bad month or year. I'm resilient. I have reserves and my daily practices make me strong so I am the author of my destiny. I love myself and I love humanity to such an extent that I am now committed 100% of my existence as a guide to helping others find the path to their true self. Nothing about my path has been easy or fast. This is a discipline that I choose every day along with my Buddhist practice. But every day I choose love. And I hope that my words can encourage you - if nothing else to choose to be the cause every day of your life. Free yourself from the slavery of a reactionary life ruled by thoughts and stories generated from your negative ego and lower self. And maybe my words have made you curious about empowering thyself and learning daily practices and thought structures to help you on this path. If this is the case then I can help with that! Reach out, we can connect and chat, get you in for a life activation, and register for Empower Thyself with me or a guide in your geographic area. I hope to hear from you and shine the light for you to step on the path to being the cause, to finding your own inner fire. Until then I love you all and remember you are the cause if you choose to be.
On episode 25 of the Magick and Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby discuss ritual and lore for Beltane. They talk about the Roman festival Floralia, May Queens, and handfasting. They consider Beltane's connection to both fire and water, and share a few superstitions surrounding the sacred Needfire. Created by Tamed Wild. Production by KT Herr. Music by Follow the Wind, Taizo Audio. Sources: “Beltane: Rituals, Recipes and Lore for Mayday” by Llewellyn https://tamedwild.com/products/sabbat-series-books?_pos=1&_sid=ac836c35b&_ss=r
I interview Minta Karlsson about Trolldom and Needfire Wellness. In this interview, we talk about methods of folk magic, how to get started, as well as dealing with our complex understandings of our own ancestors as settler colonialists. We talk about how the privilege of traveling to our ancestral homelands has opened our eyes to what we're missing in America, and how to try to make that more accessible to people who still live in America. I am also happy to announce that the Radical Runes course is live! This is a 12-week rune intensive starting on September 15, 2020. You can learn more and register here: https://www.northernlightswitch.com/product/radical-runes-course/ If you want to treat yourself to some magical goodies, head on over to needfirewellness.com and use offer code HeathenJourneyPodden for 10% off your purchase. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/heathens-journey/support
In this Fireside Chat, Hannah talks about the synchronicity associated with Open Lines Radio, speaking with fluent authenticity, and the containment of fire.
This is the first chapter of NeedFire by guest author Amy Braun. Sophia is forced to make a difficult choice when the worst happens. NeedFire is available to buy on the Amazon store.
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: We Are They, (Arizona, USA) - 'The Swashbuckling Rum Run of Tom Lefting', (We Are They) Coole Park, (Ontario, Canada) - 'Old Hag, You Have Killed Me', (Water Journeys) Needfire, (Texas, USA) - 'In a Town Near Edinburgh, (Needfire) The Borderers, (South Australia) - 'Na Mara', (Inspired) Morgen La Civita, (New Jersey, USA) - 'Joni Mitchell Memory', (From The Basement) Song Of The Lakes, (Michigan, USA) - 'Amberetta', (Poets Say) Odarka Stockert, (New Jersey, USA) - 'Everytime I leave you', (Secret Songs) Tortoise and Hair, (Georgia, USA) - 'Traveling Song', (A Front Row Seat)
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Needfire, (Texas, USA) - 'Tomorrow's Sunrise', (Cat in a Cannon) Perpetual e-Motion, (Maine, USA) - 'April Waltz', (Perpetual e-Motion) Bloomsday, (Illinois, USA) - 'Howling Moy', (Four Who Share the Room) Sarana VerLin, (Michigan, USA) - 'Chagford Reel', (Bats & Butterflies) The Minnows, (Northern Ireland, UK) - 'Free Man Freeman', (Leonard Cohen's Happy Compared to Me) Katherine Moller, (New Brunswick, Canada) - 'Tipsy Gypsy', (By Request) Tori Allen, (Texas, USA) - 'Mr. Devil', (Stuck In This House)
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Needfire, (Texas, USA) - 'Rise Above', (Chasing Orion) Jocelyn Pettit, (British Columbia, Canada) - 'Lights On The Horizon', (Jocelyn Pettit) Hugh Morrison, (Texas, USA) - 'Leezy Lindsay', (Robert Burns Rocks) Rachel Davis, (Nova Scotia, Canada) - 'Dan, Hughie & Buddy Jigs', (Rachel Davis) When Thunder Comes, (Maryland, USA) - 'Endless Seas', (500 Miles) Ceol Leinn, (North Carolina, USA) - 'Atholl Highlanders', (Ceol Leinn) Janet Bates, (Oregon, USA) - 'How Deep is the Water?', (The Little Spinner) Damian James Bruce, (New South Wales, Australia) - 'Mean Things', (Damian James Bruce EP)
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: The Town Pants, (British Columbia, Canada) - 'Rainville', (Shore Leave) Needfire, (Texas, USA) - 'Bagpipe Blues (Live)', (Live in Batesville) Blackthorn, (Northern Ireland, UK) - 'City by the Lagan Side', (Single) Charlie Gear, (Florida, USA) - 'Morrison's Jig', (Ode to the Laurel Lass) Low Country Boys, (Northern Ireland, UK) - 'Scotland', (Gran Time Comin) Perpetual e-Motion, (Maine, USA) - 'Banks of Lough Gawna/ Rolling Waves/ Willie Colemans', (Perpetual e-Motion) Peter Daldry, (California, USA) - 'Familiar Roads', (Familiar Roads) The Sweet Colleens, (Minnesota, USA) - 'Wild Mountain Thyme', (Half a Mile From Home)
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Jason Bennett, (Colorado, USA) - 'Ain't Selling Out', (17 Souvenirs) The Irish Wolfhounds, (North Carolina, USA) - 'Heart Dance/Home by Bearna', (Single) Mel Farrimond, (Nova Scotia, Canada) - 'No Heather on the Hills', (Melancholy) Needfire, (Texas, USA) - 'Jenny Dang', (Chasing Orion) Meghan Halle, (New York, USA) - 'Winter Days', (12th and A) Celtaire String Band, (Texas, USA) - 'Whiskey Before Breakfast', (Packaged in the Past) Judith Weikle, (Wyoming, USA) - 'Black is the color of my true love's hair', (Pirates, Poets and Patriots) David Nigel Lloyd, (California, USA) - 'Will You No Come Back Again?', (Rivers, Kings and Curses)
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Needfire, (Texas, USA) - 'When I Get There', (Cat in a Cannon) Yekaterina Afonasyeva, (Maryland, USA) - 'Soaring', (single) Collette Cheverie, (Prince Edward Island, Canada) - 'Eppie Morrie', (Hours Before Dawn) Raymond McCullough, (Northern Ireland, UK) - 'Ar tir seo aguinne (Our Land)', (The great China Bike Ride) Allison Barber, (New York, USA) - 'The Water's Side', (Traveling Home) Simon Fox, (British Columbia, Canada) - 'Mapping the Paddocks', (A Winter's Tale) Janet Bates, (Oregon, USA) - 'Time To Go', ( The Little Spinner ) Lazy Jacks, (Prince Edward Island, Canada) - 'Standing in the Fog', (Watercolour Windows)
With her husband, Thampy, Mariamma founded the New India Church of God, nearly 40 years ago. They currently have well over 1,500 churches in 22 states of India. They focus on equipping indigenous leaders from the different states of India, training them (in English) in their Training Centre in Goa, them sending them on to one of their 15 other training schools, where they continue to learn in their own language. Every week seven mobile teams (equipped with a jeep/mini-bus, generator, projector, the 'Jesus' film and PA equipment), bring the gospel to a new unreached village - planting a new church every day or two among the 400,000 unreached villages of India! All four of their children and their partners are also involved in running orphanages and schools, feeding street children and men, and planting churches in the mega-cities of Calcutta and Mumbai (with 60 million people in each). New India Church of God website: http://www.nicog.org ---------------- Includes NEWS from 'Bread NEWS International' and music from: Brad Reid, (Nova Scotia, Canada) - 'Andy Broon's', (The Conundrum); Needfire, (Texas, USA)-'Rise Above', (Cat in a Cannon); Blackthorn, (Northern Ireland, UK)-'David's Song', (The Good Ship Blackthorn) Produced by Precious Oil Productions Ltd, for Kingdom Come Trust.
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Marlena Mosh, (Armenia/Russia) - Hear Me, (Lorik Jan band); Needfire, (Texas, USA) - Jig For Alma, (Cat in a Cannon); Raymond McCullough, (Northern Ireland, UK) - Hey, hey!, (Different); Kevin Dorsey Collective, (New York, USA) - Cooperstown, (Fore!); Char Butler and Amber Whitworth, (Arizona, USA) - Waited 'Til Noon, (Sleepers Awake); Maidens IV, (Ohio, USA) - Shooting Stars, (Emerald Fire); Jemson Green, (Dublin, Ireland) - Passed Me By, (Passed Me By); Dark Patrick, (UK/Ukraine) - Maire Bheag O, (Fainne Gael An Lae)
Home, or Hometown Heroes is where the heart is... Week 11 of this one hour broadcast/podcast or diabolicast as host Diabolical Davit Souders calls it continues what it started all those weeks ago, showcasing Okielicious music and musicians from Tulsa and surrounding areas. This week, hear new and as yet, unreleased music from Unwed Sailor and Larkin, the Celtic Rock sound of Dallas based NeedFire and the heavy hitter thunder of Hellablack. Ever wonder what a rock band of well rehearsed 14 year olds sounds like? That would be Crooked X. It's all here and more. Fun facts about Tulsa, surrounding areas and all things Okie can be found in every show. Show 11's Hometown Heroes: The Mudville Project - Perfect Girl Larkin - Castle Island Standing On Zero - Sending Signals Unwed Sailor - Pelican Bait - Gone Crooked X - Graveyard The City of Tulsa Pipes and Drums - 42nd Set Celtic Cheer - Irish Rebel Needfire - The Livingston Street March Adam Lopez - Eureka Tranny - Girlfreak Hellablack - Tree Of Destiny This Diabolicast Produced by Dustin Parkhurst for Diabolical Productions, LLC