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The Video Of Assault On Bus #2 2007-02-12 21:37:00 In response to DovBear's post, Toby Tackles Miriam Shear, and to Toby's post, Where's The Video Of The Bus Incident? - my hypothesis on the video ...As I commented both at Cross-Currents (presently awaiting moderation) and DovBear, this kind of chareidi thuggery is being reported more frequently. Most people are aware that such occurrences are not at all uncommon anymore. All a secular cameraman has to do it bide his or her time for a juicy story. Set up? I doubt it. Caught in the act? Very likely.As for why the video has not been immediately forthcoming - it may be that the cameramen are waiting to see how long the chareidim will continue to deny that crimes were committed that day. A juicier story for the cameramen would be the persistent chareidi denials followed by the surfacing of video documentation to indicate that indeed, not only was a woman assaulted by chareidi thugs, but that the chareidi women present aided and abetted the commission of a crime.UPDATE: comment by SM on Read more:Assault
Bloody Bread 2007-01-30 22:46:00 Israelity, from the PajamasMedia website, wrote on Monday regarding the suicide bombing in Eilat:Eilat is a vacation getaway, with glitzy hotels, crowded restaurants, and shopping centers lining the Red Sea, amusement parks, an IMAX theater and a dolphin park. It’s Israel’s answer to Miami Beach.Though part of Israel, and so visibly close to Arab neighbors, Eilat has always felt like something of an oasis from the Middle East conflict, somehow immune from it. Much of the reason – no suicide bombing had ever taken place in this city of sun and fun.That all changed today, as glass shattered across the blood-stained bread trays of a downtown bakery.Read full entry here.Initially, it was reported that two were murdered. Later updates made the correction indicating that, in truth, 3 were murdered.Technorati tags: eilat bombing israel news jewish issues israel issues Read more:Bread
Tikun Olam In Action, Stand Up & Be Counted 2006-12-24 08:14:00 Jewish Wiccan priestess Paula Johnson writes of one victory for legal recognition of pagans and witches of all flavors:In spite of the December chill, more than 75 people came together to attend the public dedication of Sgt. Patrick Stewart's plaque on the Wall of Heroes in Fernley, Nevada. In addition to family and friends from the local area were Pagans from other parts of Nevada and from other states, including Utah, Florida, California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ohio. They gathered to honor Wiccan war hero, Sgt. Patrick Stewart who was shot down in Afghanistan on September 25, 2005. Earlier this year, when his widow, Roberta Stewart attempted to order his memorial plaque from the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) her request was denied. The reason, she was given, was that her husband's emblem of religious belief, the Pentacle, was not one of the 38 symbols of belief approved by the US Department of Veterans Affairs for inclusion on the memorial markers it issues.Roberta Ste Read more:Action
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Circle Casting & Sovev Kol Almin 2006-11-29 05:49:00 ללאכו המסובבתIn Talmud there exists the famous story of Choni HaMa'agel (חוני המעגל). Choni the circle-drawer was a miracle-worker.Nevertheless, I do not want to name the sacred circles I cast as a Jewitch using the root עגל which means both circle and calf. From this root is born the word used for calf in the idolatrous golden calf incident we read about in Shemot 32. Consequently, I won't call myself a Ma'agelet.I prefer to use the root סבב which means surrounding, encircle, rotate and turn events [1]. From this root comes sovev kol almin ("surrounding all worlds"), which is the transcendent Divine energy which permeates the universe. This is the energy I choose with which to cast my sacred circle.Liorah Lluecu HaMasovevet.Footnote:[1] Etymological Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew, R' Matityahu ClarkTechnorati tags: Torah Talmud Torah Judaism Kabbalah jewish mysticism mysticism jewish meditation meditation shamanism jewish shamanism kabbalah iyunit kabbala Read more:Circle
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Achdut & Tribal Survival 2007-04-05 17:51:00 י"ז בניסן תשס"זPenguins know achdut. To survive the harsh polar winter penguins huddle together on the ice, all taking turns and rotating their places in the warm middle of the group-body mass to its cold outer edges so that each penguin has an opportunity to gain enough heat in the middle to individually survive. In doing so, most penguins in the tribe survive the harsh polar winter and the tribe lives on in significant numbers to raise it's young ones another year.Human beings are not like penguins. There are those who remain warm in the middle and those who remain cold at the edges all the time. Perhaps it shall be the penguins who inherit the earth and the heavens. They certainly have demonstrated worthiness over human beings and deserve to.Technorati tags: Torah Talmud Torah Judaism Kabbalah jewish mysticism mysticism jewish meditation meditation shamanism jewish shamanism kabbalah iyunit kabbalah maasit witchcraft jewitchery jewitch witch jewish woman sacred feminine Read more:Tribal
Unshackling, Day 1 2007-04-05 17:01:00 מימיכראלהוהיתיבביתבשוייחימילכינופדרידסחובוטכאהיוריסוכישארנמשבתנשדיררצדגננחלשינפלכרעתינמחניהמהכתנעשמוכטבשידמעהתאיכעראריאאלתומלצאיגבכלאיכמגומשנעמלקדצילגעמבינחניבבושיישפנינלהניתוחנמימלעינציבריאשדתואנברסחאאליערהוהי
Public Notice Re: Jewitchery Yahoo-LJ Group 2007-04-05 06:23:00 י"ז בניסן תשס"זUnfortunately, I am withdrawing my support as a solitary Jewitch from the Yahoo
(and Livejournal) Jewitchery online community. In my mind, it has crossed over into the "cult" realm. This, of course, is my opinion and certainly others may not share it. Nevertheless, I must follow the guidance of my own conscience and hereby divorce myself as a Jewitch from this online community. Read more:Public
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Witch Wars - For The Love Of Power 2007-04-05 05:56:00 From Witch
vox article Witch Wars - For The Love of Power by Fritz:(The love of power.) Without a doubt, this is the key element of many a Witch War.This type of leader wields a mighty athame over the local community and, of course, his/her own group of followers and fans. They have their own P.R. kit. It's free. Take one. You'll pay for everything else! A good measure as to whether a group is exhibiting "cult like behavior" can be found via The Advanced Bonewits' Cult Danger Evaluation Frame. A typical cult hierarchy is as follows.The Leader: This "figure head" (usually self-proclaimed) builds up his/her "power base" and is ready to take on the world if and when they are questioned by the community. You're talking about their precious reputation here! No dissent allowed! His/her power source typically includes the following subservients.The Inner Circle: Their mission is to serve and protect-the Leader, that is. The inner circle has everything to gain by keeping their leader's nam
Runaway Bride 2007-04-04 17:51:00 ט"ז בניסן תשס"זI dreamt.I was preparing to get married. Women were working busily around me as I was fitted into a wedding gown. But somehow, I discerned that the unknown man I was about to marry didn't really love me. So, I walked out and abandoned the whole thing, pulling off the wedding veil as I fled the place.I woke up. Read more:Runaway
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Amplifying Divine Shabbat Consciousness 2007-04-07 08:00:00 י"ט בניסן תשס"זRegarding preparation of the first batch of Feminine Clarity on Craftwork Of A Jewitch I wrote:I prepared the first trial batch of Feminine Clarity ritual purification oil tonight under the planetary influence of Saturn and a waning gibbous moon 90% full (see link above for recipe).Fifteen (יה) total drops of essential oil were used to make Feminine Clarity, where fifteen represents the concealed upper half of the Divine
Name (the tetragrammaton). Fifteen has a digit sum of 6 (ו) and is brought down through gathering together the supplies and tools for making the blend into a focused location (my workspace) in time (last night). The act of actually making the blend further brings down feminine clarity into reality and forms the final hei (ה) of the tetragrammaton.The five drops of cinnamon bark oil were quite by accident (the original intent was to use one drop) but I let the "accident" remain unaltered instead of adding other ingredients to make original Read more:Shabbat
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Unshackling, Day 2 2007-04-06 18:51:00 מימיכראלהוהיתיבביתבשוייחימילכינופדרידסחובוטכאהיוריסוכישארנמשבתנשדיררצדגננחלשינפלכרעתינמחניהמהכתנעשמוכטבשידמעהתאיכעראריאאלתומלצאיגבכלאיכמגומשנעמלקדצילגעמבינחניבבושיישפנינלהניתוחנמימלעינציבריאשדתואנברסחאאליערהוהי
The Eleven Incense Spices 2007-04-06 01:56:00 י"ז בניסן תשס"זIn response to my friend's request for more information on the eleven Temple incense spices, an excerpt (pages 85-86) from R' Aryeh Kaplan's Inner Space:All evil comes from the universe of Tohu (chaos), which existed before the creation of the Partzufim (archetypal personas). It was at this stage, while the Sefirot (10 primary emanations of the Divine) existed as simple points, that the shattering of the vessels occurred. The purpose of the shattering was to allow free will to exist. Without a realm of evil it would be impossible to choose between good and evil.In discussing the death of the Kings of Edom (the 7 Malchuyot-Kingdoms of the 7 "immanent" Sefirot), we pointed out that the shattering of the vessels began with the quasi Sefirah Da'at (knowledge). The first 3 Sefirot, Keter (Crown), Chochmah (Wisdom) and Binah (Understanding), did not shatter because they fulfilled their primary function to a certain extent. Because they were able to cooperate wit Read more:Eleven
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Unshackling, Day 4 2007-04-08 21:31:00 מימיכראלהוהיתיבביתבשוייחימילכינופדרידסחובוטכאהיוריסוכישארנמשבתנשדיררצדגננחלשינפלכרעתינמחניהמהכתנעשמוכטבשידמעהתאיכעראריאאלתומלצאיגבכלאיכמגומשנעמלקדצילגעמבינחניבבושיישפנינלהניתוחנמימלעינציבריאשדתואנברסחאאליערהוהי
Witchcrafting Real Magic 2007-04-08 06:03:00 Phyllis Curott writes in Witchcrafting regarding real magic:Magic
is what happens when you have an encounter with the Divine. It is the life-altering experience of connecting to the Divinity that dwells within yourself and in the world. It is all the extraordinary events and manifestations that flow from your union with a real and present Divinity. Real magic is your relationship with immanent Divinity, and it is how you craft yourself as a Witch.
Walk In Beauty 2007-04-07 22:48:00 Lyrics from Walk In Beauty
on my new CD Ancient Future by Daughters Of Gaia:Venus, Dakini and Arnemetialet the water run,they let the fire have spaceKali, Durga and the Lady of Shadowssaw beauty in the darkas death they facedI walk in beauty,beauty's before mebeauty's behind mebeauty's all around meWhite Buffalo Woman, Quan Yin and Marythey all had knowledgewith amazing graceSheila na Gig, Brigit and Tarathey all had power throughthe earth they embracedbeauty all around, beauty all aroundI walk, I talk, I tasteand see beautybeauty all around meI really love this new CD! It permeates my soul with beauty.
Through Worlds, Unification Of Tiferet And Yesod 2007-04-07 21:55:00 י"ט בניסן תשס"זSixth tarot reading on myself using my standard procedure and deck.Saturday, Shabbat4/7/07 @ 2:25 pm, Adar 19, 5767planetary hour: Saturnwaning gibbous moon, 78% fullmood: fair, health: weary but peacefulS/Q - two of swords (armed peace)P1 - six of swordsP2 - six of cupsP3 - knight of wandsP4 - nine of wandsP5 - two of cupsP6 - queen of swordsP7 - two of pentaclesP8 - ace of swordsP9 - The Lovers (the Dream of Macsen Wledig), vav (ו)P10 - five of cupsRight away, a synchronicity is apparent within this tarot reading, my sixth tarot reading. The hebrew letter vav, with a ordinal value of six, emerges from the universe of Kadmon through the presence of the only card of the major arcana.The presence of The Lovers tarot card in the ninth tarot position (Yesod) brings down a unification and integration of Tiferet (corresponding to vav) and Yesod (corresponding to tarot position nine). This unification has been brought down from the universe of Kadmon into the unive Read more:Worlds
Unshackling, Day 3 2007-04-07 20:43:00 מימיכראלהוהיתיבביתבשוייחימילכינופדרידסחובוטכאהיוריסוכישארנמשבתנשדיררצדגננחלשינפלכרעתינמחניהמהכתנעשמוכטבשידמעהתאיכעראריאאלתומלצאיגבכלאיכמגומשנעמלקדצילגעמבינחניבבושיישפנינלהניתוחנמימלעינציבריאשדתואנברסחאאליערהוהי
Understanding Complexity 2007-04-10 06:38:00 Rabbi Winston on the reverse order of Tehillim:[Changing the] order of Tehillim is something consistent with all of Torah--which also changes the order of parshios. Why? Well, on a pshat level, because, Torah is primarily a book about moral behavior, and historical accuracy will be pushed aside when it suits this higher purpose of Torah.However, according to the Yalkut, there is another, deeper reason. We have had many discussions before regarding this idea, and I go into a lot more detail about this in "The Big Picture." The Torah is far more than a legal work with a lot of stories; according to the Midrash, Torah is the "blueprint" for creation, and the Midrash is not exaggerating.In fact, says the Yalkut Shimoni, if the Torah were presented in its true order--and the same is true about Tehillim as well--then one could much more easily figure out Kabbalistic secrets. Kabbalistic creations, which are usually only possible through Kabbalah and by seasoned Kabbalists, would become possi Read more:Understanding
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Birthright & Inheritance 2007-04-10 03:46:00 כ"ב בניסן תשס"זI am still learning basic tarot. Interestingly, another meaning of the five of cups in my previous tarot reading came to me today. Importantly, the additional layer of meaning directly relates to a dream I had the morning after the tarot reading. In that dream, I met someone who bore an ancestral family name - Grunwald.In my initial interpretation of the five of cups card, I brought down the energies of Yah and rectified chesed into malchut. Perusing tarot card meanings over the internet, I came across these additional descriptors of meaning for the five of cups card:Raider-WaiteIt is a card of loss (an ancestor, for example), but something remains over (a birthright, for example); it is a card of inheritance, patrimony, transmission, but not corresponding to expectations; generally favourable; a happy marriage; also patrimony, legacies, gifts, success in enterprise. Return of some relative who has not been seen for long.MathersUnion, Junction, Marriage, Inher Read more:Inheritance
Unshackling, Day 5 2007-04-09 21:50:00 מימיכראלהוהיתיבביתבשוייחימילכינופדרידסחובוטכאהיוריסוכישארנמשבתנשדיררצדגננחלשינפלכרעתינמחניהמהכתנעשמוכטבשידמעהתאיכעראריאאלתומלצאיגבכלאיכמגומשנעמלקדצילגעמבינחניבבושיישפנינלהניתוחנמימלעינציבריאשדתואנברסחאאליערהוהי
Meeting A Grunwald 2007-04-09 04:18:00 כ"א בניסן תשס"זEarlier this morning, I dreamt.I was on a school bus traveling with a group going somewhere. Somewhere turned out to be a gathering in which the participants attended learning sessions like seminars, but they weren't business seminars.Anyway, on the bus I was seated in the right aisle, in the middle of the bus. An unknown man was sitting in the same seat. I had the impression that we were both "seated" there for a purpose - it was almost as if it was being determined if we could "accept" one another's presence.The man sat next to the window and I sat on the aisle side of the seat. Oddly, I couldn't sit at the edge of the seat. I was sitting in the middle of the seat we shared. I felt uncomfortable sitting like that, in the middle of the shared seat, and I was intruding on the man's space as well - although he didn't say anything - but try as I might, I couldn't move over. I couldn't move from the middle of the seat. I was stuck there in the middle. We t
Mighty Mouse Of Emunah 2006-11-30 09:18:00 Earlier this evening, Jack shared the Anishinaabe medicine wheel (shown above) with me. Anishinaabe (keepers/protectors of the Sacred Fire) is one of the two Native American tribes of my ancestors through my father.Interestingly, "mouse" rules the water according to this tribal medicine wheel. Mouse
is also one of the two power animals which have "spoken" to me during states of altered consciousness. Significantly, mouse is distinguished by the pivotal role he played to the epiphany of 1967.Instrumental to protecting my life in 1967, mouse may have also protected my life in the event described by my dream this morning. In the dream, enemies attempted to drown me. Yet, I emerged unshackled and alive (as did my "husband") from the water, which mouse rules. This is one mighty mouse I have for a power animal.הטוב והמטיבAs mouse is also associated with the south on the medicine wheel shown above, the south I have associated with the vowel (nekudah) kametz on the medicine wheel I m Read more:Mighty
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Kabbalistic Medicine Wheel 2006-11-25 00:57:00 Liorah's Kabbalistic Jewitch Medicine
WheelEvery medicine woman needs a medicine wheel. I have created one to uniquely fit my work. It's a Jewitch medicine wheel incorporating elements of Jewish, Celtic and Native American spirituality. In Native American tradition, the medicine wheel "symbolizes the individual journey we each must take to find our own path." You can read more about the medicine wheel in the Native American tradition here, here and here.Click on the medicine wheel to see a full size view.Technorati tags: Torah Talmud Torah Judaism Kabbalah jewish mysticism mysticism jewish meditation meditation shamanism jewish shamanism kabbalah iyunit kabbalah maasit jewitchery jewitch jewish woman sacred feminine divine feminine shechinah lilith spiritual development spirituality kosher spirituality jewitch medicine wheel kabbalistic medicine wheel medicine wheel
Unshackling, Day 7 2007-04-11 21:03:00 מימיכראלהוהיתיבביתבשוייחימילכינופדרידסחובוטכאהיוריסוכישארנמשבתנשדיררצדגננחלשינפלכרעתינמחניהמהכתנעשמוכטבשידמעהתאיכעראריאאלתומלצאיגבכלאיכמגומשנעמלקדצילגעמבינחניבבושיישפנינלהניתוחנמימלעינציבריאשדתואנברסחאאליערהוהי
Hatafah, Bringing It Down 2007-04-11 05:12:00 כ"ג בניסן תשס"זWaking from this morning's dream, I had a vision in my mind of a drop (taf) of water dropping onto a large dark still body of water (chochmah) and sending out ripples from the point of impact. In the dream, there was an "I" (the observing axis of self-consciousness), a woman ("I" in the third person, representing self-nullfication or bitul, the inner dimension of chochmah) and a baby. Both "baby" (from the dream) and "drop" (from the vision following the dream) are described in Hebrew by the word "taf".R' Yitzchak Ginsburgh writes regarding taf and prophecy:The source of the word for infant, taf, is one of the words that is used for "prophecy," hatafah. This means "to bring something down, drop by drop." Prophecy, or Divine Spirit, seeps down, drop by drop, from a source which is infinitely super-rational.Consequently, my dream indicates that what is being brought down against mega forces acting to prevent and destroy it, is prophecy. But, all my children,
Botzina de Kardenuta 2007-04-11 00:51:00 כ"ב בניסן תשס"זThis morning, I dreamt.In my parents house, I was with another woman. A darkly powerful tornadic storm was coming. I grabbed my purse and together, we ran to a neighbor's house which had a basement.As we approached the opening to the basement, I told the woman with me to climb down the ladder into the well-lit basement first. She was carrying a baby in her arms and the storm was directly over us, preparing to touch down. If one of us didn't make it into the basement in time, that person would be me.She and the baby climbed down the ladder. I followed. We all made it. I looked around for my children's presence in the basement. All four of my children were present. My anxiety evaporated. We were all safe among the many who had fled to the safety of this basement.The storm of celestial proportions touched down. The whirlwinds of the storm seemed to cover the area of the entire earth. There was a skylight window in the ceiling of the well-lit basement through w
Gra Array Of The 32 Paths 2007-04-10 22:28:00 כ"ב בניסן תשס"זSefirotic Array
according to the Gra (Eliyahu the Gaon of Vilna). This array compliments the sixth tarot reading performed on myself.32 Paths
Of Wisdom Between The Sefirot (Sefer Yetzirah 1:2):א 6-5ב 4-1ג 5-2ד 6-3ה 2-1ו 3-1ז 4-2ח 4-3ט 5-4י 6-4כ 7-5ל 9-5מ 8-7נ 9-6ס 9-7ע 9-8פ 8-6צ 10-7ק 10-8ר 9-4ש 3-2ת 10-9Technorati tags: Torah Talmud Torah Judaism Kabbalah jewish mysticism mysticism jewish meditation meditation shamanism native american shamanism celtic shamanism jewish shamanism kabbalah iyunit kabbalah maasit witchcraft celtic witchcraft jewitchery jewitch witch sacred feminine divine feminine shechinah lilith spiritual development spirituality kosher spirituality tarot divination prophecy nevuah
Tiw & Shem HaMeforash 2006-12-18 08:04:00 In both Jewish and Celtic timekeeping, days of the week run from sundown to sundown. Today is Monday.According to Sefer Yetzirah, Monday is ruled by the planet Mars, as opposed to the moon as one finds in traditional western astrology. The Hebrew archetype for the planet Mars is Yitzchak, and the Celtic archetype is Tiw.Tiw is the archetypal power which governs War, Justice and The Law. Transliterated into Hebrew letters, Tiw may be spelled tet-yud-vav טיו. These letters in reverse vision are ezer knegdo to the letters vav-yud-tet ויט, meaning "turned away", "stretched out", "turned in", "extended" and "and pitched his tent". The word ויט is found in Bereshit 12:8 -From there he relocated to the mountain east of Beth-el and pitched his tent, with Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east; and he built there an alter to Hashem and invoked Hashem by Name.ויעתק שמם ההרה, מקדם לבית-אל -- ויט אהלה; בית-אל מים, והעי מקדם, ויבן-שם מז
Day 7 - Saturday Correspondences 2006-12-18 05:30:00 Saturday - Day 7Please note, these correspondences have been adapted from several sources and may differ from traditional astrological correspondences. All designations follow the planet for the day according to Sefer Yetzirah.Symbolic Language & MathematicsCeltic ogham letter - Hebrew letter - תnumber - 400permutation - תבג דכפרvowel - tzerey"42"-letter name - שקו ציתAstrological & Metaphysicalspace/planet - JupiterHebrew name - Tzedek צדקSumerian name - EnlilEgyptian name - IsisBabylonian name - Mardukorbit cycle - --retrograde periods - once per year for 120 dayssatellites - --degrees moved on average day - --channel - yesod to malchutsefirah - malchut, chesedmazal/rulership - sagittarius (keshet, קשת)firmament - Vilonearth - EretzArchetypesHebrew archetype - DavidCeltic archetype - TaranisGermanic archetype - Thor/DonnerGreek archetype - ZeusRoman archetype - Jupiter/Joveseal/archangel - Tzidkiel, Tzadkielmalachim - Tzuriel, Raziel, Yofielmythic animal - gr Read more:Saturday
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