Demeter's Kore

Do what you will, does not mean do what ever you want as long as you don't hurt anyone. It ultimately means that one must find the true will of ones self and live by that, because living by the true will you can not possibly harm anyone, it is not of the true will to do so. Aleister Crowley explains it best in his book Magick in Theory and Practice. I believe his best analogy is that of the "criminal man" . "Men of "criminal nature" are simply at issue with their True Will. The murderer has the Will-to-Live; and his will to murder is a false will variance with his True Will, since he risks death at the hands of Society by obeying his murderous impulse." Our will to do things such as have sex with a person because he or she is attractive or because they make you feel attractive, is not actually the True Will, it is the will of the flesh. As well when one gets drunk after having a bad day or to be more social with friends, this is not because the True Wi...

I did some studying on the words magic and magick, cause I got into a serious argument with a really good friend about the spelling. Anyway, I found some pretty interesting evidence that substantiates that the original spelling already meant what these users claim the new spelling means, and actually has even more weight toward what practitioners of the craft and other magical practices do, than the new spelling. Aleister Crowley used the letter “k” because it is the 11th letter of the alphabet; and in numerology the number 11 represents hidden energies and thereby magick. Therefore it is thought that to add a "k" to magic makes the word itself more "magickal". However, the letter “k” is not needed to make the word “magic” any more real than it already was considering the dividend of the word “magic” is already 11. If you add the numerical values of each letter, they equal 33, which in numerology is already a Master or a Power number, then divide that number by 3, y...

An Italian court is tackling Jesus -- and whether the Roman Catholic Church may be breaking the law by teaching that he existed 2,000 years ago. The case pits against each other two men in their 70s, who are from the same central Italian town and even went to the same seminary school in their teenage years. The defendant, Enrico Righi, went on to become a priest writing for the parish newspaper. The plaintiff, Luigi Cascioli, became a vocal atheist who, after years of legal wrangling, is set to get his day in court later this month. "I started this lawsuit because I wanted to deal the final blow against the Church, the bearer of obscurantism and regression," Cascioli told Reuters. Cascioli says Righi, and by extension the whole Church, broke two Italian laws. The first is "Abuso di Credulita Popolare" (Abuse of Popular Belief) meant to protect people against being swindled or conned. The second crime, he says, is "Sostituzione di Persona," or imper...

Demeter by Micha F. Lindemans The Greek earth goddess par excellence , who brings forth the fruits of the earth, particularly the various grains. She taught mankind the art of sowing and ploughing so they could end their nomadic existence. As such, Demeter was also the goddess of planned society. She was very popular with the rural population. As a fertility goddess she is sometimes identified with Rhea and Gaia . In systematized theology, Demeter is a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and sister of Zeus by whom she became the mother of Persephone . When Persephone was abducted by Hades , lord of the underworld, Demeter wandered the earth in search of her lost child. During this time the earth brought forth no grain. Finally Zeus sent Hermes to the underworld, ordering Hades to restore Persephone to her mother. However, before she left, Hades gave her a pomegranate (a common fertility symbol). When she ate from it, she was bound to spend a third of the year with her husband in t...

Eleusis by Dr Alena Trckova-Flamee Ph.D. Eleusis is the place, where the cult of the goddess Demeter existed many centuries and where the most famous religious festival, called the Eleusinian mysteries were performed in the honour of this deity. According to the "Homeric Hymn to Demeter" (7th century BCE), when the goddess Demeter was desparetely looking for her daughter (=Kore) Persephone -kidnapped by Aidoneus ( Hades )- during her wandering she came to the city Eleusis. Here she was welcomed by the Queen Metaneria. To thank her, Demeter took care about prince Demophon . Each night she brought the boy near the fire to make him immortal and she fed him with the nectar and ambrosia of the Gods. When the child´s mother saw once at night what was happening, she was astonished. Demeter revealed, who she was and she asked to build a sanctuary in her honour to teach them secret rituals. She closed herself in the temple, troubled for her daughter and she did not allow a...

Now, while I realize that the reserve officer, which isn't really a law enforcement officer but a volunteer, sent them a letter urging them to convert. I don't know where they get the right to say that they should get off scott free because of that man. They were breaking some pretty valid laws, I know, I've broken them and I was pulled over for it and had my car towed away because of it. I didn't have stickers on the back of my car stating my religious beliefs. I was pissed but it was just a routine check and I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I have posted a lot of news articles I have found of pagans standing up for their rights when faced with adversity from Government officials, but I really don't know how I feel about this one. They were driving around illegally, it's not as if these officers fabricated things to fine them with, they were perfectly within their rights to fine them. While I say stand up for yourself, I have to say have some comm...

Indianapolis Star about it written on Thrusday August 18, 2005. An Indianapolis father can share his Wiccan beliefs and rituals with his 10-year-old son, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday in a unanimous decision upholding parents' rights to share their religion with their children. The court declared that a Marion County judge erred in approving a divorce decree last year that also directed the man and his ex-wife to shelter their son from "non-mainstream religious beliefs and rituals." Thomas E. Jones Jr., a practicing Wiccan who waged the court battle, said he's relieved that his life can return to normal. "Because of this, I think a lot of education has gone on about religious freedoms," said Jones, who planned to tell his son the good news when he got home from school Wednesday, his first day of fourth grade. The case involved the divorce of Jones and Tammie U. Bristol, both practicing Wiccans. The Indianapolis residents married in February 1995, an...

I don't know how many of you already know this story, but I just came across it today while chatting to a friend online and I felt morally compelled to share it with you. This excerpt was taken from the States News on November 14th. 2001 Lincoln Park - Pictures of Tempest Smith’s crooked smile and blue eyes are frozen in time - reminders of the ballerina, honor role student, flute player and daughter Denessa Smith called her “blessing.” Denessa’s eyes fill up with tears when she remembers “My Family,” the song Tempest composed and the Sylvester slippers Tempest put on her feet to keep her warm when she fell asleep on the couch. “It was a rule that if mom didn’t tuck you in, you tucked mom in,” Denessa said. Denessa remembers the last “I love you” from Tempest, the night before the 12-year-old tied a scarf around her neck and hung herself from her bunk bed on February 20. Tempest’s journal, found under her bed after her Feb. 20 suicide, shed light on the harassment she endure...

Ever since Darla Wynne won her case in court about the name Jesus Christ being spoken in prayer conducted by the town council, she has suffered abuse and torment. Now they have gone so far as to kill her pets in protest against her to drive her out..... Taken from the Lancaster News August 24th, 2005 A parrot belonging to the Wiccan high priestess was beheaded and affixed with a note reading "You're next" at Wynne's home Wednesday. The 5-year-old bird, named "Little One," also had its heart ripped out, Wynne said. ... Police Chief Mike Revels said there are no suspects in the case, and his officers have yet to apprehend any of the culprits associated with a litany of disturbances to Wynne's property, some going back several years. Since the lawsuit was filed nearly five years ago, the gas tank in Wynne's vehicle has been filled with sand, horses in her yard have been tortured and her dog was kicked so hard it went blind in one eye. ... The vandalism...