Muninn's Kiss

Souls and Substances...

2009-11-14T21:35:05Z

The Blood is the physical body, the G'uph.

Jing (Mana) is the Nefesh, or Fetch.

Qi (Mana-mana) is the Ruach, or Talker.

Shen (Mana-loa) is the Neshamah, or Godself.

~Muninn's Kiss

Quote from a dream...

2009-11-14T21:22:30Z

"The country can't sustain a war, but the city can send forth people by the tens, hundreds, or thousands without even noticing."
~Quote from my dream last night

Blood and Qi...

2009-11-14T02:56:27Z

If Qi is Yang, Blood is Yin.

"Qi activates, Blood relaxes. Qi quickens, Blood softens. Qi is tense and tight; Blood is smooth and languid. Qi embodies effort; Blood is effortlessness. Qi is becoming. Blood is being. Qi moves forward in time; Blood circulates in repetitive cycles. Qi is the potential; Blood is the actualized. Qi is creative and fosters newness; Blood is already achieved and recognizes what has already been created. Qi is visionary; Blood is memory. Qi is Yang, Blood is Yin."
~The Web That Has No Weaver, page 52

Qi creates, moves, and holds the Blood in place. Blood nourishes the organs which in turn produce and regulate the Qi. "Qi is the commander of the Blood . . . Blood is the mother of Qi." Qi and Blood depend on each other. They are inseparable. In fact, according to Chinese Tradition, Blood even flows through the meridians in addition to the blood vessels.

Blood in Eastern Tradition is slightly different that blood in Western medicine. Blood is sometimes associated with the substance called blood, but the Chinese care more about the function of Blood than where exactly the blood is. The function is not exactly the same as the function of blood. Blood circulates continuously, nourishing, maintaining, and moistening. Western blood carries the things that nourish; it doesn't nourish itself.

~Muninn's Kiss

Taoism and the Feri Gods...

2009-11-13T04:23:26Z

In Taoism, the Tao includes everything and formed everything. It is both the first cause and the effect. There is nothing that isn't the Tao. Everything in the universe is within the Tao, and everything is part of the Tao. It is impossible to understand.

This is very similar to the Feri description of the Star Goddess. The Star Goddess was the first thing, before the creation of the universe. Nothing was created that didn't come from Her. In Her womb, the world was born. The world is within Her, made of Her, is a part of Her. She is unknowable and not understandable.

From the Tao came Yin and Yang. The Tao is both Yin and Yang, inseparable, not two separate things. Yin and Yang are a polarity, two opposites, yet connected together. Yin creates, Yang destroys. Yin is young, Yang is old. Yin is female, Yang is male. Yin moves downward, Yang moves upward. Yin is dark, Yang is light. Yin is passive, Yang is active. Yin is contracting, Yang is expanding. Yin is weak, Yang is strong. Yin is the beginning, Yang is the end.

Yin and Yang are the Divine Twins of Feri.

Witch Eye #10: The Winged Serpent: Seeing the Divine Twins, by Anaar:

The God of Feri are twins but they are one, not separate entities. They are identical, either one or both can occupy the place of God. The Divine Twins can function alone or as a pair. Alone, they may function as a male, but are actually both male and female in each entity. The Twins may also be both female, or a male and a female. To place further confusion on the matter, the Divine twins represent a polarity. The polarity may be great or small, and are often in opposition. In fact, The Divine Twins as represented in other cultures are often seen to be rivals or adversaries.

The Divine Twins are a polarity, just like Yin and Yang. And just like Yin and Yang, they come from the first source, the Star Goddess (Tao). The Divine Twins are the first children of the Star Goddess.

One example if the Divine Twins are Nimue and Arddu. Nimue is young, Arddu is old. Nimue is female, Arddu is male. Nimue is new life, Arddu is the Lord of Death. Nimue is the Black Heart of Innocence, Arddu is Wisdom. Nimue is Yin, Arddu is Yang.

~Muninn's Kiss

The Divine Twins in Feri and 1734 Witchcraft...

2009-11-12T04:29:14Z

Third Letter to Norman Giles:

Lucet and Tettens are the Twins, the Children of Night and the Serpent, brothers and some say one and the same person. Fire and Air, growth and decay. One looks forward, the other backward. One creates, the other destroys, Castor and Pollox.

Witch Eye #10: The Winged Serpent: Seeing the Divine Twins, by Anaar:

The God of Feri are twins but they are one, not separate entities. They are identical, either one or both can occupy the place of God. The Divine Twins can function alone or as a pair. Alone, they may function as a male, but are actually both male and female in each entity. The Twins may also be both female, or a male and a female. To place further confusion on the matter, the Divine twins represent a polarity. The polarity may be great or small, and are often in opposition. In fact, The Divine Twins as represented in other cultures are often seen to be rivals or adversaries.

The Divine Twins can be seen in both Feri and 1734.

In 1734, they are Lucet and Tettens, the lord of the East and of Fire, and the lord of the North and of Air. They are a polarity, one creating, the other destroying. Lucet is the light-bringer; Tettens is the lord of the night, in the far north in winter.

In Feri, we once again see the polarity. Here, they might be two males, two females, or a female and a male. They might be Dian y Glas and of Melek Ta'us. They might be Dian y Glas and Nimue. They might be Mari and Krom. They might be Anna and Arddu. They might even be Nimue and Arddu. Yet they aren't just a polarity, they are one. You can't separate them one from another.

~Muninn's Kiss

Understanding Yin and Yang...

2009-11-09T04:35:02Z

I bought a new book. "The Web That Has No Weaver, Understanding Chinese Medicine" by Ted J. Kaptchuk.

It lists five principles of Yin and Yang.

1. All things have two facets: a Yin aspect and a Yang aspect.

Hence we saw that Qi is divided into Jing (Yin) and Shen (Yang).

2. Any Yin or Yang aspect can be further divided into Yin and Yang.

Hence we saw that Jing is divided into sexual juices (Yin) and saliva (Yang).

3. Yin and Yang mutually create each other.

They can't be separated, and they define each other. Yin is Yin because Yang is Yang. Yang is Yang because Yin is Yin. Darkness only has meaning because light exists. Light only has meaning because darkness exists.

4. Yin and Yang control each other.

If Yin is too strong, Yang will be weak. If Yang is too strong, Yin will be weak. If they are in balanced, they control each other.

5. Yin and Yang transform each other.

This can be harmoniously or disharmoniously. Harmoniously, Yin and Yang are constantly interacting, repairing, supporting, and transforming each other. This brings about change, all change. Disharmoniously, if Yin and Yang are way out of balance for too long, things can change in a hurry. In these circumstances, there's three possible outcomes. First, they can return to a harmonious relationship. Second, they can violently change; Yang can violently become Yin and vice versa. Third, Yin and Yang can part ways and cease to exist.

~Muninn's Kiss

The Three Treasures...

2009-11-07T02:51:30Z

I've been reading part of The way of Qigong by Kenneth S. Cohen. It talks about the Three Treasures, Jing, Qi, and Shen.

Jing can be seen as Yin Qi. It is sexual energy. It is the lowest form of Qi, being closest to the body, and the earth. It manifests as reproductive and sexual fluids (Yin Jing), and saliva (Yang Jing). It is associated with water.

Jing is the substance of growth and development. It reaches its peek at around age twenty-one, and then decreases unless you work to preserve it. It creates bone marrow and brain grey matter, and flows through the bones. It usually flows downward, but by reversing the flow and getting it flow up to the brain, the brain can be revitalized. Jing comes from the kidneys and the lungs. It is stored in the lower dan tian, located in the abdomen, just below the navel.

Qi, used in this context, is neutral in relation to Jing and Shen. It is the balance of Yin and Yang. It is associated with air.

Qi, in this context, is generated primarily in the the spleen and is stored in the middle dan tian, located near the heart. It travels in the meridians, up and down.

Shen is Yang Qi. It is spiritual energy. It is the highest form of Qi, being closest to heaven. It is associated with fire.

Shen means both spirit and "to stretch". It travels in eight extra meridians, moving primarily upward. It's generated primarily in the liver and heart, and is stored in the upper dan tian, located in the head behind the third eye. Shen is best seen through the eyes.

I've talked before about the three Mothers, Shin, Aleph, and Mem, and their relationships with the three souls in Kabbala. Shin is fire, and is the Neshamah, the Godself. Aleph is air, and is the Ruach, the Talker. Mem is water, and is the Nefesh, the Fetch. You'll notice the similarities between these and the Three Treasures. Shin is fire, like Shen. Aleph is air, like Qi. Mem is water, like Jing. You'll recall that each of the souls uses, and is made from a type of energy, according to Feri and Huna. The Fetch uses and is made up of mana. The Talker uses and is made up of mana-mana. The Godself uses and is made up of mana-loa. If the three souls are associated with the same substances, fire, air, and water, as the types of energy in Qigong, and the souls use energy, it follows that the energies are the same. Mana is the same as Jing. Mana-mana is the same as Qi. Mana-loa is the same as Shen. This means that by studying the Three Treasures, we can learn more about the three types of mana, and hence about the three souls.

Remember, remember...

2009-11-07T01:01:55Z

I meant to post this yesterday...

Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot!
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t’was his intent
To blow up the King and Parli’ment.
Three-score barrels of powder below
To prove old England’s overthrow!

Qi and Mana...

2009-11-04T03:00:29Z

According to Qigong, Qi comes into the body through three main sources. It enters the body through food and drink. It enters the body through breath. And it comes into the body at birth. The last is called original Qi and results in our constitution. The food and drink and breath sounds familiar. These are some of the same methods Feri teaches the Fetch gets mana from.

Qi also transfers between people when they interact. Talking creates a flow of Qi between the two people. Hugs, laughter, any interaction does so. The more interaction, the more Qi flows. Touch creates more flow than other interaction. Sex creates some of the strongest flow. This directly parallels Cora and Victor Anderson's description of the Fetch. Whatever it touches it leaves connections to. These are called Aka cords.

Qi literally means breath. This is interesting because the soul in Kabbalah is always related to breath. G-d breathed into Adam and gave him his Nefesh. The pictographic for Qi literally means steam rising from rice as it cooks. Steam is reminiscent of breath. The connection with food is interesting, because one source of Qi is food.

~Muninn's Kiss

Qi, Mana, Blood, and the Fetch...

2009-11-03T04:15:51Z

What Is Traditional Chinese Medicine?:

In TCM theory, blood and Qi are inseparable. Blood is the "mother" of Qi; it carries Qi and also provides nutrients for its movement. In turn, Qi is the "commander" of the blood. This means that Qi is the force that makes blood flow throughout the body and provides the intelligence that guides it to the places where it needs to be. Blood and Qi also affect one another and have the dynamic ability to transfer various properties back and forth. For example, after labor and delivery, a woman may develop a fever. TCM understands this fever to be related to blood loss, not normally an infection. Losing too much blood causes an overall Qi deficiency. When there is a Qi deficiency, the body cannot function properly and therefore presents with a fever.

So, Qi is carried in the blood and is inseparable from the blood. In our discussion of the Fetch, we found that it is tied to the body by the blood. One way to stimulate the Fetch and make it more health is by using massage to increase blood flow. This also increases Qi flow. Qi flows through the Fetch, just as it flows through the blood, because the blood can't be separated from the Fetch and Qi can't be separated from the blood. The energy making up the Fetch is Qi.

One of the functions the Fetch has is to create mana from such things as eating, drinking, breathing, and having sex. The Fetch gathers mana and uses it to survive. It also passes it to the Godself, to turn into mana-loa. The Fetch is made up of mana and feeds on mana. If the Fetch is made up of mana, and the Fetch is made up of Qi, Qi must be the same thing as mana.

~Muninn's Kiss

Yin and Yang Organs

2009-11-03T03:56:22Z

As I talked about in my last post, the five Chinese elements are associated with the liver, heart, spleen, lung, and kidney. These are considered the Zang organs. They are associated with Yin.

There also Yang organs. These are called Fu organs. They are the gall bladder (wood), small intestine (fire), stomach (earth), large intestine (metal), and bladder (water).

The energy, which is also information, which flows between the organs, is called Qi (Chi). Qi flows through meridians in the body. There are twelve meridians, one for each of the ten organs and one up the front and one up the back. Qi carries information between the organs. I believe Qi is the same thing as mana in Feri.

~Muninn's Kiss

The Eastern Pentacle...

2009-11-02T01:48:31Z

In Eastern tradition, everything began with the Tao. The Tao is what everything comes from, and contains everything with in it. It is active, and undefinable. The Tao is unity, just as Kether is. There are no opposites; both are one in the Tao. Like G-d, Tao is infinitely small and infinitely large. Like G-d, the Tao contains everything within it, but is also the seed from which all things emerged. The Tao can be known and followed, but can't be understood or controlled.

The Tao is divided into Yin and Yang, opposites. Both are true within Tao, but taken separately, they are opposites. Everything is divided into these dualities. Female, male. Dark, light. Passive, active. Downward, upward. Contracting, expanding. Weak, strong. These are the equivalent Chockmah and Binah in Kabbalah.

Yin and Yang combine to create the Ten Thousand Things, Tao Te Ching. These ten thousand things represent everything that exists in our world.

The ten thousand things are made up of five elements. Fire, earth, metal, water, and wood. Fire creates earth. It burns and creates ash, which is earth. Earth creates metal, because metal comes out if the earth. Metal creates water; water condenses on metal. Water creates wood; bamboo grows out of water. Wood creates fire; fire burns on wood. This forms a circle.

Fire controls metal; fire melts metal. Metal controls wood; metal cuts wood. Wood controls earth; it's used to create earth works to hold earth in place. Earth controls water; earth creates banks for water. Water controls fire; it extinguishes fire. This forms a star, creating a pentacle.

There are sources for each of these elements within the body. The heart is the source of fire. The kidneys are the source of water. The liver is the source of wood. The spleen is the source of earth. The lung is the source of metal. There has to be a balance between these elements for the body to be healthy. If there's too much water, the body is too cold. If there's too much fire, the body's too hot.

~Muninn's Kiss

Nefesh and Blood...

2009-11-01T17:55:57Z

Six Levels of Healing (Part 20): The Healing of Body and Soul:

The "connected intermediate," by which the soul--the nefesh--is bound to the body, is the blood. In the Torah we find explicitly that "the blood is the soul [nefesh]." The Hebrew word for "blood," (dam) is cognate to the word for "likeness" (demut). This level of healing relates to the Divine likeness in which man was created.

The very name of the first man, Adam, is cognate to the word for “blood” (dam). The name Adam can be read “I shall become blood,” alluding to the power to draw the nefesh into the body by means of the blood, the function accomplished by the expert physician.

The Nefesh, or Fetch, is the first soul to develop in a new baby. It develops as soon as the baby develops a blood system. This is during the first month. The Ruach develops later. The Neshamah already exists and becomes attached to the Nefesh at some point, I'm not sure when. The Nefesh has a much older memory than the Ruach, having developed first.

It is the blood that the Nefesh is tied to. As long as the blood is flowing, the Nefesh remains. It actually remains with the body for a few days after the body dies, but with no blood, it is no longer connected to the body.

Blood is full of iron. As it flows, it creates an electromagnetic field. I believe it is this field that the Nefesh is actually connected to.

Blood has power. This is why it has always been involved with sacrifice. Why does blood have power? Because it's tied to the Nefesh, where mana gathers. The Nefesh is the life force of the animal or human. The blood is where it connects to the body and gives the body life.

~Muninn's Kiss

Fetch...

2009-11-01T06:18:08Z

Fetch
By Muninn's Kiss

What is Fetch?
Instinct.
What is Instinct?
Need, desire, want.
To eat, to sleep, to drink, to dance.
To protect, to run, to hide, to fight.
Sex, Self, Passion, Pride, Power.
To create, to destroy.

What is Fetch?
Memory.
What is Memory?
Past, future, now.
What was known before it was lost.
What will be learned again.
Connections, links, guesses.
The womb.

What is Fetch?
Belief.
What is Belief?
Unconscious, not logical, faith.
Love, hate, desire, repulsion.
We know but we don’t know.
What do we know?

What is Fetch?
Victory.
What is Victory?
Netzach.
Overcoming, conquering, destroying.
Emotions, strong and weak.
Masculine, warrior, fighting.
Protecting, defending, overcoming.

What is Fetch?
Glory.
What is Glory?
Hod.
Embracing, surrendering, comforting.
Rational, understanding.
Feminine, lover, loving.
Overcoming by embracing.
Nurturing, mother, child.

What is Fetch?
Foundation.
What is Foundation?
Yesod.
Sex, sexual, release.
Union, giving, receiving.
Masculine, feminine, together.
One, at one, united.
To fix, to establish, to lay a foundation.
To begin, to appoint, to ordain, to constitute.
To support oneself, to lean, to rest on one's arm.
Heaven and earth, crown and kingdom.
One, at one, united.
Sex.

What is Fetch?
Sex.
What is Sex?
Power flowing, always changing.
Union, coming together.
Two become one, one is found in two.
Giving and receiving, receiving and giving.
Release.

What is Fetch?
Self.
What is Self?
Looking inward.
Loving who you are.
Standing firm, standing tall.
Self-contained, self-constrained.
Who am I?
Who are you?

What is Fetch?
Passion.
What is Passion?
What you love, what you do.
Giving all to what you love.
Emotions, feelings, strong and weak.
Embrace your feelings, embrace your loves.

What is Fetch?
Pride.
What is Pride?
Confidence, strengths and weaknesses.
Standing tall, standing firm.
Inner strength.
I know who I am.
I know my value.
I am valuable.
You are valuable.

What is Fetch?
Power.
What is Power?
Mana.
Energy pulsing, ever pulsing.
Change, power to change, power to be changed.
Be the change, be changed.
Power flowing, ever changing.
Be the change you want to see in the world.

What is Fetch?
Instinct.
Memory.
Belief.
Victory.
Glory.
Foundation.
Sex.
Self.
Passion.
Pride.
Power.

What is Fetch?
Fetch.

Samhain...

2009-11-01T01:09:22Z

Happy Samhain, everyone!

Witchvox Article:

The Celtic peoples called the time between Samhain (pronounced "SOW-in" in Ireland, SOW-een in Wales, "SAV-en" in Scotland or even "SAM-haine" in non Gaelic speaking countries) and Brigid's Day "the period of little sun." Thus, Samhain is often named the "Last Harvest" or "Summer's End".

While almost all Celtic based traditions recognize this Holiday as the end of the "old" year, some groups do not celebrate the coming of the "new year" until Yule. Some consider the time between Samhain and Yule as a time which does not even exist on the Earthly plane. The "time which is no time" was considered in the "old days" to be both very magickal and very dangerous. So even today, we celebrate this Holiday with a mixture of joyous celebration and 'spine tingling" reverence.

The Samhain Holiday begins at sundown on October 31st. The nightide was always a time to be wary of walking alone in the countryside. So much more on this Night when the veils between the worlds of humans and spirits was at its thinnest. Traditional lore speaks of the dead returning to visit their kin and the doors to the Lands of the Sidhe (pronounced "shee") or Faery Realm being opened.

"The Feast of the Dead" ("Fleadh nan Mairbh") is laid out by many to welcome these otherworldly visitors and gain their favor for the coming year. Many folks leave milk and cakes ("Bannock Samhain" ) outside their door on Samhain Eve or set a place at their table for their ancestors who may want to join in the celebrations with their kin and family.

~Muninn's Kiss

The Fetch and the Godself...

2009-11-01T01:01:42Z

Feri teaches that the lowest soul, the Fetch, or Nefesh in Kabbalah, is connected to the Godself, the Neshamah in Kabbalah. The Talker (the Ruach) speaks to the Fetch and the Fetch speaks to the Godself. There is a connection between the Fetch and the Godself. But how does this work? Kabbalah provides an answer.

The Jewish Home Chapter 5: Five Levels of the Soul - An Inverted Seal:

In the first model, the home corresponds to the highest level of the nefesh, the makeef harachok, called the yechida.

The Jewish Home Chapter 5: Five Levels of the Soul - An Inverted Seal:

The five levels of the soul are called nefesh, ruach, neshama, chaya, yechida. The yechida reflects itself in the nefesh.

Each person has three souls, the Nefesh, the Ruach, and the Neshamah. The Neshamah is made up of three souls, the Neshamah, the Chiah, and the Yechidah. The Yechidah is the highest level of the Neshamah. If the Yechidah is also the highest level of the Nefesh, this shows the connection. I find it interesting that the Nefesh doesn't just connect to the Neshemah, it connects to the highest level, the level closest to G-d.

~Muninn's Kiss

The Fool: Alpha and Omega (Part One)

2009-10-10T03:33:51Z

Trystn's Occult Journal: The Fool: Alpha and Omega (Part One):

The Fool: Alpha and Omega (Part One)
The figure of the Fool can be found shadowing nearly all of the imagery of the Tarot, and likewise, dominating a great deal of mythic lore. We find in it one of the most powerful, complex, and easily misunderstood bodies of imagery extant in both the worlds of the Occult and of Psychology.

Many people want to take a romanticized or parental attitude toward the Fool, seeing in the figure a carefree vagabond, a child-like soul, and a capering comic. They want to see it as "innocent and holy" and, in fact, a great many Fools have their titles - names - badly mangled in translation to suit this agenda. In its role as the first expression of Human Spirit and Awareness, the Fool certainly does have some of the "innocent wonder" about it. On the other hand, as it develops toward the Omega, the Fool also reveals some truly terrible, wonderful, and powerful traits. The most commonly mangled names are "Percevale" and "Parzifal." The former is actually based upon the latter, with Chretien De Troyes and Malory modeling their French and Anglo-Norman heroes upon the German hero of Wolfram von Eschenbach. All three bear a loose relationship to the Welsh figure of Peredeur ap Efrac, but the influences of Latin thought and the close ties to the Graal Mythology make this a tenuous connection indeed.

Returning to the issue of the names, I think we need to ask "Why are they so important and why are we calling them titles?" Names in mystery lore do not work in the same manner as our modern day personal appellations. They are not simply convenient markers to connect face with personal knowledge. They serve as titles, and as definitions to partly explain the nature of the character and they thus indicate why said character takes the role and acts as it does. So, if we take a closer look we can find a small exposition to enlighten us.

Parzifal *does not* mean "Holy Fool," in keeping with the popular misunderstanding. "Fals" means "Circumstances" - "Fals du bist schwanger ..." or "If you happen to be pregnant ..." is a warning sign one can see in any German medical facility near the X-Ray rooms. Parzi derives from the root "perse," which it shares with Persecute, Parsimony, Persephone, and so forth. It means "poverty" or "suffering." So we can translate Parzifal as "Circumstances of Suffering" or "Circumstances of Poverty." Likewise, we can look at Percevale and find a similar meaning. "Vale" means a "small valley" and we see it used throughout medieval literature from Roncevale - the Valley of Thorns - where the hero Roland meets his end to the "Vale of Avalon" found in Malory's "Morte D'Arthur." "Perce" shares the same root of "poverty" or "suffering" with Parzi and thus for Percevale, instead of the popular but badly mangled "Holy Fool," we have "Valley of Suffering."

So, what's in the name? Why do we need to see the Fool's Alpha as a figure of poverty and suffering? This certainly flies in the face of watered down, non-confrontational, newage thinking. It also delivers a healthy slap across the mouth to pop-neopagan fads that wish to see everything occult through rose-colored lenses. The reason can be found in the roots of a great deal of Mystery Tradition Lore - at the founding points. Sidharta Buddha seeks to transcend suffering through enlightenment. Hold it, isn't this theme extrememly similar to the apotheosis achieved via the Graal? I answer "Yes, indeed." In the Christian legacy we find a similar meme in the self sacrifice of the Christos - or "Toad on a Thorn" as I call it. Yeshua ben Mirriam translates as "Hero, Son of Bitterness." The same theme can be seen in the Mabinogi where the Lynx of the Long Arm must overcome the three fates sworn upon him by his mother, Aranrhod, whose name means "Round Hill" and suggests a burial mound. Of course, by referencing the grave in this manner we see that the transcendence of suffering follows along with a transcendence of Death, which is to say Fate. Religions try to take this concept literally, proclaiming general resurrections or bodily assumption into paradisical states in their various doctrines, dogmas, and advertising. The Mysteries make no such blunder and show us instead a pathway to transcend and overthrow the cyclic, spiralling repetitions of Fate and thus to transcend the doom of the "gods," (I've addressed this idea in a earlier series of posts entitles "This Day All Gods Die,") most of whom are revealed as the handmaidens of Fate, forever identifying the cosmological forces of Creation and Destruction and playing out the cycles of these forces over and over. Clearly, Parzifal, as he achieves the Apotheosis of Montsalvat, describes just such a process of transcendence through the Survival of Death, so we have our Omega foreshadowed for us here, and our Mystery of Judgment (Trump XX) explained somewhat as well.

Having looked at some of the figures we find associated with the Fool, we can now look at some of the titles of the general figure expressed by the Tarot. "Fool" we already know, and can look at it from the viewpoint of "child," "dazed and confused," "jester and entertainer," "vagabond" and so forth. But what of the figure's other names? In French, it is "Le Fou," which translates both as "Fool" and as "Moonstruck" or "Madman." In Italian, the figure is blatantly "Il Matto" - "The Lunatic" - in German it is "Der Narr" or "The Foolish One," and in Spanish it is "El Loco" or "The Madman." So now we have our Fool associated both with Madness and with suffering, or the Condition of Fate.
Posted by Trystn M Branwynn at 12:31 PM

The DustBunnies/MarchHares Big Damn Handout Volume I, Third Revision... (Feri Book)

2009-07-16T02:01:50Z

This is a book of handouts about the Feri Tradition. It's in its third revision. I read most of the second revision back a while and it was improved and contains a lot more information. It had some parts that I couldn't relate to, especially the parts about Hestia, but over all, it's a useful book for anyone interested in Feri.

http://www.lulu.com/content/hardcover-book/the-dustbunnies-big-damn-handout-book/3023755

FFF
~Muninn's Kiss

Marassa and the Feri Divine Twins...

2009-07-03T03:43:11Z

The Lwas: Marassa:

"Twins are sacred because they are living representations of the balancing forces found throughout Vodou belief. Together, they represent both the human and the divine, the mortal and the immortal. They form a connection between the physical world and the world of the spirits, and they live in both worlds. Some practitioners of Vodou believe that they are even more powerful than the lwa because of the union they symbolise."

The Voudou view of twins makes me think of the Feri Divine Twins. Like the Divine Twins, Marassa represent opposites. It is interesting to think of twins as both human and divine, mortal and immortal. Feri teaches that "self is god and god is self and god is a person like myself." We are each both human and divine, both mortal and immortal, just like the Voudou twins. We live in both worlds. Each one of us is the Divine Twins.

FFF
~Muninn's Kiss

Feri Pentacles: The Honey Pentacle...

2009-06-25T02:15:58Z

The following Pentacle was posted to a list I'm part of. The person posting it says it's in the public domain, so I think it's okay to post it here. I'm mostly posting it so I can find it easier. It was designed to help with being too much in the Talker and not enough in the other souls.

Start by doing Ha prayers and making Kala. Remind the Talker (Emi, Ruach) that it is not alone. Tell it that we are three souls that are one together.

Run the Pentacle with the following points. Unlike the Iron Pentacle on which it is based, the energy that runs through the Pentacle is the golden-honey coloured fire of the upper part of the flame, and is made of honey.

Sex
Beauty
Passion
Pleasure
Power

"I affirm I am made for Sex, Beauty, Passion, Pleasure and Power. The manna that binds my three-souled Being is Honey."

You can run the Pentacle either around the outside (Sex, Beauty, Passion, Pleasure, Power or Sex, Power, Pleasure, Passion, Beauty) or through the points (Sex, Passion, Power, Beauty, Pleasure, or Sex, Pleasure, Beauty, Power, Passion). Look at any complexes you have with each of the words or attributes. Also, cleanse and strengthen each point.

The author of the Pentacle says: "Anyhow, be prepared for things to heat up. Not specifically in the ways they do when running the I.P. This is a softer Pentacle Work. But very sexy. Very sensual. And, of course, sweet!"

FFF
~Muninn's Kiss

Summer Solstice...

2009-06-23T20:02:41Z

I'm late, but Happy Solstice to everyone! The Solstice feel on the 21st this year, last Sunday. On that day, I visited a bird aviary. (Though not in celebration of the Solstice. I forgot the Solstice was coming up.)

FFF
~Muninn's Kiss

Seven Principles of Huna...

2009-06-10T00:24:20Z

Huna Teachings - Crystalinks:

Seven Principles of Huna

* IKE -The world is what you think it is
* KALA -There are no limits, everything is possible
* MAKIA -Energy flows where attention goes
* MANAWA -Now is the moment of power
* ALOHA -To love is to be happy with
* MANA -All power comes from within
* PONO -Effectiveness is the measure of truth

Ho'o Pono Pono...

2009-06-10T00:19:04Z

HO O PONO PONO:

"Divine creator, father, mother, as one ...

If I, my family, relatives and ancestors have offended you, your family, relatives and ancestors in thoughts, words, deeds and actions from the beginning of our creation to the present, we ask your forgiveness ...

Let this cleanse, purify, release, cut all the negative memories, blocks, energies and vibrations and transmute these unwanted energies to pure light ..."

Divine Twins...

2009-06-04T02:59:55Z

In Feri Tradition, the world began with the Star Goddess, who brought the world into being through her lust. She is God Herself, neither male nor female, but both and something beyond.

The Star Goddess gave birth to twins. They are her consort, her son, her husband. They are one with her yet separate. They are one, but two, brothers, lovers, enemies, allies. They are male and male, male and female, female and female, female and male, and yet still male and male. Ever changing, ever moving. They are the lemniscate gods, six gods male and female, an infinitium of gods and goddesses, six, infinity, two, one. Ever changing, ever moving.

The Divine Twins can be seen as a snake and a bird, a serpent and a white dove. Together they are Quetzacoatl, the winged serpent of the Aztecs. They are seen in the eagle holding a snake, marking the location for the Aztecs to build their city. In Christianity, Jesus says to be as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves.

The serpent is seen twice in two different contexts in the Jewish Tanakh. First, the serpent is who tempts Eve and thereby Adam into eating of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Jewish and Christian belief shows this as the fall of man. Other groups see this as the rise of man to an enlightened state. The second serpent is the golden serpent, raised up in the wilderness to protect the people of Israel. In the Christian New Testiment, Jesus is equated with the golden serpent.

In the Tanakh, we first see the dove when Noah sends the dove out to find dry land. The dove represents hope here. In the New Testiment, the Holy Spirit comes on Jesus as a dove. The Shekhinah, the feminine presence of G-d equates to the Holy Spirit. In many Middle Eastern belief systems, the spirit of the gods comes upon the prophet in the form of a dove.

So, we can see Jesus and the Holy Spirit, or Moshiach (Messiah) and Shekhinah, can be seen as the serpent and the dove, as the Divine Twins.

FFF
~Muninn's Kiss

Norse Proverb...

2009-06-02T01:47:12Z

No man is so good as to be free of evil, nor so bad as to be worth nothing.
~ Norse Proverb