From your bible. As to why Yule should be left to the pagans

Christian people do you not know your own bible and the teachings of your savoir
If you did my beloved Yule Tide Season would not even be in question as to weather it was your holiday or mine/read your bible understand it before you lay claim to some thing you are not entitled. .nothing boils my blood worse then the lack of understanding the teachings .and running off at the mouth.  A few more examples from your bible. As to why Yule should be left to the pagans and not threaded on by Christians

 Is there some chance that He changed His mind over the years? That He no longer hates those ancient religious traditions? Perhaps though it was once unacceptable to worship Him with those ancient pagan customs, -it's acceptable today? Why don't we just let the Bible itself answer this question, since it is the "Word of God", and the "Word of God IS JESUS." Notice Hebrews 13:8-9, -"Jesus Christ is the SAME YESTERDAY, and TODAY, yes and FOREVER. Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings." 

Aren't we "carried away by strange teachings" when we celebrate the so-called birth of Christ by (1) Putting a TREE in our home? (2) Decking it with silver and gold ornaments, lights and crowning it with a crown or star? (3) Laying gifts at its feet? (4) Burning a "YULE LOG"? (Yule is an ancient god of the Vikings) (5) Teaching our children the lie that a "jolly old man called "Santa" brings all the nice children gifts?

Now what does all these customs have to do with the birth of our Lord and Savior? How "strange" it is indeed that God's weekly Sabbath day and commanded Holy Day observances instructed in Leviticus 23, would be totally forgotten or ignored, and replaced by the very religious practices God warned against even learning about. And then to attach His righteous, holy name to it, -CHRISTmas, is an insult of the first degree.


Lies Connected with Christmas  
There are many lies surrounding the modern observance of Christmas. Among them is that it is the birthday of Jesus, that Santa Claus brings all the good children gifts on this day, that it is even a Christian holiday, when non-Christians the world over observe it.  
When our children ask, -"What does the tree represent?" What are they told? When they ask about putting gifts under a tree, tree ornaments, mistletoe, the wreath on the door and how all this fits in honoring the birth of Jesus, what are they told? Please study this subject, my friends, so that you can be truthful with your children.  
It's very important for our children to know that we are truthful to them. After finding out the truth about Santa Claus, one little boy made the statement that he was going to check into "this Jesus business too." You see, he felt hurt and betrayed by his parents and the society around him. If adults would lie to him about the existence of a jolly old man called Santa, then why wouldn't they lie about a man called Jesus? 

Winter Festival known as YULE

Why Do Non-Christians Observe Xmas?  
Let me pose this question, -"If Christmas gets its roots from Christianity, -then why do so many Non-Christians observe it?"  
Virtually every culture on this planet has holidays that are important to themselves but not to everyone else. So why is it that Christmas is so important to so many non-Christians cultures? It is because many of these cultures observed the same customs connected with what is called "CHRIST-mas" today, long before the birth of Christ.  
Although the observance of Christmas is much older than the 2000 years of the Christian era, let's examine how it made its way into being a "Christian" holiday.  
The Encylopaedia Britannica says -"Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the (Christian) Church." It was not instituted by Christ or the Apostles, or by Bible authority. It was picked up from the worship of Paganism.  
The Encyclopedia Americana says, -"Christmas, according to many authorities, was not celebrated in the first centuries of the Christian Church...In the fifth century the Western (Catholic) Church ordered it to be celebrated forever on the DAY OF THE OLD ROMAN FEAST OF THE BIRTH OF SOL, (Roman Sun-god) as no certain knowledge of the day of Christ's birth existed." Did you notice that these recognized historical authorities reveal that Christmas was not observed by Christians for the first 300 to 400 years after the Church was established. It was not until the fifth century that the Roman Catholic Church ordered it to be celebrated as an official Christian festival.  
Since Christmas as a Christian holiday came from the declaration of the Roman Catholic Church, -let's see what they have to say about it first hand.  
From the Catholic Encyclopedia, -"Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the Church...the first evidence of the feast is from Egypt...Pagan customs centering around the January calends gravitated to Christmas."  
Any encyclopedia or any other historical authority will tell you that Christ was not born on December 25th. The Catholic Encyclopedia, which is published by the very Church that brought it's observance into Christianity, frankly states that the birth of Jesus is not known.  
From the Encyclopedia Britannica 15th edition, -"Christmas customs are an evolution from times that LONG ANTEDATE the Christian period -a descent from seasonal, pagan, religious and national practices, hedged about with legend and tradition." You can't put "BACK IN" what was "NEVER IN", and Jesus was never in the ancient pagan festival we now call Christmas.  
It reminds me of Isaiah 29 as quoted by Jesus in Matthew 15:8-11, -"This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far away from Me. But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as their doctrines the precepts of Men."  
Jesus likely born in the Fall  
While the Bible does not expressly tell us the date of Jesus' birth, there are reasons to believe it occurred in the fall of the year. We know that Jesus was crucified in the spring, at the time of the Passover.(John 18:39) Figuring His ministry as lasting 3½ years,(Book of John mentions Jesus keeping 3 passovers) this would place the beginning of His ministry in the fall. At that time he was about thirty years old (Luke 3:23). Which was the recognized age for a man to become an official minister under the Law.(Numbers 4:3). So if Jesus turned thirty years of age in the fall, then His birthday was in the fall of the year, thirty years earlier.  
Winter Festival Kept 2000 years B.C.  
The fact that this winter festival was being observed more than 2000 years before the birth of Jesus Christ, and that those observing it were pagans honoring the re-birth of the SUN-GOD, proves that the origin of this festival can in no way be rightly associated with the birth of Jesus Christ which occurred thousands of years later.  
notice Jeremiah 10:2-4, -"Thus says the Lord, Do not learn the way of the nations; and do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens, although the nations are terrified by them." There was fear surrounding the observance of the winter solstice...the days were getting shorter and shorter and the sun seemed to be getting weaker with each passing day. At this time fires were kindled and candles lit to encourage the "NEWBORN SUN-GOD" to give forth his light and warmth. Sun-worshippers believed this time to be the re-birth of the sun, -the birthday of the sun-god.  
As the days began to get a little longer each day, it became a sign of the re-birth and an occasion for rejoicing and merrymaking. The "terrifying signs" referred to in Jeremiah 10:2, -that of the sun dying, was replaced by the appearance of its seeming re-birth as the days became longer.  
Continuing in Jeremiah 10 notice verses 3 and 4, -"For the customs of the peoples are delusion (vain); for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not."  
Doesn't this sound like the perfect description of the Christmas tree? God plainly calls this the way of the pagans and a custom of the people, doesn't He? And God commands His people to not worship Him in the way the pagan nations worship their gods, doesn't He? Isn't that what He commanded in Deuteronomy 12?  
Some may claim that Jeremiah 10 is referring to a pagan idol and not to a tree, but fail to realize that the evergreen tree was considered sacred by many ancient peoples as a symbol of eternal life. The fact remains that Jeremiah 10 states that men went into the forest, cut down trees, propped them up so they wouldn't fall and decked them with silver and gold ornaments. These round ornaments represented images of the sun-god. Honestly, doesn't it seem strange to stand a tree in your home, lavishly adorn it, crown it with a star and lay gifts at its feet? Ever wonder why yours and other's gifts are laid under this object standing so proudly in your home? Doesn't it stand to reason that this custom originated from the ancient practice of giving an offering to a image of a pagan god?  
Evergreen Trees Were Used in Worship  
Notice Deuteronomy 12:2, -"You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess serve their god, on the high mountains and on the hills and UNDER EVERY GREEN TREE."  
We find here that the pagan nations worshipped their gods on high mountains, on hills and under every green tree. The evergreen tree was considered sacred and holy because it remained green throughout the winter, not becoming bare and lifeless as the other trees. It was believed to possess eternal life by many.  
Clearly, God does not desire a PLACE made for these things He calls an abomination to Him. Are you making a PLACE in YOUR HOME for these practices? Can you be sure God is pleased with you attempting to worship Him in this way? Shouldn't you study to learn the truth BEFORE you continue to seek to honor the great God of all things in this manner? And hasn't God warned us to be careful in how we worship Him?  
Is it safe to assume that because we place the name of Christ on this ancient holiday today that it makes it pure and acceptable to God?  
so Christan stop stomping on my blessed yule even your savoir says not to worship on these days;

Christians then borrowed the date and devised Christmas

I DO NOT CARE IF THIS DOES OFFEND SOMEONE…THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE…I AM SICK AND TIRED OF EVERY YEAR WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES AROUND; THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TAKE CHRIST OUT OF CHRISTMAS BECAUSE IT MIGHT OFFEND SOMEONE…WELL, HOW ABOUT ALL OF THE CHRISTIANS?...WHAT ABOUT OFFENDING US BECAUSE YOU ARE TAKING OUR CHRIST OUT OF CHRISTMAS?...CHRIST IS CHRISTMAS!...IF YOU AREN'T CELEBRATING CHRIST THEN WHY ARE YOU CELEBRATING?...CHRISTMAS IS ABOUT THE BIRTH OF OUR SAVIOR!...CHRISTMAS IS ONE OF A FEW HOLIDAYS LEFT THAT CELEBRATE "MY" CHRIST!...LEAVE "MY" CHRISTMAS ALONE!...AND TELL EVERYONE MERRY CHRISTMAS, NOT HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!...RE-POST IF YOU’RE NOT ASHAMED!!

well how about the truth.

Think about it, what have reindeer, elves, decorated fir trees, Yule logs and Santa Claus have to do with the Bible?  Nothing, nada, zip.  But they have everything to do with Yule.  This ancient Pagan holiday called Yule and it's counterpart "Christmas" are one and the same holiday. 

Yule (December 25) was based on the birth of the sun.... To "Christianize" this favorite of all Pagan holidays, they changed it to "birth of the Son," called it "Christmas," and kept on keeping it just like they always had. 

How did the Winter Solstice become a "Christian" holiday?  

"...there's also a small disagreement about why the church later chose Dec. 25 for Christmas. Two main theories compete. One notes that in A.D. 274, the Roman Emperor Aurelian inaugurated Dec. 25 as the pagan "Birth of the Unconquered Sun"...Christians then borrowed the date and devised Christmas to compete with paganism."

"Christmas has its origins in several pagan holidays. The (Roman) celebration known as Saturnalia included the making and giving of small presents. This holiday was observed over a series of days...ending on December 25. (The birthday of Sol Invictus, the "unconquered sun")

"When the first missionaries began converting the Germanic peoples to Christianity, they found it easier to simply provide a Christian reinterpretation for popular feasts such as Yule and allow the celebrations themselves to go on largely unchanged, rather than trying to suppress them."  "The Scandinavian tradition of slaughtering a pig at Christmas (Christmas Ham) ...is probably the most salient evidence for this. The tradition derives from the sacrifice to the god Freyr at the Yule celebrations. Halloween and Easter are theorized to have been likewise assimilated from northern European pagan festivals."  (They go back further than that!)

The presents the wise men brought the baby Messiah were brought because they were coming before a King.  The Bible never suggests that we should keep a Roman style Saturnalia where everyone gave gifts to each other.  Jesus Christ was and is a Jew and He never kept Christmas in His life, He never mentions it.  He did ask us to keep a memorial of His death (Passover)...but never His birth.

 

The sun, not the Son.

2000 years ago...most of the world worshipped the sun, not the Son.

How much ancient sun worship (Baal worship) has been absorbed by Christianity?  You might be shocked to know the details~  This article finally reveals how some religions have adopted "Gnosticism" (Paganism and Christianity" blended together.) The early church fought hard against progressive religion and perversion of the truth.  This article delves deep and shows the progression of how paganism and sun worship slipped into your church while no one was watching...  Could you be practicing aspects of ancient sun worship and not even know it?  Read on to find out for your own protection!  You'll never look at church the same way, after reading this! you really want to read the full story  the link click here 

How To Tell If Your Neighbor Lady Is A Witch

 

How To Tell If Your Neighbor Lady Is A Witch


 


You casually mention the moon's phase, and she knows the exact number of days, hours, and minutes until the next full moon.
All the stray cats in the neighborhood congregate in her garden.

A black crow has chosen the lamppost outside her house as it's favorite perch.

She doesn't weed her garden or lawn. In fact, it seems as if she is nurturing the weeds.

Her clothesline has only black clothes on it.

Local kids whisper as they pass her house, and run away if they spot movement in the house or yard.

Nobody trick-or-treats at her house because her costumes are always scarier than any of the children's.

There are footprints on the roof.

The trees near her house look as if they've been pruned for a flight-path.

She can't make a sandwich without adding fresh herbs to it.

The tea she offers you is yellow-colored and smells like flowers.

She never gets junk mail and when you ask her why, and she confides that she just returns it to sender after writing something on it in strange curly script.

When you drop in for a chat, the coffee pot or tea kettle is already starting to perk.

Jehovah's Witnesses never knock on her door.

She keeps the local candle shop solvent.

She has a pond out back full of frogs and you haven't seen that obnoxious storm-window salesman in a while.

She is always smiling peacefully to herself.

She went to a Halloween costume party dressed normally, and won first prize.

Her house always smells like incense and herbs.

She has black cats with strange sounding names.

She has a bumper-sticker on her car that reads, "I brake for toads".

She frequently gets questioned by the narcotics cops, who confiscate large amounts of dried green leaves and always return them with apologies after laboratory analysis.

At Christmas, it seems like half the garden is moved into the house.

On full moon nights, you hear the sounds of chanting and the tinkling of small bells.

You discover that the "realistic plastic" skull she affectionately calls "Christopher" in the living room is real. Didn't she say her most recent ex-lover's name was Christopher?

You catch her washing a crystal ball along with the dishes.

She wears a lot of silver jewelry, even when she is weeding or changing the oil in the car.

You knock on the door and she answers it wearing only a black robe. You apologize for interrupting her shower, but you notice her hair isn't wet.

She has a tendency to hum or chant quietly, especially while outside in the garden.

She has a tame raven that will eat from her hand in the garden.

She never catches a cold, despite a tendency to walk around barefoot often...even in the snow.

She dooesn't kill spiders...not even the huge hairy ones.

She has a lot of female friends that come around once or twice a month. When you ask what they're up to, she tells you they just have cake and ale and a nice chat.

You catch her kissing a toad.

She owns a custom made dinner set decorated with bats or a "stars and moons" design.

She has a mail-order account with a semi-precious gems wholesaler.

The priest who lives around the corner always crosses himself when driving past her house.

She never watches television...but owns shelves full of books with black spines and silver lettering.

To your knowledge she has never set foot in the local church. You've even heard rumors that she's been barred from it.

You ask to borrow a deck of cards for an impromptu evening of pinochle, and there are 78 in the pack.

You've never known her to go to a physician.

When you chat, she maintains eye contact the whole time.

Expectant mothers are always visiting.

Women become expectant mothers a short time after visiting and leaving with bags full of herbs.

You ask for suggestions of nice paths to walk in the area, and they all go by strange earth mounds, oak groves, and stone circles.

There aren't any clocks in the house and most of the mirrors are black.

She has a stone gargoyle near the garden gate and she calls it her "guardian spirit".

She tells you she's coming out of the broom closet, and installs a stained-glass pentagram window in the front door

~~~Author Unknown

Preparing for Magick — How to Cast Spells

The art of spell casting is a fairly simple process involving the raising and sending of energy towards a specific goal using basic techniques.
Spells are really just the manipulation of energy. This energy must then be sent towards a specific goal, and any excess energy should be released into the earth. This process can seem rather complicated, but as long as you’re centered and grounded correctly, the manipulation of energy can be fairly simple.
The Energy Within — Personal Power
Every living thing is full of power. The magick within is incredibly strong, and ready to be used. All the strength and power you will ever need is within you, including the strength to draw upon outside energies when necessary. However, for most people, these skills have never been used, or were used so long ago that they have forgotten them completely.
Personal power is like a muscle. It strengthens with use, and will atrophy with neglect. Start small, and practice frequently to encourage your personal power to become stronger. Eventually, your own personal power will be strong enough to accomplish what might seem to be impossible.
Using personal power requires intense emotion. It is best to focus on a goal you can feel passionate about for maximum effectiveness. The modern world teaches that strong passions must be repressed and controlled, so you will have to break through these years of conditioning, finding the flame that will fuel your own magic.
Raising Magickal Energy From Outside Sources
Raising energy can be done in many different ways. Some common methods of raising energy are:
Chanting
Drumming
Stomping
Clapping
Breathing
Singing
Dancing
Visualization
Meditation
Many Pagans and Wiccans use ritual to raise energy. This allows for the combination of many methods mentioned above. When raising energy, let the feeling that has been awakened using personal power permeate your entire body; feel the power surge through you.
Remember to draw energy from the earth, the same way you do when you’re grounding. Channel energy from the sun, the moon, a lake, or whatever natural sources are nearby. Open yourself to nature, or you will only have access to your own personal power, and this will quickly leave you exhausted.
One must see the desired goal as real and already accomplished. Experience the feeling of achievement that will accompany success. You will know instinctively when the energy is at its peak. In that instant, it is time to send it towards its goal.
Sending Magickal Energy Towards Its Goal
Raising energy does no good if it’s not eventually sent out to accomplish its goal. To do this, visualize the energy streaming from you into either the object of the goal itself, or a visualization of this goal. For example, for healing, you would visualize the energy entering the person to be healed (following all magickal ethics, of course).
If the person is not sitting directly in front of you, try using a photograph, or perhaps a lock of hair. Even picturing the person sitting in front of you will do. Imagine them as hale and healthy, raise the power, and channel it into them. Keep the vision of them fully healed in your mind for the duration. Avoid distractions during this process.
Some visualizations are not as easy as this. For example, if you’re casting a spell for increased concentration, you may have to visualize yourself studying, or working, or whatever image works for you. See yourself participating in an activity that is associated with your goal.
Releasing Excess Energy Into the Earth
After the energy has been raised and sent towards its goal, you will probably still feel as if you’re vibrating, too keyed up to sleep. This means that there is still excess energy circulating throughout your system. This energy is fine in the short term, but it will eventually begin to have adverse effects such as:
Headaches;
Inability to sleep;
Too much tension; and
Hyperactivity.
There is no need for this, as the excess energy can be sent into the earth. Simply place your hands upon the ground (preferably the earth itself, but it’s not strictly necessary). Allow the excess energy to drain through your hands and into the earth. As an alternative, you could try sitting on the ground and allowing the energy to drain though your ‘roots’ into the earth. This is the reverse of most common grounding exercises.
Many rituals, especially Wiccan rituals, involve ‘cakes and wine.’ This is a more mundane method of releasing excess energy. When your body has to digest physical food, it can return to its normal state much more quickly. Releasing excess energy is highly important, no matter which method is used, so if simply having a meal after spells and rituals is easiest for you, then do so.
Casting spells is not necessarily an easy process at first. However, with time, patience, practice, and an internal elemental balance, it does become easier, and eventually second nature. Some spells have a long list of ingredients and tools, and while these may enhance the working of a spell, they are not strictly necessary.






References:
Buckland, Raymond, Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft. Llewellyn Publications, 2007.
Buckland, Raymond, Witchcraft … The Religion. Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, 1966.
Cunningham, Scott, Wicca, A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner. Llewellyn Publications, 1999.
Cunningham, Scott, Living Wicca, A Further Guide for the Solitary Practitioner. Llewellyn Publications, 2000.
Leek, Sybil, The Complete Art of Witchcraft. World Publishing, 1971.

What Night Is This?

The lyrics is so touching I had to share them with you ,

Under the Full Moon I pray, may tomorrow be a brighter day. Bless us with your light and love. May below be as above. Blessed Be!

ladylafay.com 

What Night Is This?

What night is this so long and drear
When all good folk would gather near
To light their pyres, the Solstice fires
And tend the blaze till morning.

All, all of nature sing
As the days grow long, so comes the Spring.
All hail our Lord, the Sun,
The babe of our blessed Lady.


So build the fires strong and high
The wind will be His lullaby
Returning king, of thee we sing
Watching the Yule log burning.

All, all of nature sing
As the days grow long, so comes the Spring.
All hail our Lord, the Sun,
The babe of our blessed Lady.


Come join me by the Yuletide flame
To call our Lord by His holy name.
By fire bright, invoke His light
Keeping watch till dawning

All, all of nature sing
As the days grow long, so comes the Spring.
All hail our Lord, the Sun,
The babe of our blessed Lady.