New Moon Risings

I am so sorry to be late with this, honestly time just got away from me.

Thanks to subscribers of Helikas, we have managed to give away the most money ever!

2008 first quarter donation went to the American Indian College Fund, to learn more about the Fund or how you can help, see American Indian College Fund

Thank you all so very much. We do sincerely appreciate your support for our non-traditional business model.

Finally, finally information about Hazel, the sixth of the sacred woods has been added to Chapter VIII :: Herbal. It was terribly interesting to write, but then I am a fan of gardening and I love walking beneath the trees in the woods near our home. Now that I know more about it, I’ll be on the lookout for hazel trees for use in magic.

In my regular reading, I discovered more information about John Dee and Edward Kelly, two Elizabethan age alchemists and magicians who left us the legacy of Enochian Magic and language. Their respective biographies have been updated in Chapter IX :: History

I am now working on adding information to Israel Regardie’s biography.  The people who have gone before are always so interesting, none are perfect, none are hermits or monks, but each has made an immeasurable contribution to where the pagan and magical communities find themselves today. Reading about their lives reminds me that failure and imperfection are part of being human.

Again, we must give an enormous thank you to all Helikas subscribers who allowed us to close out 2007’s 4th quarter with a bang. In keeping with what we have learned about making donations effective by donating more to fewer rather than little to many, donations were made to the following charities:

The Ocean Conservancy promotes healthy and diverse ocean ecosystems and opposes practices that threaten ocean life and human life. Speaking on behalf of endangered sea turtles, right whales, manatees and the all the other magnificent life that call the ocean their home.

Our local no-kill animal shelter. Small and less than a year old, we look forward to helping these deserving folks make a difference in our local community. Food, litter, leashes and toys were donated as well as money.

Helikas subscribers, Thank YOU!

The New - A new meditation has been added to Chapter XIII :: Mental Magic. So many people complain that meditation is difficult because they can not seem to keep stray thoughts out of their mind, Focused Meditation was written to answer this complaint. Instead of keeping thoughts out, why not welcome them and focus them? A companion blog entry, over at Simple Magics will help explain the meditation and the inspiration behind it.

The Update - After discovering new information (new to me anyway ) while reading Applied Magics by Dion Fortune, I updated her biography in Chapter IX :: History. The more I learn about Ms. Fortune and the more of her works I read, the more interesting she become. What a fascinating and progressive lady.