Showing posts with label ocean. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ocean. Show all posts

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Pagan Blog Project WK17 and 18: I is for Ireland and Italy

Apologies for the late postings, sometimes life gets in the way.  Please stop by here and give a shout out to help an independent pagan publisher keep the works of the elders of this time in print.  And now to the letter I.

Ireland and Italy are the lands of (most of my) ancestors.  While my personal praxis does not typically include work with ancestors, I do feel a deep pull to both of these lands.  When people talk of them or when I see pictures I feel a call, deep in my spirit, to go to these places, walk the earth and touch the waters.  It's like they call to my memory.

The cliffs of Ireland call my name every time I see them, every time I hear them sung of and every time I see the white of water crashing along her edges.  I remember the way the air tastes and the smell of the old ocean along her shores.  I've never been there in this lifetime, but I remember the sound as the sea hits the land, and the smell of fire on the wind.  Does Erin call to you too?
Near Glencolmcille fine art print by Darcilina of Depictions by Dolge

Can you taste the excitement in the air mingled with the dust?  Can you hear the roar of the crowd above the ringing of metal?  Can you see the knowledge of death or glory in the eyes of those called or driven to fight?  I remember it all and every time I see the Colosseum it comes back.  The gods of Rome are familiar to me but they are not what calls, it's the city itself.  Do ancient walls speak to you as well.
Colosseum Fine Art Photograph by Julie Smith of Julie S. Photography


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Friday, March 23, 2012

Featured Favorites Friday: Orcas are SO cool!!!!!

Soooooo... there I was, minding my own business, being a geek and watching Discovery Channel when I saw the coolest things EVER!  Orcas that try to knock seals off of ice-floes by group effort wave-making.  Seriously SO COOL.  They are some of the most intelligent pack hunters on the planet!

So, first I offer you a discount code to my shop, ORCA20 for 20% off anything all weekend.

And second, I give you cool orca stuff from etsy:



Food Chain Collapse Print
from Richard Horne
at the El Horno Shop








Mamma Orca Pendant
from David Joaquin Joaquin
at DKJ Art





who can also be found

Friday, March 2, 2012

Pagan Blog Project WK09: Elements and how I view them


So... I am a solitary eclectic (which perhaps we will re-visit next week) and when I do magick it’s typically elemental based but are my elements the same as yours?  It’s a standard joke/truth that when you ask nine pagans a question you get thirteen answers so here are my elements.

Water:  I am a water person to the core (pay no attention to the Taurus birthday).  I constantly feel the flows and work with the energy.  I love it’s destructive and creative powers, even in the smallest volumes.  The ocean drives the systems of the planet just as our blood surges through our bodies.  I do see emotions as water; they ebb and flow, are adaptable to surroundings, take the shape of a container, and can be calm on the surface but contain hidden depths.  However, I live on the East Coast of the United States… water is not west of me, its east.

Stormy Seas by Yulia Kazansky Art Studio

Fire: Ok, so I might be a bit of a fire person too (what Taurus birthday?).  Have you ever noticed that fire is always consuming the material world from both ends, but provides us with something intangible yet so vital?  Passion and willpower are very similar as people can be consumed by them yet will provides the intangible drive to achieve things great and small, both creatively and destructively.  When harnessed, fire and passion are great creative forces that build and shape our world however when mis-directed or un-controlled they will consume and destroy.

Bon Fire Print by CapturingEssence

Earth: I have been told that I embody many earth-y qualities, yes I am a Taurus, but it’s not an element that I’m innately connected to.  The solidness and grounded-ness of the material world is not all that easy for me to connect to and I have no idea.  To me earth represents life, greenery, growing things, providing nutrients, even in the harshest of climes (see also lichens and extremophiles).  Did you know I have a black thumb; I’ve even killed an air fern.  Even in the most beautiful stretches of earth I’ve ever seen (Arizona) I just wanted to get to the next ocean.

Ides of Earth by SeeBee Photography

Air: Riiiiight… this element is my least favorite to call in ritual or hold energetic space for in circle.  It constantly eludes me.  I appreciate its life-supporting mass around our planet and I respect its unpredictable destructive nature, but I don’t get it.  Air, to me, represents that creative and intellectual spark that I just don’t share.  Perhaps I should look into my divination as a path to better understanding of air.

Rotating Tornadic Severe Supercell Thunderstorm by ScenicSurroundings

And for the record, my favorite on-screen representation of all four elements is Avatar: The last Air-Bender the animated series.  There’s a lot to learn from watching the four nations interact, even if it is a kids show.

Avatar The Last Airbender set of 4 buttons by ManicMarch


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Friday, July 8, 2011

Featured Favorites Friday: Venture to the Deep with me

So for those of you who don't know, my Bachelors Degree is in Marine Science.  I love the ocean.  I've added a couple of treasuries.


'Venture into the Deep' by ReadingsByKat

Come with me!


Moby Dick / White Sperm...
$299.00

WHALE TAIL METAL STEEL ...
$145.00

Magestic
$95.00

Ascension. octopus brid...
$18.00

MacBook ipad decal viny...
$10.00

seaweed.paisley
$12.50

Colossal Squid blue ten...
$38.00

The "Blue Leopard&...
$75.00

Blue-ringed Octopus
$250.00

Ocean Breeze. sea kelp....
$6.00

Flecks of Abalone Clam ...
$25.00

A Tangle of Kelp II
$120.00

Seaweed N Shells
$18.00

Red Kelp Craft Kit
$30.00

Red Sea Plant, Handmade...
$10.00

Kimberly Affleck Lampwo...
$160.00



'Magick of the Sea' by ReadingsByKat

There is magick here.


MAGIC- 5x7 Beach Wish S...
$28.00

Miniature Seaside Fairy...
$48.00

Ocean Fertile - Spirit ...
$250.00

Atlantean Sigil Bindi
$15.00

Sea Mariner Calypso Saf...
$29.00

Captive Mermaid - Art D...
$120.00

Mermaid Mug - The Sea a...
$25.00

Ocean spirit shaman wan...
$65.00

Beach Sunset Watercolor...
$35.00

OOAK Mermaid's Trea...
$35.00

Tiamat sapphire blue pu...
$46.10

Blessed Sand From Viequ...
$3.33

Green Water Sprite Mini...
$9.00

OOAK Polymer Clay Drago...
$15.00

Mystic ocean deep cotto...
$5.00

Mermaid in Abalone Shel...
$37.00