Kulshedra is
a water, storm, fire and chthonic demon in Albanian mythology and folklore,
usually depicted as a huge multi-headed female serpentine dragon.
The power of lightning in mythology and life is undeniable.
Idra, Zeus, Thor powerful wielders of lightning.
Rain collected from a lightning storm contains very powerful
and magnetic energy that is useful for magic. Add to your bathwater or sprinkle
over your head to increase your charisma.
Winter storm water
will enhance your endurance and make you a formidable foe in business or
politics. Spring storm water increases your sensuality and can attract a
powerful new love.
Summer storm water
creates personal magnetism and raw sex appeal.
Autumn storm water makes one irresistible and bestows exceptional
quality of personal magnetism. This is
the darkest and most dangerous of lightning waters . Use with care an karmic
consideration
Stormwater can be good for cleansing purifying banishment
and protection. Used for cleansing to sprinkle over any object or person or add
to natural cleaning supplies to refresh a space. Ritual baths storm water is a
powerful ingredient you can add to your ritual bath it can be used for
protection clearing and also amplifying your magical powers.
Protective house wash, add this magical ingredient to a
bucket of warm water herbs or essential oils to wash down your doorsteps or
walls. This will cleanse and protect your personal space or repel any evils
that want to have access. Spells you can add a splash of storm water to any
sort of banishing spell to give an extra enhancement. This can be sprinkled on
herbs rubbed on outside candles or spritz over any type of written spell you're
working on.
In healing during any kind of healing you can sprinkle some
storm water onto a person to pier purify and protect their energy. You can also
use it on yourself for the same effect alter water every alter should have this
as one of its elements presented. Stormwater can use in this position for your
magical working space.
Benin
Ezili, goddess of sweet water, beauty, and love.
Dogon - Nommos, amphibious spirits that are worshiped as
ancestors.
Lead is a chemical element with the symbol Pb and atomic
number 82. It is a heavy metal that is denser than most common materials. Lead
is soft and malleable, and has a relatively low melting point.
The base metal of alchemy and therefore a metaphor for
humanity at its most primitive level of spiritual development. It is more
general symbolism of dull heaviness is linked not only to its physical weight
but to its ancient Association with the God Kronos, called Saturn by the
Romans.
Bellphano put lead down the throat of the monstrous chimera
which died when its fiery breath melted the metal . An episode linked to the
belief that lead has protective properties.
In ancient Germanic Culture lead was used for prophecy for
the New Year. As melted lead was poured into cool water if formed shapes that
we then interpreted by a Wise woman.
Bad omens were buried, while those that promised good
fortune were carried for luck.
In ancient Turkish beliefs lead is used to find out the cause of negative
energy and also to remove it from a person. Lead pouring into water over the
head of an afflicted person is believed to remove any evil.
Lead is associated with the Roman god Saturn, The Greek
Vulcan, The Orisha Ogun
The Heart and Tongue – How God Created the Cosmos.
The power of the spoken word is significant in the creation
of the world in many mythologies.
In Kemetic beliefs its is Atum the Hidden god who is created
with creation.
Atum himself is a product of the Vibration created by the Primordial
beings of the Ogdoad cosmology. He becomes self-aware and speaks himself into existence.
With the help of the Ogdoad he would create all other things.
The intellectual powers that enable the creator to bring him
or herself into existence and to create all other beings with sometimes
conceptualize as deities.
The most important of these gods were Sia, Hu and Heka.
Sia was the power of
perception or insight which allowed the creator to visualize other forms.
Hu was the power of authoritative speech which enabled the
creator to bring things into being by naming them.
In coffin text spell
335 Hu and Sia are said to be with their father Atum every day. In illustrated
underworld books of the new Kingdom these two deities were often shown
accompanying the creator sun God.
The power by which thoughts and commands of the creator
become reality was Hekka or magic. In coffin tech spells 261 the God Heka
claims to have been with the creator even in the primeval era.
In the cosmology of
Neith this goddess creates the whole world with seven magic words.
When Auset came to be worshipped as a creator deity during
the same. She was called mistress of the word in the beginning.
From at least as
early as the new Kingdom the God Ptah could represent the creative mind then Sia
and Hu were identified as the heart and tongue of Ptah. This concept is
expounded in the Memphite theology and in the various hymns of Ptah. The
ancient Egyptians believe that the heart was the organ of thought and feeling.
Ptah was said to have made the world after
planting it in his heart. It was through what the heart plans and the tongue
commands that everything was made.
Bible account “In the begin was the word, and the word was God
and God was the word.”
According to Bambara legend, in the beginning there was nothing but
the emptiness of the void. The universe began from a single point of sound—the
sound Yo. Everything—including human consciousness—came from this root sound.
Yo—the primeval creative spirit—created the structure of the heavens, the
Earth, and all living and nonliving things
Lapis lazuli, or lapis for short, is a deep-blue metamorphic
rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its
intense color.
Its deep, celestial blue remains the symbol of royalty and
honor, gods and power, spirit and vision. It is a universal symbol of wisdom
and truth.
The stone of truth lapis heals karmic wounds and helps you understand
your true path in life, wear it to prevent the repetition of mistakes and to move
your life forward in a positive way.
Meditate on the stone to get in touch with spirit guides and
receive messages.
The darkest blue stones male the wearer more mysterious and attract
love and openness. Lapis Lazuli is a powerful crystal for activating the higher
mind and enhancing intellectual ability. It stimulates the desire for
knowledge, truth and understanding, and aids the process of learning. It is
excellent for enhancing memory.
Lapis Lazuli activates the psychic centers at the Third Eye
and balances the energies of the Throat Chakra.
Lapis Lazuli is connected to Athena Greek, Hera Greek, Auset,
Nuit (Egyptian), Inanna (Summerian) , Dana
(Celtic)
coffin text is a modern name for the diverse body of spells
or recitations used on burial equipment during the middle Kingdom.
These texts were mainly painted on wooden coffins but also
appeared on tomb walls and on funerary items such as a steel or canopic chest.
The coffin texts were
composed in middle Egyptian a form of Egyptian language that became the
standard for literary works the text were usually written in simplified
hieroglyphics.
Many spells in the coffin text are also known from versions
in the pyramid texts. Both collections may derive from an archive of more to
Sherry text written on a papyrus that does not survive.
Some of the coffin tech spells are given titles that define
their functions such as a spell for navigating in the great baroque of Ra or
include instructions for the ritual that should accompany them.
A few sections on the coffin techs have vignettes
illustrations that form an integral part of the spell. the most elaborate of
these are the two Maps that belong to a section of the coffin text known as the
book of two ways. These Maps which are usually painted on the floor of coffins are
the earliest known Maps from any culture.
The book of two ways was nothing less than an illustrated
guide to the afterlife. It claimed to give 2 routes one by land and one by
water through a sinister divine realm beyond the horizon. and to provide the
deceased with the spells they would need to get past the monstrous guardians
they would face on the way.
The deceased had to pass through the mysterious region Rosetau
where the body of Osiris lay surrounded by walls of flames. If the deceased man
or woman proved worthy, he or she might be granted a new life in a paradise
call the field of offerings.
Although they are not
narrative's some spells in the coffin text describe major events in the
Egyptian creation story and even provide evidence for the Egyptian views about
the end of the world. The creator Atum Ra and his offspring Shu and Tefnut are
particularly prominent.
Much of the texts deal with transformation of the sun God
into various forms. A new element is a stress on the dangers faced by the sun
God during his celestial voyage such as attacks by the chaos monster Apep Snake
Coffin texts have been found in sites all over Egypt but the
majority come from the geographical region known as middle Egypt. The local
deities of middle Egypt such as Toth and the group of primeval beings later
known as the Ogdoad it of Hermopolis feature in many of these spells. Djehutey also
appears in many of the spells that allude to the conflict between Horace and Set
and the rescue of the body of Osiris.
The pyramid texts. The pyramid texts are the oldest of the
three principal collections of Egyptian literary text. They are among the
earliest religious writings known from anywhere in the world. The texts are
divided into sections each is preceded by an Egyptian phrase meaning words to
be spoken which is very often translated to mean a spell or incantation.
These incantations
can be as short as a single sentence or contain many paragraphs. The
illustrations. No illustrations accompany the pyramid texts although the
ceilings or Royal burial chambers are usually decorated with stars. The text
themselves seem to have adapted from a variety of genres such as hymns list a
divine names and epitaphs spells from the type of magic used in daily life and
resuscitation that accompany ritual actions.
The main purpose in assembling these texts and describing
them inside pyramids was to help the body of the deceased King to escape the
horror of petrifaction and his spirit to ascend to the celestial realm where he
would take his place among the gods. Some of the tests were probably recited
during the King's funeral or part of the Mortuary cult that continued after his
death. Others may have been intended to be spoken by the deceased as he entered
the afterlife.
Roughly 200 Deities are mentioned in the pyramid texts most
are the major deities known from cult temples such as the fertility God men and
the creator goddess Neith. Others are deities such as snake gods and celestial
ferryman who inhabit a complex an intensely imagined realm of gods.
The most frequently mentioned duties are Anubis (Anpu), Atum, Geb, Horace (Heru), Isis (Auset) Nephthys, Nut, Osiris (Ausar), RA, Set, Shu and Thot (Djehuty) . These include
most of the deities who make up the Ennead of Heliopolis.
Although the pyramid texts are not a collection of narrative,
they do contain numerous allusions to myths. They take up important themes in
Egyptian mythology such as the journey of the sun God and his solar bark. The
murder of the good God of Ausar and the violent conflict between Heru and Seth.
The
sacrificial lamb was a powerful symbol at the last super or pass over meal.
In
Christianity is represents Christ, the lamb of God who died for the sins of man.
the lamb represents Christ as both suffering
and triumphant; it is typically a sacrificial animal, and may also symbolize
gentleness, innocence, and purity.
In Judaism
it represents the sacrifice made to spare the lives of the Jews.
The Blood of
the lamb was spread on doorpost to protect them from the plague of Egypt.
The smiting
of the first born son.
When
depicted with the LION, the pair can mean a state of paradise. In addition, the
lamb symbolizes sweetness, forgiveness and meekness.
Air is a symbol of spiritual life, freedom, and purity air
is the primal element in most cosmology equated with the soul by many
philosophers.
Air shares much of
the symbolism of breath and wind. In terms of a spirit air is considered one of
the three great spirit forces in Inuit beliefs together with the sea spirit and
the moon spirit. It is known as weather or the intelligence the air spirit
lives far above the earth controlling rain, snow, weather, and sea. It is
inherently benevolent but is perceived of as threatening because of its
sensitivity to human misdeeds to which it responds by sending sickness, bad
weather and failure in hunting.
Kemetic Myth: Shu,
god of the Air.
He was called “the emptiness" or "he who rises
up" was one of the primordial Egyptian gods, spouse and brother to goddess
Tefnut, and one of the nine deities of the Ennead of the Heliopolis cosmogony.
He was the god of peace, lions, air, and wind.
Enlil, the Sumerian god of air, wind, breath, loft
is an ancient Mesopotamian god associated with wind, air, earth,
and storms. He is first attested as the chief deity of the Sumerian pantheon,
but he was later worshipped by the Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and
Hurrians.
Stribog is the name of the Slavic god of winds, sky and air.
The Norse God King Odin, was also considered a god of the air/breath.
Persian Zoroastarian Vata is the god of atmosphere/air.
A name in
Christianity for the devil the embodiment of evil and discord. It is first
mentioned in the Book of Isiah where condemnation to hell of the King of Babylon
of compared the fall of Lucifer, the morning star.
Lucifer is
the name of various mythological and religious figures associated with the
planet Venus.
Due to the
unique movements and discontinuous appearances of Venus in the sky, mythology
surrounding these figures often involved a fall from the heavens to earth or
the underworld.
Christian
tradition of apply the name Lucifer, and its associated stories of a fall from
heaven, to Satan.
Generally
translates the term in the relevant Bible passage (Isaiah 14:12) as
"morning star" or "shining one" rather than as a proper
name, "Lucifer”.
In the Book
of Luke the name is applied to Satan where it is said he was to have fallen
like lightning from heaven.
A similar
theme is present in the Babylonian myth of Ethana and Zu: Etana was led by his
pride to strive for the highest seat among the star-gods on the northern
mountain of the gods ... but was hurled down by the supreme ruler of the
Babylonian Olympus.
In Sumerian
Mythology the goddess Inanna, known for her rebellious nature, is associated
with Venus. She attempts and fails, to conquer both heaven and the underworld
on separate occasions.
In Canaanite
myth Attar who is the personification of the Morning Star attempted a coup
against the throne of Baal. After his defeated he descended to the underworld
to rule.
Certain
Gnostics sects view him as a divine figure who is the first born son of god.
In classical
Greek mythology, Lucifer ("light-bringer" in Latin) was the name of
the planet Venus, though it was often personified as a male figure bearing a
torch.
The Greek
name for this planet was variously Phosphoros (also meaning
"light-bringer") or Heosphoros (meaning "dawn-bringer").
The ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds, that
inhabit wetlands, forests, and plains.
The African sacred ibis was an object of religious
veneration in ancient Egypt, particularly associated with the deity Djehuty or
otherwise commonly referred to in Greek as Thoth. He is responsible for
writing, mathematics, measurement and time as well as the moon and magic.
In artworks of the
Late Period of Ancient Egypt, Thoth is popularly depicted as an ibis-headed man
in the act of writing.
The symbolism was perhaps based on the habits as an
inquisitive wading bird with a curving beak somewhat like a Crescent moon. Hundreds
of thousands of mummified Ibis have been discovered at Sakkara, near Memphis
the ancient capital of Egypt.
