BULLET FOR THE WIN!!

IM SEEING BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE IN DECEMBER!!

I am currently jizzing myself, i've honestly been waiting for this for tooo long!

I said last year, Bullets next concert IM GOING. Bcos ive missed so many, seeing as i find out late then when i reach the order tickets, theyre all sold out ¬¬ WELL NOT ANYMORE i have ordered the tickets...they are coming and i am..EXTASTIC?!! (how do you spell it?)

Anyways, Litha's coming up soon and im certainly prepered for the ritual im gonna do-go me stuff.

Anyways im off :)

Gods of the Ancestors

So, a while ago i was talking with my mum about my ancestors belief, and to my surprise paganism wasn't too far down the line from me; In fact my grandfather was a High priest in one of the pagan covens of his village. The pantheon was 'Odinani' which was mainly surrounded amongst the Igbo people (Nigeria)

They mainly worshipped three deities, two of which is still believed today but then included into Christianity.

Chukwu- This was the highest God, the sky God, the central deity who i guess if compared to other countries such as Greece..was equal to Cronous or Zues. Today he is still mentioned in Christianity, except he is the only God and is used as another name for the Christian God (Jehovah)

Alusi- This was the Goddess of the Earth and fertility, she resembles the Goddesses Gaia, Luna, Isis. She was always there for the women of that tribe when they were marriage problems or childbirth. She was then abolished and abounded after the christianization of Nigeria.

Ekwensu- Like every Pantheon out there, there was the God who was a trickster or...lets say, not such a good person; but was no looked at as the devil as they do not believe in him. Ekwensu was the god of tricking, mischief and also looked at as the god of war. Later Ekwensu was then looked at as the devil in the Christian belief.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odinani#Alusi

The pantheon had many things going on, magick was everywhere and so was the ability to control the elements. They had 'rain makers' who would make something that would trigger the rain in that certain village or community. This may seem impossible, but they simply burnt certain materials or woods.

They believed in things called 'Chi' which were spirits that were anointed to certain people for a particular reason. For example;

• Mbatuku: spirit of wealth
• Ikoro: drum spirit
• Ekwu: heart spirit or spirit of the home
• Imo miri: river spirit^[11]
• Okwara-afo: god of mercantile activities
• Aju-mmiri: goddess of prosperity, fertility and general well-being.
• Ogbuide: goddess of the water
• Urashi and Enyija: god of the river
• Ezenwaanyi/Owummiri: Female Water Spirit, Mermaid, Seductress

This belief is still held in some places, but it is no longer the mainstream and was dying just like ordinary paganism.

On my fathers side, he had ancestors from Celtic paganism (as he is part irish) but his ancestors as far as he could remember were all missionaries, people who travelled about preaching the word of God. This is mainly how my family from my fathers side are so diverse.

Buttons of Blue

I made a bracelet out of blue buttons, i was pretty bored yesterday and i had my creativity box in front of me which had;

LOTS AND LOTS of blue buttons

elastic...or whatever

sewing needle

and thread

so...i made a bracelet, its not amazing and it did take a while; not forgetting the memorable times i ended up poking myself with the needle.

ANYHOW, i finally finished it off and was pretty proud of myself.

I often wear it, although its a bit baggy on me also some buttons are lose (not about to come off) just...lose.

Two of my friends want me to make them a bracelet of buttons...they're mad.

Pentacle of sticks

Right, so today i was bored and decided to create a blog (this one) and also to connect a bit with my spirituality.

So...

I made a pentacle for my altar out of sticks from the big plum tree in my front yard.

It look me 10 minutes to make and perfect, i was also considering painting it but then i decided not to since i would rather leave its natural colour to show.

but it wasn't just putting sticks together and wrapping something around it to hold it in place, it was also pretty much a ritual.

I lighted 4 white candles, invoking the 4 corners/elements to be at my midst...especially Earth since...its sticks, and sticks come from trees, and trees are part of nature and nature is the Earth.

Anyhow, at the end i was pretty happy with the result and my altar looks a lot more better and has more feeling into it (i also made a wand from a big stick which i then blessed, sharpened and placed on fire to cleanse it). it was in fact perfect for my altar (nothings ever perfect for me) so yeah, i guess i can say i've done something today.

I've also been watching so many videos, on the Gods, Goddesses and paganism/wicca. Maybe to fuel myself up a bit? perhaps, either way i feel really aggitated as i don't sense the presence of my Goddess or God around me. I could just be blocking any energies from reaching me, as im more concerned with researching or perhaps she/he is around but doesn't want me to sense them?

Oh well. xx