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offering photography by chas bogan leave a comment posted in uncategorized tagged ancestor reverence conjure faery tradition feri mighty dead rootwork faerie not kala posted by feritradition on march 11 2013 this is an inappropriate way of doing kala for a better way visit http www feritradition com grimoire practices practices_kalarite htm leave a comment posted in uncategorized tagged faery tradition feri kala feri ceromancy wax divination with the divine twin candles posted by feritradition on october 16 2012 feri ceromancy wax divination with the divine twin candles leave a comment posted in uncategorized feri ceromancy wax divination with the divine twin candles posted by feritradition on october 16 2012 feri ceromancy wax divination with the divine twin candles by chas bogan a typical feri altar holds a pair of candles each representing one of the divine twins the colors of these candles vary among sects of the tradition sometimes blue and red white and black silver and gold the divine twins are often represented as opposites although each is said to contain the other and are commonly addressed in the guise of female and male light and dark moon and sun how the divine twins are represented is not of major importance for this work only that each is represented by an altar candle and that their wax is together poured into a bowl of cold water for the purpose of having them bear insight into the future through symbols seen in the wax for the purpose of promoting and innovating traditional practice we will use the color associations and deity names from the bloodrose sect of faery tradition although some are not comfortable with representing the divine twins in a gender binary manner i will describe their traditional bloodrosian aspect and leave it to the individual feri practitioner to find something more fitting if he chooses although some faerie like to cast a circle before a working many do not and so i will not detail a circle script here what i do believe is important is the lighting of the black quakoralina candle since a flame is lit from it in order to light the blue candle symbolic of how all things emerge from the star goddess you may say whatever invocation you believe is appropriate for calling in the great mother or use the traditional one described at http www feritradition com grimoire practices practices_candleprayer htm after the star goddess has been invoked we focus on conjuring one of the divine twins in this instance a female aspect represented by a blue candle with a lighting stick we carry the flame from the black star goddess candle to the blue candle at its left lighting this we then chant the following goddess names ashtoroth ashtoreth belili belkoreth lilith alure anatha tiamat to summon her twin we ignite a lighting stick from the blue candle and light one that is red and that is positioned to the right of the others candles we chant keraillos keranos kernunnos krana kronos at your altar you will need a bowl of chilled water something from your faucet is fine or you may use blessed or conditioned waters even add some scented cologne if that inspires you personally i prefer to charge the water with blue fire in a manner similarly found at the following feri tradition site http www feritradition com grimoire practices practices_bluefire htm now that your candles are alive with flames and the divine twins have manifested through the ancient names of goddesses and gods the bowl sits charged and ready to receive insight speak aloud your question the more succinct your question the more exact your answer will be if you wish to be poetic that is fine query the divine twins with rhymes and flourish however have a concise version of your question clear in your mind so that it is not lost amidst grandiloquence the divine twins will answer the question that you most truly wish to know so be certain that this is what you ask of them and not some lesser concern once spoken simply take a candle in each hand and turn them towards one another let their flames touch and say from the one who is all by the two who are one divine twins hear my call show my future as done by now a fair amount of wax will have poured from the two candles into your bowl of water so reposition the candle on the altar and behold what forms have taken shape in the bowl their significance may mean something solely to you or you may look for definitions of these symbols in dream books to find meaning often you will find such things as numbers animals or the shapes of things in your environment such as planes and telephones if the future is to your liking then you may wish to keep the wax perhaps carry it with you in a pouch or even pair it with a lodestone to draw your positive future to you quicker if your destiny is bad then you may melt the wax and petition the divine twins for a better outcome i personally like to light a charcoal in a cauldron burn some frankincense and myrrh resin as an offering to the divine twins tell the smoke what better outcome i would like then burn the regretful wax on the charcoal after the resins have died away those are creative ideas however if neither appeal to you just be sure to dispose of the wax in a respectful manner for this is symbolic of the bodies of the divine twins that have been shed to give you insight so bury them properly the crossroads would be a great place for this as each road represents one of the twins so burying it there where they meet is a way of returning their essence to them barring that you can bury it wherever earth is available and simply draw an x over it the water should similarly be disposed of with intention and reverence throw it to the west if you reject the future that was shown to you or toss it towards the east if you wish to invite it to you candles should be snuffed out in reverse order with an appreciative heart chas bogan 2012 leave a comment posted in uncategorized tagged ceromancy divine twins faerie faery fairy feri tradition wax divination a simple bone reading with the divine twins of feri posted by feritradition on september 26 2012 a simple bone reading with the divine twins of feri leave a comment posted in uncategorized a simple bone reading with the divine twins of feri posted by feritradition on september 26 2012 a simple bone reading with the divine twins of feri by chas bogan the practice of casting bones for divination has grown in popularity thanks largely to the work of cat yronwood s book throwning the bones it is a highly personal way of divining the future as everyone is free to choose whatever bones or other small curios hold meaning for them i have a whole set that i have associated with faery deities spirits and ancestors and am writing this to share a simple style of reading that requires only two objects each representing one of the divine twins for a question regarding which of two actions should be pursued i use the tibia bones of a crow each of which represents one of the divine twins but you could use something else such as the two sides of a wishbone that have been cut or common chicken legs for sacred items i like to know that they were not hurt and therefore my crow bones work best for me since i know it died naturally and not in a corporate slaughterhouse however you use what you ve got and you are not even limited to bones a pair of sticks may work even better for you as a devotee of the arddu i work best with bones however someone more in tune with mari and plant consciousness could get better results from sticks or someone working with krom could saw either end from a stang and use those so you have options and are encouraged to be creative to find that which resonated best with your energy you may be asking why can t i use stones or a coin the answer is that you can however two long bones or sticks will sometimes cross one another and in this position they demote that your path is crossed and or serve as a warning not to go forward with either course to differentiate the bones that i use i have painted a red line on one and a blue line on another to represent each twin which i associate with the red serpent and blue dove 1 the process of throwing them is simple think of two alternatives such as should i attend harvard law school or join the circus hold a bone in either hand let s say you hold the red bone in your left hand then give it a squeeze and ask the serpent twin if you should attend harvard then focus on your right hand and ask the dove twin if you should join the circus then thrown the bones ahead on you the one that is closest to you represents the path you ought to take if it seems witchier for you to say an incantation for this then try the following on this path rides the serpent red on this path rides the dove of blue unless these two be crossed before me the closest is the path that s true of course these two bones could be used in a more advanced reading with the addition on other symbols making your readings will be more nuanced 1 for more about the divine twins as red serpent and blue dove read the divine twins section of the divine twins wiki at http www feritradition com grimoire deities divine_twins html 1 comment posted in uncategorized lifting the veil ancestral magic in the faery tradition posted by feritradition on september 17 2012 lifting the veil ancestral magic in the faery tradition by storm faerywolf the practice of witchcraft is varied while particular traditions have formed over the years each offering their own style of working underneath all of the religious trappings exists a common thread that can be viewed outside the context of the specific attitudes eras and even cultures of those traditions in my many years of studying practicing and teaching the craft i have come to identify one common element that all forms of witchcraft share regardless of their cultural origins working with spirits while these different traditions might have radically different views on how to work with spirits or even what they precisely are we can observe this one element in each and every form of witchcraft that has graced this planet both ancient and modern consider the witches of ancient greece who met at a crossroads in the name of hecate to commune with spirits who would grant favors or blight enemies or those witches in the modern reclaiming tradition who may just as easily though not necessarily approach the spirits and gods as psychological aspects of the human psyche this article will not attempt to define these beings but instead provide a practical way of working with them faery tradition being an american grown form of the craft embraces cultural ideas from a wide variety of sources while some cultures fear the dead and impose taboos and restrictions on how to deal with them other cultures revere the dead giving rise to traditions that offer practices on forging and maintaining relationships with the ancestors so that they continue to be an integral part of one s daily life american culture tends to put forward a rather schizophrenic version that incorporates both fear and reverence faery tradition addresses this and provides a means to effectively synthesize the two into one by having us face our fear and then move through it into ecstatic union with the divine this can be seen in the symbol of the black heart of innocence burning with the blue fire of creation where we are stripped bare of anything but our own divinity this is presented to us in the rite of samhain when we open the western gate to the land of the dead when we call to ana and the arddu who teach us how to let our fears wash over and through us to wash us clean and prepare us for our own encounter with death we commune with the spirits of our own dead opening our hearts to their wisdom through these practices we learn how to make death an ally how to draw strength from the reality of our own eventual demise since much of faery practice relies on cultural precedent as well as individual experimentation we can look to those systems of magic and spirituality that pre dated our tradition s contemporary form to catch a glimpse of those elements of working with the dead that inform our current practice of particular interest to us here are the ancestral practices of african and european and specifically celtic cultures and their merging with native american ideas to become the driving force behind conjure or hoodoo this homegrown american form of folk magic draws from many cultural sources to achieve its ends it is not uncommon to see a conjure worker utilizing objects and other materials from a diverse array of religions and cultures all while tying it all together within the particular style recognizable as conjure magic candles dedicated to catholic saints will burn alongside red flannel bags containing solomonic seals stuffed with native herbs and roots prayed over with the psalms while standing at a crossroads many magical cultures have woven their threads throughout the tapestry that is conjure and it is the tradition of conjure that forms a foundational basis for our own tradition of faery with this in mind we should be looking at those elements of pre faery practice that deal with the dead and observe them from within the framework of our own practices immediately we can see how elements of conjure that deal with the dead can help us in the formation of our own workings with the ancestors consider the time honored practice of building and maintaining an ancestral altar the ancestral altar is where you will be praying and making offerings to your beloved dead and also to the mighty dead two terms in traditional witchcraft that denote our personal and our spiritual ancestors respectively there are no rules only guidelines when creating an ancestral altar what guidelines i provide are based in the faery tradition and what my faery practice has revealed to me personally over the years of my work take from it what you will building the altar the ancestral altar is traditionally placed in the west the direction associated with the land of the dead in celtic mythology this is also the direction for the element of water and the image of the sea is a potent visual key that grants access to the underworld the realm of spirits the fae and the dead by placing the altar here we are drawing together threads of mythic power and weaving them into a potent magical trigger that will deepen our work as it progresses the altar itself may be of any material cases have been made for and against nearly every conceivable material and so it is probably best to go with what your own preference and abilities will afford you when you have chosen the furniture or area that is to become your ancestral altar and using whatever methods you feel empowered to use you may wish to call upon the assistance of ana and the arddu to bless and charge it with their presence if you do not have a preferred method you may use the 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