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In this Issue:

[00] Editorial Notes
[01] Cauldron News
[02] Cauldron Events
[03] Cauldron Discussions
[04] Cauldron Reviews
[05-1] Feature Article: Slow Harvest
[05-2] Feature Article: Candle Magic
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========= EDITORIAL NOTES
=========

Welcome to the October issue of Cauldron and Candle. You are
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[01]
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========= CAULDRON NEWS
========= by The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum Staff
=========

=====
===== TC MESSAGE BOARD SOFTWARE UPDATE
=====

The software update mentioned in the last newsletter (from
Beehive Forums version 0.5 to 0.6.1) occured on schedule. There
were a few minor glitches in the process, but nothing major.
There are a few major bugs in 0.6.1, the most noticable is that
message search is broken. These bugs should be fixed in 0.6.2
which is being tested by the Beehive developers now.


=====
===== NEW STAFF MEMBER
=====

The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum is pleased to announce that Eihdos
has been promoted from Threadstarter to Assistant Webmaster where
she will be helping Randall maintain (and improve) The Cauldron's
web site.

=====
===== RECORD NUMBER OF MESSAGES IN SEPTEMBER
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The new version of Beehive Forums gives us monthly message counts
again. We had 11,527 posts in September -- a new record -- which
gives us almost 82,500 messages posted during 2005. Our message
board members are a very talkative group.


[02]
=========
========= CAULDRON EVENTS
========= by The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum Staff
=========

=====
===== OCTOBER CAULDRON CHALLENGE
=====

On a forum like this, it should be no surprise that the
Challenges occasionally include research. :) October's is again
research-related, but this time the field is going to be more
limited than it has been previously. This month, your Challenge
is to choose a religion you don't know much about and research
it. You don't need to go in-depth here, and you don't have to be
an expert by the end of the month; I'm expecting that for the
most part this will be a small, introductory effort.

Also, note that you are not being asked to consider conversion to
the religion you choose to research. If you're headed in that
direction, that's great, and blessings to the path--but no one
should feel like they're being asked to convert. At least not by
me. :)

Which religion are you going to research?

(Thank you to Sasha for suggesting this one!)

  http://www.ecauldron.net/cncboard.php?m=7177.1


=====
===== MUX Month
=====

The entire month of October is MUX MONTH! Catch us in the MUX
every day (no official times, just people in and out), learn to
use the MUX, build yourself a house, chat with other
Cauldronites, have a good time!

We'll schedule a few scheduled chats with topics later in the
month, and have a big Halloween festival near the end (I hear
whispers there may be a haunted house) and perhaps a Samhain
observance (depending on who we can get to organize one)!

So c'mon in - the water's fine!

For more information on CauldronMUX:

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To request a CauldronMUX account:

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To discuss MUX Month:

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[03]
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========= CAULDRON DISCUSSIONS
========= Recent Discussion Topics on our Message Board
=========

In an average month, over 200 new discussion topics are started
on The Cauldron's message board. Here are a few of the more
interesting recent discussions. It's not too late to join in.

Thanks to Bloglet, you can now receive an email every night on
days we post new site news items to the main page of The
Cauldron's web site. These emails contain a link to the new item
and the first couple of lines of the news text. You can sign up
for Bloglet's free news delivery via the form at the end of the
site "News and Updates" section of The Cauldron's main web page.


=====
===== No 'Paganism' Without 'Religion'?
=====

This question may sound simplistic, naive or even ignorant. But I
believe words and how they are used are powerful. They can shape
thought and action. This question is one I re-visit (and it has
been discussed here) many times. It's about the word 'religion'.

I have no problem with religions of any stripe (as long as live
sacrifice or huge cash donations are not involved).

The problem is, I see a trend that while slowly growing for quite
a while, is now at the 'top of the class'. Which is fine. But it
puts quite a number of people out in the cold.

I spent quite a while this morning reading and re-reading the
definitions here and other places as to what constitutes
'paganism'. Of course , the word religion came up a lot,i.e.
"Paganism is a term for a number of religions" etc. Here's the
twist:

What if one 'self-identifies' with paganism, but does not
consider what they do a 'religion'. Following that logic, one
can't call themselves a pagan.

I've noted a number of letters to beginners lately stating
'paganism is a religion'. Or, a number of posts with "What does
your religion ask, tell, require of you" or "How do you see your
religion in these terms ________" etc., etc.

I realize that for a lot of people here, this question is
irrelevant. But it's important for those like myself who see this
trend that all paganism can be neatly tucked in the box marked
'religion (s)' to understand if this is where 'paganism' stands
in the world (at least the Western World) now.

Also, it causes one to pause before putting input into a thread
or one has to preface everything with "Well, I don't have a
'religion', do I still have a say?" (yes, I know one does, what I
mean is one gets the feeling after awhile that they are somewhere
they don't belong, or have to 'ask permission', KWIM?)

So, do most people consider what they do 'religion'?

Is a 'Chaos magician' following a religion?
Is 'Reconstructionism' in whole 'religion'?
Is the belief and crafts which some follow which has been given
the nomen 'witchcraft' , a religion?
Are Ceremonial Magicians (priests or acolytes) of a religion and
would it be the Christian religion or a variant of it or
something else entirely?

If all one does is magic, is that 'religion'? Of course, the
answer is no, and yet it seems this is changing. Magic is
something that can 'accompany' a religion , but cannot stand on
it's own. (or, so some say).

And so forth.

Is it all 'religion' now? And please, this is a serious question
and one that is being talked about among quite a few people. I am
prepared for the 'what does it matter?' response, but it's a
'bigger' question, not just personal to me, but a question of
what 'space' paganism occupies now in the culture.

* Read (or join in) this discussion:
  http://www.ecauldron.net/cncboard.php?m=7222.1

=====
===== Do Souls Have A Gender/Sex?
=====

I'm in the process of reading a fictional story about Ceasar's
life and there was a scene where Socrates is being quoted about
how all souls are not only the image of God, but are female.

Well, that made me stop and ponder: Do souls have a sex? I guess
I've always just took it for granted that because I'm female,
then my soul must be female...it is me, after all.

How do you feel? Is your soul the same sex as your body is, no
sex at all (a nice ball of light), or could it even be a
hermaphrodite?

* Read (or join in) this discussion:
  http://www.ecauldron.net/cncboard.php?m=7171.1

=====
===== Hiding Your Faith?
=====

Read about the turmoil in Iraq and you're bound to come up with a
reference to Islam's two main factions: the Sunnis and the
Shi'ites.

One controversial practice of the Shi'ites is taqiyyah, which
basically means hiding or denouncing your faith outwardly when
under duress. For example, if you are under threat of torture,
Shi'a doctrine holds it permissible to deny being a Muslim, as
long as you still believe in your heart that you are.

So what about Pagan religions (and anyone else who wants to
reply)? I understand that they face discrimination and there are
Pagans in the 'broom closet'.

1. Does your faith allow you to deceive others in such a way? How
do your god(s) feel?

2. If your faith doesn't address it, then do your own personal
ethics allow it? How do you draw the line between when it is and
is not acceptable?

3. Do you feel such an action "damages" your faith in some way?

4. Which is worse (or is there no difference?): denying something
you believe in, or professing belief in something you do not
believe in?

* Read (or join in) this discussion:
  http://www.ecauldron.net/cncboard.php?m=7141.1

=====
===== How Real Is Trad History?
=====

The more I look into this question the more confusing it gets.
Every now and again I find someone either on the net or off it
who claims to be part of an ancient magical tradition which goes
back hundreds if not thousands of years.

Occasionally it's a family trad or attributed to a group (witches
normally) who come from a specific area or it may be a claim made
by one or two individuals who then go on to start a trad.

Initially I rejected most of it as make believe. I know the
history of witch trials in the UK and nothing that's mentioned
bears any resemblance to BTW. But then I read Doreen Valiente's
"The Search for Old Dorothy" as an appendix to the Farrar's A
Witch's Bible Complete and it does seem to back up the idea that
there was a tradition of some sort in the New Forest before
Gardner.

So what documentary evidence do people know of for their trads?

* Read (or join in) this discussion:
  http://www.ecauldron.net/cncboard.php?m=7124.1

=====
===== Have The Gods Changed, Or Is It Us?
=====

I'm late (as always) to the thread "Just Say No to the Gods..."
and I'm still working my way through the fascinating responses,
so somebody stop me if this has already come up. It seems that
most folks responding to that thread didn't perceive their gods
as "punishing" them per se (again, correct me if I'm
mischaracterizing the responses), and it struck me that this is
in marked contrast to how folks perceived their gods in ancient
times; in those cultures, punishment by the gods was very much
possible.

So how do we explain the discrepancy? For those of you who
worship the gods of ancient pantheons, are these exactly the same
gods? Have they changed their ways? Lost the power to punish? Or
have we changed...or has our perception of their ways changed?

It also struck me that much the same shift might be happening in
much (but not all*) Judeo-Christian belief. I know little about
their bible in detail, but I've heard that their God is more on
the vengeful side in the Old Testament, but more on the loving
side in the New Testament (again, apologies if I'm
oversimplifying or just plain getting wrong). Moreover, where
once folks might point to their tribulations as God punishing
them for their sins, that mode of thinking doesn't seem to crop
up much these days.

*The one exception seems to be when misfortune strikes others,
esp. others who are unpopular. Then, some folks seem all too
willing to attribute it to God punishing their foes. (Case in
point: The right-wing "Christian" group Repent America says
Hurricane Katrina and the downfall of New Orleans was God's
punishment on that city for hosting the annual gay party Southern
Decadence.)

(But don't pagans sometimes indulge in the same kind of thinking?
Something awful happens to someone who did you wrong, and you
might see it, rightly or wrongly, as your gods punishing them.)

So have the gods changed, or have we changed, or what?

* Read (or join in) this discussion:
  http://www.ecauldron.net/cncboard.php?m=7091.1

=====
===== Don't Attack Silver Ravenwolf
=====

It honestly disgusts me to see people who claim to practice the
craft sending judgment upon another. Silver Ravenwolf may not
teach the type of magic a coven does but there are many ways and
forms to reach the same end. I am a solitary, I focus one what my
energy can do, not what other peoples' can do for me. Perhaps it
would be wise to think before opening your mouth and inserting
your foot and focus on all the facts first.

There are two rules that all Wicca practices that you have broken
in this ridicule, the rule of three, and do as you will but harm
to none. You have broken these two very vital rules. If teaching
a young person, be that a teen or other, makes her a bad person
then perhaps you would like to tell generational practitioners
that what they do is also bad. Again think before opening your
mouth.

* Read (or join in) this discussion:
  http://www.ecauldron.net/cncboard.php?m=7022.1


[04]
=========
========= CAULDRON REVIEWS
=========

Most of The Cauldron's book reviews are now written by Mike
Gleason. If you would like to contact Mike with comments about
his reviews (or about books you would like to have reviewed), you
can email Mike at:

   gleason.mike@ecauldron.GETRIDOFME.com

No reviews this month.


[05-1]
=========
=========  FEATURE ARTICLE:
=========  Slow Harvest
=========  by Garnet
=========

It's harvest time now.  Back home, my mother's kitchen overflows
with tomatoes until they're almost underfoot.  Here, my friends
and I go apple picking and enjoy fresh cider.  But there's
another harvest going on, a more metaphorical one.

This is a fairly standard idea, to map the seasons of the year
onto the seasons of our lives.  We look for the results of our
actions, both positive and negative, and celebrate good returns.
But sometimes we forget that change doesn't come in a few months
time.

I didn't always understand this.  Until recently, I thought of
more immediate results.  I could understand a year, but I
couldn't quite see the pattern of changes and consequences over
several.  But when I returned to my magical practice, and became
Pagan, I started to understand the chain of events that had led
me here   not broken intervals but a continous story -- a story
that is still evolving and will be for the rest of my life.

I started doing magic with my friends when I was younger.  I
quickly learned that I could teach, and find others who would be
interested.  Our group grew.  But we were teenagers, with all the
turmoil that implies.  Our group fell apart, and I stopped
practicing.  But I still had the instinct to instruct.  So I
began to informally mentor some people who were a few years
younger than me.  I had always appreciated the guidance of older
people, especially those who were old enough to have a little
more experience, but still close enough to my age to be able to
relate.

But we still weren't mature, and things fell apart.  I thought I
had failed again.

And then, a few years after I had given up hope of positive
results, I began to realize that I had succeeded.  The people I
had mentored went on to mentor others.  Years ago, I had
introduced my friend to magic, and she introduced one of her
friends, and when we came back to practicing, we brought a lot
more maturity.  It took time, but I had found the harvest.

I sometimes see instructions for spells begun at the new moon and
meant to show results at the full moon.  Certainly there are
times when quick results are desireable.  But sometimes results
come more slowly.  The will we put out into the world works
subtly sometimes, until one day we look back and say,  Oh, I
guess it worked.

In my area, the leaves are beginning to fall.  Slowly but surely,
we are approaching winter, and the end of this year's harvest.
But even in this time of death may be the beginnings of something
new.  Look for results, for continuity, for almost-forgotten
hope.  The harvest will come, although slowly.

===
=== About the Author
===

Garnet is a member of The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum and is one of
the people responsible for keeping our "Year of Crafting" on
target.


[05-2]
=========
=========  FEATURE ARTICLE:
=========  Candle Magic
=========  by Summer Fey Foovay
=========

Probably since the first candle was lit by an early Egyptian (or
Roman, depending on how picky you want to be about what makes a
"candle") candles have been a part of ritual and magic. The
ancient peoples considered the flame a live entity and the light
and warmth it shed energy which added to the energy of the
people, or the spellcaster, to take their prayers to the rulers
of the universe.

Yes, I worded that bit rather carefully. For you see, candles are
equally a part of Christian ritual, Pagan ritual, Buddist and
Hindu meditation and many other belief systems.

As a Pagan myself, I believe that the candle lends it's own
energy, the energy of the flame, the light energy, the heat
energy, and increases the power of spellwork or ritual. The
ritual or spell, the anointing of a candle with scented oils, the
color of a candle, the chant that is spoken while I hold it in my
hands and focus on my intentions all this and more direct the
energy towards the purpose I have in mind. Because the candle
continues to burn even when ritual or prayer is done, it serves
as a reminder and a signal that I am still thinking of my
purpose, even if I don't spend all day repeating some chant or
prayer!

Candle magic can be very elaborate, or very simple. Candles can
be the focus and main part of a spell, or a tool to reinforce
other spell focuses.

The simplest candle spell, one you will hear Pagans and even non-
pagans often use is simply to say to someone who is suffering; "I
am burning a candle for you."

What that means, is that I am thinking of you; yes, but more than
that. I have lit a candle for you. For instance; if you are sick,
I probably chose a green candle for healing energy. I held it in
my hands and thought about you and how much I wish you to be
healed. I prayed to The Goddess to send healing energy to you.
And then I lit this candle and put it on my altar, or any place
in my home where it is safe and I will see it now and then. I
allow it to burn until it burns itself out. Each time I pass that
candle as I go about my day, I look at it and think of you and
send you healing energy with my thoughts. The candle reminds me,
the candle focuses my thoughts and energies, and adds it's own
energy. Those thoughts and that energy goes forth into the
universe, and the universe sends it to you as healing energy.

If you were sad or down, I might burn a pink candle for you and
send you loving thoughts, or perhaps yellow for sunnier days. If
your life is in a state of chaos, I would probably chose blue or
purple, colors of serenity and peace.

If you are under some sort of attack, I would burn a black candle
for you. Far from meaning negativity or "bad" things, black is
the color that absorbs all other colors. Thus, it absorbs all of
the negativity being directed towards you and releases it through
the burning flame back into the nothingness that it came from.
Black also stands for knowledge for the same reason - it absorbs
all and the mind that absorbs all it perceives becomes wise.

Often runes or symbols are carved into a candle to focus the
intent even more specifically. A dollar sign carved into a green
candle focuses the energies on bringing money and abundance. If I
were burning that black candle of protection for myself, I would
carve a pentagram into it, the symbol of the Goddess, for I
believe she protects me. A symbol should be meaningful to you,
specifically. If a four leaf clover means good luck to you and
you want to draw good luck, then feel free to carve that symbol
into a green or yellow candle (or any other color that seems
right) and burn it to bring good luck.

Candles are cleansing and can be used to cleanse and realign the
vibrations in your home, or an area of your home. I have my
studio in my house and now and then I have so much work, so many
ideas, I feel overwhelmed. The result is I tend to do nothing -
go off and play video games maybe! When I notice myself feeling
that way, I get a bright yellow candle, a color of happiness and
abundance to me. Lit in my studio, the flames consume all the
worry and insecurities that keep me from pursuing my dreams. The
flickering flame helps me to focus and to remember that an
abundance is a good thing! Soon, my mind will calm down, and I
can chose the most important project (like maybe an article on
candles...) and get down to work.

Friendly as they are, candles also demand respect. Candle flames
are, yes indeedy, FIRE. Take care where you set a candle, and
what you set it on. This doesn't mean you have to go buy an
expensive holder, I've burned many a candle on the saucers of my
dish set, but have a care. Just be sensible. Burning a candle
near a curtain blowing around a window is a bad idea and it
doesn't take a genius to see that.

If you have cats it is best to consider how they behave around
candles. Many of my cats would never get near one - but Pearl
will stick her face in it (many the singed whiskers she has had),
and has also gleefully and purposefully knocked a burning candle
down off the top of a bookcase! (I was sitting a few feet away -
watching and thinking she wasn't REALLY going to knock it
completely OFF was she? OH NO)

Never leave a candle burning and leave the house, or go to sleep.
Shit happens and you probably don't want to send the massive
amount of energy your burning house would generate!

There are quite a few books written on candle magic, and many
more general spellbooks also contain candle spells if you wish to
do more research or learn more specific spells.

Meanwhile...I'll have a candle burning for you.

===
=== About the Author
===

Artist, writer and webdesigner, Summer Fey Foovay's articles,
clipart, and ecards can be found at Demented-Pixie.com
(http://demented-pixie.com/).


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