New Moon Promise

 

Remember this the next time you decide to screw around with my family, or with me.

New Moon Returns

It'll happen every time, too. 

Through The Lens Of Siriunsun's Camera

New Moon Protection

Thankyou, Earth; Go free! Go free!

And as I say, so mote it be!

Prayer During New Moon

 

Ask and you will receive!

 

Sometimes, the wording of a prayer or a chant should change during a new moon, to recognize protection, rather than expansion; and to explore the unexpected, yet timely; rather than that which was planned and planned upon.

 

New Moon Enchantment

 

The children learn in different places

Surrounded daily by new faces!

 

Dewali

 Diwali, or Divali, is the Hindu Festival of Lights. It is a five day lunar holiday, and this year, it begins tommorrow on the New Moon. Houses are cleaned, gifts are given, and lights are lit in celebration. As there are many different Hindu traditions, I will just say that the main message here is the conquest of Light over Darkness. The legend is about the defeat of the demon, Narakasur, by Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth and Light. Other versions have the demon conquered by Krishna or Satyabhama, one of Krishna's wives. My very first understandings of the Goddess came here, in reading about the conquest of the Goddess, Kali, over the demon king. But then, I have always had an unusual relationship with certain energies and associated Dieties. But this did not come without love and guidance. A friend, who practices the Hindu traditions of her country, once asked me pointedly about my tendency to recognize and relate to any God or Goddess of war and conquest, yet fail to recognize the Buddha, or any God of peace! It became a very defining moment in my understanding of matters spiritual and matters occult.