In the Garden of Fantasy

In the Garden of Fantasy

In fantasy our world is beautiful, more exiting. You'll not be alone with fairies, angels, elves, unicorns ... It's an asylum just for you.

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Jay Miller

Christmas for the Troops

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Jay Miller

Trick or Treating in the pumpkin patch

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Peter Hamish Scott

Why are Fairies always girls

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Mario Ragagnin

I Volontari e il Potere - www.marioragagnin.net

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Urus Fret

Is it hard to bear-----

Window in the air,
open up--------
let me have a look,
on this sacred day,
I'm just a little boy,
filled up with love for you---

Vibes can see you,
when you're climbing.
hypnotize you, with the talk
about changin dreams,
give orders for joy------

Heard this bell,
call upon me,
very cool and far away,
saw this, lightship pass me,
knew who was inside,
clouds are dancin ballet,
earth get's out of view,
give orders for music-------

You see so clear,
why your high,
though stars are very close,
dar… Continue

Posted by Urus Fret on November 16, 2009 at 11:56am

Marianne Mathiasen

King Winter




The days are getting shorter and shorter every week here in Denmark. The Norther… Continue

Posted by Marianne Mathiasen on November 10, 2009 at 10:24am

Urus Fret

Time Shop------

Every day seems to be gone,
when you ready, the paralells
split the verbal view-------
Anything can be seen, here on
this flowin avenue, where all
the seekers pass by, on their
way to the Time Shop-----

A fragment of endlessness, can
be yours, for a smile or two.
Do we follow a flightpath, like
partickles, drawn towards a
center, do we go for the goin',
or for the kick of doin-------

See--- the difference between
facts and fantacy, say farewell
to the imaginary set-ups, that
they offer us-----… Continue

Posted by Urus Fret on October 28, 2009 at 6:48pm

Larry

HEALING MEDITATION

Healing Meditation
Please try this meditation to relax and heal the body mind and soul.

Sit in a comfortable position

Start to imagine that your body is slowly filling with light, starting from the feet and slowly moving upwards

As the light is moving up your body ----- feel that this light is relaxing the muscles and your mind.

Now imagine that any areas of disease or pain in your body is surrounded by a dark shadow which represents the unhealthy area.

I feel the light moving upwards until… Continue

Posted by Larry on September 30, 2009 at 9:42pm

Igricz Jánosné

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Posted by Igricz Jánosné on September 29, 2009 at 2:32pm

Larry

acceptance and patience-a meditation

Please put your attention on the breath for a few moments.

Find patience and acceptance in your heart for your own difficulties, your own mistakes, …for all the things that you think about yourself which you might not like. Find the acceptance and the patience to endure that in your heart. Let the patience and acceptance grow so that they fill you from head to toe, a feeling of ease. And with that love arises and you can surround yourself and embrace yourself with love.

Pick out one person who… Continue

Posted by Larry on September 27, 2009 at 4:21pm

Hedgewitch

Psychic pets ~Mali and boo boos~

I am not sure what passes for psychic in animals. I have a young service dog named Mali. I got her when she was 11 weeks old. I had a trainer come to my home to help with her training through advanced obedience and hand signs, since then I have done the rest of her training and Mali has passed all the rest of her tests with 100%. At this time, Mali is only 15 months old.

Mali had only had her harness for a couple of months. We were very proud of her, as she had passed the adult temperament test… Continue

Posted by Hedgewitch on September 23, 2009 at 7:52pm

Hedgewitch

Ginger Ten~ten


A while ago, after a terrible thunderstorm ended we heard the sounds of a distressed cry. It was nearly midnight and Steve and I had not yet gone to bed as we were enjoying the cool calm the storm had brought when it left. The sounds was nearly lost in the sounds of the frogs melody down by the creek but it wa… Continue

Posted by Hedgewitch on September 23, 2009 at 7:50pm

Hedgewitch

Symbols and Dream Interoperation

Even before early humankind learned to draw on the cave, wall symbols were an important part of the human experience. The Universal symbol of an open hand; an open hand or palms turned up was an obvious gesture displaying no weapon. Today and every day, we are bombarded with symbols. Symbols, tell us where to go and how to get there, warn us of danger and give us information at a glance.


Both Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud wrote about universal symbols, specifically for use in dream interpretatio… Continue

Posted by Hedgewitch on September 23, 2009 at 7:47pm

Hedgewitch

Chanting and Meditation

Chants have long been used as a means of altering one's consciousness in order to commune with and connect to the Divine. Chants can be fast moving, energy raising verses or they can be soft, whispered words, heard only by you and the Divine.


The way this meditation works is to simply use a combined of drumming or rattling and chanting until your mind enters into a deeper consciousness, while at the same time retaining enough conscious awareness so you can use this form of meditation to bring… Continue

Posted by Hedgewitch on September 23, 2009 at 7:46pm

Hedgewitch

Zoriah's Blessing (MY grand-daughters baby blessing/wiccaning)

(Circle cast unnoticed, as not every one is pagan)

We meet in this circle today, to offer blessings for the child of Koren and Francis, and to acknowledge the people they have chosen, to help them guide her through the joys and tears of her life. There are many spiritual paths, and each individual must find their own/ Therefore. We do not seek to bind Zoriah to any one Path while she is still too young to choose. Instead, we who love her are charged to bless, protect and prepare her, through th… Continue

Posted by Hedgewitch on September 23, 2009 at 7:45pm

Hedgewitch

Cleansing your home

When first coming to the craft, many are taught or learn through books about rituals for creating sacred space. It is not hard to find a lot of information through the internet on how to consecrate and create circles and areas for various magical workings.


However; I have not seen very much information on how to create a magical home. I have found a paragraph here and there scattered throughout various books and on the Internet. On this our Wiccan path, our homes are brought from the mundane w… Continue

Posted by Hedgewitch on September 23, 2009 at 7:43pm

Hedgewitch

What is a Hedgewitch

If you ask a Hedgewitch to explain her path each one would give you a different explanation of exactly it means to them to be one. Like all paths this path is not a narrow path. For me my path is very much like the explanation I will be posting below. The explanation was written by Sally Morningstar. What makes me stand out from most Hedgewitches is I do not do a lot with herbs. Yes I grow them, Yes I have extensive gardens, and yes my connection is more with nature than any pantheon. I am not h… Continue

Posted by Hedgewitch on September 23, 2009 at 7:39pm

Tina


Continue

Posted by Tina on September 17, 2009 at 1:52pm

Larry

the cuelebre..

In a hut in an Austrian village lived a very beautiful maiden, who was vain and forever daydreaming. She spent hours and hours combing her long flowing hair by a spring, and there was nothing she loved more than to admire her beautiful reflection in the limpid water of the pool. In vain her mother and grandmother warned her, "It is dangerous to comb your hair by the spring. Be careful, because if a hair falls and ruffles the surface of the water, the spirit of the spring will bewitch you."

"Old… Continue

Posted by Larry on September 16, 2009 at 2:50am

Larry

Jilocasin...

the reign of Charlemagne, there lived in the region of Gascony a very old and wise dragon called Jilocasin, who was a poet. Every so often, Jilocasin would abandon his confortable and spacious dwelling and take a human form to visit the King's court. There he was a well-known and respected troubadour, and he made the most of these brief sejourns to sing his verses and listen to the creations of the other poets. Then he would return to his home in Gascony, where he could compose in peace and lead… Continue

Posted by Larry on September 16, 2009 at 2:47am

Larry

Egle' Queen Of The Sepents

there lived an old man and his wife. Together, they had twelve sons and three daughters. The youngest girl was named Eglė. On a warm summer evening, all three girls decided to go swimming. After bathing with her two sisters, Eglė discovered a serpent in the sleeve of her blouse.

The eldest girl grabbed Eglė's blouse, threw it down, and jumped on it, but the serpent did not leave. Turning to the youngest, Eglė, the serpent spoke to her in a man's voice, saying, "Eglė, promise to become my bride,… Continue

Posted by Larry on September 16, 2009 at 2:45am

Larry

the peasant and the dragon

a dragon who was flying back home was caught in a violent storm. The wind howled and the rain came down with such force that even the sturdiest oak trees were uprooted and blown down like straw. Despite his great size, the dragon was buffeted in all directions and in the end he lost his way in the dark. In vain he tried and tried again to rise above the storm, battling with all his strength against the elements, but at last, overcome with weariness, he fell exhausted to the ground.

While he lay… Continue

Posted by Larry on September 16, 2009 at 2:34am

Larry

the legend of Krakus and Smok

Wawel Hill on the Vistula River in Poland, there stands a beautiful, ancient castle and a Cathedral in which are buried many of the Kings of Poland. Below lies the ancient city of Krakow ( the original capital of Poland) home of Poland’s ancient glory and heroic deeds.

But long, long ago, before the city of Krakow existed, before the castle and the cathedral, there existed a small settlement of peaceful people, who tilled the soil, harvested their crops and prospered. In the evening when work w… Continue

Posted by Larry on September 16, 2009 at 2:32am

Larry

the gypsy and the dragon

in the vast steppes of Russia there lived a tribe of gypsies, who traveled up and down the country selling remedies and beads, never staying for long in the same place. The leader was an astute and sharp-witted man whose name was Yuri, and he had six clever sons. One day, when the tribe was camped next to a town celebrating the holiday of Saint Basil, Yuri was told that a few versts from there lived a moujik (a Russian peasant) who was selling colts at a very good price. The astute gypsy thought… Continue

Posted by Larry on September 16, 2009 at 2:28am

 

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Unicorns, Symbols Of Purity

In its origins, the Unicorn was a creature depicted as a white horse, with antelope hooves, billy-goat beard, and a horn in its forehead.

But with the pass of time, fantasy artists have depicted the Unicorn as a horse with a horn in its forehead and lacking of the other elements. Some also depict the Unicorn winged.

There are ancient Greek, Roman, and Macedonian stories that tell about a creature with a single horn.
Some say that the origin of those stories may lay in the travels that they did into the India, and they are describing the Indian rhinoceros.

Other origins of the Unicorn can be found in the viking mythology and tell about a sea creature that has a horn in its forehead and probably it's actually a cetacean called narval.

But both the narval and the rhinoceros are very different from a horse with a horn in its forehead.

One of the first versions about the Unicorn is the one that the Greek physician Ctesias did in 400 B.C., in one of the expeditions to India. He talks about a white animal with the body of a horse...
He also talks about its distrustful and lonely nature.
Then, the belief in the protective power of the Unicorn's horn against poison and diseases is born. And it becomes a synonym of a long life.

There's another reference to the Unicorn in the Greek mythology. It is said that Zeus was fed by a goat called Amalthea. In some stories, that animal that feeds Zeus is not a goat but an Unicorn.
The legend says that one day, Zeus broke the horn of Amalthea and a big amount of food emerged from that horn, that was called The Horn Of Abundance. Zeus rewarded Amalthea turning it into the star Capella.

Aristotle wrote about the Unicorn, and also Julius Caesar in "Bellum Gallicum" (50 BC).

In the Middle Ages, the Unicorns are the symbol of purity, and in some religious artworks they are linked to Christianity.
It was said that only the young female virgins can approach an Unicorn. So in the Middle Ages, the headhunters used virgins to try catch an Unicorn, and get its valuable horn.

The belief in the Unicorn was also present in Asia. In Japan, it was called Kirin, and symbolizes the Justice.

In Persia it was called Shadhavar, and the Unicorn is similar to a gazelle with a single horn. The horn has holes, and when the wind blows, it sounds like a flute. Animals and humans are attracted by its music, and when they are near, the Shadhavar attacks them. This is the reason why this mythical animal is symbol of temptation and danger, in Persia.

In China, the Unicorn (Qilin) is symbol of wisdom, and is classified like the king of all animals. There's a legend in China that says that a king was sat close to a river, and an Unicorn appeared. It had magic symbols in the back, and they helped the king to create the first Chinese writings.

Some adventurers that in the XVIII century traveled to Tibet, said that the fabulous creatures called Unicorns really existed in that place.

In all these stories and legends there's something in common: the spirit of a mythical animal of exceptional beauty, purity, and nobleness.



Single-horned 'Unicorn' deer found in Italy


Center of Natural Sciences in Prato, Italy, Wednesday, June 11, 2008, shows a deer with a single horn in the center of its head. The one-year-old Roe Deer - nicknamed 'Unicorn'' - was born in captivity in the research center's park in the Tuscan town of Prato, near Florence, Gilberto Tozzi, director of the Center of Natural Sciences, said. He is believed to have been born with a genetic flaw; his twin has two horns.

ROME - A deer with a single horn in the center of its head — much like the fabled, mythical unicorn — has been spotted in a nature preserve in Italy, park officials said Wednesday.

"This is fantasy becoming reality," Gilberto Tozzi, director of the Center of Natural Sciences in Prato, told The Associated Press. "The unicorn has always been a mythological animal."

The 1-year-old Roe Deer — nicknamed "Unicorn" — was born in captivity in the research center's park in the Tuscan town of Prato, near Florence, Tozzi said.

He is believed to have been born with a genetic flaw; his twin has two horns.

Calling it the first time he has seen such a case, Tozzi said such anomalies among deer may have inspired the myth of the unicorn.

The unicorn, a horse-like creature with magical healing powers, has appeared in legends and stories throughout history, from ancient and medieval texts to the adventures of Harry Potter.

"This shows that even in past times, there could have been animals with this anomaly," he said by telephone. "It's not like they dreamed it up."

Single-horned deer are rare but not unheard of — but even more unusual is the central positioning of the horn, experts said.

"Generally, the horn is on one side (of the head) rather than being at the center. This looks like a complex case," said Fulvio Fraticelli, scientific director of Rome's zoo. He said the position of the horn could also be the result of a trauma early in the animal's life.

Other mammals are believed to contribute to the myth of the unicorn, including the narwhal, a whale with a long, spiraling tusk.

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