Blessed Spring Equinox *Ostara
An Important Article For Awareness
Why is Easter so close to Equinox with similar symbols of flowers, baby chicks, rabbits, or eggs and with Mothering Sunday before that as well as Passover?
Why do monotheistic religious festivals such as Eid also use the moon or lunar system around such times?
Hindu New Year and associated festivals of various names such as Gudi padwa, Ugadi and Cheti chand, Chaitra Navratri of goddess, Holi of colours etc are around the new moon of this vernal equinox. Parsi New Year or Navroz and Sindhi new year too.
Western and middle eastern Jewish, Christian and Islamic faiths also have similar timings and symbolisms…because we all originally celebrated nature. We kept track of all seasons due to all families relying on nature for plant food supply and comfort or warmth, and used the moon phases and stars or astrology to count days and guide us before the modern calendar.
Sadly some religions have tried to break our bond with mother nature and have instead introduced other deities and myths into our life. We were all told about this one ‘person’ being the only creator of everything around and to obey ‘Him’ and to punish those who believe in nature or various natural powers.
The idea was to scare us into submission and to make us lose focus on how we must respect our true mother Nature…its various manifestations…such as our planet and its life.
This led to materialism and consumerism and a blatant disregard or lack of empathy for nature. This also led to disrespect for magic amd witches and a deep fear of our own inner power. And a disrespect for non-human animals based on their beliefs in strange voices and commands.
Because the Matrix does not want us awake
…it wants us obedient as slaves and shopping for unnecessary things
… and doing jobs to sell those unnecessary things
…not doing magic and spiritual work that makes people want less of those unnecessary things
…not self Realisation of inner power that makes us peaceful and self-content.
Instead… it wants us stressed, lonely, ashamed, wanting others, fearing …but never truly happy.
I urge you all to reconnect with the original true or natural self and to love nature. See the truth of how divine energy creates reality and is omnipresent as nature in many forms.
Our destruction of nature and disrespect to life by killing innocent beings and their exploitation or by cutting trees and ruining earth is demonic not divine.
Our wars for power and religious domination, terror and discrimination against pagans, astrologers, witches, psychics and nature worshippers is also demonic not divine.
Do not believe that creator is a man or a person who asked someone to kill a human or non-human such as lamb, or to kill a son…. or use animals as our slaves. We must reject those demonic beliefs and return to nature. To the True Inner Self. To our inner magick.
Suggested Spells and Rituals
Direction: East and Sunrise *set up altar
Colours: Yellow *candles, flowers, altar cloth, clothing, and crystals
Deities: Maiden goddess, Ostara, Radha
Symbols: Rabbits, Clovers, Rainbows, Flowers, Birds
Energise your life with the words of power.
‘A New Beginning, a rebirth,
Within this life and on this Earth.
I rise again and now return
To truth awaken, live and learn
I activate success and prosperity
By the Goddess Nature, Earth, Fire, Wind and Sea
As I will so it will be
May all beings now be free’
Blessed be!!
(*)
Rev. Swati Prakash
High Priestess