Red Moon Sea Magick

So as some of you know I've gotten very involved in women's mysteries/Wombyn Studies and Feminine Spirituality within the last year or so. My increased interest in Sea Magick also arose within the last couple years- especially since moving to a coastal area with easy access to the Sea and Her bounty.

I had been hearing people talk about giving blood offerings to the Earth, for Her healing and honor, giving back to the Mother our Life's Blood that is given willingly by our bodies. I went even farther than that to think of giving blood offerings to the Sea as being very, if not more, appropriate.

My reasoning being that the Ocean is the Womb where all things originate. Our wombs mirror the Sea, both in likeness and in chemical makeup (when carrying child, our placentas are very similar to sea water). Also, our wombs are linked to the Moon just like the Tides of the Sea. The Ocean is our Mother, like the Earth, but in a different way. She births us and sustains us, the Earth nourishes us and houses us, their roles both separate and connected, overlapping because She is One and yet Multiple. She is the Goddess. WE are the Goddess!

As my mind continues to flow with this idea, adding to it, creating more detail, I had an epiphany. It is only natural to combine my love for the feminine and our moontimes and womb magick with my love for the Sea and ocean magick. I call it Red Moon Sea Magick. And it is my new magical path :) Care to join me? I want to actually create specific spells, rituals, etc. that combine these aspects: Moon Magick, Womb Magick, Sea Magick, and Feminine Spirituality. Any ideas feel free to share ma chères.

~Luna Summerstorm

Living the Life

A lot of has changed over the last few weeks. I have come to a cross-roads, actually, a multitude of cross-roads. In my relationships, in my lifestyle, in my spirituality, in my living arrangements. I am coming into a new cycle, a new phase in my life, on my path. I am leaving behind burdens in order to move forward towards new growth. I am moving permanently to my birthplace of southern Oregon. I am opening myself completely to the possibilities of a new relationship at some point, of being free in so many ways. I am focusing greatly on my different trainings. I have become somewhat of a couch-hopper, floating between friends and family, and I am enjoying it. I have had so many opportunities opened up to me here. The Fates have cut my last threads that held me to my past, letting me be able to take these gifts in full. I have great friends, great supporters in all aspects of my life, and great opportunities that I won't let pass me by. The Goddess has blessed me greatly, and I open my arms willingly to Her blessing, Her guidance.
Blessed Be,
Luna Summerstorm

Temples & Priestesses

It's been a long while since I've posted. A lot has happened lately.

As of now I am no longer "with" my significant other. We have parted ways, hopefully only temporarily. I have taken myself off of that horrid birth control pill and have bled freely twice since- both times with the Full Moon ripe in the sky in Her glory. How it feels wonderful to be controlled by Her again...

I have found a wonderful Spiritual shop in Grants Pass here in Oregon where I'm visiting long-term called Heartsong. The people there are splendid, the store wonderful. And it's best feature: it's Temple. There is a temple inside dedicated to the Goddess. And I have been to one service and has able to priestess for it. I plan on attending this coming Monday's Easter/Eostre celebration. I have made new friends on the Path. It's wonderful to not be so alone... Especially through the turmoil I still endure.

And I am also turning towards vegetarianism/raw foodism. I hope to be able to accomplish vegetarianism this time around and to stick to it. I am also trying to dedicate more time towards my spiritual self, towards my priestess work. I would like to really dedicate myself to my Temple Dance work.

I am also becoming a henna artist and have begun my schooling in the medical field, heading towards the Occupation of the Goddess, Midwifery. Sehkmet, Hathor, and Innana, bless my hands that they may bring your children into this world in the near future. Bless my mind that it may be full of the sacred knowledge of You, of Women, of Childbirth, of Blood.

Blessed Be
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I Am A Womban

I am a Womban. I have the power, the glory, the love, the passion of the Divine Mother resonating within my Womb. Within the abysmal waters of my Womb’s ocean, the dark ocean from which life, and life’s blood, pours forth. I can do what no man can do. I can grow, sustain, and nurture life within me, nestled within my Womb, birth it from my body into this world, and continue to nurture it from my Goddess-kissed breasts. I am a True Shaman, the walker-between-worlds. I stand with one foot in the world of the living, and one in the world of the dead, as I lay screaming and panting, becoming one with my body and the Earth, joining with all the mothers in the world, all who have been and all who will come, I am the Goddess Incarnate, as I bring forth a child.

I am feared and revered, protected and oppressed. I am shamed and dismissed, accepted and loved… because I have the Power of the Blood, the Power of Moon Blood, flowing rich and red, pouring forth from between my ivory thighs, flowing from my Womb… for I am a Womban… My blood can heal. It can heal wounds and hearts and it can heal the Earth, our Mother. Women need to look into themselves, feel their Power, their Sacredness, let their Blood flow like it was meant to! Let it be controlled by the pull of the Moon, like the tides of the Sea, not by foreign chemicals. They need to see themselves as Womben, as Sacred Bleeders and Holy Healers. We need to spread our legs proudly and shamelessly and sit upon the Earth, stand in the crashing waves, and bleed, to return our Blood to the Earth, for She needs healing. She cries out to Her children “Bleed! Bleed my Daughters, Bleed with the Moon, Bleed upon Me, for you have the Power, you have MY Power, as Women, as the Creators and Sustainers of Life, as the Origins of Life! If Women bleed and give offering of their Womb-blood unto the Earth, our men, our brothers and our fathers, even our own sisters and mothers, will shed no more blood in battle…” Heed Her cry! Bleed with the Moon! Sit upon the Earth and make libations with your Sacred Womb-Blood.

For we are all, Womben.

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Inspired after watching the video D'Bi.Young Blood Dub & The Matriarch and listening to her "Ain't I A Womban" Poem...

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I'd like to do it out loud with rhythm like Spoken Word, and/or to drums.

A New Beginning

Well a lot has happened in the past couple of weeks. I'm finally moving out for one. My last day of high school is the 19th and all of my stuff has to be packed by the 20th. I'm staying with Shaun until we get a place (which keeps getting harder and harder- we find a place then something comes up preventing us from renting). We've been looking on the island :) It's exciting.

I've also been getting really involved in the online women's-spirituality/mysteries community. It's delightful meeting and talking to new women. I even met one who's from my home town. I've been getting really productive with my clay creations. Hopefully I'll be able to post some for sale soon. I'm also working on clay moonblood collection bowls. The design is coming along and I've made two test runs that are in the process of being painted and sealed then will be tested for liquid retention and comfort/ease of use.

I've also started a group called Blood for the Earth (under construction still, new information being posted weekly). My goal is to inform people about the benefits of reusable menstrual and diaper products, natural family planning, healthy and natural living, and we have two projects: helping to make reusable menstrual products and diapers available to women of third-world counties and our communities (my main focus, since there are other organizations working for the third-world countries, such as AfriPads which is based out of Uganda).

My goal in my community is to raise donations of hand-sewn cloth pads and diapers and purchased reusable menstrual products and diapers and have them available to women and pregnant teens/teen mothers in my community. I would like them available to be handed out to those who need them in places such as our county Women's Center and by the PEERS teen mom support group. For more information on how to help and how to start this project in your community please see the Blood for the Earth website.

Drat

Well, yesterday was my fiancé's 20th birthday. It was also the full moon. I knew it was and I totally spaced planning anything to do for it. Darn me. I really need to get on myself about doing ritual. I'm planning a dance for the next moon to make up for it and to work on Temple Dancing, and maybe a story-portrayal for Yule :) ... I couldn't see him for his birthday, nor will he be able to see me for mine this weekend, or for Christmas :( Alas my grounding continues and my parents' utter and total hatred for him (and of my wanting a snake still) persists. I will be moving out shortly anyway, Goddess willing. I graduate in a little over a month.

Ah and I am pondering entering the Shakespeare Monologue contest at school. If you win that you go to NYC if you place there you get to go to London. We'll see though. I'm deciding between Lady Macbeth's "The raven himself is hoarse..." one which I already know (had to memorize it for my English class last grading period) or the one by Cleopatra from Antony and Cleopatra right before she kills herself via snakebite where she says she is Fire and Air, my elements ;)

Mandalas

I was on DeviantArt, found a member who does really great rosaries (Christian-themed and Pagan) and other beaded crafts and she had some digital "Earth Mandalas". The link she provided to learn to make your own didn't work so I was googling making mandalas and came across the blog Art In Every Day . She had a post about creating your own mandalas

I was inspired and I am going to attempt my hand at it. I will post it when it's done.