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			<title>A.:.A.:. in Calgary, Alberta</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:02:40 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>93, 
I just moved to Calgary to attend the U of C. I was scheduled be be initiated at the end of this month by a particular lineage. Unfortunately they have no contacts anywhere near Calgary. 
 
I understand about 10 years ago Alberta used to be very active in OTO/A.:.A.:. business, but I have no...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>93,<br />
I just moved to Calgary to attend the U of C. I was scheduled be be initiated at the end of this month by a particular lineage. Unfortunately they have no contacts anywhere near Calgary.<br />
<br />
I understand about 10 years ago Alberta used to be very active in OTO/A.:.A.:. business, but I have no idea what happened.<br />
<br />
Are there any initiates that would be willing to reply or msg me regarding te A.:.A.:. around here? I had my heart set on the A.:.A.:. &amp; am ready to begin my probationary period very shortly. However, I am also willing to affiliate with an O.T.O if an A.:.A.:. is unavailable, seeing how Ill be spending the next chapter of my life here in Alberta.<br />
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Thanks!<br />
93 93/93</div>

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			<title>I feel lost</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:03:43 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[I found paganism after I tried being Christian. I just felt to constricted and felt like it had to many rules and now I am questioning what I I believe because of a discussion with my mom. I tried answering her questions but I feel like I did a bad job. I don't know any more maybe my depression is...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I found paganism after I tried being Christian. I just felt to constricted and felt like it had to many rules and now I am questioning what I I believe because of a discussion with my mom. I tried answering her questions but I feel like I did a bad job. I don't know any more maybe my depression is affecting me or something.</div>

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			<title><![CDATA[Tucson Area Wiccan/Pagan Network Fall Festival 23 & Pagan Pride Day]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:36:38 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Come celebrate Tucson's Pagan Pride Day with old friends & new! T.A.W.N.'s 23rd Fall Festival takes place on Saturday, Sept. 18, 9am-7pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4831 E. 22nd St., beginning with an opening ritual conducted by the Sonoran Sunrise Druidry Grove, ADF, at 9am, followed by...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Come celebrate Tucson's Pagan Pride Day with old friends &amp; new! T.A.W.N.'s 23rd Fall Festival takes place on Saturday, Sept. 18, 9am-7pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4831 E. 22nd St., beginning with an opening ritual conducted by the Sonoran Sunrise Druidry Grove, ADF, at 9am, followed by workshops, entertainment, a psychic fair, &amp; children's activities. The festival will also feature information booths for many of Tucson's local Pagan, Wiccan, Heathen, Druid, Thelemic &amp; eclectic groups, along with a merchant's marketplace, food &amp; drink vendors, an auction &amp; raffle, &amp; will culminate with an autumn equinox ritual dedicated to Dionysos. Admission is a non-perishable donation for the Community Food Bank. The UU Church is two blocks east of Swan Rd., on the north side of 22nd St. It has ample parking, &amp; we will be holding activities both indoors &amp; outside, rain or shine. Visit <a href="http://www.tawn.org" target="_blank">www.tawn.org</a> or call 520-792-6440 for further information. <br />
:ringaroun  :dancy:</div>

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			<dc:creator>Tish</dc:creator>
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			<title>Fox skull rattle? Bone athame? More? Yes!!!</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:37:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Image: http://www.thegreenwolf.com/toolpics/foxrattlethumb.JPG Image: http://www.thegreenwolf.com/toolpics/greenknifethumb.JPG Image: http://www.thegreenwolf.com/costumepics/brownwolfthumb.JPG Image: http://www.thegreenwolf.com/miscpics/moosepillowthumb.JPG  
 
Just added more artwork to my website...</description>
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Just added more artwork to <a href="http://www.thegreenwolf.com/artwork.html" target="_blank">my website</a> and <a href="http://thegreenwolf.etsy.com" target="_blank">my Etsy shop</a>! There's a fox skull rattle, a new bone athame, lots of totemic costumery, and plenty more :) Thanks!</div>

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			<dc:creator>Lupabitch</dc:creator>
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			<title>Any good forums for eCommerce merchants?</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:22:17 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Hey all 
 
Does anyone know of a good site with *active *forums for eCommerce site owners? 
 
ty ty</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Hey all<br />
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Does anyone know of a good site with <b>active </b>forums for eCommerce site owners?<br />
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ty ty</div>

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			<dc:creator>surreal</dc:creator>
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			<title>Canada: Stop `Fox News North`</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:55:37 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Wanted to alert my fellow Canadians to what is going on right now. Stephen Harper is pressuring our current CRTC chairman to step down after he voiced his opposition to a Canadian fox news channel. 
 
Read more here, and sign the online petition to stop this from happening. 
...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Wanted to alert my fellow Canadians to what is going on right now. Stephen Harper is pressuring our current CRTC chairman to step down after he voiced his opposition to a Canadian fox news channel.<br />
<br />
Read more here, and sign the online petition to stop this from happening.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/no_fox_news_canada/?fpla" target="_blank">http://www.avaaz.org/en/no_fox_news_canada/?fpla</a><br />
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				Prime Minister Harper is trying to push American-style hate media onto our airwaves, and make us all pay for it. His plan is to create a &quot;Fox News North&quot; to mimic the kind of hate-filled propaganda with which Fox News has poisoned U.S. politics. The channel will be run by Harper’s former top aide and will be funded with money from our cable TV fees!<br />
<br />
One man stands in the way of this nightmare -- the Chairman of Canada's Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Konrad von Finckenstein. And now, Harper is trying to get him out of his job. Sign the petition below to send a wave of support to von Finckenstein and forward this campaign to everyone -- we'll publish full page ads in Canadian papers when we reach 100,000.
			
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</div>Also: Read Margaret Atwood`s take in her interview with The Globe and Mail.<br />
<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/margaret-atwood-takes-on-fox-news-north/article1692853/" target="_blank">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1692853/</a><br />
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				“Naughty Stephen,” she said. “We're not talking about the CBC but about the coercion of an arm's length person, like Census head.”
			
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			<dc:creator>TheWomanMonster</dc:creator>
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			<title>so....ugh...</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:17:06 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey everyone, haven't been here in a while... 
 
...i'm just so lost/lonely/confused/sad. 
 
 
Long story short...in the past year: got laid off, went back to school, got married, move 1000 miles from home, hubby deployed, fighting with hubby, & feeling lost on my Path. 
 
I just feel so lost in...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Hey everyone, haven't been here in a while...<br />
<br />
...i'm just so lost/lonely/confused/sad.<br />
<br />
<br />
Long story short...in the past year: got laid off, went back to school, got married, move 1000 miles from home, hubby deployed, fighting with hubby, &amp; feeling lost on my Path.<br />
<br />
I just feel so lost in every aspect of my life from relationships, to spirituality, to work. I just feel like i keep trying and it doesn't make a difference and if it does its not a positive one, and I'm just not sure what to do.</div>

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			<title>Anubis Anubis Anubis...</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:03:34 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Ok so i figured that the best place for these questions was for this path if not im sry :/. Anyway, Anubis appeared in my dream a few times last night specifically when i was in need of protection. So i belive he has come to me to help me figure out he should be my god of focus for right now seeing...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Ok so i figured that the best place for these questions was for this path if not im sry :/. Anyway, Anubis appeared in my dream a few times last night specifically when i was in need of protection. So i belive he has come to me to help me figure out he should be my god of focus for right now seeing that i am very new to this. Finding information on venerating him has proved difficult so i have a few questions.<br />
1. How should i set up an alter and what should i include?<br />
2. how do i dedicate myself to him, where can i find the ritua?l<br />
3.Could you tell me about your finding/experiances with him so i know what to expect?<br />
 <br />
thank you very much and im sorry again if this is the wrong forum :/</div>

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			<category domain="http://mysticwicks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=235">Paths: Egyptians, Tamerans, and Kemetics</category>
			<dc:creator>Lucien</dc:creator>
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			<title>Unsure of what to do... Advice?</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:19:22 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm currently living with my grandparents while my fiance is in basic training. Our plan is to get married and move to his first base when he gets home. But things have changed a bit. My grandparents are both pretty sick, my grandma has cancer and my grandpa is getting over a case of gout. Usually...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I'm currently living with my grandparents while my fiance is in basic training. Our plan is to get married and move to his first base when he gets home. But things have changed a bit. My grandparents are both pretty sick, my grandma has cancer and my grandpa is getting over a case of gout. Usually when they need something, they just shout for me and I'll do it for them. While this is seriously stressful for me, it makes me feel useful and I feel obligated to stay and help them.<br />
If I stay here, I'll be even more miserable without my fiance, but I'll be useful and I'll be sure that my grandparents are okay. <br />
If I leave, I'll be wondering and worrying about them all the time. My parents and my aunt are my grandparents next door neighbors, literally, so they won't be completely alone, but it's so much easier on them having me in the house. <br />
<br />
I'm not sure what to do...<br />
Any advice??</div>

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			<title>glutton for punishment</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:17:54 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Ok so, yesterday, I was taking out the trash. The neighbors had a really pretty pair of pits tied out. I didn't realize they were even there until I walked right up on them. They both immediately wanted to be petted and loved on. So I stopped, and the male noticed what I was holding smelled alot...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Ok so, yesterday, I was taking out the trash. The neighbors had a really pretty pair of pits tied out. I didn't realize they were even there until I walked right up on them. They both immediately wanted to be petted and loved on. So I stopped, and the male noticed what I was holding smelled alot like steak, lol. He jumped up and went for the bag, which I raised up out of they way. Well, he got a mouthful of my right hip instead. Nice set of cuts and a big bruise. On instinct, I grabbed his top jaw with my left hand to get him off. Think I might have grabbed too hard, cuz he chomped on me hand good and left me a 4 inch gash along my index finger. After that, it just let go, and looked like it didn't understand what just happened.<br />
<br />
 The owner was on the dog as soon as it let go, basically pinning it down. And this pit was BIG. He apologized profusely, showed me his rabies and vaccination tags, and gave me some gauze and med tape. <br />
<br />
 I wasn't really angry, because it wasn't a malicious attack, just trying to get a snack. I know its not good that the dog went for the trash bag, but it wasn't a &quot;Im gonna kill you&quot; attack, so I didn't report it. After that, they took the dogs inside, and I think the owner took them back to his house. It was my neighbor's son's dogs. <br />
<br />
 Now, just to put salt in the wound, I ended up spending about 12 hours after that helping a friend cut down an old tree that was leaning dangerously close to the house next door. I feel like absolute crap this morning. Sore in places Stephen Hawkings didn't know existed... Just wanted to let you guys know what going on in my little slice of the world.</div>

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			<dc:creator>kingcanine</dc:creator>
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			<title>Adapting the Calendars</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:03:29 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>How do people feel about changing the calendar to suit personal needs/environment versus following one, the Attic one, for instance, as is? 
 
For those California, the agricultural year would be pretty much the same, but for people further north, it would pretty much be in reverse. Greek summers...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>How do people feel about changing the calendar to suit personal needs/environment versus following one, the Attic one, for instance, as is?<br />
<br />
For those California, the agricultural year would be pretty much the same, but for people further north, it would pretty much be in reverse. Greek summers are typically too hot to grow anything, so agriculture would have happened (and probably still does) in the cooler months, with the harvest in the spring. You have a harvest festival like the Anthesteria to Dionysus, similar to the Celtic Samhain in that it's a harvest festival that honors the dead (the second day is dedicated to choe libations, which are for the dead). Then the return of Persephone is celebrated around the fall equinox with the Eleusinian Mystery rites. It seems rather out of context for those in northern Europe and North America, who celebrate spring in March, and the harvest in the autumn. On the bright side, people in Australia shouldn't have too many problems adapting the calendar.<br />
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Do you do anything to adapt the calendar to your locality, and if so, what?</div>

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			<dc:creator>Erebos</dc:creator>
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			<title>Merry Meet</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:50:17 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Hello Everyone, 
 
I am very new to mystic wicks and to the pagan community in general. I am just in the research stage of this and am looking for the right fit for me. although i know paganism of some form is the right choice i haven't decided what form or combination of forms i am most drawn too....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Hello Everyone,<br />
<br />
I am very new to mystic wicks and to the pagan community in general. I am just in the research stage of this and am looking for the right fit for me. although i know paganism of some form is the right choice i haven't decided what form or combination of forms i am most drawn too.<br />
<br />
The only thing i know for sure is that the Wiccan Rede speaks strongly to me and i am working my way out from there. <br />
<br />
So Hello to all and merry meet!!<br />
<br />
Jen</div>

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			<category domain="http://mysticwicks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=55">Introductions</category>
			<dc:creator>Jennifergomm</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[i'd like to get a general reading]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:48:24 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[:) love, health, or career.. whichever you like for those of you who want to practise, please pm me. also post here once you've done so for the modes to be able to determine that someone's working on my request.  
 
thanks :)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>:) love, health, or career.. whichever you like for those of you who want to practise, please pm me. also post here once you've done so for the modes to be able to determine that someone's working on my request. <br />
<br />
thanks :)</div>

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			<dc:creator>vicegerent</dc:creator>
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			<title>Condoms and NuvaRing?</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:09:23 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm not at the point where I'm having sex yet (and I also feel almost two months on nuvaring is too soon to risk it.) 
 
But, for the future, has anyone else had, or heard of anyone else having problems with condoms tearing/ripping while using nuva ring? 
 
I've read it is safe to take the ring out...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I'm not at the point where I'm having sex yet (and I also feel almost two months on nuvaring is too soon to risk it.)<br />
<br />
But, for the future, has anyone else had, or heard of anyone else having problems with condoms tearing/ripping while using nuva ring?<br />
<br />
I've read it is safe to take the ring out and put it back in, as long as you don't wait more than three hours. <br />
<br />
Thank you.</div>

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			<category domain="http://mysticwicks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=621"><![CDATA[Women's Health]]></category>
			<dc:creator>LadyCelt</dc:creator>
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			<title>Woman in main eastern paths? - islam/buddhism/hinduism?</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:42:02 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Topic about feminism? - There is much talk about matriarchal or patriarchal religious societies in ancient west etc.  
 
But what about the ancient east until modern east? à 
What has happened with the woman’s role through the time of history? 
 
I have found some links about woman in religion, but...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><font color="black"><font face="Verdana">Topic about feminism? - There is much talk about matriarchal or patriarchal religious societies in ancient west etc. </font></font><br />
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<font color="black"><font face="Verdana">But what about the ancient east until modern east? </font></font><font color="black"><font face="Wingdings"><font face="Wingdings">à</font></font></font><br />
<font color="black"><font face="Verdana">What has happened with the woman’s role through the time of history?</font></font><br />
<br />
<font color="black"><font face="Verdana">I have found some links about woman in religion, but this is a forum and I want us all to find what these three religions have in common or not in common through the time of history when it comes to where the woman stands, <br />
<br />
I can’t find any material on the web that covers this. Please post if you find.</font></font></div>

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			<dc:creator>Gladeflower</dc:creator>
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			<title>I feel very discouraged.</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:20:19 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Off and on for years I have been learning about Wicca and Hinduism but stress and depression kept me from being any more serious about starting my spiritual path. I had become inspired recently to pursue exploring them with as much determination as I can.  
  
The more I learn about them the more...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Off and on for years I have been learning about Wicca and Hinduism but stress and depression kept me from being any more serious about starting my spiritual path. I had become inspired recently to pursue exploring them with as much determination as I can. <br />
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The more I learn about them the more I'm pulled two ways between them. I agree with both paths more than anything else I've ever known but neither of which I agree with 100% and neither of which I think I'll ever feel a sense of true belonging with, and it crushes me. I already feel like I'm walking on eggshells when asking questions about it, being afraid that someone will tell me that I don't understand and I never will and that I'm just a silly child that's interested for all the wrong reasons. I am a bit uncomfortable being pulled two ways, but mostly worried that I'm not good enough to follow either path very far.<br />
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Am I just not ready? Am I being paranoid? I'm usually not this pathetic, its just that with anything I deeply respect I can't help but to feel like a fool around it. How can I be more rational about this? What exactly would make a person 'not good enough' or 'wrong' for these religions?</div>

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			<title><![CDATA[I'm going to College...]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:20:22 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[So I'm ganna be going to college. I never would have dreamed I would be going to college but I am. Going to get a Associate of Arts in Business administration with a concentration in medical billing and coding though American InterContinental University Online. I have no idea how I am going to pay...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>So I'm ganna be going to college. I never would have dreamed I would be going to college but I am. Going to get a Associate of Arts in Business administration with a concentration in medical billing and coding though American InterContinental University Online. I have no idea how I am going to pay for it but i guess i will figure that out. Has anyone gone to school with them before? I just can't believe I'm really going to go to college.:boing:<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="1"><font color="#666666"> <br />
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			<dc:creator>angle kitsune</dc:creator>
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			<title>Anybody heard of the University of Metaphysical Sciences?</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:45:35 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Or the Toledo based Healing Art Forms Institute? 
  
Here are their websites. Check em out and tell me what you think: 
  
http://www.healingartforms.com/ 
  
http://umsonline.org/index.htm 
  
  
I just started college at the University of Toledo, but I'm not really enjoying it.  It's really...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Or the Toledo based Healing Art Forms Institute?<br />
 <br />
Here are their websites. Check em out and tell me what you think:<br />
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<a href="http://www.healingartforms.com/" target="_blank">http://www.healingartforms.com/</a><br />
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<a href="http://umsonline.org/index.htm" target="_blank">http://umsonline.org/index.htm</a><br />
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I just started college at the University of Toledo, but I'm not really enjoying it.  It's really mainstream and I'm not sure about the major I selected either (Early Childhood Edu).  I'm just not passionate about it.  My REAL dream is to someday start a mind, body, spirit healing and learning center.  I just came out of the broom closet to my parents and while they may be okay about it, they're not so okay with my interest in pursuing metaphysics on a professional level.  My dad especially thinks I would in essence be A. wasting my talent and B. taking advantage of people if I was to get a degree in metaphysics.  He obviously doesn't believe. My dilemma is should I:<br />
 <br />
1. Stay enrolled at Toledo and pursue a degree in something normal and forget all about metaphysics?<br />
 <br />
2. Stay enrolled at Toledo and finish out my degree there, while also pursuing my degree in metaphysics so I have something to fall back on if my business doesn't turn out the way I planned?<br />
 <br />
<div align="left">3. Stay enrolled at Toledo and finish out my degree there, and pursue metaphysics only AFTER I have a stable job and income?<br />
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4. Drop out of Toledo, and focus all my attention on getting my degree in metaphysics and acheiving my goal of having a healing/learning center?<br />
 <br />
Also, if you think I should stay with Toledo, should I declare a minor in business?<br />
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And also, which do you think sounds better and would give me the most career opportunities University of Metaphysical Sciences or Healing Art Forms Institute?<br />
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Thank you in advance for any advice!</div></div>

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			<dc:creator>Rosetta Morrigan</dc:creator>
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			<title>A Little Love For A Friend...</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:40:30 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Recently my friend's mother kicked her out of the house with practically nothing and told her to go live with her dad. He is letting her live at his house but isn't being of much help beyond that, and she still isn't enrolled in school. 
 
Anyway, if you could send a little positive energy her way...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Recently my friend's mother kicked her out of the house with practically nothing and told her to go live with her dad. He is letting her live at his house but isn't being of much help beyond that, and she still isn't enrolled in school.<br />
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Anyway, if you could send a little positive energy her way that things will work out for her I would appreciate it.</div>

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			<dc:creator>Simply Iris</dc:creator>
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			<title>Creating ThoughtForms</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:33:59 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm just learning the technique of creating thoughtforms. I made a sigil, it's hard to forget it because of its simplicity. But I don't know why we have to forget it, really. Wouldn't memorizing it be better? It'll permeate through life regardless, but having it memorized would work since we can't...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I'm just learning the technique of creating thoughtforms. I made a sigil, it's hard to forget it because of its simplicity. But I don't know why we have to forget it, really. Wouldn't memorizing it be better? It'll permeate through life regardless, but having it memorized would work since we can't be thinking of sigils all day anyways.<br />
 <br />
I'm using the Goddess Fuji, once the Goddess of Mt. Fuji, she was the friend of women and protector of children and fertility. I figured, that as a protective thought-form she would work.<br />
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Are there any suggestions for any sort of ritual to make it work? She is being called specifically to dispell cruelty and terror.<br />
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I<i> invoke thee, oh Great Fuji, friend of women</i><br />
<i>To stir the fire within, unleash<br />
your scorching flames to those who would<br />
harm innocence and torture for pleasure</i><br />
<i>Be a friend to those who love, and those who strive<br />
to be strong and survive, the weak, the willful<br />
the bold spark admist the spiraling wind</i><br />
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Does this sound good?</div>

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			<dc:creator>Kalinda</dc:creator>
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			<title>Stephen Hawking warns over making contact with aliens</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:16:17 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[here's an interesting perspective on et. 
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/mobile/uk_news/8642558.stm 
*Aliens almost certainly exist but humans should avoid making contact, Professor Stephen Hawking has warned.* 
In a series for the Discovery Channel the renowned astrophysicist said it was "perfectly...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>here's an interesting perspective on et.<br />
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<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/mobile/uk_news/8642558.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/mobile/uk_news/8642558.stm</a><br />
<b>Aliens almost certainly exist but humans should avoid making contact, Professor Stephen Hawking has warned.</b><br />
In a series for the Discovery Channel the renowned astrophysicist said it was &quot;perfectly rational&quot; to assume intelligent life exists elsewhere. <br />
But he warned that aliens might simply raid Earth for resources, then move on. <br />
&quot;If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans,&quot; he said. <br />
Prof Hawking thinks that, rather than actively trying to communicate with extra-terrestrials, humans should do everything possible to avoid contact. <br />
He explained: &quot;We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet.&quot;</div>

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			<title>TAWN Monthly Cauldronluck</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:08:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Tucson Area Wiccan/Pagan Network monthly meet & greet takes place from 11am-1pm, Sunday, Sept. 12, at La Madera Park (On Treat Ave., west of Country Club Rd. & north of Glenn St.). Have fun with members of the Tucson Pagan, Heathen, Druid, Wiccan, Thelemic & Eclectic communities! Free. Potluck...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>The Tucson Area Wiccan/Pagan Network monthly meet &amp; greet takes place from 11am-1pm, Sunday, Sept. 12, at La Madera Park (On Treat Ave., west of Country Club Rd. &amp; north of Glenn St.). Have fun with members of the Tucson Pagan, Heathen, Druid, Wiccan, Thelemic &amp; Eclectic communities! Free. Potluck follows; bring a dish to share. Visit <a href="http://www.tawn.org" target="_blank">www.tawn.org</a> or call 792-6440 for further information. <br />
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			<dc:creator>Tish</dc:creator>
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			<title>Kalinda</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:35:12 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone, I am Kalinda. My name means Sun in Sanskrit but also refers to a body of water, the Kalinda. I'm not sure where to put myself or how to define what I do. I'm fascinated by magick and have an interest in Crowley, divination, and ancient Grimoires. I want to go further than just reading...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Hi everyone, I am Kalinda. My name means Sun in Sanskrit but also refers to a body of water, the Kalinda. I'm not sure where to put myself or how to define what I do. I'm fascinated by magick and have an interest in Crowley, divination, and ancient Grimoires. I want to go further than just reading cards, but I'm not sure where to begin or how to tap into the nature of spirit. I like theorizing, and yet like an agnostic I never drawn conclusions. I do believe there is a lot out there, but finding the way is the hardest part. I live in a very non-spiritual household, my brother's an atheist, my father's borderline agonistic as he stopped going to Church, and my mom is free spirited but not super religious...so that's my family, and most of my friends aren't as into it as me.<br />
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This forum attracted me with its wealth of information and people...so I hope that it works out and maybe I'll learn something.</div>

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			<dc:creator>Kalinda</dc:creator>
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			<title>Heating amber to make a sphere</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:01:47 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[I have a great desire to have an amber sphere.  
 
That being said, it is nearly impossible to find one that hasn't been reconstituted or heated to be shaped. I was just wondering does you peoples of this wonderful world think that heating something like that or even taking separate pieces and...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I have a great desire to have an amber sphere. <br />
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That being said, it is nearly impossible to find one that hasn't been reconstituted or heated to be shaped. I was just wondering does you peoples of this wonderful world think that heating something like that or even taking separate pieces and melding them together with linseed oil or whatever else take away from it's properties that it originally may have just as a single piece of amber? Or would it still contain all of its properties that to its fullest?</div>

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			<dc:creator>Baer</dc:creator>
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			<title>Merry Meet!</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:47:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[:hi5:* Hello! My name is Connie and it is truly an honor to be here! I am new to Mystic Wicks but I've been Wiccan since April of 2009. I am self dedicated and loving it! I love to do research and learn on a daily basis but have been a little slothful here lately. I have made a promise to myself:...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>:hi5:<b><i> Hello! My name is Connie and it is truly an honor to be here! I am new to Mystic Wicks but I've been Wiccan since April of 2009. I am self dedicated and loving it! I love to do research and learn on a daily basis but have been a little slothful here lately. I have made a promise to myself: Never let my studies fall to the side! It is so easy to do with everything else going on around you..... But it will not happen again with the love of the Goddess smiling down upon me and her gentle whispers there to remind me! Thanks to the community for allowing me to join. Have a wonderful day and may your lives be blessed in many ways!</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Blessed be!</i></b></div>

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			<dc:creator>womanofthecraft333</dc:creator>
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			<title>Stupid Beautiful Weddings...GRRR!</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:26:44 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Last night I was the photographer for my friends wedding. I'm not a professional by any means, she just likes the pictures that I take and that is what led to it. 
 
I've been to a few weddings but because my main job was to capture people's emotions I was paying attention to everything. To me it...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Last night I was the photographer for my friends wedding. I'm not a professional by any means, she just likes the pictures that I take and that is what led to it.<br />
<br />
I've been to a few weddings but because my main job was to capture people's emotions I was paying attention to everything. To me it wasn't a wedding but I was detached from what was going on because I was focusing on the task at hand.<br />
<br />
The main emotion that I see last night was love but I also seen the by-product of this emotion as well. Lust, sadness, longing, jealousy, happiness, and raw animal instinct.<br />
<br />
I let myself get caught up in it, embraced the feelings of the night, and was high on emotion. This morning I'm feeling the hangover.<br />
<br />
This may sound weird but I'm so happy to be out of my last relationship. It was more of a relationship of necessity than anything else but with that being said when I woke up this morning I realize that I've never been in an actual loving relationship with someone that I consider and considers me an equal. This is something that has got me a little down today.<br />
<br />
Back in the day when I did a lot of drugs and partied quite a bit I would wake up feeling like this. Tired, a little depressed, with the thought of &quot;what is going to happen with my life.&quot; I haven't done any kind of drug and haven't drank in three years and I'm still going strong but this feeling is just weird.<br />
<br />
I never thought emotions would do this to a person.<br />
<br />
LOL...well, if you read this far I'm sorry if I sound like I'm whining. I just needed a place to get this out and seeing that all of my friends are either in relationships or see other people just as a piece of meat I don't have many people to talk to.<br />
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Thanks for listening.</div>

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			<dc:creator>Thrift</dc:creator>
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			<title>What is the line between generations?</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:55:55 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>In myths such as the Greek and Norse, there is a generation that is not called Gods. They are called Titans or Giants.  
  
How come Hera is a Goddess, but Metis and Leto are Titanesses? 
  
Is Loki a God or a Giant?</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>In myths such as the Greek and Norse, there is a generation that is not called Gods. They are called Titans or Giants. <br />
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How come Hera is a Goddess, but Metis and Leto are Titanesses?<br />
 <br />
Is Loki a God or a Giant?</div>

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			<dc:creator>Brunhilda</dc:creator>
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			<title>Which version of the Bible do you use (if you use one)?</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:39:26 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>As the title says! 
 
I favour the NKJV myself.  :uhhuhuh:</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>As the title says!<br />
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I favour the NKJV myself.  :uhhuhuh:</div>

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			<dc:creator>LadyDryad</dc:creator>
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			<title>Any fellow MysticWickers with a Croix Mystique?</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:33:41 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[When I was younger my Aunt (who had a voracious interest in palmistry) was getting a sliver out of right my hand and proudly spotted the Croix Mystique. 
 
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"What is called "La Croix Mystique" is found in the quadrangle of the  hand 
between the Lines of Heart...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>When I was younger my Aunt (who had a voracious interest in palmistry) was getting a sliver out of right my hand and proudly spotted the Croix Mystique.<br />
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<i>&quot;What is called &quot;La Croix Mystique&quot; is found in the quadrangle of the  hand<br />
between the Lines of Heart and Head.<br />
<br />
It is more usually found in the centre of this part of the hand, but it</i> <i><br />
may be also found nearer the one side of the quadrangle or the other.<br />
<br />
This mark denotes a natural gift or talent for mysticism and occultism  of</i> <i><br />
all kinds.<br />
<br />
When placed nearer Jupiter, it denotes the employment of these studies</i> <i><br />
more to gratify the subject's own pride or ambition than the following<br />
out of such things for their own sake.<br />
<br />
When it is in the centre of the quadrangle, across the Line of Fate, or</i> <i><br />
immediately under the Mount of Saturn, such studies become more of a<br />
religion or are followed for their own worth and the influence and truth<br />
of occultism will play a leading role in the whole career. Most likely<br />
the possessor of this mark will follow it as a profession, or will<br />
crystallise his researches into the form of books.<br />
<br />
When this mark lies lower down in the quadrangle, nearer to the Mount of</i> <i><br />
the Moon, the subject will study some form of occultism more from a<br />
superstitious standpoint than any other. None the less, he will be  likely<br />
to succeed in doing so, and influence other people through his studies,<br />
and with this latter form he will be more likely to write beautiful<br />
mystic poetry with the prophetic note running through it very strongly.&quot;</i><br />
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Mine is located in the middle of the heart and head lines, in between the mounts of Saturn and Apollo.<br />
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Anyone else have this same mark?</div>

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			<dc:creator>RedTailHawk</dc:creator>
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			<title>Answers changing</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[I asked my cards why the answers has started to change: 
I just layed them beside eachother, I don´t really like spreads in general, but I do them when I have to, like the flower but I did a simple 4-card spread for this easy question: 
  
Queen cups 
Imagination out-ways one's common sense, a good...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I asked my cards why the answers has started to change:<br />
I just layed them beside eachother, I don´t really like spreads in general, but I do them when I have to, like the flower but I did a simple 4-card spread for this easy question:<br />
 <br />
Queen cups<br />
Imagination out-ways one's common sense, a good wife or loving mother, happiness, gentle, a good natured person <br />
Page wands upside down<br />
Superficial, theatrical, unstable, a broken heart, bad news to come<br />
Justice upside down<br />
Bias, false accusations, intolerance, unfairness, abuse<br />
six sword<br />
A gift from a childhood acquaintance, happiness and pleasure brought from the past, good memories, a new friendship, a gift from an admirer, new opportunities <br />
 <br />
What are they saying are the reason to why the answers has changed?</div>

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