Kali Padma's question

[Guest guest]

I am not Wiccan, I consider myself Pagan and belong to a Wiccan/Pagan

church. Actually I'm in the second year of study to become legal clergy

through this church. I am in a practicing coven with Wiccan members.

 

I, too, find Ganesha fits very well into pagan practice. In fact, I've led

several group rituals taking Pagans and Wiccans to meet him for the first

time. I've also invoked him in a Kali ritual for a pagan women's group

retreat.

 

I love the questions I get when I wear my saree to church events (thank you

, Nora! , so many people are curious about Shakti and Hindu beliefs but

have no one to ask. I like being the person who tries to bridge the gap...

 

Love and light,

Allison

 

 

 

~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet

and the winds long to play with your hair.

 

Kahlil Gibran

(From 'The Prophet')

 

______________________

 

Message: 6

Sat, 30 Aug 2003 22:19:09 -0400

kalipadma

Re: chandi kavacham

 

 

 

I am a Wiccan High Priest, as well as a practicing Shakta. I have

lectured about both practices at New Age and Pagan gatherings, under my

"nom de plume" of Black Lotus. While some Hindu deities (especially

Ganesh!) can work in a Wiccan context, I generally keep the practices

separate.

 

A kavacham is usually a list of deity names, and each name is invoked to

protect a part of the body, a personal possession, or a spacial

direction. This last example is superficially similar to invoking the

Guardians of the Quarters.

 

The effectiveness of a mantra is dependant upon the sounds of Sanskrit

being properly intoned. One can chant a mantra without knowing its

meaning, and the Sanskrit sounds will still have the appropriate effect.

Stotrams can be translated and recited as poetry, and dhyanams

(meditation images) can be translated to help in visualization, but a

mantra is much more than its literal meaning. The magic is in the sound

vibrations.

 

I have heard Wicca described as "Western tantra," and certainly Gerald

Gardner was familiar with Hindu magickal techniques. Anyone else on this

List exploring Wicca as well as Shaktism?

 

-- Len/ Kalipadma

 

 

On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 19:46:47 +0530 (India Standard Time) "hyacinth"

<gaychaos writes:

> hi all

>

> has anybody here have heard of chandi kavacham?and how it is similar

> to

> wiccan shielding and banishing rituals?how these two may be

> combined?

> also i wanted to ask another question that is if effectiveness of

> strotras/mantras is reduced if they r translated?i have this problem

> quite a

> much as i try to combine wicca and shakta worship

>

> blessed be

> hail mother

>

> hyacinth

>

 

 

______________

The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand!

Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER!

Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

 

 

______________________

______________________

 

 

 

Your use of is subject to

 

_______________

Get MSN 8 and enjoy automatic e-mail virus protection.

http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus