Harnessing the power of the sun through the pagan solar wheel

The Pagan solar wheel, also known as the Wheel of the Year, is a cyclic representation of the changing seasons and agricultural cycles followed by many Pagan and Wiccan traditions. This wheel is divided into eight Sabbats or holidays, each marking a specific point in the natural cycle of the earth. The Wheel of the Year begins with the holiday of Samhain, which falls on October 31st or November 1st, in which Pagans honor and remember their ancestors and celebrate the thinning of the veil between the physical and spiritual realms. This is followed by Yule, the winter solstice, which celebrates the rebirth of the sun and the return of longer days. Imbolc, also known as Candlemas, marks the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. It symbolizes the awakening of the earth and the return of fertility.

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It is a collection of enamations of power from the earth,a paean to the woodland and a repudiation of pseudo-science and quackery.

These topics are very popular in the pagan community and chat boards, and though they do influence water sea magic, they are not a topic I am going to discuss here and for one very simple reason; No one will ever agree. As you can imagine, a summer sun shower would be beautiful warm energy, and hail and a lightning storm pack a VERY powerful punch and can be incorporated into magical workings that need the extra push or used to curse.

It symbolizes the awakening of the earth and the return of fertility. Ostara, the spring equinox, celebrates the balance between light and dark, as well as new beginnings and growth. Beltane, on May 1st, signifies the peak of spring and the celebration of fertility and the union between the goddess and the god.

USS Water Witch

The USS Water Witch, part of the Union fleet assigned to carry out a naval blockade of the Georgia coast during the Civil War (1861-65), was captured by Confederate naval troops in 1864. This rare Confederate naval victory ultimately had minimal significance, however.

Constructed in 1852 in the Washington Navy Yard at Washington, D.C., the USS Water Witch, a wooden-hulled, side-wheel gunboat, spent years surveying South American rivers before being called to duty in 1861 for the Union blockade of the Confederacy. In 1863 the vessel joined the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, which operated mostly in Georgia waters around Ossabaw Island.

In June 1864, while anchored in the placid waters south of Savannah, the Water Witch was surprised in the early morning hours by a Confederate raiding party comprising 11 or 12 officers and 115 men from the crews of the Georgia, Savannah, and Sampson. Led by Lieutenant Thomas Postell Pelot and Moses Dallas, an formerly-enslaved person paid a salary for his service as a ship pilot, the Confederates boarded and, after winning a pitched battle on deck, captured the Union ship. The Confederates lost both of their leaders, however, and without a pilot the surviving troops had difficulty navigating the Water Witch to shore.

During the attack, a formerly enslaved sailor in the Union ranks leapt overboard, swam to shore, and warned other solitary blockaders that the Water Witch was no longer a friendly craft. Before the Confederates could pick off the ships one by one in the guise of a Union sloop, the Union mobilized its vessels and went on the offensive, forcing the Confederates to hide their new ship beneath a bluff on the Vernon River. In December 1864, as Union general William T. Sherman’s troops bore down from the west on their march to the sea, the Confederates cut their losses and burned the Water Witch so that it would not fall back into enemy hands.

In 2007 a team of researchers, led by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, found what is believed to be the Water Witch shipwreck off the coast of Savannah beneath approximately fifteen feet of sediment. In 2009 the National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus completed a full-scale replica of the Water Witch, which sits anchored in full view along Victory Drive in Columbus.

There are many different types of water; fresh water lakes and the ocean are not the only types and many hold as much power and mystery such as the muddy waters of the Uk Canals, sacred wells, and swamps. Many sea witches work with brackish water and so do water witches. There is so much magic in the brackish waters of the Calvert cliffs. Large Megolodon teeth can be found on the shores, and stingrays swim circles in the early morning on the calm glassy surface of the pale blue and gold water with the sun rising in the east. The shores are full of healing and death, with yarrow growing among the poison hemlock on the banks of the shore speaking of balance and bane. Large predators once roamed the waters and the stings of the jellyfish are fierce. Oh how glorious to watch the storm come across the waters.

Litha, the summer solstice, marks the longest day of the year and is a time of abundance and joy. Lughnasadh, also known as Lammas, is celebrated on August 1st and acknowledges the first harvest of the year. It is a time of gratitude and giving thanks for the bounty of the earth. Mabon, the autumn equinox, symbolizes the second harvest, the balance between light and dark, and the preparation for the darker half of the year. Finally, the Wheel of the Year comes full circle with Samhain, completing the cycle and beginning anew. The Pagan solar wheel serves as a guide for those who follow Pagan and Wiccan paths to connect with the natural rhythms of the earth and to honor the cycles of life and death. It is a reminder to stay in harmony with the changing seasons and to find meaning and spirituality in the world around us..

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