Post by ivymoon on May 18, 2007 16:39:29 GMT -5
Ivy
Druid Sacred herb
11th Month Moon of the Celtic Year
Connection to Sahain & Winter Solstice, crowns for the bride, divine inspiration, the mysteries and the mystical, consecration, healing, protection, Spiritual Growth, Guards against negativity and disasters, Moon, saturn, exhilarartion, Fearies, honest, renewal, exorcism, strenth, love, intoxication, Life, Death and Rebirth.
Stone - Opal
Animal - Butterfly
An early church council even attempted to bane Ivy in church decorations because of it's Pagan associations.
The broad evergreen leaves afford shelter to birds during the cold months and many species choose to build their nest in Ivy; prefer ivy to other shrubs, as well as food for the sheep and deer during the winter.
Ogham - Ivy/Gort
A sign of developement and transformation of the self. Indicates, may soon be invovlves in a change in bussiness or educational life.
Path may be frought with pitfalls. There maybe those who are envious of your accomplishments.
The main challenge is not to get caught up in the tools of the transformation process.
The tools are not the ends, but only means to give rise to something emerging from the depths of your psych. Keep your focus on your true goals.
Magical Usage:
Entwining Ivy represents the embracing and confining female princepals of life
The maze of the labyrinth is also linked to Ivy, bevause it too, symbolizes the wondering of the soul, circling inward and outward; seeking nourshment from within and without, leading to ''enlightment''.
So resilient and strong that it's used as a binding catalyst in most magical systems.
Ivy maybe used to exorcise that which we wish to banish or to unite like-minded people.
sacred to the Goddess, where Ivy grows, are filled with dark and mystery. A talisman made of Ivy would be good to give to a friend since it will help ensure eternal friendship.
Ivy provides protection against evil when growing on or near the home, but should id fall off and die, misfortune was said to be on the way.
Should Ivy not grow upon a grave, the person buried there is said to be restless and should it grown abundantly on a grave of young woman, she died of a broken heart.
Ivy is the symbol of ressurection. An herb associated with positive ego strength. Most Ivy have a 5 pointed leaves which are sacred to the Goddess.
The Celts associated Ivy with their Lunar Goddess, Arianrhod and their ritiual to this deity marked the opening of the portal to the Otherworld.. or the Dark of the Moon.
This door symbolizes an entrance to another realm and thus the Ivy is a representive of the mysteries and the mystical; symbolic of the journey of the soul and the spiral towards others in their search, so they in turn, might offer assistance.
Considered to be powerful by the Celts because of it's ability to kill the mightest Oak, Ivy has a tendancy to create inpectrable thickets in the forest. It's regarded to be more powerful than the Vine and rather sinister in nature. Since ancient times, the Vine and the Ivy have been regarded as enemies. If the Vine, through intoxication, release prophetic powers, thyen the Ivy, in contrast is a means of communicating with inner resouces; bestowing upon the individual the ability to see through the eyes of the soul and beyopnd the everyday world.
It's tenacity and ability to survive most climates and possibly led to it's reeputation as an herb symbolic of fidelity and valor.
The month of Ivy is a good time to do magic for rebirth and tenacious.
Ivy attributed of restraint of fear and dealing with emotions. Ivy grows in a sacred spiral, which symbolizes reincarnation, from life time to life time, day to day. Ivy travels everywhere, it spreads happily and thrives in many places where no other greenery will/could survive. It's determination to reach through obstacles toward light and food is well known and therefore Ivy symbolizes strength.
The power of the Ivy lies in it's ability to cling and bind, making it a potent symbol of determination and strength to the Druids.
Ivy has been known to strangle trees and ounce a portent of death and spiritual growth.
Being evergreen in nature, the ivy represents the perennial aspects of the human psych.
Lessons of Ivy -
Ivy reminds us of movement of the heavens and the way this is reflected on the earth. It has the ability to bind all things together. It can wonder freely, linking from tree to tree, or form a dense thickets that block out the light and restrict passage. Ivy brings shelter and overwhelming darkness and reminds us that where is life, there is also death.
Ivy represents the wandering soul in it's search for enlightment and it carries a warning to be sure that the directions of your desire to avoid being ensnared by them. True progress is made, however, when all the lessons of the proceeding trees have been linked together with Ivy in such a way, that the light can still enter and no limbs breaks.
Spiritual Goal -
To enter into the group mind with joy and assists others in their spiritual journey so that they will, in turn, offer assistance.. to learn that all is enter twined.
Druid Sacred herb
11th Month Moon of the Celtic Year
Connection to Sahain & Winter Solstice, crowns for the bride, divine inspiration, the mysteries and the mystical, consecration, healing, protection, Spiritual Growth, Guards against negativity and disasters, Moon, saturn, exhilarartion, Fearies, honest, renewal, exorcism, strenth, love, intoxication, Life, Death and Rebirth.
Stone - Opal
Animal - Butterfly
An early church council even attempted to bane Ivy in church decorations because of it's Pagan associations.
The broad evergreen leaves afford shelter to birds during the cold months and many species choose to build their nest in Ivy; prefer ivy to other shrubs, as well as food for the sheep and deer during the winter.
Ogham - Ivy/Gort
A sign of developement and transformation of the self. Indicates, may soon be invovlves in a change in bussiness or educational life.
Path may be frought with pitfalls. There maybe those who are envious of your accomplishments.
The main challenge is not to get caught up in the tools of the transformation process.
The tools are not the ends, but only means to give rise to something emerging from the depths of your psych. Keep your focus on your true goals.
Magical Usage:
Entwining Ivy represents the embracing and confining female princepals of life
The maze of the labyrinth is also linked to Ivy, bevause it too, symbolizes the wondering of the soul, circling inward and outward; seeking nourshment from within and without, leading to ''enlightment''.
So resilient and strong that it's used as a binding catalyst in most magical systems.
Ivy maybe used to exorcise that which we wish to banish or to unite like-minded people.
sacred to the Goddess, where Ivy grows, are filled with dark and mystery. A talisman made of Ivy would be good to give to a friend since it will help ensure eternal friendship.
Ivy provides protection against evil when growing on or near the home, but should id fall off and die, misfortune was said to be on the way.
Should Ivy not grow upon a grave, the person buried there is said to be restless and should it grown abundantly on a grave of young woman, she died of a broken heart.
Ivy is the symbol of ressurection. An herb associated with positive ego strength. Most Ivy have a 5 pointed leaves which are sacred to the Goddess.
The Celts associated Ivy with their Lunar Goddess, Arianrhod and their ritiual to this deity marked the opening of the portal to the Otherworld.. or the Dark of the Moon.
This door symbolizes an entrance to another realm and thus the Ivy is a representive of the mysteries and the mystical; symbolic of the journey of the soul and the spiral towards others in their search, so they in turn, might offer assistance.
Considered to be powerful by the Celts because of it's ability to kill the mightest Oak, Ivy has a tendancy to create inpectrable thickets in the forest. It's regarded to be more powerful than the Vine and rather sinister in nature. Since ancient times, the Vine and the Ivy have been regarded as enemies. If the Vine, through intoxication, release prophetic powers, thyen the Ivy, in contrast is a means of communicating with inner resouces; bestowing upon the individual the ability to see through the eyes of the soul and beyopnd the everyday world.
It's tenacity and ability to survive most climates and possibly led to it's reeputation as an herb symbolic of fidelity and valor.
The month of Ivy is a good time to do magic for rebirth and tenacious.
Ivy attributed of restraint of fear and dealing with emotions. Ivy grows in a sacred spiral, which symbolizes reincarnation, from life time to life time, day to day. Ivy travels everywhere, it spreads happily and thrives in many places where no other greenery will/could survive. It's determination to reach through obstacles toward light and food is well known and therefore Ivy symbolizes strength.
The power of the Ivy lies in it's ability to cling and bind, making it a potent symbol of determination and strength to the Druids.
Ivy has been known to strangle trees and ounce a portent of death and spiritual growth.
Being evergreen in nature, the ivy represents the perennial aspects of the human psych.
Lessons of Ivy -
Ivy reminds us of movement of the heavens and the way this is reflected on the earth. It has the ability to bind all things together. It can wonder freely, linking from tree to tree, or form a dense thickets that block out the light and restrict passage. Ivy brings shelter and overwhelming darkness and reminds us that where is life, there is also death.
Ivy represents the wandering soul in it's search for enlightment and it carries a warning to be sure that the directions of your desire to avoid being ensnared by them. True progress is made, however, when all the lessons of the proceeding trees have been linked together with Ivy in such a way, that the light can still enter and no limbs breaks.
Spiritual Goal -
To enter into the group mind with joy and assists others in their spiritual journey so that they will, in turn, offer assistance.. to learn that all is enter twined.