ANNWYN:

I have found this class difficult in that depending on tradition and individual... The God energy is very personal. And I would not presume to tell you Who he is. But a prevalent God energy permeates our work as Wiccans. And it is He I will try and share with you tonight. To avoid the onslaught of material I threw at you with the Goddess classes I want to take a little different approach with the God. This is NOT a class on specific Gods except for a few we will use as sign posts. And we will use history ONLY as a road to bring him forward to your path today. Although I am not big on Cyber ritual...

I would like to begin with a guided meditation of sorts... For those not of the craft... just curious or just visiting... this IS NOT a formula for ritual. This is a means for this class to unite us somewhat in our focus. And you will not go to proverbial hell for joining us... I invite you along. I know trying to read and visualize at the same time is difficult. Try and stay focused.

Position yourself so that you are comfortable. Take off your shoes if you haven't already done so... Make your space comfortable... Relax...

Rotate your head several times to the right...

Again several times to the left...

Let your head relax...

Stretch your arms and legs...

Breath deeply...

Focus...

Relax Rotate or tighten and release any part of your body that appears to be holding tension...

Let it go...

Release...

Relax...

Breathe deeply...

Feel your breath entering and leaving your body...

Breathe deeply...

Let it out...

Breath deeply...

Let it out...

Focus your eyes on the screen as if you were gazing into a candle...

Let the letters changing...

Be the dance of the candle flame...

See the flicker of the candle dance before your eyes Let the words forming...

become images in your mind...

Relax...

I want us to visually form a circle...

Imagine where you are in the country...

North... East... South... West...

Place yourself in the circle...

If you are somewhere in the middle... move out to the nearest point of circumference If you are outside the mainland... see yourself move into the circle...

Think of the association of your location on the wheel as part of the circle...

Visualize me...

Slightly north of East in your circle...

Breathe in...

Breathe out...

Slowly...

Rhythmically See the circle of bodies joined...

Feel yourself as part of a circle...

Feel the warmth of the bodies on either side of you...

Feel the touch of your neighbors hands as you join hands...

Fingers grasping palms...

Warmth and moistness...

Accustom yourself to their touch...

To them touching you.....

Calm...

And center...

Hear them breath beside you...

Relax...

Breath in...

Deeply... deeply...

Breath out...

Feel the power of the circle as the energies unite...

Feel the breath of the circle as one breath...

Visualize the circle...

All inclusive... intimate...

Breathing as one...

Imagine your feet standing on wet grass...

Feel the wet cool grass beneath you feet...

Feel the Mother beneath you feet...

Breath in Deeply...

Deeper.....

Breath out Calm......

Center...

Breath in and as you exhale.....

From deep within your belly form a sound...

Like a hmmm... but with lips parted Deep......

Sensual... not lyrical Feel the vibration as it passes over your tongue and out away from you...

Feel the sound...

Feel the vibration of this rich tone...

As it is born in your belly......

Release all tension in your face...

Again breath in...

Exhale and let the sound form from deep within...

Stronger...

Feel this sound join with the sound of the person on your left.....

Receive the sound from the one on your right...

Hear the sound travel around the circle in unison....

ummmmmmmmm Feel the circle reverberate as one...

Feel the circle of sound around you.....

Feel now the sound travel from your belly down...

Down through your feet into the earth...

Breath...and make the sound born in your belly...

Rich and strong...

Travel down...

Breath in... more deeply each time... stronger each time...

Exhale... continuing from the deepest part of your belly...

Breath in again and exhale again... deeply inside you... deeply out...

Push the sound deeper into the Earth...

Each time press the sound... the circle of sound... more deeply than you have ever imagined...

Deeper than the darkest night... through earth... through rock... through molten matter...

Press the sound to the very center...

Imagine a thread of sound that encircles you and that you have connected deep into the Mother...

Now... imagine the same sound That deep rich earth sound...

Breath in and exhale... and imagine the sound rising above your head...

Breath deeply... deeper... deeper...

Exhale and sound... press the sound higher and higher above you...

Breath again... deeply... deeper... deeper... exhale and rise...

Press the sound beyond the limits of sight...

Beyond the horizon...

Beyond the clouds...

Into the stars...

And beyond......

Breathe deeply...

Exhale sound... resonant deep earth sound.....

Feel and visualize the thread of sound that encircles you...

Feel and visualize the thread of sound that reaches deep into the mother's core...

The one that reaches above eternity...

See me standing in the circle...

I take two steps toward the center...

See every other person... take two steps toward the center Calm... and focus...

Calm and still...

Breath in... and exhale sound Feel the sound travel out from your center... to the center of the circle...

Feel the sound...

Hear the sound...

See the sound...

Feel the sound...

Hear the sound...

See the sound...

See the vibrations... hear the vibrations... feel the vibrations...

Again... breath and exhale sound...

A continuous network of reverberating energy.....

Feel the wheel you have made spin...

Around you....

Below you...

Above you...

And from that sound you have created...

Raw creative energy...

Pulsing...

Forced down into that deepest spot of the Earth...

Down to the place of beginning...

Down to the darkest night...

The deepest thought...

The infinite self.....

From that place...

See a figure rise from the center...

Hold this image in your mind...

See this image walk the threads of the wheel...

From out of the center see him rise...

See him walk around the circle...

See him walk right in front of you and remember...

How does he look??? How does he smell??? What do you feel from him??? What do you want from him??? What does HE want from you????? Hold this image...

Remember.....

Hold this image...

Remember...

Let the hummm soften...

Let the tone diminish into quiet...

Retain the circle...

Remain in the circle...

Release your neighbors hand...

Breath less deeply...

Relax...

Breath...

Relax...

Do what you must to release the energy around you...

Relax.....

I cannot begin to tell you how you "Image" the God force in your work on your path. I can share with you an image that appears to have traveled from the stone age to our own. One that has survived... Integration... Unsexing... Distortion... Secrecy...

He was born from the Mother... He is matter manifest... He has been described as the Black Man... Black not of evil... but of power... inner power... potency... power directly from the Mother... Power in the service of life...

He has been seen dancing on the cave walls of France and Spain... Adorned in the clothes of the Mother... Animal skins and horns... With the scent of earth and the wild... Horns of a stag... of bison... goat horns... Depending on the time and location he has been remembered and he has been remembered since the beginning of time... Although there are the Gods of different Pantheons and eras, the Horned God remains the most viable connection with Our NATURE - self...

His representations throughout time may in fact depict OUR OWN evolution as a species... as individuals... The figure we see dancing on the Cave Walls... Priest as God... God as Priest... Shaman... Succorer... is the divine mediator between man and nature... between man and HIS nature... meaning male and female His feet are cloven... firmly planted on the earth... Still part of the animal world... quick and furtive... Thundering... or quiet as a breeze through leaves on the forest floor... His strong hairy legs rise into fertile loins... that WILL BE the processor of HER desire and design onto the material plane... His human torso bespeaks his evolution as he rises from the animal state to learn of others... caring for others... compassion... beyond himself... His skin a rich brown... of the Earth itself... His wise head depicts the journey from the depths... His memories of what has been and visions of what will be... Capable of expression... of music... that rich earth tone... the sound of the Mother herself and also... that musical tone that imitates the sounds of nature...

His head adorned with horns... that reach toward the sky... Toward light... Knowledge.... of self... of the design... His energies have been diverged with other God figures... but perhaps only as clarification of his ascent... and his grounding memory... the Green Man yet another face...

He has been called Pan... and as Pan... has been deemed the all GOD... everything... always... We have seen his horns and regalia become resplendent and stylized in Egypt... Minoa... Mesopotamia... But it is the Pan aspect we see re-emerge... matured in the forest of Ireland and England... taunting the followers of the New Religion... He is seen as Robin Goodfellow/Hood... Drawn not only as man... but as goat/man in 1"100%" playing pipes... ruling still Nature... again mediating for and protecting man...

Sex to the Horned God is a sacrament... communion with the Goddess... completely physical... completely spiritual... matter and spirit joined... The exaggerated Phallus we see from the Neolithic times, due possibly from the realization of Male part of procreation... not as focus of his energies... The Phallus as represented in the Paleolithic... as were horns... was the very vitality of life... Man's understanding of his part in making of new life... becomes part of the departure from matrilineal society and of the demise of the Goddess religion that followed also for a period of our history distorts the God's image as the Goddess's consort... he becomes her dominator... thus true SELF becomes lost to both men and women...

It is suggested that the very erect phallus is an aberration just as an endless day... the natural penis represents cycles of rest... growth... maturity... service to life... and death... The Horned God (Cernunnos... Herne... Karnayna...) represents cycles... as do the Solar God (Lugh... Belin... Arthur) as does the Grain/Vegetation God (Osiris... Attis... Christ)...

He is the hunter and the hunted... that which would give his life to provide... that which does give his life to continue life... that which teaches us and prepares for our own release to destiny... The God finds eternity by traveling the Wheel of time... is born... dies... and is reborn... He is himself not eternal... He is our hidden most nature... a contrast of roughness and refinement... Raw potential and divine manifestation... elusiveness and startling brilliance... That must be met in the FOREST of our INNER self. Remember... and hold the image you saw rising...

Blessed Be Done

Chat Host:

Wow

Boudica:

double wow

Chat Host:

{G}

Rune Seer:

Interesting

Chat Host:

Thank you Annie

Rune Seer:

I wish I had come in earlier

ANNWYN:

Please forgive that I did not cover the Gods in Total.. just not enough time....

Chat Host:

You obviously put a lot of work and a lot of yourself into that

cjleo:

Thank you, Annwyn, beautifully done.

ANNWYN:

I wanted to impart essence....

ANNWYN:

You are all most welcome

Boudica:

Hey, what you did was something special in itself

Chat Host:

that's ok...you can do it in another class later {G}

Chat Host:

you did successfully impart that

ANNWYN:

ANOTHER CLASS!?!?!?!?!?

Chat Host:

LOL

Peaspeas:

MM all

Rune Seer:

MM PSPS

Chat Host:

Did anyone manage to log the entire class?

ANNWYN:

I'm not sure if anyone logged on Chatty

cjleo:

Yes

Chat Host:

I've got right where I came in

Chat Host:

CJLEO, would you mind sending me your logs then?

ANNWYN:

You did CJ?

Peaspeas:

so...

ANNWYN:

May I share a short poem with you?

Rune Seer:

was this class only on the God?

Chat Host:

of course Annwyn!

Chat Host:

yes Rune

ANNWYN:

Yes Rune it was....You wouldn't want me to start in on the Goddess again{G}

Rune Seer:

thank you

Peaspeas:

MM fire

ANNWYN:

This is a poem by Rhiannon Ryall

Chat Host:

heheheh OH NO anything BUT THAT!

FireHeart:

MM all

Rune Seer:

I can always learn new things

ANNWYN:

The glade in the woods is alive with the scent

Of mosses and bracken and briar;

But though it all like a thread of mystic silk

Is the scent of the cauldron fire

Candles glow round the Circle's edge,

On censer and cords and knife

As thirteen meet hand in hand

In celebration of life

They dance their dance in mystic moves

As only they know how

And through them all runs

The power that proves

That right in the here and now;

The OLD Way is the Right Way

Has been since the Dawn of man,

And so beneath the Moon's soft ray,

They rejoice in the Great God Pan.

Peaspeas:

it was good

fkcc:

what was that ANN?

ANNWYN:

That is called the Rite of Pan...by Rhiannon Ryall

Peaspeas:

MM

ANNWYN:

Chatty.. did you ask about the Goddess?{G}

RandyFlag:

ann. who is this god of whom you are speaking?

Peaspeas:

pan

ANNWYN:

And who is this asking

Merope:

blessings upon you all.. I am heading back to the net...azzie I will send Raw your greetings...

RandyFlag:

its me randy

Boudica:

Randy did you listen to the class

RandyFlag:

no i kicked out

ANNWYN:

Bye Merope..thanks for your help

Aziel...did you stay awake?

Boudica:

you should have stuck around, you would already know the answer

Azrael:

aziel had to leave about 10 minutes ago

Boudica:

Ann thank you , was a great class

Peaspeas:

what class?

ANNWYN:

I missed her leaving...

Azrael:

She might have just rebooted her computer

vinf14:

can anyone here answer a question on the subject of reincarnation and demonic possession in that a possessing demonic entity is not trying to trick you into a false past life recall????????????????????????????????

ANNWYN:

Ah...well...any questions on the class before I scoot?

vinf14:

above

Boudica:

Ann thanks for a really great class

Chat Host:

Yes, thank you

RandyFlag:

yeah ann thanks

vinf14:

please help me

FireHeart:

Ann, sorry I couldn't stay. got booted

Chat Host:

not by me {G}

FireHeart:

and couldn't get back on

calluna:

thank you

Boudica:

sorry vin, not my field

Azrael:

LOL {----feels like an idiot suddenly :)

ANNWYN:

I'm sorry Fire...I think we got it logged....

FireHeart:

No, Chattie, not by you but by P*

Chat Host:

I'll ask again, did anyone manage to log the entire class?

Boudica:

i thought cj did

Azrael:

Sorry Chat, I didn't.

Chat Host:

{--hates it when that happens

Chat Host:

he only got part of it...missed part of the beginning.

Boudica:

maybe ann can email you a copy

ANNWYN:

Chatty I have most saved to text file....

Boudica:

and you can post it as is

Chat Host:

well then Ann.... {G}

ANNWYN:

LOL

Peaspeas:

can you e mail me a copy too

Chat Host:

send me that txt file please!

Boudica:

we were so worried we forgot to log

Boudica:

you were late

ANNWYN:

I barely can turn my puter on and off...but I'll send it to you Chatty

Chat Host:

Peas...I'll post the logs on the Wicca BB on ... Tomorrow

ANNWYN:

Merry Part all

Chat Host:

if I can get the logs from Ann

Peaspeas:

thanx

Azrael:

ok, thanks Chat

FireHeart:

MP Ann

ANNWYN:

yeppers Chatty

Peaspeas:

MP ann

calluna:

mp

Chat Host:

Welcome Azrael