Course 1, Lesson 1 of 12 page 4 of 8

 Course 1, Lesson 1 of 12 page 4 of 8

>>Self Responsibility and Constant Improvement<<
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An old Prayer I use a lot.

Oh my Universe !
Oh \my Gods !
Oh  my Self !

Forgive me for I know what I do.
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>>The Balance and Harmony of Opposites<<

The Universe and life on out planet often manifest in the forms of Polarity and Sexual Duality.  Accept that and learn to work with it in its many forms.

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>>The Cycles of Nature<<
"A wise Witch  known's many tides and times.
Use them but do not be a slave to them. " TDK
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Rede: A tenet, rule, doctrine or law
>>The Wiccan Rede
The primary law of Wicca
is the Rede: Put simply “Do
as you will but harm none”.<<

We have always said the Rede should have read "As you harm none. Do as you will.

The non harming should be your first thoughts.
Can a Witch harm ! Yes

http://thedruidking.blogspot.com/2012/03/truth-of-natural-witches-witch-druid.html

REDE, WICCA: 1) rule or law.

 The Wiccan Rede:"...an yea harm none, do as yea will." 1) refers to a twenty-six line poem called the Wiccan Rede. Also called: "The Long Version" 2) refers to a eight line poem called The Wiccan Rede. Also called: The Short Version. 3) this is a moral code: Meaning no harm to another person or thing, with an unwritten but understood meaning, no harm to Self, either. REDE: means advice or council, not law. Though Wiccans tend to take it as an absolute lifestyle. It should be taken even further: that one actively do good works, as well.

A bit of history on the Wiccan Rede:

>>The New England Coven of Traditionalist Witches was founded in North Haven, CT, in the late 1960s by Lady Gwen Thompson (Phyllis Healey, 1928-1986), who claimed that her family tradition originated in Somerset, England, and was brought to the United States by way of Nova Scotia. This material, she said, was handed down through many generations and blended with popular occultism to become the present form that she named NECTW. Not all who are born into a family tradition are destined to follow this path, she said. She feared her tradition would die out and fade into obscurity. For this reason, she began fostering students outside the family.
This does look like the sort of dubious “grandmother” story that gets made up all too often, but in this case it might well be true, at least in part. The coven’s members believe that Thompson did have a Family Tradition of some sort, which she ascribed to one Adriana Porter (ca. 1850-1946). The research by Andrew Theitic of the Coven of Minerva and Professor Robert Mattheissen of Brown University, in The Rede of the Wiccae, into the long version of the Wiccan Rede that Lady Gwen sent to Green Egg does support this contention to some extent. However, she assimilated that tradition to the Gardnerian model. Her theology was not the usual Gardnerian duotheism, but much more Manichean, as pre-Gardnerian Witches often tended toward. Although the coven worked robed, it maintained the typical Gardnerian emphasis on ritual discipline: working only in “properly prepared” circles, etc.
  (A History of the Craft in America:  By Aidan Kelly)<<

The Rede:

Hear now the word of the Witches, the secrets we hid in the night,
When dark was our destinys pathway, That now we bring forth in the light.

Mysterious Water and Fire, The Earth and the wide-ranging Air,
By hidden Quintessence we know Them, and we will keep silent and dare.

The birth and rebirth of all Nature, the passing of Winter and Spring,
We share with the life Universal, rejoice in the Magical Ring

Four times in the year the Great Sabbat, returns, and the Witches are seen,
At Lammas and Candelas dancing, on May Eve and old Halloween

When daytime and nighttime are equal, when sun is at greatest and least,
The four lesser Sabbats are summoned, again Witches gather in feast.

Thirteen silver moons in a year are, thirteen is the Covens array,
Thirteen times at Esbat make merry, for each golden year and a day.

The power has passed down the ages, each time between woman and man
Each century unto the other, ere times and the ages began.

When drawn is the Magickal circle, by sword or athame of power,
Its compass between two worlds lies, in the land of shades of that hour.

Our world has no right to know it, and the world beyond will tell naught,
The oldest of Gods are invoked there, the great work of Magic is wrought.

For two are the mystical pillars, that stand at the gate of the shrine,
And two are the powers of Nature, the forms and the forces divine.

And do what thou wilt be the challenge, so be it in love that harms none,
For this is the only commandment, By Magick of old be it done.

Eight words the Witches Rede fulfill:
If it Harms none, Do what Thou Will!

>>The Threefold Law<< A  useful construct, perhaps nothing more. But  serves as a good guideline.


Moon Rising
TDK

The Witches Rede

Rede: A tenet, rule, doctrine or law

>>The Wiccan Rede
The primary law of Wicca
is the Rede: Put simply “Do
as you will but harm none”.<<

We have always said the Rede should have read "As you harm none. Do as you will.

The non harming should be your first thoughts.
Can a Witch harm ! Yes
http://thedruidking.blogspot.com/2012/03/truth-of-natural-witches-witch-druid.html

REDE, WICCA: 1) rule or law. The Wiccan Rede:"...an yea harm none, do as yea will." 1) refers to a twenty-six line poem called the Wiccan Rede. Also called: "The Long Version" 2) refers to a eight line poem called The Wiccan Rede. Also called: The Short Version. 3) this is a moral code: Meaning no harm to another person or thing, with an unwritten but understood meaning, no harm to Self, either. REDE: means advice or council, not law. Though Wiccans tend to take it as an absolute lifestyle. It should be taken even further: that one actively do good works, as well.

A bit of history on the Wiccan Rede:

>>The New England Coven of Traditionalist Witches was founded in North Haven, CT, in the late 1960s by Lady Gwen Thompson (Phyllis Healey, 1928-1986), who claimed that her family tradition originated in Somerset, England, and was brought to the United States by way of Nova Scotia. This material, she said, was handed down through many generations and blended with popular occultism to become the present form that she named NECTW. Not all who are born into a family tradition are destined to follow this path, she said. She feared her tradition would die out and fade into obscurity. For this reason, she began fostering students outside the family.
This does look like the sort of dubious “grandmother” story that gets made up all too often, but in this case it might well be true, at least in part. The coven’s members believe that Thompson did have a Family Tradition of some sort, which she ascribed to one Adriana Porter (ca. 1850-1946). The research by Andrew Theitic of the Coven of Minerva and Professor Robert Mattheissen of Brown University, in The Rede of the Wiccae, into the long version of the Wiccan Rede that Lady Gwen sent to Green Egg does support this contention to some extent. However, she assimilated that tradition to the Gardnerian model. Her theology was not the usual Gardnerian duotheism, but much more Manichean, as pre-Gardnerian Witches often tended toward. Although the coven worked robed, it maintained the typical Gardnerian emphasis on ritual discipline: working only in “properly prepared” circles, etc.   (A History of the Craft in America:  By Aidan Kelly) <<
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The Rede:

Hear now the word of the Witches, the secrets we hid in the night, 
When dark was our destinys pathway, That now we bring forth in the light.

Mysterious Water and Fire, The Earth and the wide-ranging Air, 
By hidden Quintessence we know Them, and we will keep silent and dare.

The birth and rebirth of all Nature, the passing of Winter and Spring, 
We share with the life Universal, rejoice in the Magical Ring

Four times in the year the Great Sabbat, returns, and the Witches are seen, 
At Lammas and Candelas dancing, on May Eve and old Halloween

When daytime and nighttime are equal, when sun is at greatest and least, 
The four lesser Sabbats are summoned, again Witches gather in feast.

Thirteen silver moons in a year are, thirteen is the Covens array, 
Thirteen times at Esbat make merry, for each golden year and a day.

The power has passed down the ages, each time between woman and man
Each century unto the other, ere times and the ages began.

When drawn is the Magickal circle, by sword or athame of power, 
Its compass between two worlds lies, in the land of shades of that hour.

Our world has no right to know it, and the world beyond will tell naught, 
The oldest of Gods are invoked there, the great work of Magic is wrought.

For two are the mystical pillars, that stand at the gate of the shrine, 
And two are the powers of Nature, the forms and the forces divine.

And do what thou wilt be the challenge, so be it in love that harms none, 
For this is the only commandment, By Magick of old be it done.

Eight words the Witches Rede fulfill:
If it Harms none, Do what Thou Will!


Moon Rising
TDK

Course 1, Lesson 1 of 12 page 2 & 3 of 8

 Course 1, Lesson 1 of 12 page 2 & 3 of 8

Some addition information and views to expand on the ideas and concepts presented
in the course.

Pages 2-3 are really heavy and hard to expound on as they sum up ones view of Life
and universe. So for now I will not add or subtract .
But listen to Your views and Questions.

Page 3
>>Like it or not, agree with the above statement
or not, Wicca dates from the 1940s and 50s and Gerald
Gardner, aided by Aleister Crowley. Notice I said
“Wicca”, not Witchcraft, Magick, Strega, Pagan beliefs
or Goddess worship. Wicca, although a fairly new belief
structure in itself, is based on all of these and more.<<
Yes Wicca will come up a lot but this group is really about Witchcraft , Witches and practical Magick

Some definitions: The following is a list of technical words and phrases originally taken from the first three editions of Real Magic.

Witchcraft: 
From “wiccecraeft,” the craft of being a witch. Notice that “craft” has no specifically religious connotation.

Witchcraft, Alexandrian: 
A variety of Gardnerian Witchcraft founded by British magician Alex Sanders.

Witchcraft, Anthropologic: 
Anything called “witchcraft” by an anthropologist, usually referring to (a) the practices of independent (real or supposed) magic users who are suspected of at least sometimes using their magic outside of their society’s accepted cultural norms, and/or (b) a perceived state, often involuntary, of being a monster who can curse people with the “evil eye.” Definition (a) is what the word “wicce” probably originally referred to, annoying as that may be to modern Wiccans.

Witchcraft, Classic: 
The practices of the persons often called “witches” (if seldom to their faces) in pre-medieval Europe, to wit: midwifery; healing with magic, herbs and other folk remedies; providing abortions, love potions and poisons; divination; casting curses and blessings, etc.

 A Classic Witch’s religion may well have been irrelevant to his or her techniques. After the monotheistic conquests, most survivors were — at least officially — Christians (or Moslems in Spain and Portugal). Some may have retained a certain amount of pre-Christian/Islamic magical and religious tradition. Classic Witches have continued to exist to this very day, in ever dwindling numbers, mostly in the remotest villages and among the Romany or other Traveling Peoples.
Witchcraft, Dianic: 

(1) A postulated medieval cult of Diana and/or Dianus worshipers. 

(2) Term used by some henotheistic Neopagan Witches to refer to their concentration on the Goddess.

(3) Term used by some Feminist separatist Witches to describe their practices and beliefs.
Witchcraft, Ethnic: 
The practices of various non-English-speaking people who use magic, religion and alternative healing methods in their own communities, and who are called “witches” by English speakers who don’t know any better.
Witchcraft, Familial or “Fam-Trad:” 
The practices and beliefs of those who claim to belong to (or have been taught by members of) families that supposedly have been underground Paleopagans for several centuries in Europe and/or the Americas, using their wealth and power to stay alive and secret. Even if they existed, none of them could have a pure religious or magical tradition by now; instead, they would have fragments of Paleopagan customs mixed with Christianity or Islam as well as every new occult wave that hit the West. 99.9% of all the people I have ever met who claimed to be Fam-Trad Witches were lying, or had been lied to by their teachers.

Also sometimes called “Hereditary Witchcraft” or even “Genetic Witchcraft” by those who think they must claim a witch as an ancestor in order to be a witch today.
Witchcraft, Fairy or Faery or Faerie Trad: 

(1) Any of several traditions of Mesopagan and/or Neopagan Witchcraft started by the blind poet and scoundrel guru Victor Anderson since the 1970s, mixing British and Celtic folklore about the fairies, Gardnerianism, Voodoo, Hawaiian Huna (itself a Mesopagan invention of Max Freedom Long), Tantra, Gypsy magic, Native American beliefs, and anything else he was thinking about at the time he was training the founders of each trad. 

(2) Varieties of Neopagan Witchcraft focused around homosexual or bisexual images and magical techniques rather than the heterosexual (and often homophobic) ones used in most Wiccan traditions. 

(3) Other sects of Neopagan Witchcraft focused around real or made-up fairy lore, often taken from romantic poems, plays, and novels about the fairies. In most of these traditions, there is usually an assumption that the ancient associations between fairies and witches were true, and that the fairies were originally the Paleopagan nature spirits and/or deities.

Witchcraft, Feminist: 
Several new monotheistic religions started since the early 1970s by women in the feminist community who belonged to the women’s spirituality movement and/or who had contact with Neopagan Witches. It is partially an outgrowth of Neopagan Witchcraft, with male deities booted unceremoniously(!) out of the religion entirely, and partially a conglomeration of independent and eclectic do-it-yourself covens of spiritually-inclined feminists. The religions usually involve worshiping only the syncretic Goddess and using Her as a source of inspiration, magical power and psychological growth. Their scholarship is generally abysmal and men are usually not allowed to join or participate.

Witchcraft, Gardnerian: 
The originally Mesopagan source of what has now become Neopagan Witchcraft, founded by Gerald Gardner and friends in the late 1940s and 1950s, based upon his alleged contacts with British Fam-Trads. After he finished inventing, expanding and/or reconstructing the rites, laws and other materials, copies were stolen by numerous others who then claimed Fam-Trad status and started new religions of their own. (See Ronald Hutton’s Triumph of the Moon for all the messy details.) Though Gardnerians are sometimes called “the scourge of the Craft,” together with the Alexandrians and members of some other British Traditions, they may be considered simply the orthodox branch of Neopagan Witchcraft.
Witchcraft, Genetic: 
See Witchcraft, Familial and Grandmotherly.

Witchcraft, Gothic: 
A postulated cult of devil worshipers invented by the medieval Church, used as the excuse for raping, torturing and killing scores of thousands of women, children and men. The cult was said to consist of people who worshiped the Christian Devil in exchange for magical powers then used to benefit themselves and harm others. Also called “Diabolic Witchcraft” and “Satanic Witchcraft.” I coined this term many years ago, before the rise of the “Goth” subculture of the 1980s.

Witchcraft, Grandmotherly: 
Refers to the habit common among modern Witches of claiming to have been initiated at an early age by a mother or grandmother who belonged to a Fam-Trad but who is conveniently dead, doesn’t speak English, and/or is otherwise unavailable for questioning.

Witchcraft, Hereditary: 
See Witchcraft, Familial and Grandmotherly.

Witchcraft, Immigrant or “Imm-Trad:” 
Refers to the customs and beliefs of Mesopagan peasants and supposed Fam-Trad members who immigrated to the Americas and mingled their magical and religious customs with each other, the Native Americans, enslaved Blacks, and the previous immigrants, helping to produce the dozens of kinds of Voodoo and Hoodoo,along with Pennsylvania “hex” magic and Appalachian magical lore.

Witchcraft, Neoclassic: 
The current practices of those who are consciously or unconsciously duplicating some or many of the activities of the Classic Witches and who call themselves (or are called by others) witches.

Witchcraft, Neogothic: 
The beliefs and practices of modern Satanists, most of whom work very hard to be everything that the medieval Church and current Fundamentalists say they should be. Some of them perform Black Masses, commit blasphemy and sacrilege, hold (or long to hold) orgies, etc. There is some small overlap with the Goth subculture of the 1980s.

Witchcraft, Neopagan: 
Several new duotheistic religions founded since the 1960s, most of which are variations of Gardnerian Witchcraft but some of which are independent inventions and/or reconstructions based on real or supposed Family Traditions, Immigrant Traditions, literary creations, etc. — just like Gardner’s! Most groups who call what they do “Wicca” are Neopagan Witches.

Witchcraft, Neoshamanic: 
(1) The beliefs and practices of those modern persons who are attempting to rediscover, duplicate and/or expand upon the practices of the original (postulated) Shamanic Witches.
(2) Neopagan Witchcraft with feathers, drums, crystals, and other New Age additions of a vaguely Shamanic flavor. Most use drums and chanting rather than drugs to achieve their desired trance states.

Witchcraft, Shamanic: 
(1) Originally, the beliefs and practices of members of postulated independent belladonna/Moon Goddess cults throughout pre-medieval Europe, remnants of which might have survived into the Middle Ages.
(2) Currently, Neoshamanic Witchcraft done by those who do not use the Neo- prefix.

Witchcraft, Traditional: 
See Tradition and Witchcraft, Familial.

Witch Cult of Western Europe: 
A European-wide cult of underground Pagans postulated, in a book of that name, by Margaret Murray as having been the actual cause or spark of the medieval persecutions, but which is not believed in by most of the historians, linguists, folklorists or anthropologists who have examined her arguments. Also known as the “Unitarian Universalist White Witch Cult of Western Theosophical Brittany.”

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>>Two major books that are based on the above and contributed
greatly to the formation of Wicca are Leland’s
Aradia, Gospel of the Witches and Frazier’s The
Golden Bough, both from 1890, well before Gardner’s
revolation.<<

Links:
1)http://www.globalgrey.co.uk/Pages/Books-Paganism/Aradia-Or-The-Gospel-Of-The-Witches.html#.Uowm4_k_uUM

info

This classic of neo-Paganism is one of the few books which purports to be an actual sacred text of traditional witchcraft, in particular that of the Tuscan region of Italy. Charles Leland based this book on material which he received from a woman named Maddelena, who had assisted him in collecting regional Italian folklore. On New Years day, 1897 she handed over to him a document in her own handwriting, the Vangel, which is the core of this book. Maddelena then reportedly went missing, and never contacted Leland again. The authenticity of Aradia has always been in question. Ronald Hutton, in his scholarly study of the roots of neo-Paganism, The Triumph of the Moon, presents three divergent theoriesabout Aradia: first, that is a genuine text of an underground Italian Goddess religion, second, that Maddelena wrote it based on her family tradition, or third, that Charles Leland forged it based on his extensive knowledge of folklore. Each of these theories has pros and cons: it may be that the second and third are closest to the truth. Whatever the source of this material, it has had a profound impact on the emergence of neo-Paganism, and is required reading for anyone interested in the subject. (from Globalgray)

2)

http://www.globalgrey.co.uk/Pages/Books-Esoteric/Golden-Bough.html#.Uown6vk_uUM

 info

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a wide-ranging, comparative study of mythology and religion. It attempts to define the shared elements of religious belief to scientific thought, discussingfertility rites, human sacrifice, the dying god, the scapegoat and many other symbols and practices which have influenced the 20th century. Its thesis is that old religions were fertility cults that revolved around the worship of, and periodic sacrifice of, a sacred king. Specifically, that man progresses from magic through religious belief to scientific thought. (from Globalgray)

Both of these works are full studies in them self's. I would suggest downloading while we have a free source and study as you can find time, but having for reference is GOOD.

I will address the Elements in a blog for each so that we can expand are view as we good along. Note my views and others I share may differ a bit from course, as these are complex issues.

TDK

Master Time Line Reference

Version 02

Time Lines Notes

Paleozoic (or Palaeozoic) Era (from the Greek palaios (παλαιός), "old" and zoe (ζωή), "life", meaning "ancient life"is the earliest of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic Eon, spanning from roughly 541 to 252.2 million years ago

It is the longest of the Phanerozoic eras, and is subdivided into six geologic periods (from oldest to least old): the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, and Permian. The Paleozoic comes after the Neoproterozoic Era of the Proterozoic Eon, and is followed by the Mesozoic Era.

The Cambrian Period witnessed the most rapid and widespread diversification of life in Earth's history, known as the Cambrian explosion, in which most modern phyla first appeared. Fish, arthropods, amphibians and reptiles all evolved during the Paleozoic. Life began in the ocean but eventually transitioned onto land, and by the late Paleozoic, it was dominated by various forms of organisms. Great forests of primitive plants covered the continents, many of which formed the coal beds of Europe and eastern North America. Towards the end of the era, large, sophisticated reptiles were dominant and the first modern plants (conifers) appeared.

The Paleozoic Era ended with the largest mass extinction in Earth's history, the Permian–Triassic extinction event. The effects of this catastrophe were so devastating that it took life on land 30 million years into the Mesozoic to recover.[2] Recovery of life in the sea may have been much faster

Permian period is a geologic period and
system which extends from 298.9 ± 0.2 to 252.2 ± 0.5 Ma
It is the last period of the Paleozoic Era.

Mesozoic Era 252.2 Ma,

Triassic Period is a geologic period and system
that extends from about 250 to 200 Ma 252.2 ± 0.5 to 201.3 ± 0.2 Ma

Jurassic Period is a geologic period and system
that constitutes the middle period of the
Mesozoic Era, also known as the Age of Reptiles
and extends from 201.3± 0.6 Ma to 145± 4 Ma

The start of the period is marked by the major Triassic–Jurassic extinction event. Another extinction event, the Late Piensbachian/Early Toarcian event, occurred in the Early Jurassic, and a third extinction event, the Late Tithonian event, occurred at the end of the Jurassic; however neither of these two events rank among the 'Big Five' mass extinction.

Cretaceous Period (/krɨˈteɪʃəs/, krə-tay-shəs), derived from the Latin "creta" (chalk), usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide (chalk), is a geologic period and system from circa
145 ± 4 to 66 Ma ago

In the geologic timescale, the Cretaceous follows the Jurassic period and is followed by the Paleogene period of the Cenozoic era. It is the last period of the Mesozoic Era, and, spanning 79 million years, the longest period of the Phanerozoic Eon.

The Cretaceous was a period with a relatively warm climate, resulting in high eustatic sea levels and creating numerous shallow inland seas. These oceans and seas were populated with now extinct marine reptiles, ammonites and rudists, while dinosaurs continued to dominate on land. At the same time, new groups of mammals and birds, as well as flowering plants, appeared. The Cretaceous ended with a large mass extinction, the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, in which many groups, including non-avian dinosaurs, pterosaurs and large marine reptiles, died out. The end of the Cretaceous is defined by the K–Pg boundary, a geologic signature associated with the mass extinction which lies between the Mesozoic and Cenozoic Eras.

K–Pg / K–T extinction abbreviation of Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction, also called K–Pg extinction or Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction, a global extinction event responsible for eliminating approximately 80 percent of all species of animals at or very close to the
boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene
periods, about 66 Ma

The Bone Yard Bard Comes on the Stage:

System Series Stage Age (Ma)

Aquitanian 20.43–23.03

Burdigalian 15.97–20.43

Langhian 13.65–15.97

Serravallian 11.608–13.65

Tortonian 7.246–11.608

Miocene Messinian 5.332–7.246

Late Miocene Bones 1.1 7 - 5.3 Ma

Zanclean 3.600–5.332

Neogene Pliocene Piacenzian 2.588–3.600

Pliocene Bones 2.1 5.3 - 2.58

Pleistocene Bones
Lower Paleolithic: 2.58 Ma - 300,000 Years
Middle Paleolithic: 300,000 - 50,000 years

Pinnacle Point Caves have revealed
occupation by Middle Stone Age people
between 170,000 and 40,000 years ago

Upper Paleolithic: 50,000 - 10,000 years old

Holocene Bones
Mesolithic / Neolithic: 10,000 - 5000 years old

Quaternary Pleistocene Gelasian younger

Palaeolithic period,
Old Stone Age 2,500,000 to 200,000 BC Age, Era or Period is a ... λίθος, lithos, "stone", literally meaning "old age of the stone" or "Old Stone Age."

Western Europe pre c. 8800 BC

Pleistocene ('Ice Age')
approximately 11,600 years ago

Mesolithic c. 8800 – 4900 BC

Mesolithic 9600 - 4000 BC.

The Mesolithic period or
('Middle Stone Age') Stone Age 2,000,000 BP – 3300 BCE

Paleolithic 2,000,000 BP – 8300 BCE

Lower Paleolithic 2,000,000 BP – 300,000 BP

Middle Paleolithic 300,000 BP – 30,000 BP

Upper Paleolithic 30,000 BP – 12,000 BP

Younger Dryas period 12,900
Asteroid or comet that struck Quebec caused the abrupt change to a colder, drier climate. As a result of the impact and dramatic climate change - also referred to as the ‘Big Freeze’ - mammals including mastodons, camels, giant sloths, and saber-toothed cats all vanished in North America, forcing human hunters to set aside their spears and instead gather plants and cultivation. Meanwhile in the Mediterranean, the first farmers started to grow crops - thus the invention of agriculture served as a pivotal step in the development of communities and the division of labor, and led to the establishment of civilization.

Epipaleolithic 12,000 BP – 8300 BCE

Megalithic period 5000 1500 BC

Neolithic c. 4900 – 2000 BC

The Neolithic Era, or Period, from νέος (néos, "new") and λίθος (líthos, "stone"), or New Stone age

Neolithic The New Stone Age or
Neolithic began around 6,000
years ago 8300 BCE – 4500 BCE.

Pre-pottery Neolithic 8300 BCE – 5500 BCE

Pottery Neolithic BCE – 4500 BCE

Chalcolithic 4500 BCE – 3300 BCE

Early Chalcolithic 4500 BCE – 4000 BCE

Late Chalcolithic (Ghassulian) 4000 BCE – 3300 BCE

Bronze AgeBronze Age c. 2000 – 800 BC

Bronze Age 3300 BCE – 1200 BCE

Early Bronze Age 3300 BCE – 2000 BC

Early Bronze Age I 3300 BCE – 3000 BCE

Early Bronze Age II 3000 BCE – 2700 BCE

Early Bronze Age III 2700 BCE – 2200 BCE

Early Bronze Age IV 2200 BCE – 2000 BCE

Middle Bronze Age 2000 BCE – 1550 BCE

Middle Bronze Age I 2000 BCE – 1750 BCE

Middle Bronze Age II 1750 BCE – 1650 BCE

Middle Bronze Age III 1650 BCE – 1550 BCE

Late Bronze Age 1550 BCE – 1200 BCE

Late Bronze Age I 1550 BCE – 1400 BCE

Late Bronze Age II A 1400 BCE – 1300 BCE

Late Bronze Age II B 1300 BCE – 1200 BCE

Coligny Calendar 1100 BCE
(first century bce Celtic calendar discovered in 1897),
astronomical calculus shows that it must have been computed in 1100 bce

Iron Age c. 800 – 1 BC

Iron Age 1200 BCE – 586 BCE

Iron Age I 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE

Iron Age I A 1200 BCE – 1150 BCE

Iron Age I B 1150 BCE – 1000 BCE

Iron Age II 1000 BCE – 586 BCE

Iron Age II A 1000 BCE – 900 BCE

Iron Age II B 900 BCE – 700 BCE

Iron Age II C 700 BCE – 586 BCE

Etruscan ages:

800 BCE Beginning of the Etruscan civilization in Italy.

539 BCE Etruscan & Carthaginian alliance expels the Greeks from Corsica.

535 BCE Battle of Alalia. Carthaginian navy, in alliance with Etruscans, defeated Greek ships off the island of Corsica.

c. 475 BCE Celts defeat the Etruscans at the Ticino River.

400 BCE Celts enter Italy and settle in the Po Valley. Etruscan power declines.

396 BCE Celts defeat the Etruscan army at the battle of Melpum. Afterwards the Celts heavily settle all over the Po Valley.

396 BCE Roman expansion begins with the capture of Veii from the Etruscans.

391 BCE Senones besiege Clusium, an Etruscan city.

298 BCE - 290 BCE Third Samnite War. Victory for Rome, peace with the Etruscans.

283 BCE Romans defeat the Etruscans and Celts at lake Vadimonis.

225 BCE Celts defeat 6000 Romans at Faesulae and proceed to overrun Etruria.

Roman c. AD 1 – 400

Early medieval period c. AD 400 – 800

Medieval period 800 – c. 1500

Post-medieval period c. 1500 – c. 1800

Roman Iron Age c. AD 1 – 400

Germanic Iron Age c. AD 400 – 800

Viking Age c. AD 800 – 1066

Medieval period 1066 – c. 1500

Post-medieval period c. 1500 – c. 1800

Historical periods 586 BCE – present

Babylonian & Persian periods 586 BCE – 332 BC.

Hellenistic period 332 BCE – 37 BCE

Early Hellenistic 332 BCE – 167 BCE

Late Hellenistic 167 BCE – 37 BCE

Roman period 37 BCE – 324 CE

Early Roman 37 BCE – 132 CE

Late Roman 132 CE – 324

Byzantine period 324 – 638

Early Arab period
(Umayyad and Abbasid) 638 – 1099

Crusader & Ayyubid
periods 1099 – 1291

Late Arab period
(Fatimid and Mamluk) 1291 – 1516

Ottoman period 1516 – 1917

Modern period 1917 – current

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BC, AD, BCE, BP Abbreviation(s), Latin phrase, Meaning

Abbreviation(s) Latin phrase Meaning

BC * (Christian calendar concepts) before Christ

BCE Before Common Era Years are designated as before the Christ's birth.

AD ** (Christian calendar concepts) Anno Domino Year of the Lord in the year of the Lord Years are designated as after the Christ's birth.

BP *** "Before Present" means before 1950. The most commonly used convention in radiocarbon dating. "Present" referring to the year 1950 AD. 1950 is the date that the calibration curves were established. It also predates atmospheric testing of the atom bomb, which significantly upset C12/C14 ratios in the following years.

CE Common Era (also Current Era or Christian Era , abbreviated as CE, is an alternative naming of the traditional calendar era,
Anno Domini (abbreviated AD)

EV Era Vulgaris "Christian, Vulgar or Common Era"for all pratical purposes can be used interchangeably

Ma million years.

History of the use of the CE/BCE abbreviation

(CE/BCE and AD/BC) are numerically equivalent

* In the Gregorian Calendar, which we use, there is no year zero and the sequence of years near the start runs as follows: ..., 4BC, 3BC, 2BC, 1BC, 1AD, 2AD, 3AD, 4AD ...

** Since 2000 AD is the 2000th year of the Christian calendar, it was the last year of the 2nd millennium. So the 3rd millennium and the 21st century began at the same moment - on January 01, 2001.

*** If a radiocarbon lab reports an age of 13000 years BP, they are implying that the fossil would have died 13000 years before 1950 AD.

Coligny Calendar (first century bce Celtic calendar discovered in 1897), astronomical calculus shows that it must have been computed in 1100 bce

Course 1, Lesson 1 of 12 page 1 of 8 study notes.

 Course 1, Lesson 1 of 12 page 1 of 8

Some addition information and views to expand on the ideas and concepts presented in the course.

What is a Natural Witch? 
Bruja  Female Witch (Wicca old English) / Brujo Male Witch (Wicce old English).
In modern english both Male and Female are address as just Witch, so I use the Spanish or old English terms if I need to address sex of Witch.
http://thedruidking.blogspot.com/2011/07/reference-what-really-is-natural-witch.html

What is Witchcraft? 
http://thedruidking.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-is-witchcraft.html


What is Wicca?

From   http://www.neopagan.net/Pagan_Glossary.html
Wic-:
An Old English root meaning (1) to bend, turn or twist, and (2) to practice magic. No significant connection to “wisdom.”

Wicca and Wicce:
The male and female terms, respectively, in Old English that eventually became “witch” in Modern English.

Wiccan:
(1) The original plural form for “wicca/wicce” or “witch.” (2) An adjective used to describe their religion by the followers of Neopagan Witchcraft.

Wiccian or Wigle:
The Old English words for the activities of a “wicca/wicce.”
We will be dealing with Religion or Paths and also the Arts Skills and Tools that often belong to either no path or all paths.


In this course we will accept the fact that Wicca as a religion is based to  a Duality concept of a Universal Goddess and God pair that can be interacted with and that many Witches worship and all Neo-Wiccians accept.  This complex issue will be addresses many times in different light. But for the course we work with them as a reality.

Perhaps a bit ahead of page one but worth having read and considered.http://thedruidking.blogspot.com/2012/04/of-committing-to-coven-druid-order-ley.html

TDK

Our First Course in The Craft of the Wise Part 1 of 12

I have chosen a 12 part course for us to start with. It is free to download but as it is copyright covered please only share the download link not the material.

You could of course go and download all 12 parts at once as I did. But we will be limiting our discussions to the current or past parts as I put up the link.

How to use this course.

1) Either by computer or Book get ready to start taking notes as you read.  These PDFs will let you high-lite and copy paste in your favorite editor or word process. This makes it easy to add your questions / answers and other info to each section or topic.

So lets give it a whorl. I think one section per week is a good gold to start. Keeping in mind that if this goes well we will than start another groups course all over but blending in what we have learned from the first. Soon we will have a really solid background.

I will be adding book links in also as extra study and to expand on our historical foundations after the first two lessons, I believe.

Thanks goes out to "Journey To The One "  for their course.http://www.journey1.org/

Ok here is the first lesson download link.

http://www.journey1.org/lessons/Lesson1-BasicWicca.pdf

Enjoy, see you in the FB group.

Moon Rising
TDK 

Books of Shadows.

Craeftgemot Witancoveyne  Which way Witch way FB Course One. Resources List.

Blog links will be used for much of this course to share resources and information.

They allow you to easily re share information or just keep a small file with links on your memory stick that you can use on any PC.

Also if you click on one of the blog ads on the right it helps feed the cat. Just by looking at the ad.

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BOS       Books of Shadows, or your hand written notes and lessons and spells.


We will talk about this  a lot but here are two links to a very Famous Wiccan Witch that helped more than most revive or Craft and share it with the World.





http://www.beyondweird.com/witchcraft/gbos/index.htm

http://www.globalgrey.co.uk/Pages/Books-Paganism/Gardnerian-Book-Of-Shadows.html#.UohoYvk_uUM


Download for future reference and reading pleasure but do not get hung up with it. We will discuss it on and off all throught the study. Bit by bit were it is needed or illuminates our work.

TDK

Handing our Downloaded E-Books.

I recommend the free Calibre E-book reader for both PDF files and E-pub files. It can read everything and you can use it on PC, Lap top, E-Books and Smart Phones.

http://calibre-ebook.com/download_windows

Note EPUBs are about 1/5 the size of PDFs so they save space and download time too.

Adobe PDF Reader:

http://get.adobe.com/reader/

Have a Soul?

At Times it is ask do you have a Soul.

For me the Answer is no. I am a Soul and have a Body.

TDK

Familiars

First of all one should understand that most animals are like a wide open trance medium.

Other Souls (departed pets and higher level spirits) can often come and go with no problems to the animal or pet.

Seeing the special behaviors of a departed pet in another animal or pet is one of the Druid's clues to Summerland or reincarnation also.

I tend to refer to familiars as Watchers as you often can see the higher level Soul watching you.


So do they have to be cats?

Some Cats are cats,  others that come into peoples lifes are often far more.

But the souls that come to help us take what ever Skin Ride they can get to be with us.

So  anything alive can be a Familiar or Watcher.

 There are other things about Familiars that the more Occult trained also know but do not discuss for many reasons.

Beannaithe ag Draoithe - Blessed by Druids

Moon Rising
Babel Risen

TDK / The Druid King

Psychic Talents

NATURE or NURTURE

The gift is like a seed.

No amount of watering can bring forth what is not in seed.

Yet for those that are seedless often trying can hone and expand other skills and talents to mimic a special Art.

Those with the Seed also do much better if it is loved and cared for.

TDK