Rhiannon -I

In this article I`ll give some short points on who was Rhiannon, her legends, her appearance, magical abilities and sacred symbols. (total pages -6)

     I. Who was Rhiannon?

    She was an old Celtic goddess, connected with moon energy, earth, fertility, birds songs, magic, wind, herbs, trees, seasons. She is symbol of feminine sovereign power and abilities to defend her own freedom, to stand for her values. She has incorporated also the two aspects – of earth goddess of day (riding white horse) and ruling over Moon. She was connected with goddess Rigantona and Epona. Her name was probably derived from “rhiain” [ maiden ] and Annwon [ meaning in Welsh Otherworld ] She was named “Great Queen”, or “Queen of fairies”.

Rhiannon and Pawyl ~

One day prince Pawyl [ closely to the name Paul, Pooul ] was playing with his companions in the beautiful green grass mound of Tors, in a forest near to his castle. This mound was claimed to be magical place, full of spirits and ghosts, so people avoided to step there. It was thought, that people who stood in such place would become enchanted from fairies. That didn’t stop the prince to enjoy that place in his horse.

Suddenly Pawyl noticed from far away lovely young girl, riding on white horse and dressed in glittering golden robe. He thought this is phantom and not real, so he started chasing her. Avoiding the recommendations of his friends to not follow her, the brave man rode fast behind her, but Rhiannon was swift as the wind, so no one could catch her. Finally the mesmerized prince took the fastest horse, but still he didn’t succeed to come very close to mysterious maiden. She soon disappeared from look. The next day the restless prince returned to the same mound in search of the woman on white horse. She appeared and was fast riding her horse with speed of arrow, hardly touching the ground. But whatever efforts he made to ride faster his horse, the distance between them remained the same. Finally exhausted, the prince stopped his horse and called on Rhiannon to wait. She stopped and waited him surprisingly.

She said to him, it would have been much easier and more kind of him to just call on her, instead of chasing her horse.

She admitted her love for him, astonished and happy, the prince wanted to take her quickly to his castle. It is never so easy to marry a goddess –they had to wait one more year, before being able to be united.

One year later ~

Rhiannon appeared as before in the place of magical mound, on her white horse. Pawyl was expecting her, so he rode after her in the deep woods. The trees welcomed them, whispering with language of birds and wind. The branches of trees parted to open the way in front of him. The goddess led him to the magnificent palace of her father, surrounded by a lake. The castle was divine and was build of special silvery crystal, going high into heavens. She was not allowed at first to marry a mortal man, but she defended her willing in front of gods and her father. So she had success and finally married the prince Pawyl with lavish festivals.

Now, as she made her choice to stay with the mortal people on earth, she could never return again to her heavenly castle of gods.

Back to the earth kingdom ~

They went back as wedding couple to the palace of the prince, through the tick magical forest. People admired her for her beautiful face, mystic eyes and amazing singing. Two years then went away without Rhiannon to be able of giving birth and secure the throne with heir. On the third year she delivered a healthy baby, a son. Sadly he became also source of big sadness for the kings family.

Misfortune ~

One day all the six servants who took care of the little infant, fall asleep. When they woke up, they found the cradle empty, so they started to be afraid of hard punishment for the missing baby. The made a horrific plan to accuse the beautiful Rhiannon of hard crime against her own child. They killed a puppy and smeared some of its blood on face of sleeping goddess, scattering little bones around her bed. She was blamed of gravious sin of eating her child.

The Punishment ~

The story tells of amazing harsh punishment on the innocent Rhiannon. She had to stay seven years outside of the castle, with a heavy horse collar on her neck, and her task was to tell her story (about eaten child) to anyone who visited the castle in any time. Moreover she had the humiliation to carry the man on her own back to the castle. This was her symbolical transformation as a horse. Rhiannon endured for long years this punishment with acceptance of her fate.

Rhiannon visualization (appearance) ~

She can be visualized with dark brown waving hair and blue eyes. Dressed in white long gown with golden glittering stars on it. She has bracelet of red crystals. Her hair is decorated with red flower – rose or peony. Sometimes she is seen with golden star on her head pendant on the fore head. She is swift and has the ability to disappear and to fly. You can see her surrounded by animals – specially birds, and horses. Sometimes riding white horse.

Magical symbols (attributes) of Rhiannon ~

Element – wind, air, clouds, middle earth

Direction – west, north

Incense – sandalwood, myrrh, rose, geranium, cedar wood

Flowers – rose, rosehips, daffodils, cedar, pine (all herbs), sage

Geometry form – circle, sphere, sphere with rose

Crown – head wear with golden star (pentagram); roses, peony

Sacred sign – pentagram in a circle (golden), rose in sphere

Planets – Neptune, Saturn, Venus

Minerals – lapis lazuli, blue topaz, turquoise, blue moonstone, bloodstone

Other names – Divine Queen, queen of fairies, lady of birds. Lady of Wind

angelic color – dark blue, dark green, turquoise

earth color – garnet red, golden

Birds – hummingbirds, dove

Working with Rhiannon includes magical rituals for binding of wind, cloak of invisibility, time freezing, ability to see beyond the veil, herbal potions. Moon phase – waning, fig tree, blossoming trees, blue butterflies. 

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References ~ 

~ Rhiannon - sacred wicca

~ Rhiannon -journeying to the goddess 

~ Rhiannon - crystal wind ca 

[ nina Lea-nura * ]

What is a curse -II

   * Read part I ~

   * Darkness is not control or moved by god. But its existence is necessary for us in order to make challenge. The challenge and failing in our way lead to expansion. That’s how all works here on physical heavy plane. Through falling to flying – uplifting.  If you are born on earth level, you cant know how to fly before you first fall many times. That’s the reason for our many karmic lessons, relations and lives. This is the labyrinth of soul.

   Now on the topic of curse: who can attain curse? Everyone who made one of the mortal sins during a past life time. Usually curses are to be traced from past life experiences, that are returning to us now. We cant expect all things to fall above your head quickly in the moment when you commit crime. In this way the man who commit murder, will be murdered immediately and many problems would be solved. But that’s not how expansion process works. There is a time and space for every little event. Even for events who didn’t occur yet ,but created in our mind. That’s why we experience simultaneously present, past and future. We create ourselves and we choose how and to who to connect, what to prevail in us – darkness of light. (surely we are compound of portions of two). People who will be followed by damnation in next lives, spreading it to their close people and family are:

 ~ the one who committed a murder of someone with any underlying aim;

~ one who murdered or abused a child

~ one who murdered or abused woman, pregnant woman

~ one who murdered or abused old person

~ one who raped a girl, woman, child

~ one who committed human atrocities in war;

~ one who committed any kind of desecration – of place or human

~ one who had unclean relationship with someone forbidden (sister, mother)  or raped someone from his family;

   These are the most sharp and obvious cases. The main word to remember about the person with following curse is: desecration. He lifted his hand above someone in weaker position and crossed the line of allowed acts.

There are cases of curse, which is like justified payment back to the one who was injured. For example, if a man takes virginity of woman without to be allowed, or without willing of woman, this is desecration. If a man fall into not permitted relationship with some people from his family –and then left them –this is unclean action too. In all of these actions – murder, abuse, rape, relation with family member –a curse will follow.  

 لی نور

(* example: if in a past life you had situation – a man had sister, who he loved, he didn’t want her to marry to someone else and slept with her, taking her virginity. Then she was not able to be with another person, he broke her life and left her after. In this case the curse will be attached like a spot on clothes on this person. It will follow him in next lives and also his family chain, when it appear.)

   Now comes the question: how the curse appear? How we ll know and understand that this is curse exactly, but not a bad accident? Curse appear always with a strange signs on the way. It doesn’t come just so or alone. It usually appears in a situation that is out of “control” or looks like closed from all sides, that there is a trap or something which cant be avoided. That’s usual situation of curse. Moreover, this situation may include many things – like desperate love, or regular abuses to someone, or anything which looks like closed in circle. In addition to it, you ll have a strange sign with magical meaning inside. That means something abnormal, strange, extraordinary will occur to announce the start of the curse. After this magic sign, which will be very obvious to see, the curse is on power and start to work. There are people involved in this situation of curse, but not directly related to it. They will be like “messengers” for the curse and will wear white sign, means they wont be affected by any way from curse, but they ll provoke it. That’s a “messenger” of curse. Person who is affected by it will suffer strongly in different ways – he may feel forbidden love, or love which is impossible for him, he may have physical, psychological illness, his close family member could die in strange way, or suffer. That’s how the curse works – There are no blank spots in the energy and in universe. They energy given will be received again and will return to you. This is very simple and effective low.

The curse may return (this only high spiritual council and angels can decide) in next life time, or after 2 or three, or each time. Schemes are unknown. But the ways are clear and similar. The person who has curse will see its power unfolding after the appearance of the magic sign (or strange event, coincidence in negative sign), and after the messenger of curse is already gone away. 

[ nina Lea-nura * ]

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