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This exercise may take several attempts. Its is best to close your eyes while doing this. Shutting down your visual perception aids opening of the others. Give yourself a few minutes to feel the plant.

When you have done this break contact with the plant gently. Plants get used to the energy we give them. and you are giving it energy back. Its is shoking to immediately break the flow of energy, whether it is person, plant or animal. Shake your hands to clear them. visualizing the ener

Attach each length of ribbon to the top of the pole. Before sinking the pole into the ground, you may want to place a wreath over the top. Sink the pole into the ground so its straight and doesnt wobble.

Now comes the fun part. Have each participant stand in front of a ribbon. When the pick up the ribbons, the wreath will rise to the top of the pole. Now they dance around in a circle, weaving the ribbons around and around the pole, and the wreath will slowly slide down (as an obvious phallic symbolic penetration). The easiest way to dance is to have your group form an inner and outer circle

A group of people belonging to a merchants guild carried an evergreen bedecked with artificial flowers to the marketplace, danced around it, then set fire to it. This seems to be a combination of the Christmas tree as we know it and the Yule log.

Santa Claus is also pagan. There is even a book out now called When Santa was a Shaman. Many attribute him to St. Nicholas, who was a bishop in Asia Minor. But he is never depicted in the clothing of a bishop, but that of a cape or great coat. The name Old Nick is also a nam

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