Small Things With Love

We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love. – Mother Teresa Even for those of us who do not celebrate the mainstream culture’s religion, today I offer a lovely ritual that you can share with your loved ones tonight, regardless of spirituality or tradition. Sarah Ban Breathnach, one of … Read more

The Real Reason for the Season

Yule Blessings!     Happy Winter Solstice! Hail to the returning Sun. We drink to the Old Gods. To the Holly, to the Oak, and Lady. A Merry Yule to all! — A very old Yuletide toast from the collected lore of my dear magical sister and Plant Spirit Medicine Priestess, Alruna The Winter (and Summer!) Solstice … Read more

Magical Mother Night

The walls between the worlds are thinned; The Gods’ might is at its peak, The wights and the dead walk freely among the living. Let us remember them on this Mother Night. — from  a Heathen rite posted on the Internet some years ago, original source unknown. This is the Eve of the Winter Solstice. … Read more

The Fourth Candle: For Love, For the Earth

Today is the last Sun Day before Winter Solstice, Christmas, and Kwanzaa. Tonight, you are invited to join once again (or for the first time) in our Yule/Advent ritual.  For the basic guidelines and our intention, please pop over here. If you are celebrating this rite from a Pagan perspective, then this candle may represent … Read more

The Halcyon Days Begin

Then for the teeming quietest, happiest days of all! The brooding and blissful halcyon days! — Walt Whitman Once upon a time, Alcyone was the daughter of Aeolus, King of the Winds, and the wife of Ceyx, King of Thessaly. Alcyone and Ceyx loved each other devotedly and were never willingly apart. Nevertheless, a time … Read more