The ash grove, how graceful,How plainly ‘tis speaking,The harp wind through it playingHas language for me. — Traditional Welsh folk song As we feel the shifting energies from Winter moving towards Spring, we honor the Green Allies who are stirring and awakening. They guard our homes, they offer us their shelter, bring us healing and … Read more
A song to the oak, the brave old oak, Who hath ruled in the greenwood long; Here’s health and renown to his broad green crown, And his fifty arms so strong. There’s fear in his frown when the Sun goes down,And the fire in the West fades out; And he showeth his might on a … Read more
Our ordinary mind always tries to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns and that our greatest happiness will be to become bigger, fatter, shinier acorns; but that is of interest only to pigs. Our faith gives us knowledge of something better: that we can become oak trees.— E.F. Schumacher Oak trees have a … Read more
Tree at my window, window tree,My sash is lowered when night comes on;But let there never be curtain drawnBetween you and me. — Robert Frost Calling the Element of Earth into your home creates stability, abundance, and healing. One of the most important ways you can work with the Guardian of the North and Earth … Read more
Tree, gather up my thoughtslike the clouds in your branches.Draw up my soullike the waters in your root.In the arteries of your trunkbring me together.Through your leavesbreathe out the sky.— Breath by J. Daniel Beaudry Over the centuries, cultures around the world have discovered thousands of ways to bless and protect the home, using the … Read more
O chestnut tree, great rooted blossomer,Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole?O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,How can we know the dancer from the dance?— William Butler Yeats Calling the Element of Earth into your home creates stability, abundance, and healing. Over the centuries, folk cultures around the world have discovered … Read more
Ever mind the Rule of Three,Three times your deeds return to thee.This lesson well, thou must learn,Thee only gets what thou does earn! Calling the Element of Earth into your home creates stability, abundance, and healing. Earth energy in the home can make it a shelter that will withstand life’s difficulties. When you nurture the … Read more
By Salt of Sea,I call to me,And set in motion,This tiny ocean,Whose briny deep,Shall cleanse and keepAll evil deflected,My soul protected.— Storm Faerywolf, Feri Priest, artist,and teacher Calling the Element of Earth into your home creates stability, abundance, and healing. Earth energy in the home can make it a shelter that will withstand life’s difficulties. … Read more
Let the Good Times Roll! Today is Mardis Gras! Fat Tuesday is the last blow-out party before the Lent season, when Christians worldwide enter a period of sobriety and purification, leading up to Easter. In synchronicity, many Pagans already began a similar time of contemplation and cleansing at Imbolc, which will culminate in the rites … Read more
Thank God for dirty dishes; they have a tale to tell.While other folk go hungry, we’re eating pretty well.With home and health and happiness, we shouldn’t want to fuss;For by this stack of evidence, God’s very good to us. — Anonymous As we continue to honor this time of quiet, retreat, and the slumbering Earth, … Read more