Why do we love certain houses, and why do they seem to love us? It is the warmth of our individual hearts reflected in our surroundings. — T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, British interior and furniture designer (1905-1976) Yesterday, I suggested some ways to arrange your home to manifest your desire for more action and adventure in … Read more
You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world.— Sheila Graham I‘ve been exploring the idea that the home is a template that sends out energetic fields that can help shape your … Read more
We shape our dwellings, and afterwards, our dwellings shape us. — Winston Churchill Perhaps you have heard the expression, “You are what you think.” This refers, not only to your conscious thoughts, but the unconscious habits, assumptions and attitudes that you carry with you. Those viewpoints are often most clearly shown in the home environment, … Read more
When we are authentic, when we keep our spaces simple,simply beautiful living takes place. — Alexandra Stoddard I’ve been discussing the idea that our homes are a template of energy. This template creates a fundamental pattern that organizes how our personal energy flows into the wider world. We see the results of that flow in … Read more
You can never go home again, but the truth is,you can never leave home, so it’s all right. — Maya Angelou As we continue to honor this time of quiet, retreat, and the slumbering Earth, we are naturally spending much more time indoors in the sacred spaces of our home. Over the past several weeks, … Read more
Let me find my way to the well,Let me find my way to the well.Let me quench my thirstWith the waters of the earth.Let me find my way to the well. Let me find my way to the fire,Let me find my way to the fire.In Brigid’s sacred fireLet me find my heart’s desire.Let me … Read more
Holy Water, Sacred FlameBrigid we invoke your name. Bless my hands, my head, my heart,Source of healing, song and art.— Diane Baker, music by Anne Hill, from Circle Round The celebration of Brighid and Imbolc is an ancient Fire Festival, when the dying of the year is clearly being overcome by the first glimmers of … Read more
Wishing you a Joyous Imbolc Fire of dawn-light in Her hair,Fire flows like milk from Her hands.Fire of bright promise in Her springing step,Fire of the flame in Her eyes.A blessing on Your hearthfire,On Your gift of words,On the brightness of Your sacred body,A blessing on Your flame.— Cait Johnson This is the great moment … Read more
Blessed Woman of the hills Heal all wounds, and heal all ills Blessed Woman of the Flame Awaken me to renew again. — Song to Brighid by Lisa Thiel February 1st is the feast day of St. Brigid who once was a Pagan Goddess. Even after the Roman Catholic banned all Pagan ways, She was … Read more
There, at the foot of the tree, belonging to no man,A silver apple falls.There, amongst the branches, the mother sits.Weaver of dreams against the weft of the wood,Insight falls like gentle rain on a moon-bathed garden.— Song to Hecateby Alison JonesNow is the time to prepare for Imbolc, sometimes called Candlemas or Brigid. For in … Read more