The month of May was come, when every lusty heart beginneth to blossom, and to bring forth fruit; for like as herbs and trees bring forth fruit and flourish in May, in likewise every lusty heart that is in any manner a lover, springeth and flourisheth in lusty deeds. For it giveth unto all lovers … Read more
Hail to the Summer!Hail to the Summer!The season that drives the cold Winter away! Hail to the Summer!Hail to the Summer!Light your bonfires –Today is Beltane!— ©Spiral Dance – Magick Known as Beltane, Beltaine, Cedsoman or Ceadamh (Irish for the “first of Summer”), May Day, Rood Day, Rudemas, or Galan Haf, today is the celebration … Read more
Today is May Eve, Walpurgisnacht, Beltane Eve! Ask of Her, the mighty Mother. Her reply puts this other Question: What is Spring? Growth in every thing – Flesh and fleece, fur and feather, Grass and green world all together, Star-eyed strawberry breasted Throstle above Her nested Cluster of bugle blue eggs thin Forms and warms … Read more
But since it was down for 3 days, and no one got to visit it, I am not writing a new update until … well, actually not until Beltane, since tomorrow’s entry will be the Card of the Week. So while I’m hanging out, maybe I’ll just share with you how gorgeous it is, here … Read more
To any of my friends who have been unable to get onto my website in the past 2 days, I apologize. The service I use that simplifies my URL has been disrupted. I pay “Sitelutions” to invisibly whisk my visitors to the real (but more complicated) URL address that is on my actual Internet Service … Read more
Philadelphia Shuts Down Psychics By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPublished: April 27, 2007 Filed at 12:23 p.m. ET PHILADELPHIA (AP) — They never saw it coming. City inspectors shut down more than a dozen psychics, astrologers and tarot-card readers after learning about a decades-old state law that bans fortune telling for profit. Inspectors did not make arrests … Read more
Through the beauty of a woman —the best way to give content to the Absolute. — Saundarya LahariAs we approach the Great Sabbat of Beltane, we rejoice in the Maiden aspect of the Goddess, for now She is the bride filled with love and longing, like beautiful Parvati. Our story so far… The Great God … Read more
Banded with a tinkling girdleHeavy with breasts like the frontal lobes of young elephants.Slender of waist,with face like the full moon of autumn…— Hymn of Praise to ParvatiAs we approach the Great Sabbat of Beltane, we not only celebrate the dancing of the phallic Maypole, but also the rejoicing of the glorious bride, like Parvati. … Read more
The river is flowing,Flowing and growing,The river is flowingDown to the seaMother carry meYour child I will always be.Mother carry meDown to the sea— Reclaiming and FriendsThe Maiden is the youthful aspect of the Goddess. She is the discovery, creativity and freedom within us. She is care-free, liberated, and overflowing with the joy of living. … Read more
At last! Blessings to all who’ve worked so hard to make this happen! Blessings to those who have served their country, may they now rest easy in the Summerlands! MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) — The Wiccan pentacle has been added to the list of emblems allowed in national cemeteries and on government-issued headstones of fallen soldiers, … Read more