Today – an important message from my friend, Reclaiming/Feri Priestess, Oak: The slogan for this year’s Olympics is “One World, One Dream.” A perfect slogan, a perfect spell for us to invoke. The Olympics seize our imagination, in that they are a direct tie to the old Gods. The Olympics are also a coming together … Read more
I built a house for the Goddess,Made of the wood of the sycamore tree.Under the leaves of the palm tree,I eat bread in honor of her. Hathor, Hawk of the Sky, Rest in the limbs of my tree.Hathor, House of the Sun,Live in my house forever.— Egyptian Book of the Dead Today is an ancient … Read more
The wise know that there’s neither unity nor plurality – the world is neither one nor many. Just as a piece of rope is mistaken for a snake, the Atman is mistaken as this diverse world. Duality is an appearance and the non-dual Atman is the real truth. — Gaudapada (c. 8th century CE)The Grace … Read more
The Grace of Festivity and Cheer, Euphrosyne now leads our journey of a year and a day to Graceland. Pronounced “you FRAHS uh nee,” She welcomes us as we honor the turning of the Wheel of the Year, and will reveal to us the rich diversity with which cultures throughout the world now begin a … Read more
Innocence (The Sun) © Osho Zen TarotMiraclesby Walt WhitmanWhy, who makes much of a miracle?As to me I know of nothing else but miracles,Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan,Or dart my sight over the roofs of houses toward the sky,Or wade with naked feet along the beach just in the edge of the water,Or … Read more
A Night-Rain in Summer by James Henry Leigh Hunt Open the window, and let the airFreshly blow upon face and hair,And fill the room, as it fills the night,With the breath of the rain’s sweet might.Hark! the burthen, swift and prone!And how the odorous limes are blown!Stormy Love’s abroad, and keepsHopeful coil for gentle sleeps. … Read more
Sorry for yesterday’s disruption, especially on such an important day. Unknown thousands (judging by the hundreds and hundreds of posts in the basically impotent Blogger Help Groups) were blocked from using their blogs due to some internal algorithm from Blogger that supposedly detects spammer blogsites. Yeah, my blog really fits this profile. Even after clicking … Read more
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.— J. R. R. TolkeinLughnassadh (pronounced “LOO-nahs-ah”) or the Anglo-Saxon “Lammas,” is one of the Greater Sabbats and honors the First Harvest. In agricultural traditions throughout the Northern Hemisphere, this marks the start of the harvest cycle, … Read more
Dance of the Harvest © Rik BerryTrumpets, harps, hollow-throated horns, pipers, timpanists, unwearied… fiddlers, gleemen, bone-players and bag-pipers, a rude crowd, noisy, profane, roaring and shouting.— Medieval eyewitness account of Lughnasadh festival at Teltown Happy Birthday today to Harry Potter and, coincidentally, Madame Helena Blavatsky, author of Isis Unveiled, co-founder of the Theosophical Society, and … Read more
There was three kings into the east,Three kings both great and high,And they hae sworn a solemn oathJohn Barleycorn should die. — Robert Burns We have come to another turning of the Wheel of the Year, for now is the time when many flowers have ripened into fruit, grain, or seed, and what has been … Read more