The Full Moon following Spring Equinox is one of the most important ones in many faiths and cultures. It marks the holiest week of the Christian faith, as well as Pesach (Passover) for the Jewish people of the world. It is also the time of the Hindu festival that honors Hanuman. Some say Hanuman was … Read more
This is the Seed Moon, in some traditions. It is also known as the Pink Moon, the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and the Fish Moon, when the shad swim upstream to spawn. It’s an ideal Moon time to plant magical herbs or seeds, although in many places, the late frosts (and even … Read more
IMPORTANT Update: DO NOT CONNECT TO THE INTERNET *** Attention *** As many of you know, each year the Internet must be shut down for 24 hours in order to allow us to clean it. The cleaning process, which eliminates dead email and inactive ftp, www and gopher sites, allows for a better-working and faster … Read more
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours. — Eric Idle On our journey to juiciness, we may discover parts that are not what we would wish for. But knowing and living in our own truth, no matter what, is the … Read more
©Destiny – John William WaterhouseThe only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.— Ralph Waldo Emerson Being juicy is about being fully alive. And no matter what challenges life sends us, it is a choice we can always make. Sometimes we just might have to work a little harder … Read more
If the Angel deigns to come,it will be because you have convinced her,not by tears, but by your humble resolveto be always beginning:to be a beginner.— Rainer Maria Rilke What a perfect morning to write about being juicy! The skies are a gentle gray, and a cool drizzling rain has brought an end to the … Read more
©Uldis ZemzarisI cross space and time,Holding the threads of life and death,Mistress of endings and beginnings I am completion of the CycleMaiden….. Mother….. Crone…..I have come as the Goddess,And in me… all life renewsAll things are possible The Crone comes dancingSilently, powerfully, relentlessly,To all.— From Chants to the Goddess, The Goddess 2000 Project Thanks to … Read more
© Renee New Hejazeen Don’t ask yourself what the world needs.Ask yourself what makes you come alive,and then go and do that.Because what the world needsis people who have come alive.— Harold Whitman Dear Beth: Spring seems like a good time to revisit juiciness. I wonder if you would consider discussing juiciness on your Web … Read more
Birth of the Crone –© 2004 Durga BernhardWho are the witches, where did they come from?Maybe your great, great grandmother was one.Witches were wise, wise women they say,And there’s a little witch in every woman today–There’s a little witch in every woman today.— The Voices of Gaia Prior to the 19th and 20th centuries, most … Read more
© The Wise Woman – Leslie Ann ButlerLike the word wild, the word witch has come to be understood as a pejorative, but long ago it was an appellation given to both old and young women healers, the word witch deriving from the word wit, meaning wise.— Clarissa Pinkola Estes, from Women Who Run with … Read more