Dim the Lights and Welcome the Instructive Embrace of Mother Night
If you have struggled to observe the Halcyon Days’ pause and quiet, this night is a gift for us. Heed now the counsel of the Great Dark Mother.
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Happy 15th Anniversary! Tonight We Begin!
Photo courtesy of Karen K. from 2016 We are a Circle Within a Circle With no beginning And never ending… by Deborah and Rick Hamouris A t last, dearest visitors and friends! The time has arrived for us to join together starting tonight, and then every Sunday evening through Yule (and/or Christmas) for our annual … Read more
Blessings to Our Beloved Dead and Blessed Samhain to You
The Wheel of Time has turned, and we are now in the magical period that ancient Celts and modern Witches call Samhain. Here is what you should know.
Heed Now the Pause Given by the Mother
If you have not been able to observe the Halcyon Days’ pause and quiet, this night is your chance. Listen now to counsel of the Great Dark Mother.
Friday Poetry for the Halcyon Days of Endarkenment
Poet Deborah Gregory kindly granted her permission to share this poem of hers today, inspired by these magical in-between days leading up to Solstice.
Be Still and Embrace This Mother Night
The night is our teacher, our healer, and it is absolutely necessary if we are to know peace. Be blessed by the holy darkness of this Mother Night.
Tonight We Begin the 2017 Solstice Sun Wheel Prayer for Advent
Call your friends and loved ones! Share EVERYWHERE! Tonight is the beginning of our Solstice countdown — a global prayer circle for all beliefs.
The Owling Time
Today’s post is for my Owl sisters and brothers, and all who wish to see more deeply into the Nature of things. Blessings of the gathering Dark.
This Is Mother Night – May You Be Blessed
Deepest Dark Blessings to you and yours! It is the Eve of the Winter Solstice. This is the great celebration of Mother Night. As far as we know, our ancestors did not have atomic clocks or satellites to help them dissect Time to the nanosecond. Instead, they had to figure by their keen observation, by … Read more
Welcoming the Dark of the Year at Samhain
I am the hallow-tide of all souls passing, I am the bright releaser of all pain, I am the quickener of the fallen seed-case, I am the glance of snow, the strike of rain. I am the hollow of the winter twilight, I am the hearth-fire and the welcome bread, I am the curtained awning … Read more