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Come All Ye People Come – Tonight Is the Second Candle

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For some of us, our love of the world is so passionate that we cannot ask it to wait until we are enlightened. ~ Joanna Macy, World as Lover, World as Self Tonight we celebrate the second Sun Day of our Advent Solstice Sun-Wheel prayer circle. Advent simply means the coming of. So every Sun … Read more

Tonight: The Second Candle to Solstice or the First to Christmas Only

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Tonight, in the threshold moments of dusk wherever you are, you are invited to gather with good people across the globe, from every faith and tradition. Please join in our Solstice Sun Wheel practice, as we prepare the way for the dawn of the Light reborn. Every Sunday at their local time of sunset, between … Read more

Blessings of the New Moon Welcoming Us to Sagittarius!

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I am dashing around this morning with last-minute preparations for my final Tarot Boutique workshop of the year, here at Laurel Hill Cottage. So today, so I am simply sharing the glorious Lorna Bevan’s post for today.  You know where to go for additional insight, including New Moon rituals, and other outstanding astrological interpretations. Blessings … Read more

Blessings of Brigid, Fiery Arrow of Life’s Awakenings

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Brighde by Stuart Littlejohn Fire in the forge that shapes and tempers.  Fire of the hearth that nourishes and heals. Fire in the head that incites and inspires. ~ The Ord Brighideach (Three-Fold Fire of Brighid)  Rejoice, my dear ones! Today is the feast day of St. Brigid who is also Brigid, a beloved Goddess … Read more

Goddess Sundays: Brigid

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Brighid of the Mantles encompass us Lady of the Lambs protect us Keeper of the Hearth kindle us Beneath your mantle gather us And Restore us to memory. ~ from An Invocation to Brighid, by Rowan Fairgrove In addition to declaring this year a celebration of my fortieth anniversary as a Tarot reader, I am … Read more

Tonight We Light the Second Candle of the Advent Solstice Sun Wheel

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Tonight is the second candle lighting of our advent celebration for the rebirth of the Light at Winter Solstice (or Christmas, if you prefer). It does not matter if perhaps you missed last Sun Day, and are just now joining us. Your energy and good thoughts are most welcome whenever you join, and indeed, I … Read more

Summery Passions

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I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time, at peril of being judged not to have lived. — Oliver Wendell Holmes We long to live passionate lives. There is a mega-industry that cranks out nothing but juicy … Read more