Happy Aphrodite’s Day!Do you not see how mighty is the Goddess Aphrodite? She sows and gives that love from which all we upon this earth are born. — Empedocles ca. 490-430 BCE Instead of honoring the various Christian martyrs named St. Valentine on this date, let us celebrate what we REALLY want this day to … Read more
Brigit Búadach, Búaid na fine, Siur Ríg nime, Nár in duine, Eslind luige, Lethan breo. Ro-siacht noí:bnem Mumme Goídel, Riar na n-oíged, Oíbel ecnai, Ingen Dubthaig, Duine úallach, Brigit búadach, Brigit búadach. Victorious Brigit, Glory of kindred, Heaven-King’s sister, Noble person, Perilous oath, Far-flung flame. She has reached holy Heaven, Gaeldom’s foster-mother, Support of strangers, … Read more
Creativity comes from awakening and directing men’s higher natures, which originate in the primal depths of the universe and are appointed by Heaven.— I Ching Yesterday, I wrote that in some Hermetic magickal traditions, Aglaia is the Grace who calls forth the Serpent-fire, or the Secret Fire that is the kundalini energy of fully aroused … Read more
InspirationMove me brightly,Light the song with sense and colorHold away despair. — Robert Hunter The Graces, also called the Charites (sometimes spelled Kharites), are three beautiful daughters of Zeus, the supreme ruler of Olympus. Their mother was the sea-nymph Eurynome, daughter of the Titan Oceanus. The Graces, then, would be related to Zeus’ other children, … Read more
Give me a look, give me a face, that makes simplicity a grace; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free — Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. — from Epicæne; Or, the Silent Woman by Benjamin Johnson Known as the Gratiae by … Read more
Isis © Willow ArleneaIn Egypt is Goddess known, in Italy,In Salem, some gather to worship Her,By Stones, and in deep woods.In lands unnamed and hearts unspoken Goddess dwells.Let there be no doubt.Her beauty is visible, even to the blindedAnd Her call, though ignored, beckons nonetheless.She is glory of life, swift and sweet,long hours of lightAnd … Read more
In some mysterious way, woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me.— John FowlesThe daylight hours in the Northern Hemisphere slowly, almost imperceptibly, grow longer. But the Moon now fades, and we move towards Her dark … Read more
The great queen of heaven, Inanna, I will hail!The only one, come forth on high, I will hail!The pure torch that flares in the sky,The heavenly light shining bright like the day,The great queen of heaven, Inanna, I will hail!Of her standing in the sky like the sun and moon,Known by all lands from south … Read more
Circle of Life © Frank Howell“The Crone is the ancient holy one. She is grandmother, witch and hag. She has been ignored, trivialized, blamed and feared, for she holds powers that others deny. Powers of time and transformation. Powers you may fear, but would do better to understand. The Crone is the Mother of all … Read more
Crazed, lying in a zero circle, mute,We shall be saying, finally,With tremendous eloquence, Lead us.When we have totally surendered to that beauty,We shall be a mighty kindness.— Rumi Now we settle into the quiet, dark time out of time; the time between Solstice and the New Year, or else Twelfth Night. These are the Halcyon … Read more