Nature contains Nature,Nature rejoices in her own nature,Nature surmounts Nature;Nature cannot be amended but in her own nature. — Secret Teachings of All Ages, by Manly Palmer Hall (1901-1990) With Euphrosyne as our guide, plus a special visit this week from the Queen of Pentacles, we move deeper into the harvest and ancestor festival season. … Read more
What we plant in the soil of contemplation,we shall reap in the harvest of action.— Meister Eckhart (1260-1328) Although most of us live in worlds that seem very far from the Earthy rhythms, seasonal awareness still runs deep in our bodies and blood. In these days of supermarkets, easy access to food from around the … Read more
So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons,Caesars and Napoleons will duly rise and make them miserable.— Aldous Huxley, novelist, visionary (1894-1963) We welcome September, the month in the northern hemisphere where the harvest time is well underway. Now we gather the gifts of what we have sown throughout the year, and there is … Read more
Virgo – from the zodiac window at Chartres CathedralDo not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. — Mother Theresa, spoken like the true Virgo she was Today, the Sun enters the sign of Virgo, and so we enter into, according to some traditions, the Month of Isis, a time of the creative … Read more
As you have sown, so shall you reap.— Marcus Tullius CiceroAccording to Dan Furst’s Hermes World Calendar, in the Zoroastrian calendar of ancient Persia, the day before the Sun exits Leo and enters Virgo is considered the climactic moment of Solar radiance and power, and is celebrated as the first day of the New Year. … Read more
… And now, home again. Yes, I am home from my amazing journey, but will not be officially “at work” until tomorrow. All I say is, “After the ecstasy.. the laundry.” I hope you all enjoyed the videos I posted on my website while I was away! “I beseech Minerva and Venus, of whom one … 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
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