Ready Or Not, We Turn the Page: On This Year and On the Age
New Year’s Eve and Day are full of magic and ancient traditions. Say goodbye to 2020, and get 2021 off to a bewitching start with these practices.
Hestia
Happy New Years Eve!
Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1850 Many thanks to Waverly FitzGerald, who is the source for much of today’s lore. Blessings to you, Waverly, for your faithful, invaluable … Read more
Happy New Year’s Eve!
Fast away the Old year passes, Fa-la la-la la la-la la la! Hail the New, ye lads and lasses! Fa-la la-la la la-la la la! Many thanks to the School of the Seasons for much of this lore. Blessings to you, Waverly FitzGerald, for your faithful, invaluable service to us for these many, many years, … Read more
July Blessings!
The glowing Ruby should adornThose who in warm July are bornThen will they be exempt and freeFrom love’s doubt and anxiety. — Traditional The first day of every month is sacred to Hestia (known in Rome as Vesta), the Goddess of the Hearth. With the Graces, Hestia was always honored first, before all others. She … Read more
July Magic
The linden, in the fervors of July,Hums with a louder concert. When the windSweeps the broad forest in its summer prime,As when some master-hand exulting sweepsThe keys of some great organ, ye give forthThe music of the woodland depths, a hymnOf gladness and of thanks.— William Cullen Bryant, Among the Trees The first day of … Read more