Yule Blessings! Happy Winter Solstice!Hail to the returning Sun.We drink to the Old Gods.To the Holly, to the Oak, and Lady.A Merry Yule to all!— A very old Yuletide toast,from the lore of my dear magical sister Alruna The Shortest Day By Susan Cooper(author of The Dark is Rising) And so the Shortest Day came … Read more
Halcyon days, now wars are ending.You shall find where-e’er you sailTritons all the while attending With a kind and gentle gale. — Halcyon Days by Thomas Shadwell (1642 – 1692) Winter Solstice draws near, and we enter into the Time Out of Time. Once upon a time, Alcyone (also called Halcyon) was the daughter of … Read more
Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it; and it is grace itself which makes this void. — Simone Weil Did you practice working with the Allies of Time over the past several days? How was it? Have you remembered to invoke their help as a … Read more
Frank Fools Crow In the presence of this house, Grandfather, Wakan-Tanka, and fromthe directions where the sun sets,and from the direction of cleansing power,and from the direction of the rising un,and from the direction of the middle of the day.Grandfather, Wakan-Tanka,Grandmother, the Earth who hears everything,Grandmother, because you are woman, for this reason you are … Read more
Many thanks to M. Macha Nightmare, for her excellent and important wake up call. (Although, as she points out, and as our mutual friend Oak would have noted, “mistakes were made”).Nevertheless, let us not lose sight of the message, for it is a desperately important one. For every reason I can imagine – from the … Read more
©J.J. Joyce – Serenity God(dess) grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change,courage to change the things we can,and wisdom to know the difference.— attributed to Dr. Rheinhold Niebuhr How do we begin to understand the difference? The idea of surrender and acceptance is difficult for most people in our culture. This … Read more