Solstice Sun Wheel – Global Yuletide Prayers 2012

It’s time once again to join together every Sunday through Yule (or Christmas) for our annual Yule Prayer-Spell. If you have been a regular reader of mine in past years, you know that starting in late November, I invite all my visitors, regardless of their spiritual path, to join together in a virtual prayer circle, … Read more

A Month of Thanksgivings, Day 24: Altars and Shrines

One of my favorite parts of my spiritual practice is the creating of shrines and altars. It marries my inner Martha Stewart with my Priestess self in creative, soul-nurturing ways. When I was younger, the idea of having a home altar in our Episcopalian house would have been shocking and faintly sacrilegious. But non-Protestants the … Read more

Poetry for Our Mother

All poems are meant to be spoken. And like all poetry, this is a spell. Gather with your loved ones and speak it — sing it — aloud.  May our spells ignite and restore our devotion to our Mother. ~ B. In Praise of the Earth by John O’Donohue (1956 – 2008) Let us bless … Read more

Solstice Sun Wheel Ritual 2011

We have now completed our annual Solstice Sun-Wheel Prayer Spell for Advent, 2011. My deepest appreciation to everyone around the world who join us for this powerful work. May the waves of loving change and transformation continue to flow, build, and heal the world’s suffering and fear. The Intention As we made the final descent … Read more

Tonight is the Third Night of Our Global Solstice Sun-Wreath Circle

We begin to know the immensity of our heart-mind, and how it helps us to move beyond fear. What had isolated us in private anguish now opens outward and delivers us into wider reaches of our world as lover, world as self. ~ Joanna Macy, The Work that Reconnects Tonight, Dec. 11, is the third … Read more

Blessings of Litha! Happy Solstice!

Amazing Grace, how sweet the Earth That birthed a Witch like me. I once was burned, now I survive Was hanged, but now I’m free. T’was grace that drew down the Moon And grace that raised the sea, The magic of our people’s will Will set our Mother free. Rejoice! Rejoice! Blessings of Litha! Happy … Read more