A Seed for Spring Equinox ©Annie Finch Thrusting through the season where I’d waited for spring, tucking up my head, I felt the slanted weight of clouds pressing through the sky above me down towards this grave, till I feel the earth around the place my head has lain under winter’s touch, and it crumbles. … Read more
Brighid of the mantle, encompass us; Lady of the lambs, protect us; Keeper of the hearth, kindle us; Beneath your mantle, gather us; And restore us to memory. ~ Caitlín Matthews, A Blessing for Hearth Keepers Today we celebrate the great Sabbat called Imbolc, Oimelc, or Brigid, or the more Christianized name of Candlemas. By … Read more
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 this lore. Blessings to you, Waverly, for your faithful, invaluable … Read more
This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ~ The Book of John, 15:12 For those who are only celebrating Solstice with our Yuletide Advent prayer circle, we have now completed the candle lightings. But if you are also (or only) counting down to Christmas, tonight you will light … Read more
Join together beneath the mistletoe, By the holy oak whereon it grows. Seven Druids dance in seven time. Sing the song the bells call, loudly chiming. Ring out these bells. Ring out, ring Solstice bells. Ring Solstice bells. — Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull ©1977 Ring the bells of joy and blessings! Throw open the Gates … Read more
The Earth is steadfast and holds all that I need in Her open hand. I am glad to wait in the silent breath of the Earth. She is courage and love She, comfort and support. The Earth is joy and my source of strength. Psalm 27, Earth Psalms by Angela Magara Today is the fourth … Read more
There is no logical way to the discovery of elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance. ~ Albert Einstein Tonight, Dec. 9, is the third night of our global Solstice Sun-Wheel Prayer Circle, if you are counting down to Winter Solstice. … Read more
Tonight, we begin the annual Solstice Sun-Wheel Prayer! And so, on Day 25 of my month of Thanksgivings, I am overflowing with gratitude to all who have participated in the past, and who are planning to join us this year! Inspired originally by Beltane Papers founder, the late Helen Farias, and the wonderful Waverly FitzGerald, I have found … Read more
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
This was put together as a group effort by the global web of Reclaiming Witches. Feel free to wield it today, as ye will, an it harm none. May our leaders have the support they need for acts of true integrity that will support the health of the planet and its creatures, and be held … Read more