Hand in hand, with Fairy grace, Will we sing, and bless this place. ~ Titania, from William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, today is the last day of Spring. This is Midsummer’s Eve, the night before the sabbat of Litha (Summer Solstice). Besides Samhain and Beltane, this … Read more
Fire in the forge that shapes and tempers. Fire of the hearth that nourishes and heals. Fire in the head that incites and inspires. ~ The Three-Fold Fire of Brighid, Ord Brighideach Continuing the discussion of Brigid begun last week, even after the Roman Catholic Church banned all Pagan ways, She was so firmly and … Read more
A collection of tidbits from my posts in years past, with heartfelt thanks to Waverly FitzGerald, who is the source for much of this lore. Blessings to you, Waverly, for your faithful, invaluable service as a Priestess of Time and the Wisdom of the Ancient Ways. Out with the old and in with the new! … Read more
Remember this: We be many and they be few. They need us more than we need them. Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. ~ Arundati Roy Today is the fourth and last Sun Day before Winter Solstice, Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa. … Read more
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
Sparks from the hearth Of the Queen of Death and Life Swarm through the dark, Dance through the Night. by J. Robin Gall from Second Chants, Serpentine Music Productions This is the Great Sabbat of Samhain (pronounced SAH-wen, or SOW (rhymes with cow) -wen), and is the third and final harvest, marking Summer’s end. It … Read more
In that simplicity, he bears the seal of Nature and of Art; in that innocence, he signifies the restored world. ~ Arthur E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot – The Sun Today, I have been collaborating with some of the wisest souls in the Tarot world, and we have decided to invite everyone … Read more
As you may know, on the last day of each month, I give honor to the Goddess Hecate. For once, this last day of our solar calendar month syncs up with the last night of the lunar month, and the dark of the Moon. What could be a better, more authentic time to give honor … Read more