For some of us, our love of the world is so passionate that we cannot ask it to wait until we are enlightened. ~ Joanna Macy, World as Lover, World as Self Tonight we celebrate the second Sunday of our Advent Solstice Sun-Wheel prayer circle. Advent simply means the coming of. So every Sunday between … Read more
It’s time to join together each Sunday through Yule (or Christmas) for our annual Yule Prayer-Spell. Background If you have been a regular reader of mine, you know that for many years now, starting in late November, I invite all my visitors to join together in a virtual prayer circle, or spell weaving. All spiritual … Read more
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
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
The walls between the worlds are thinned; The Gods’ might is at its peak, The wights and the dead walk freely among the living. Let us remember them on this Mother Night. — from a Heathen rite posted on the Internet some years ago, original source unknown. This is the Eve of the Winter Solstice. … Read more
Today is the last Sun Day before Winter Solstice, Christmas, and Kwanzaa. Tonight, you are invited to join once again (or for the first time) in our Yule/Advent ritual. For the basic guidelines and our intention, please pop over here. If you are celebrating this rite from a Pagan perspective, then this candle may represent … Read more
Then for the teeming quietest, happiest days of all! The brooding and blissful halcyon days! — Walt Whitman Once upon a time, Alcyone was the daughter of Aeolus, King of the Winds, and the wife of Ceyx, King of Thessaly. Alcyone and Ceyx loved each other devotedly and were never willingly apart. Nevertheless, a time … Read more
Tonight is the second candle lighting of our advent celebration for the rebirth of the Light at Winter Solstice (or Christmas, if you prefer). It does not matter if perhaps you missed last Sun Day, and are just now joining us. Your energy and good thoughts are most welcome whenever you join, and indeed, I … Read more
It’s time once again to join together every Sunday through Yule (or Christmas) for our annual Yule Prayer-Spell. Background 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 path, to join together in a virtual prayer circle, or … Read more