Sea Flower of the Morning ©Adam Scott MillerInitiation Song from the Finders Lodgeexcerpted from Always Coming Homeby Ursula K. LeGuin Please bring strange things.Please come bringing new things.Let very old things come into your hands.Let what you do not know come into your eyes.Let desert sand harden your feetLet the arch of your feet be … Read more
Dark of the MoonNew beginningsDark of the MoonPlant a seed tonightDark of the MoonWhat we envisionWill come to beBy the Full Moon’s light. Today brings a powerful New Moon, one that touches on Mystery and transformation at the deepest levels. Astrologer Lisa Dale Miller writes, “Sometimes referred to as Lunar Samhain, the New Moon in … Read more
KING ARTHUR IN AVALON Sara Hammond Palfrey (1823-1914)King Arthur sailed along a sea unknown.Met him the misty Night, and drew him inUnto the cherishing shelter of her breast.He glided onward toward the land of rest.In his parched throat, his burning thirst was drownedBy draughts of coolness, brought by hands unseen. Upon his long-lost mother’s lap, … Read more
The plum tree, dwindling, contains less of the spring;But the garden is wider, and holds more of the moon.— Zen saying Yesterday, I suggested that you consider the wisdom of our Ancestors who observed this as the New Year (instead of at the end of the Saturnalia/Christmas/Hanukkah/Yule revelries). The veil is now at its thinnest, … Read more
The Wheel of Time turns, and we are now in the magical period that ancient Celts and modern Witches call Samhain. Traditionally celebrated on Halloween, the actual cross-quarter day is Nov. 7 this year. During this time, the Veil that lies between the living and the departed, and between what is past, present and future … Read more
©The glorious art of Willow ArleneaWe have come to be dancedNot the pretty danceNot the pretty pretty, pick me, pick me danceBut the claw our way back into the bellyOf the sacred, sensual animal danceThe unhinged, unplugged, cat is out of its box danceThe holding the precious moment in the palmsOf our hands and feet … Read more
Just after midnight tonight (Eastern time) we will experience an unusually powerful Full Moon. My friend astrologer Lynn Hayes is even calling it a Super Moon. In a recent SkyWatch article, she writes: “The Full Moon takes place on October 26 at 0:52 am Eastern time and at 2 degrees Taurus (with the Sun in … Read more