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 we light the third candle in our Solstice Sunwheel or Advent wreath, or whatever you prefer to call it. This is a global prayer circle which is being held around sunset on each of the four Sundays preceding Winter Solstice. Our intention is to honor the great celebration of the rebirth of the Light. … 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
Let our intention be that we are making ready in this Advent Season to, ourselves, shine as the living Light of hope, peace and wisdom. Thus, beginning at Winter’s Solstice, may our own Light grow. May we awaken what is best in one another and restore honor, compassion, balance, wisdom, and good will among all … Read more
We are a circle Within a circle, With no beginning, And never ending… — Circle Chant by Rick Hamouris It’s time once again to join together every Sunday through Yule (or Christmas) for our annual Yule Prayer-Spell. This coming Sunday will be the first part, so you should gather your materials now. If you have … Read more
Yes, I know it seems a bit early, but I have some fantastic news that just can’t wait! I am delighted to announce that my friend and co-conspirator in re-enchanting the world, Joanna Powell Colbert, is unveiling her marvelous new book TODAY! Joanna writes of this beloved celebration: It is our favorite party of the … Read more
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself. — Alan Watts We are now in the last week of the Year of Justice, poised before the first decade of the new millennium is gone forever and the next begins. And we are in a very magical time out of time. The … Read more
Joy to the world The Light is born Peace on Earth, Good will to all. Goddess rest, ye merry Gentlefolk. May our hearts be merry and bright. Blessings of the Season, Love all ways, — Beth
Winter Solstice by Jody Aliesan Grief Sweat, Broken Moon Press 1990 Thinking only makes the heart sore. – I Ching when you startle awake in the dark morning heart pounding breathing fast sitting bolt upright staring into dark whirlpool black hole feeling its suction get out of bed knock at the door of your nearest … Read more