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Magic and Ritual

Blessings of the Full Moon in Cancer

by Beth on January 8, 2012

From Her immortal head a radiance is shown from heaven and embraces earth; and great is the beauty that ariseth from Her shining light. The air, unlit before, glows with the light of Her golden crown, and Her rays beam clear… ~ Hymn to Selene (The Greek name for the Moon as Goddess), by Homer [...]

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Happy New Year’s Eve

by Beth on December 31, 2011

 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! [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  Let’s cook up something delicious together, shall we? Like, say, another spell from Pomegranate? This harnesses the power of tonight’s Solar Eclipse, reaching closest totality Nov. 25 06:20 GMT or 1:20 a.m., Eastern; Nov. 24, 10:20 p.m., Pacific.  Tomorrow, I will have more details about the current astrology, so please check back here [...]

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This is from Priestess, artist, my teacher, and beloved friend, Pomegranate.  You may remember her beautiful spell-chant on behalf of Japan that I shared here and I believe worked a number of miracles.  She lives in Portland, where the U.S. police state has been showing its true colors. Here is a powerful invocation to the [...]

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Wishing You a Blessed Equinox!

by Beth on September 23, 2011

Hail! Journeyer of the Heavens, Queen of Brightness, King of Beauty! Gifts of gladness richly bringing, Autumn sheaves and red leaves’ fall. Generous be the heart within us, Open be our hands to all, Justice to be in equal measure, Harvest thankfulness our call. ~ Greeting to the Autumn Equinox Caitlín Matthews, A Celtic Devotional [...]

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Blessings of Litha! Happy Solstice!

by Beth on June 21, 2011

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 [...]

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