Practical Wisdom for Extraordinary Living
From the category archives:
For the last five or six years (I am losing track), I have joined the global poetry slam in honor of Brigid, Goddess of Poetry, Healing, and Art. The slam includes, not only poetry praises to our beloved Goddess, but offerings of poetry of all kinds. As it happens, just yesterday, Poland’s Nobel Laureate Poet, [...]
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A silver apple falls. There, amongst the branches, the mother sits. Weaver of dreams against the weft of the wood, Insight falls like gentle rain on a moon-bathed garden. – Song to Hecate, by Alison Jones Now we make ready for the great festival of Imbolc, sometimes called Candlemas or Brigid. In many places, the [...]
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In order to risk, we have to be willing to look bad. We have to be willing to be a sucker. We have to be willing to look like fools. ~ Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way After a hiatus of several years, during this magical week of Imbolc, The Fool returns. The Fool is all about [...]
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How is your New Year going? Have your good intentions slipped a little? Wishing you could get a new start now, instead of on the tail end of holiday exhaustion? Well, your wish is granted! It’s New Year’s Eve, again! Tonight, in the wee hours of 2:39 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time), Jan. 23, we celebrate [...]
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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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Tonight at midnight, or tomorrow morning if you prefer, for those of you who celebrate Christmas, it is time for you to light your final, center candle. With its light, honor your Bringer of Light, and vow to renew your own part in the ancient promise of faith, hope, and love that was given on [...]
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Happy Winter Solstice! Now, in the ancient ways of our Ancestors, let us make merry for the days of Yuletide! (Yes, more than one. Twelve, as a matter of fact). This morning or tonight (if you didn’t already) you can light the 5th and final candle of your Solstice Sun Wheel. (If you are counting [...]
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Dark shepherdess of many a golden star, Dost see me, Mother Night? ~ From The Electra of Euripides Hail and Merry Meet on this Eve of the Winter Solstice. This is the great celebration of Mother Night. As far as we know, our ancestors did not have atomic clocks or satellites to help them [...]
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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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