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Another encore post, this time, part one of two that I wrote back in February, 2006.
Behold, this crocus is a withering flame…
– Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Barren Spring, 1870
The signs of Spring are becoming increasingly insistent and unmistakable. In my garden, purple and yellow crocuses are opening in the noon sun, before slipping back to sleep [...]
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Happy birthday yesterday to Alruna:
The Flowers
by Robert Louis Stevenson
All the names I know from nurse:Gardener’s garters, Shepherd’s purse,Bachelor’s buttons, Lady’s smock,And the Lady Hollyhock.
Fairy places, fairy things,Fairy woods where the wild bee wings,Tiny trees for tiny dames–These must all be fairy names!
Tiny woods below whose boughsShady fairies weave a house;Tiny tree-tops, rose or thyme,Where [...]
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Making your own incense is very easy, and using the powerful energy of roses, it will bring a boost to your rituals and magic, especially those rites you wish to keep “sub rosa,” as we have been discussing.
Mix and store only in a clean glass container. Plastic is not only NOT airtight, but it contains [...]
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If you were wondering if you can still join us THIS AFTERNOON for my Herbs and Magickal Gifts from the Garden workshop, the answer is —
YES!
There are still seats for you (maybe even a friend or two).Join us from 1 to 5pm TODAY at Dancing Moon Books in Raleigh as we:
Create Sacred Space
Cover some [...]
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Rose Petal Love Spellfrom The Spells Bible, by Ann-Marie Gallagher
Intention:To help those who are single and ready for true love send out the magical message that you are now ready to settle down with the right person.
Ingredients:One red candle (6-8″ in length)Matches/ lighterOne quarter wineglass of pure spring waterPetals from 6 red roses, placed in [...]
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The Soul of the Rose – John William WaterhouseTo the Rose Upon the Rood of Timefrom The Rose by W.B. Yeats. (1893)
Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days!Come near me, while I sing the ancient ways:Cuchulain battling with the bitter tide;The Druid, grey, wood-nurtured, quiet eyed,Who cast round Fergus dreams, and ruin [...]
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All this focus on secret societies in the dusty past seems far distant from the sweet flowers in our gardens. Why do we care about Rosicrucians and Freemasons?
The rose has a long heritage as a symbol of these powerful secret societies that many believe have ruled or influenced European and American history for centuries. Despite [...]
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…I too awaitThe hour of thy great wind of love and hate.When shall the stars be blown about the sky,Like the sparks blown out of a smithy, and die?Surely thine hour has come, thy great wind blows,Far off, most secret, and inviolate Rose? — William Butler Yeats
Our journey with the Graces, specifically Thalia, [...]
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For what we do presage is riot in grosse,For we are brethren of the Rosie Crosse;We have the Mason Word and second sight,Things for to come we can foretell aright. — Henry Adamson, The Muses’ Threnodie (1638)
Our journey with the Graces, specifically Thalia, continues, as She guides us through the magical garden. We are currently [...]
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Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World!You, too, have come where the dim tides are hurled.Upon the wharves of sorrow, and heard ringThe bell that calls us on; the sweet far thing. — William Butler Yeats
The rose, Queen of the Garden, has had a long history of beauty and mystery, joy and [...]
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