by Beth on September 20, 2009
Stop by our Dragon’s Cauldron Information Table and say hi! And what better time to renew our commitment to the Reclaiming Tradition Principles of Unity?“My law is love unto all beings…” — The Charge of the Goddess The values of the Reclaiming tradition stem from our understanding that the earth is alive and all of [...]
by Beth on September 19, 2009
Stop by our Dragon’s Cauldron Information Table and say hi! And what better time to renew our commitment to the Reclaiming Tradition Principles of Unity?“My law is love unto all beings…” — The Charge of the GoddessThe values of the Reclaiming tradition stem from our understanding that the earth is alive and all of life [...]
by Beth on September 6, 2009
Everyone who identifies in any way with modern Pagan/Heathen spirituality is being urged to participate in this census. This is legitimate and has been endorsed by some of the most respected people in Craft and Pagan leadership. It takes some time to complete, but is very important. PLEASE spread the word to everyone you know. [...]
Blessings to all the fathers on Father’s Day! And wishing everyone a most splendid Summer Solstice (and Yule, too, for our friends below the Equator!) Enjoy! Music by Damh the Bard, from the CD The Hills they are Hollow
by Beth on March 20, 2009
For he’s bewitched forever who has seen,Not with his eyes but with his vision, SpringFlow down the woods and stipple leaves with sun.– Vita Sackville-WestI hereby call a recess from the books! For the next several days, I urge you to celebrate Ostara, dear friends! For this, too, honors and strengthens your Artist’s Recovery, since [...]
by Beth on February 2, 2009
Wishing you a most joyous This is the great moment in the Wheel of the Year when we welcome the first stirrings of Spring. Though snow may still blanket the ground in many places, and storms are sure to continue, the light is growing stronger every day, and new signs of the return of life [...]
by Beth on September 11, 2008
Today I’d planned to continue our explorations of harvest lore, specifically making corn dollies, but instead, I feel the urgency of this occasion to share these words from two of my dear teachers with you. The Three Candles, Marc Chagall Words from Starhawk:September 11, 2001: Hecate sits on her tripod at the crossroads in the [...]
Dance of the Harvest © Rik BerryTrumpets, harps, hollow-throated horns, pipers, timpanists, unwearied… fiddlers, gleemen, bone-players and bag-pipers, a rude crowd, noisy, profane, roaring and shouting.– Medieval eyewitness account of Lughnasadh festival at Teltown Happy Birthday today to Harry Potter and, coincidentally, Madame Helena Blavatsky, author of Isis Unveiled, co-founder of the Theosophical Society, and [...]
Howbeit we know after a time there will now be a general reformation, both of divine and humane things, according to our desire and the expectation of others; for it is fitting, that before the rising of the Sun there should appear and break forth Aurora, or some clearness, or divine light in the sky. [...]
As the sun spirals its longest dance,Cleanse us!As nature shows bounty and fertilityBless us!Let all things live with loving intentAnd to fulfill their truest destiny.– from a Wiccan Summer Blessing (as reported by the BBC) Happy Litha (Summer Solstice) to those of us in the northern hemisphere, and Happy Yule to our friends below the [...]