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Fire of dawn-light in Her hair,
Fire flows like milk from Her hands.
Fire of bright promise in Her springing step,
Fire of the flame in Her eyes.
A blessing on Your hearthfire,
On Your gift of words,
On the brightness of Your sacred body,
A blessing on Your flame.
– Cait Johnson
Blessings for this cross-quarter holiday of Imbolc (which is also Lughnassadh [...]
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There, at the foot of the tree, belonging to no man,
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 [...]
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We honor this night the Dark Goddess, the Mysteries, the Blessed Dead, and the Mighty Ones of the Craft. I send my love and gratitude to all my teachers, elders, brothers and sisters who dance the Spiral Dance with me in spirit, if not in flesh, this night.
And I give thanks for each of you, [...]
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The leaves fall patiently
Nothing remembers or grieves
The river takes to the sea
The yellow drift of leaves.
–Sara Teasdale
Today, according to the Celtic Tree calendar, we enter the month of The Reed.
The Celtic Tree Year is divided into thirteen lunar months. Each has a tree (or in this case, a shrub) specific to [...]
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Once more the liberal year laughs outO’er richer stores than gems or gold:Once more with harvest song and shoutIs nature’s boldest triumph told.– John Greenleaf WhittierToday is the Equinox, taken from the Latin for “equal night.” It is the Autumnal equinox in the northern hemisphere, and the Spring equinox below the equator. In both cases, [...]
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Little Summer Poem Touching the Subject of Faithby Mary Oliver
Every summerI listen and lookunder the sun’s brass and eveninto the moonlight, but I can’t hear
anything, I can’t see anything –not the pale roots digging down, nor the green stalks muscling up,nor the leavesdeepening their damp pleats,
nor the tassels making,nor the shucks, nor the cobs.And still,every [...]
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Our hands will work for peace and justiceOur hands will work to heal the landGather ’round the harvest tableLet us feast and bless the land.
Lughnassadh (often pronounced “LOO-nahs-ah”) or the Anglo-Saxon “Lammas,” is one of the Greater Sabbats and honors the First Harvest. In agricultural traditions throughout the Northern Hemisphere, this marks the start of [...]
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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
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Over hill, over dale,Thorough bush, thorough brier,Over park, over pale,Thorough flood, thorough fire,I do wander everywhere,Swifter than the moon’s sphere;And I serve the fairy queen,To dew her orbs upon the green.
The cowslips tall her pensioners be:In their gold coats spots you see;Those be rubies, fairy favours,In those freckles live their savours:I must go seek some [...]
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And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.– William Shakespeare
Beltane, the counterpart to Samhain, which Pagans and Witches south of the Equator are now celebrating, is one of the Greater Wiccan Sabbats and is usually celebrated on May 1st. [...]
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