How to create a powerful summer solstice ritual! The festival of summer is upon us. We dance, sing, feast and celebrate the great summer SOL-stice. The longest day of the year, the summer solstice is a time to celebrate the greatness of our world and the power of the sun. We create sacred altars for […]
Tricks and Treats for Halloween
Halloween! The peak of Autumn. The air has grown colder. The leaves have begun to fall. There’s cool orange and purple lights, scarecrows and skeletons, cotton spiderwebs, little ghosts and fiends! Pumpkins are carved with care. We make final preparations for the most important thing of all… What else but our costumes! How will you […]
Mabon, The Second Harvest, Fall Equinox
Mabon, The Second Harvest As the day and night come to rest in equilibrium, the Northern folk bid farewell to the Green Man, the God of the Green Forests and Fields. It is the beginning of fall and rich warm spices have been cultivated for the second harvest festival, Mabon. As the fragrant smells of […]
The Beltaine Fire
“On the night of Beltane the fires shall burn, to usher in the Sun king and welcome his return. Hand in hand the Lord and Lady sing, joy upon the land and gifts they shall bring.” (Author unknown). Many chants and songs have been written and sung for the celebration of the sacred fertility rites. […]
Ostara, The New Day
Happy, happy fertile days are here! New growth is punching through the earth and rabbits are leaping everywhere! The Vernal or Sping Equinox marks one of the eightfold festivals of the sacred wheel of the year. Although a neopagan celebration, Ostara is rich with antiquity and tradition. Easter, a later christianized form of Ostara, […]
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