Category: Paganism
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As Yule approaches…..thoughts and folklore
YULE the time of the year when Jesus was supposed to have been born is not recorded in the New Testament. However the fact that the shepherds who first received the news of his birth from angelic beings were, according to the popular carol, ‘tending their flocks by night’ suggests that it may have been…
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Dawn Light Deer
Just as cobwebs roll back and the sun rises nigh, And dawns light can be seen in the eastern sky. From her forest home comes carefully and shy, The deer with her herd held proudly so high.
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Lugh’s Harvest Ends
Healing forest waters……bringing back the the abundant life that was so parched by the years of drought and fires. Morning light captures the beauty of Nature in all Her sweet rawness. We now walk…..with the mornings fog…..and dew on the land……towards the west gate…..opposite the place of the rising sun in the east that gave…
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Alive!
Everything around you is fully alive, believe it. Tell stories to rocks and stones, sing to trees, start conversations with birds, whisper to the clouds. Build relationships. You’ll never be lonely again.
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Hollyhock
Like a soft lemon splash on an artist’s palette, You are painted on the summers bluest sky. You stand with royalty, regally with your majesty, Stretching skyward, reaching for the sun so high. You sway gently, back and forth on the breeze, Your large citron flowers, ever so soft, to the eye. Filled with fun,…
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Building Community
You need look no further than the people who surround you. Bond with them, join them, re-connect. Give up hidden judgements and grievances that stop you bonding. Let communication replace them; start healing your lost bonding of the past. Allow yourself to be inspired, experience vision, hear the voice of Mother Nature, connect and be…
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Water
Such a joy to wake up to full tanks, dams filling up, and the sound of squelch squelch under your gumboots, and the land sighs and moans with the ecstacy of fertility that Mabon brings yet again as we travel to the West the place of water we find Her Reflections all around us. The…
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Beltane Blessings…..on this All Hallows Eve…
Beltane Blessings…..on this All Hallows Eve… She is Sun Moon and Stars, woven into the dense fabric of His dark mantle; locked together in an eternal universal embrace, they dance the cosmos into all realities. She animates all creation; Mistress of the earth, the heavens and the mighty oceans, He is Creation in all its…
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Samhain
For those of us that observe the planetary moment of Samhain today, blessings to you, and a Happy New Year. At this Sabbat Feast of the Dead & Transformation we honor the Old Ones of this Land, still knowing, still growing, kin to us, for we are here. Here the Songlines and the Dreamings merge.…
Astarté Earthwise 