The Second Harvest
There is a day in mid September, usually around the 21-23, where there is balance of daylight and darkness for the second time in the wheel of the year. Here we observe with reverence and respect the return of the powerful dark. Also known as the Festival of Mabon (pronounced MAY-bun, MAY-bone, MAH-boon, [...]
Merry Mabon Everyone!!
As the season of autumn rolls in, keep a watchful eye on nature as she begins her big show of the year with all the blazing autumn colors. The faeries of the fall are busy now, adding color to the landscape, coaxing the last of the flowers to bloom, and painting dewdrops on [...]
by Elizabeth Barrette
My athame is a two-edged blade
Of metal and of magic made
It turns all hostile magic back
With shining steel and handle black
When ways are closed,
it cuts right through
And all that binds, it severs, too
Upon the hilt, a Witch’s name
To second-sight burns bright with flame
And only to that hand, this blade
Will serve and answer as [...]
“Enlightenment doesn’t come through constantly seeking after some kind of excitement, but through concentration on making each task in our everyday routine sacred.”
A Poem For April’s New Moon
by Elizabeth Barrette
The Maiden Goddess
The Maiden dances, pale and fair,
On April mornings soft with rain
With apple blossoms in Her hair
And green leaves trailing from Her train.
In pastures [...]
Ancestor Night, Celtic New Year
The chilled breeze that flutters the red, orange and yellow leaves, nibbles at the skin, raising goose-bumps. Samhain is upon us. Expect the unexpected if you celebrate this holiday -the Celtic New Year- on All Hallows Eve.
Pronounced SOW-in, SAH-vin, or SAM-hayne – means “End of Summer”, and is the third and [...]