This Wortmoon brought with it the first ue spring day here in the evergreen forests. The Welcoming of the Green Woman and Green Man, their shining hoard and the spirit-of-spring was to commence, and we wove our way through a secluded forest path to the largest stones up river. Our skin was warmed by the sun, all of us breathless and excited as we mucked through estuary, waded through the river and hopped over stones to climb up the hillside to our little patch of silence in the woods. Our shoes were caked with the remnants of our arduous journey…
Monthly Archives: April 2012
I Turned Left
Where Keri crosses more than keys, and willfully chooses to turn left. 3 stanzas with 154 words.
Manure Mondays
Blessings Darlings!
I know what mot of you thought when you saw the title of this post – aren’t ALL Mondays “Manure”? But I’m talking literally here, not metaphorically.
I have a manure date next Monday! With the beautiful Suz (and by extension with(…)
Pagans Is Broke These Days #1: Blogging Tools and Apps Part 1–Traditional Hosted Services
In my travels, I have found that, despite all efforts to define who we are and what we do, there really are no constants among those of the Pagan persuasions. From different pantheons to differing worldviews, we pretty much don’t agree with each other or the rest of the world on anything. One thing we […]
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Who’s Green?
Blessings Darlings!
Earth hour was March 31. I KNOW I wrote about it a few years back, but I can’t find where. It might have been somewhere other than my blog. Oh well. I find it rather a feel-good gimmick, similar to clicking ‘like’ on a picture(…)
Bare Knuckles
You would think, as someone interested in the martial arts, that the martial arts workout for the week would be something I would be interested in. Yea, that would make sense. Unfortunately, this is more of what I would call “aerobic martial arts.” Don’t get me wrong, I actually(…)
Stuff in my pockets…
Today I would like to discuss physical items that we view as holding some kind of power…talismans, jewelery, stones, bits of wood, bones, ritual tools etc. Many people of a non Pagan persuasion, and even many Pagans themselves, view the practice of creating and venerating(…)
Spirits of the land, Spirits of the Otherworld
One thing that both the Irish and Norse culture share is a fairly similar view of Otherworldly spirits, often in modern times called fairies. Since honoring, connecting, and working with these spirits is, and always has been, the main aspect of my practice(…)
Lyrics: Juju Mama
Song lyrics to “Juju Mama”. 255 words to set the player straight.
Examples of a yarrow blessing charm from the Carmina Gadelica
Possibly one of the best resources for modern Celtic practioners is Carmichael’s Carmina Gadelica, a collection of prayers and charms that was gathered in Scotland during the 19th century. Much of the material is Christian but with strong native Celtic themes; this lends itself(…)