Blessings Darlings!
How many of you are familiar with Odysseus’ trip to the underworld? It was a necessary stop on his way home (he needed the advice of a shade there). But first he had to be old that he had to, uh, go to Hades. He had to buy a goat, to sacrifice once he got to the part of Hades he was traveling to. He had to drag …
Hickory Tussock Moth caterpillar – touching them is a mistake. Their hair causes allergic reactions and their barbs can cause serious injuries to the eyes. They are pretty though.
I suppose its fair to say that I’m more than a tad bit cynical. This isn’t so much a matter of age as personality, I think – cynical is my natural default setting and always has been. Chalk it up to some very…
Blessings Darlings!
Troubled by bad finances? Drama? Chaos? “Negative Energy”? All spells for changing one’s life/luck start with the same thing: you need to totally clean your house. Totally. Did you just ask ‘why’?
There’s an interesting tidbit of folklore in Scotland which says that the Good Folk must pay a teind (tithe) to Hell; this idea appears first in writing in two poems and seems from there to enter the wider lore particularly in the modern period. The teind is an interesting folkloric belief because it is not found in Ireland, nor was it a belief throughout Scotland until a much later period,…
Offerings are a word that gets thrown around a lot in modern paganism and polytheism, particularly in the corners of it that I lurk in. Earlier this month at the Morrigan’s Call Retreat I had a good discussion about offerings with another speaker at the event, Lora O’Brien, and she recently wrote a blog ‘Working as a Spiritual Fixer in Ireland’ which I highly recommend reading. As I’ve been…
Blessings, Darlings!
It occurred to me – while shopping – that I left out some fruits yesterday. They are fruits I rarely buy, and then only at local fruit stands or directly from farmers when in season. They are…
The second part of the text on raven and wren augury. Original text followed by my translation.DreanachtMad congaire an ceanandan duit anair turus daine craibtheach cucad co n-agairbe fort. Madh anairdes gaires an drean druith uallcha doroith. Mad aniar esurraidh dobi cucaib. Mad anairtuaidh goires aes lasa mbi cele fesa no mna tic and. Mad atuaidh is inmuin leat anti tic and. Mad aniartuaidh tic…
"Is Acher in Gáith Innocht"
Is acher in gaíth innocht,fu-fúasna fairgge findfolt:ní ágor réimm mora minndond láechraid lainn ó Lothlainn
Fierce is the wind tonight
Agitating the ocean’s white hair;
I do not fear advancing across the sea
Eager dark warriors of Norway
Quatrains on Festivals
Atberim frib, lith saine,ada buada belltaine:coirm, mecoin, suabais serig,ocus urgruth do…
Or I could have titled this one ‘teaching my kids about the Good Neighbors in a post modern world’ but that wouldn’t have been any shorter, would it?
So, as I’ve mentioned, probably ad nauseum at this point the main focus of my actual day to day, rubber-hits-the-road spirituality is the Otherworldly spirits and land spirits. I also, as I am sure I’ve not often mentioned but you may have caught…
Anyone who’s been in the modern pagan or polytheist community for more than, say, 5 minutes will probably have noticed that we’re a pretty contentious bunch. We are, in point of fact, usually much better at splitting hairs than at building bridges, something that I’ve written about more than once. You see I’m of the opinion that we should worry less about whether or not the person next to us…