Many neopagans today call the Autumn Equinox festival by the name “Mabon”. This name was first suggested in an article by Aidan Kelly in the middle 1970s, along with Litha and Ostara to repaganize the names of the festivals. While … Continue reading →
The year moves another notch on the wheel, and the harvest season begins. The eve of Lammas is also the birthday of Shakespeare’s Juliette, as her Hurse relates in Act One Scene Three: NURSE Even or odd, of all days … Continue reading →
“Over hill, ove dale” from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, Act II, Scene I, by William. Shakespeare
Continue reading →BBC News – In pictures: A journey through the English ritual year.
Continue reading →Police Issued Guidelines On How To Behave While Trapped In A Wicker Man. NEW police guidelines on religious tolerance will include how to behave sensitively when being sacrificed to a Pagan deity. It’s a minefield The 300-page guidebook has been … Continue reading →
Celebrations of the Moon Pray to the moon when she is round Luck with you will then abound What you seek for shall be found On the sea or on the ground (Charles Godfrey Leland, Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling [1891])Moon worship, … Continue reading →
Wheel of the Year In our Tradition we celebrate what has come to be called the Wheel of the Year as well as the cycles of the Moon. Not only are the Sabbats and Esbats a time to celebrate the … Continue reading →
Several years ago, our family went Vegan for a few years, following a diet program called “The McDougall Plan”. One of our favorite supper dishes was “Where’s the Meat Loaf?”, which we fed to our tofu-loathing coven member, and he … Continue reading →
This recipe is from an old friend, now departed from this side of life. Thanks for sharing while you could, Walt. Ingredients: 5 lbs of apples 1 lbs honey large pot 1 package of dry yeast large (1 gallon or … Continue reading →
[This simple recipe for Welsh cakes was shared with us from our kindred, Byd Littledragon of DragonOak Coven, Mid Glamorgan, Wales. It has become a favorite recipe for cakes at Sabbat and Moon rites.] 3 cups flour 1 cup sugar … Continue reading →
Lammas approaches and I have no harvest to bring in. No bread to bake for friends and family, no rabbit to roast nor corn maiden to dress my altar. For the first time in many many years we have closed … Continue reading →
Have a photo of a glorious sunrise: This morn we, as we have for the past 15 or so years, got up long before the dawn and made our way across the valley and over the bridge to Gasworks Park … Continue reading →
Originally Posted on 20 December 2010 by Raven For me, Yule begins on December 13th (Santa Lucia’s Day) and runs through the end of the year. We do not decorate until the 13th and then we leave the decorations up … Continue reading →
