Happy June Solstice!
Whether it’s Midsummer or Midwinter where you are, may your Solstice Moment be still. https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/june-solstice.html … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: Holidays
The Wheel turns to Beltane, one more time.
Beltane always holds a special place in my heart, it’s the anniversary of my formal initiation into the Craft, back in 1973, in the Georgian Tradition of Wicca. This year, I’m traveling on Beltane Eve, flying back from a writers … Continue reading →
Levy Dew
Levy Dew http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levy-Dew “Levy-Dew”, also known as “A New Year Carol”, or “Residue”, is a British folk song of Welsh origin traditionally sung in New Year celebrations. The song was set to music by Benjamin Britten in 1936. It is … Continue reading →
The Wheel Turns, it’s Samhain Once Again
After an absence of several years, Nemed Cuculatii is observing Samhain this year. Due to work scheduling and the such, our observance will be on November 4, not quite the 15th degree of Scorpio, but as close as we can … Continue reading →
Lady Day
In the western liturgical year, Lady Day is the traditional name in some English speaking countries of the Feast of the Annunciation (25 March), known in the 1549 Prayer Book of Edward VI and the 1667 Book of Common Prayer … Continue reading →
The Hallows-tide Approaches
Halloween is just over a week from now. It’s odd, to not be making preparations for coven feast, and decorating the covenstead, but those activities have been in abeyance for the last few years. Life happens, as they say. As … Continue reading →
Over hill, over dale
Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough briar, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander everywhere, Swifter than the moon’s sphere; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green. The cowslips … Continue reading →
Beltaine blessings on one and all
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 →
Yuletide Reflections
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 →
It is the Eve of All Hallows
called by some Samhain, Hallowe’en and other names as well; I often refer to it as “Amateur Night”. The “end of the Celtic year” as the media informs us, along with much misinformation about its history, origins and such. I … Continue reading →