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 →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 →
Lunasa 2018
The Festival of Lunasa is almost upon us. Lughnasadh or Lughnasa (pronounced /ˈluːnəsə/, LOO-nə-sə) is a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of the harvest season. Historically, it was widely observed throughout Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. In Modern … Continue reading →
Summer is a-coming in
Today we are preparing for the 30th birthday celebration for Lady Raven and Moondancer’s youngest, Kodama. Her party will be on a mermaid theme, and she has invited several of her oldest friends to join in. Hopefully, the rain will … Continue reading →
Daily Journal
Do you keep a daily journal? Many esoteric orders require them as part of your studies. The Servants of the Light (founded by Ernest Butler, and until recently headed by Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki) suggests the following format: Format for the daily … Continue reading →
ELGIAC ODE by Anna Seward
ELGIAC ODE.1 A little while I leave with anxious heart, Source of my filial cares, thee FULL OF DAYS; Lur’d by a promise from harmonic art To breathe her Handel’s rich, immortal lays. Pensive I trace the Derwent’s amber wave2, … Continue reading →
Another Beltane
May Eve, 1973: I’m standing at the edge of the Circle, bound and blinfolded, and I feel a sword touch my body. I involuntarily startle, even though I knew it was coming. I hear the questions, and make my responses. … 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 →
A candle in the Dark
Then Wheel has turned; some call it Imbolg, Candlemas, Oimelc, Brighid’s Day, the Feast of Lights, Groundhog’s Day. It’s the time of year when we can really discern that the light has returned. Longer days,depite the snows and rains. Animals … Continue reading →
Allison Gross
Allison Gross (Child #35) 1 O ALLISON GROSS, that lives in yon towr, The ugliest witch i the north country, Has trysted me ae day up till her bowr, An monny fair speech she made to me. 2 She stroaked … Continue reading →
Tam Lin: Child #39A
O I forbid you, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tam Lin is there. There’s nane that gaes by Carterhaugh But they leave him a wad, Either their rings, or … Continue reading →