Imbolc and her Cousins
February holidays like Imbolc celebrate moving towards the light.
Astrology for Imbolc 2021
Imbolc this year begins on Feb 3, just before 8 AM, MST. In many traditions the mid winter is observed as a waiting time, a time of promised spring which has not fully arrived yet but we trust it will. Days are getting longer now, those warmer winter days are more frequent. Snow receding is …
Imbolc – Time (and Dessert) of Great Potential
Happy Imbolc season! Greetings from the Crow Women’s own kitchen witch, here with another recipe from our cookbook for your Sabbat enjoyment. As we approach Imbolc, I am inspired by a song I just discovered called Imbolc – Time of Great Potential by Cernunnos Rising. In particular, these lyrics strike me as so perfect for …
Songs to Brighid for Imbolc
Whether you call it Candlemas or Imbolc (or Imbolg or Imbolic or Brignassa), the Sabbat between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox is a wonderful day to honor the Goddess Brighid (a.k.a. Brede or Bridget). Spelling aside, the Lady who is the patron of poets, smiths, bards and healers features in the celebrations many pagans at …
Away Ye Merry Lasses
I first experienced the Crow Women in concert at a Dragonfest in Colorado around 2005 or thereabouts. I must have been coming from a workshop, because I arrived near the end, just in time to catch the encore. If you’ve been to a Crow Women concert, you recognize the spectacle. An array of lovely ladies, …
Befriending the Dark Goddess
She Calls is a song about making peace with mortality. The “she” in this song is the Dark Goddess. The song is about listening to her call, and hearing the secrets she whispers about grace and serenity in the “dusk of lifetime”. It’s a quiet little song that came to me with great ease, as …
Holy Darkness
The Magic of the Goddess is manifest in the turning of the Wheel of The Year. Our rituals celebrate Day/Night, Heat/Cold, Dark/Light, and many other dichotomies. Bringing spirituality to our observances of these distinctions gives Pagan folk a new perspective. In this way, we begin to nourish appreciation of darkness, and acceptance of the many …
Astrology for Yule, 2020
Greetings and a very Merry Yule to every Gentleperson! The wheel turns and we come to Winter Solstice. End of a year and an era. In more than a few ways. We have had a “grand conjunction” of Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn culminating this year and all squaring Eris. All have moved on …
My Pagan Music Book
I’m deep into the process of writing a book on pagan music. I want to tell you, dear Pagan Song readers, about the wisdom I’ve been writing about and how you can use it to enrich your magical practice through music. I’d love to get your suggestions in the comments section. What do you think …
Wondrous Water
As Indigenous people in the United States have recently had to remind us, water is life. As pagan Wiccans, we refer to water as the blood of the Goddess. Water is sacred, beautiful, necessary and precious. Water, wondrous waterI kneel before you, giver of lifeI cannot live without you within meYou give me life, you …