Happy Holiday Season, Dear Readers! The Great Wheel has turned again at Samhain, and we find ourselves in the season of late harvest, home warming, and preservation. That which does not serve is culled or threshed out. Selecting, severing, saving, and securing become daily chores as we prepare for the winter scythe to swing across …
Ah, the moon! She is so close to the hearts of pagans. There’s nothing quite like a ritual in the light of the full moon, bathing in moonlight, doing magic in that silver-white glow. Even more powerful is to call the magic of the moon right into ourselves. This is called “drawing down the moon”. …
Can you hear it? This is the perfect time of year to listen to the Song of Deep Magic that exists all around us. It is there every moment, swirling and lifting, creating and dancing. It has been there from the beginning of Time. It is a mighty Song! It holds all the Beauty of …
It feels almost impossible for the New Year to be just a few days away. There are a handful of reasons I’m glad to have it behind me, but a big ole bucketful of reasons I am thankful to have seen it to its end. I am here, proof of life, my daily goal now. …
Autumn is the cool, crisp, deliciously colorful taste of memories and reminders. Earthy gemstones flood the senses, amber scarlet pumpkin latte-colored leaves bounce over roads and fields, skipping, floating, flitting, dropping, tumbling into the forest’s floors like tiny dancers…twirling their last dance in a whirl, landing quietly to become food for next season’s saplings. It …
It is said the ancient Celts believed the seasons of the year were divided in half between summer and winter. It is also said the Celts believed the seasons which we call spring and autumn are a transitional and liminal time, a time between time where this world and the otherworld are separated by the …
This is the final post in the “Harmony of Roses” series. Cecilia M. Farran offers her thoughts about life, illustrated by music by her daughter Celia Farran. If you’d like to start from the beginning, installment 1 is here. Science tells us it is no surprise that music heals. According to Dr. Barbara Fredrickson with …
This is the second post in the “Harmony of Roses” series. It’s written by Cecilia M. Farran, and features music by her daughter Celia Farran. If you’d like to start from the beginning, installment 1 is here. As I do every morning, I take time on my porch, to meditate, to write. A zephyr breeze …
This article begins a 3-part series penned by Cecilia M. Farran, mother of our regular blogger Celia Farran. Cecilia shares her wisdom about life, and illustrates her thoughts with songs by her beloved daughter Celia. Be sure to keep an eye out for the sequels, which will appear over the next few weeks. Celia Farran …
As we follow the wheel through the ending of summer and the coming of the second harvest, we approach the time when the sun and the moon will be present equally in our skies. The Autumn Equinox will be here before we know it. The Sabbat celebrating it, known as Mabon, will soon be upon …
