From the bright colours of the Autumnal Equinox to the tiny budding green of Imbolc, this is my favourite turning of Life’s Wheel. It is the time when most of our spiritual celebrations are set into days that are filled with change and chaos by Nature. The Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere marks the …
Greetings to all this merry Yule! So good to have you with us. This looks like a fascinating season for astrology this winter! Let’s dive in. The Sun slips into Capricorn December 21, 8:27:20 PM, MST this year. All the planets are within ½ the circle! Mostly bunched up in Capricorn (3) and Taurus (3). …
A powerful temporal landmark within the wheel of the year, there is magic and transformation in ‘The Fall’. Of course there is, we all feel it! Samhain/Soween/Calan Gaeaf is the third and final of the three pagan harvest festivals, a time when our ancestors would have harvested and prepared a variety of foods and essentials …
The celebration of Samhain (pronounced Sáh-wen) is an ancient Celtic festival that has been practiced for centuries. It marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of the dark half of the year and winter. It is celebrated on October 31st and is considered to be one of the eight modern Pagan Witches’ …
I wrote Autumn’s Twilight originally on October 29, 1995. It was published on KIVA’s album Out of the Corner of the Eye in 2006. The inspiration for the song was a beautiful maple tree in my back yard when I lived in Kensington, Maryland in the 1990s. I used to sit under the maple tree …
Welcome to Mabon! Also known as Second Harvest, this time is grounded in the Fall Equinox occurring now. This is the time of the harvest; grains and fruits–so much from the Earth–and we give thanks! This is the time of Libra, of balance and seeking “relation” with our relations. Mabon begins as the Sun goes …
“The Mills of the Gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine” – Sextus Empiricus, 3rd Century AD Seasons move in a constant wheel of life. Birth of new energy, growth, production, harvest, decay, regeneration. All that happens creates all that will happen in an ongoing circle of magic. As Pagans, we get to enjoy …
As we sit at the table of our first bountiful harvest of the year, what do you see laid before you? This is a question I have asked myself too many times to count over the last week. The same answer rang back in my face over and over, “keep going, you’re almost there”. I …
Lammas or Lughnasadh is traditionally celebrated on August 1st, although in some pagan traditions it is celebrated on the first full moon in August. This festival marks the beginning of the harvest season, and it is a time when pagans give thanks for the bounty of nature. There is an abundance of Pagan music for Lammas. …
The Dream of Gaian Culture Almost all of the Gaia Consort ideas came from the dream of building community and culture around celebrating the natural world. Imagine a world where the Great Cycles were taken seriously, hearkening back to the early days of agriculture, when we didn’t have the “luxury” of ignoring the seasons. None …
