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 …
Greetings All! We have arrived at the beginning of Summer in the North. Warmth and Sun, all things are growing and blooming, fruits and vegetables are on the way, all that wonderful Mead you have brewed is good to go now and festival time is here! It’s time for me to offer you my latest …
As a child I loved playing in the monsoon rains of my childhood home of Colorado, splashing in the puddles and helping the earth worms back to their dark earthy homes after they were washed out onto the street. As an adult I have also run out into the spring rain with joyful thankfulness and …
The first three words of the song that I wrote called High Summer comes from a poem a friend of mine wrote years ago. “High summer reigns…” and then her poem continues. The poem inspired me to write about my own experience of summer and the festivals that I attended like Pagan Spirit Gathering (in …
Summer Solstice. Midsummer. Litha. Alban Heflin. Feast of the Sun. Sonnenwende. Thing-Tide. By whatever name you know it, ’tis the season to celebrate the sun! The Summer Solstice has been celebrated for millennia all over the world. So, chances are, you know at least a bit about it. But how much do you really know? …
All of the sacred self-care advice I see has started to sound the same. Take a yoga class. Be more mindful. Count your blessings. Meditate. Tune out the world. Turn off social media. Calm down. Chill. Relax. Blah, blah, blah. I’m over it. In the same way that I despise elevator music, I dislike this …
Summer Solstice (also known as Litha), the longest day of the year, is such a bittersweet day. The sun is at the peak of its power, yet at this moment its decline begins, and the days to come will become shorter and shorter as the year advances toward autumn. The very first ritual our circle …
Summertime is a busy time in any garden. Bees are buzzing, the sun is shining, and weeds sometimes seem to be growing twice as fast as what you’ve planted. It’s time to take stock. Some crops are thriving; others might be attacked by bugs, or choked out by weeds. In my last post, I spoke …
“It’s Summertime, Summertime, Sum-Sum-Summertime…” We have traveled halfway around the Wheel from Yule , and the Sun stands still once again. We experience the longest day, the shortest night, the brightness and the fullness of the start of our season of summer. We celebrate the life-giving, life-affirming, life-abundant time of growth, both within and without. …
The days are growing longer and hotter as we arrive at the longest day of the year. The natural world is busy and bright with bees collecting the succulent nectar of flowers. The Crow Women have a number of songs to honor the Summer Solstice including Suncycle on Crow Magic, which I love to listen …
