At Samhain we honour, celebrate and welcome the descent into, and return of, the dark - the beginning of the New Year, acknowledging that all beginnings emerge from darkness. At the Winter Solstice we reach the depth of that darkness with the longest night of the year. Darkness has reached its…
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This festival is now named after the the God of Welsh mythology, Mabon. He is the Child of Light and the son of the Earth Mother Goddess, Modron. In truth, there is little evidence that Mabon was celebrated in Celtic countries and the term Mabon was applied as recently as…
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All Souls Night, Feast of the Dead, Festival of Remembrance, Feast of Apples, New Year...Samhain is one of the major festivals of the Wheel of the Year, for many Pagans the most important festival of all. It is the third and final harvest festival of nuts and berries and a…
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A simple charm to create time and space and to give thanks and remember our ancestors. The words need to be of your own choosing, this is a deeply personal ceremony and each of us knows who our own Spirit ancestors are. They will be family, friends and lovers, and…
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This charm is a simple and meaningful way to connect with the exuberant surge in earth energy that bursts forth in Spring and throughout Summer into Harvest. It can also be used at any time for blessing and honouring a tree or as part of a Handfasting, Baby Blessing or Summerlands ceremony.…
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To Harmonise and Protect the Loving Energy of Hearth and Home.A simple charm to help safeguard the home and boost harmonious energies within. And who knows a little magical gift for your visitors too....You will need: 3 drops of orange oil - invites good fortune, happiness and contentment2 drops of clove oil…
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The Festival Sabbat of Lammas, Lughnassadh, It is now high summer and the union of Sun and Earth, of God and Goddess, has produced the First Harvest. Lammas is the celebration of this first, Grain Harvest, a time for gathering in and giving thanks for abundance. We work with the cycle that…
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Here we are at Midsummer, we have arrived at the longest day and the shortest night of the year. The Goddess is now full and pregnant with Child, and the Sun God is at the height of His virility. This is the peak of the Solar year and the Sun is…
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Sunset to SunsetBeltane honours Life. It represents the peak of Spring and the beginning of Summer. Earth energies are at their strongest and most active. All of life is bursting with potent fertility and at this point in the Wheel of the Year, the potential becomes conception. On May Eve…
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Ostara/Spring Equinox / Vernal Equinox March 21-22A point of perfect balance on the journey through the Wheel of the Year. Night and day are of equal length and in perfect equilibrium - dark and light, masculine and feminine, inner and outer, in balance. But the year is now waxing and…
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