I’m sorry I forgot to post this last month when I filmed it. I’m hoping there will be less chaos in my life going forward. Please forgive me if I seem more distracted than usual in this video, but this was the first time I filmed outside and I should have picked a less crowded…
Tag: Wheel of the Year
A Solstice Story
Burning Helios, the All-Seeing Sun, Is dead. He sleeps in the arms of Persephone this night. The cold winds blow tonight. The world belongs to Nyx, primordial Mother Night, Who existed before even Gaia was born. The cold winds howl, And Odin mounts His eight-legged steed, To lead the Wild Hunt, screaming through the darkness…
Reblog: The Connections Between Yule Traditions and the Santa Claus Mythos
Originally posted on Wyrd Designs:
Most Pagans are quite familiar with the fact that many of the so-called ‘Christmas’ traditions have their origins from ancient polytheistic cultures and their festivities such as Saturnalia, Yule etc. This even includes Santa Claus. http://wp.me/p6Lntn-5P
January celebrations from “365 Goddess”
The following is a selection of the daily Goddess-centered exercises and rituals from Patricia Telesco’s “365 Goddess: a Daily Guide to the Magic and Inspiration of the Goddess”. My festival calendar is already quite crowded, so I won’t be practicing all of these, but I picked the ones that fit most with the theme…
Merry Yule
Winter Solstice Tomorrow
So tomorrow is the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year. After tomorrow night, the days will slowly get longer, the nights shorter. The dark half of the year will flee, and we will have hope and light to look forward to. On the 22nd, I’m planning on getting up early to watch the…
North-man at Yule
Originally posted on mainer74:
I am a North-man. If you are thinking horned helms and swords, you are watching too much TV. I mean I am a man of the north, a man who has lived a lot of my life in the high and the wild, in the places where you can break a…