WINTERSPELLS: Life on the Magical Path

Four Quarters of the Moon

Four Quarters of the Moon > > Although my soul resonates with the old Night Religion, I am not Wiccan. That is nothing against Wicca, merely my own preference to stay free of group-minds. I have certainly learned a lot from Wiccan teachings over the years, those that have been available to the public through [...]

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Four Quarters of the Moon

Witchblood

A little poem I found scrawled in the convolutions of my brain. > Leaves by frahnkee > > Witchblood > Does she love the half light, the oblique mirror, the sheen? Are her fingers, thrown against the white sky, rune-like? Is she always listening for bells and sighs, rustling footsteps on the leaves? Does autumn [...]

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Witchblood

Two Ravens Dream

Significant Dreams Life Cycles and Numerological Symbolism Occasionally one has a wildly significant dream that may hold value for others. I had this one this morning, full of archetypal symbolism. Numerology tells me that 2010 was a 9 year for me. The end of a cycle. Time to say “Goodbye” and make room for new [...]

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Two Ravens Dream

Ogham: The Mysterious Language of Trees: Alder

Ogham: The Mysterious Language of Trees: Alder > Witches Wheel Alder, alder, tree of the Faerie King Who rises from the Underworld waters in Spring; Raven bedecked, and oracle crowned. Cone, leaf, and blossom, new life shall abound. > > Fearn (farin) There is powerful poetry in the succession of trees, for the death dream [...]

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Ogham: The Mysterious Language of Trees: Alder

Ogham: The Mysterious Language of Trees: Willow

Ogham: The Mysterious Language of Trees: Willow > David Lewis Baker Witches Wheel Willow, Saille, Willow, Oh silver drenched tree! Long leaves fall on water Rippling in moonlight Ladies who bend On the threshold of February. Saille ( Sahl-yeh) Charles Krebs Moonlight on willow is a mysterious sight, especially on the threshold between Winter and [...]

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Ogham: The Mysterious Language of Trees: Willow

Ogham: The Mysterious Language of Trees: Ash

Ogham: The Mysterious Language of Trees: Ash Ash, ash of the long strong twigs You timber creation! Branches of ash trees gather new light In the deep, dark mazes of January snows. Nion The ancient Ash, bare branched in winter, is a witchy sight. Its gnarled branches and tangles of twigs seem to be holding [...]

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Ogham: The Mysterious Language of Trees: Ash

Winter Solstice Mysteries

Winter Solstice Mysteries The longest night of the year is at hand. For three days and nights the sun stations below the rim of the horizon, deep in the underworld. Our ancient ancestors, immersed in, and dependent upon, the fluctuations of natural light and darkness, feared what would happen if the sun failed to return [...]

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Winter Solstice Mysteries

Have Joyful Winter Solstice! Celebrate and be Inspired!

Have Joyful Winter Solstice! Let’s have a magical feast and invite everyone who desires to share in the spirit of love, generosity, elegance, and creative imagination. Cheers! > Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress. Post from: WINTERSPELLS: A Magical Life in Faery WitchcraftHave Joyful Winter Solstice! Celebrate and be Inspired! [...]

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Ogham: The Mysterious Language of Trees: Rowan

Rowan After November 1st, we enter the darkest time of year. A bright branch of Rowan is like a torch in the night and at the heart of each flame-colored berry is the five-pointed star of protection. Little wonder a Rowan wands were used to ward off enchantments. The Faery gateway of the Green and [...]

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Ogham: The Mysterious Language of Trees: Rowan

Babalon Diaries: # 17: Invocatory Theatre and the Babalon Project

Aline DeWinter: Invocatory Theatre and the Babalon Project Interview by Alison Rockbrand This is Part 17 to a series of posts about my adventures during 2005, leading up to the performance of Paul Green’s play Babalon. The story is full of cloak and dagger, initiatory strangeness, chaos, and hysteria. It shows what can happen on [...]

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Babalon Diaries: # 17: Invocatory Theatre and the Babalon Project