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Yule Thoughts
(image from: http://startliving-now.blogspot.ca ) At Yule the world returns to its birth, recalling the awakening of our primeval ancestors as children beside their Mother, the World Tree, in the...
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Notes from the Apothecary
Notes from the Apothecary: Mistletoe A poisonous parasite by nature, yet revered throughout history as sacred and mystical, mistletoe (viscum) is a strange plant that exists only via the bodies of...
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The Sober Pagan
Yuletide Sobriety Who doesn’t party during the holidays? Scrooge? The Grinch? But when you’re in recovery, holiday parties – whether they are office parties at work, family parties around a table...
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Affairs of the Pagan Heart
Protecting Your Heart at Yule and New Year’s Eve Ah, the holidays. It’s crazy and stressful and prime time for something to happen. What is that something? Your weirdo Aunt Betty goes on and on about...
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Yule Correspondences
(image from: https://hiveminer.com/Tags/fraktur%2Clettering) Lesser Sabbat – Winter Solstice, circa Dec 21 Other Names: Jul (“wheel”, Old Norse), Saturnalia(Rome ~December 17 & 18),...
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Celebrating the Old Ways in New Times
Celebrating the Old Ways in New Times December 2017 Bright Blessings! With Yule just around the corner, you are likely planning festivities, gatherings, and family nights! Growing up, of course, my...
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The Bad Witches Guide to Yule
The Bad Witches Guide to Yule I’m always a bad witch, but apparently I really suck at this Yuletide thing. I mean I make my own gifts! I like snow! When people say “season’s greetings” or “Merry...
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Affairs of the Pagan Heart
Ostara and Eggs Eggs are an old symbol of new life. With fertilization, care and time, something new comes to life, and what a great opportunity it is to view a wedding as something new. A marriage is...
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Yule Correspondences
(Primitive Witch Hat Tree Topper, “Winter”, by Loren Morris of PrimWitchery on Etsy.) Lesser Sabbat – Winter Solstice, circa Dec 21 Other Names: Jul (“wheel”, Old Norse), Saturnalia(Rome ~December...
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The Holly and the Oak King
The Holly and the Oak King Each holds sway and hand of might Upon the year’s Great Wheel. In each domain one shall be King As wax and wane of Light Move within nature’s cyclic ring. Solstice Kings,...
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Wreathing the Wheel
As an eclectic witch, one of the most transformative practices that I’ve adopted is the practice of setting intention. At its root, intention is a really basic method of manifestation: make a plan,...
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The Sober Pagan
Breaking Sugar’s Grip One Day At A Time (Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash) I decided this year not to make any huge platters of Yule cookies. I might make a small batch of Heirloom Cut-Outs – just...
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MagickalArts
Excerpted from: 19-Days of Illuminated Darkness Day Three The Light Within the Shadow of the Winter Solstice For most of us the turning of the Greater Wheel to the Winter Solstice (Yule) is one of...
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Solstice is…
Solstice is… (Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash) Holly sharp sting, Red blood like Berries, red, white Mistletoe hang Deadly dart and Baldur’s curse Druids’ king seeking potion Now a kissing spot...
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Celebrating The Old Ways In New Times
Celebrating The Old Ways In New Times for December 2018 Bright Blessings! Some of us count the start of Winter with Samhain, and we were lucky that we had a warm beginning of Winter here in Central...
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SpellCrafting: Spells & Rituals
Yule Ritual Merry meet. Below is a Yule ritual written for a group, which can easily be modified to be done as a solitary. Read through, making note of what to gather and how to set it up. The altar...
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Go a Wassailing
Go a Wassailing The ancient tradition of wassailing has pagan origins intended to bless the coming year’s orchards’ crops and protect them from evil spirits. Later, wassailers went from door to door,...
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Post Solstice Blues
The longest day Was wild Was fun With number one My precious son Who charms And smiles And plays And whiles Away the day That stretches Until the very fabric Of dusk is Thin Like ancient parchment On...
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