Tag: Beltane

  • Despite Economic Hard Times, Pagans Dig Deep to Help

    SEE BOTH PHOTOS. At the Florida Pagan Gathering, these beautiful creatures stopped a few feet away from me to preen, so close I could have reached out and touched them. Both pictures, photo copyright by Aislinn Bailey; all rights reserved. For a woman called “Trauma,”  the acquisition of an Automated External Defibrillator has been an…

  • Beltane Ritual Memories, From 2007

    From the upcoming book, Passion to the Third Degree; originally published in 2007. I am exhilarated, mellow, happy, calm, peaceful, powerful, amazed, excited, sleepy, and awake all at once. Ah, I feel wonderful. You know it’s a great ritual when you feel the energy coursing through your body to the extent that your whole body…

  • Kristin Madden’s Pagan Celebrations Cookbook, Festival Feasts, Is Now Available!

    I know, I know.  After everything you’ve heard about Kristin being all evil from those Generation Hex authors, you probably expected her new cookbook to be about newt eyes and Hansel and Gretel cookies, but nope, sorry. Instead, you get 188 pages of really wonderful and different recipes that will keep you from ever having…

  • Timing Is Everything

    Photo by Kuw_Son   Sometimes things happen for a reason.  The timing seems to suck and none of it makes sense…until later.  Then it’s easy to look back at a series of events and how they had to take place in a certain sequence to get the right result.  One moment out of  place and…

  • Back from Beltane 2008: FPG Festival Summary

    ***Photo of Lorna and Aislinn hamming it up in the cabin–the poster behind says, “Helpful or Harmful?   Know the Difference!”   (talking about bugs, not brunettes)*** We’re back from the Florida Pagan Gathering’s Beltane 2008, and it was a blast!  Kudos to the coordinators and staff of this festival–these folks really know how to put together…

  • Magick in Reverse–a Beltane Surprise

    (Photo of Aislinn with Kat and Murv (M.R. Sellars) at the Samhain 2006 Florida Pagan Gathering.  She’s about 6 inches taller now and can’t wait to reconnect with friends in Ocala )   6:08 PM   I’m laughing all the way home. I have four new special-order tires, a complete re-alignment, and a hole in my…

  • Meet Us at the Florida Pagan Gathering

    Photo of Shannon playing with a garden scepter, by Lorna Tedder Just a reminder to all of our friends in Florida– Shannon, Aislinn, and I will be attending the Florida Pagan Gathering at Camp Ocala for Beltaine 2008!  We’ll be there laaaaate Thursday, May 1st (after Shannon’s college classes) and leaving early Sunday, May 4th…