Tag: sabbat
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Better than New Year’s Resolutions–A Ritual that Really Works
Lorna Tedder, adding a little spice to life…or at least to a wonderful Winter Solstice feast. Photo by Aislinn Bailey; all rights reserved. Most people I know make New Year’s resolutions, manage to give up on them in defeat within two weeks, and feel like failures for the rest of the year because they…
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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…
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A Wonderful Summer Solstice
Photo by littlesprite; used with permission; all rights reserved. With rain on the horizon, a lot of local Solstice rituals were cancelled because they were weather dependent. Or because it was just way too hot outside. Neither was a problem for us. The weather cooled down the moment the circle was cast, the mosquitoes we’d…
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Threshold Days: Springing into a Bright Future with the Vernal Equinox
***Cool blueprint in the sky photo by Jenny Leigh Happy Spring! Today is a great time to make plans. It’s a threshold day. I mean TODAY, not any “today.” TODAY, this afternoon and evening in particular. Whether you have plans for a ritual celebration or don’t even bother to note the date on the calendar,…