Today is the vernal equinox. It is the time when day and night are of equal length. We celebrate the balance between dark and light (the sun and the moon), not only in the sky, but within ourselves. Over the years we have enacted this concept through our Druidic Alban Eiler ritual, walking into the light half of the year through the gateway of the merging of the sun and the moon. We understand this is an ...
What if you knew someone who was cutting themself and you took them to a psychiatrist, and instead of seeking the underlying reason why the person was so distraught as to be cutting themself you were told that cutting yourself is a perfectly ok thing to do. You were told in fact that we should support this person by giving them medication that masks the deeper issues and makes them feel alright about cutting themself. And you ...
I've noticed there has been a lot of uproar about Kings lately. So I thought it might be appropriate to delve into the meaning of true kingship from the perspective of ancient cultures. I'm going to use as an example the kings of ancient Ireland as discussed in The Book of the Great Queen by Morpheus Ravenna. She lays out extensive research from primary sources in her book which you can find referenced there. Also, having read ...
Saturday, June 14th at 10 am In alchemy, the element of air is about the mind, the intellect, and creativity. It is the life-giving force of the breath of God. How are we dreaming our world into existence with the beliefs we hold? How can we know what is true? We'll begin with a meditation and song, followed by our topic discussion. Then we'll play around with making charcoal drawings. Using charcoal from our fire pit, we can ...
https://youtube.com/shorts/Q5i-7VtLsro?feature=share A couple of our members donated their leftover pumpkins to us for the chickens this past week. As you can see in the video, the chickens appreciated it very much... to the point that some were not wanting to share! So I ended up bringing in another pumpkin for them, as there were plenty to go around! Each chicken area got some pumpkins, and they were all very happy indeed. Pumpkin seeds are a ...
One of the herbs we have in our Paw Paw, Aronia Berry guild is Lady's Mantle. She is one of the magical flora of the Druid tradition. "One of the most striking characteristics of this graceful plant is the way its leaves gather dewdrops. During the night the leaves fold like umbrellas, opening in the morning to reveal their watery treasure. Dew has been considered to have magical properties since ancient times, when in the Celtic ...
During our Samhain ritual, we honored the Cailleach, whose work encompasses death and decay. She is the hag of winter and the face of the goddess who is the crone. Many traditions have Holy Ones who embody this. Here at Crossing Hedgerows Farm, we recently built a new chicken coop. One of the reasons I wanted to do this, was so we could have a dirt floor and keep a compost pile going inside the coop for ...
This is the time of year in our part of the world where we see what looks like mass death beginning to happen all around us. We likely all are aware of how this kind of death leads to transformation and the eventual springing forth of every manner of life. Likewise when tragedies, disappointments, or fallow times come our way, we never know what transformations it will lead to in our own lives. turkey tail ...
Excavating a fallen log, a little native bee works busily away to build a nest for her offspring. Blossoms of wild geranium, violets, and anemones peek out here and there. Insects go about their business breaking down the detritus that would overwhelm us if not for them. The alchemy of creating life out of death goes on constantly under our feet, in a world that mostly goes unnoticed.Oftentimes, that is the way of things... the true stars ...