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 ...
Monarch Butterfly on Sunchoke flowers by Brennah Cavanaugh Photography LLC "For the world is not painted or adorned, but is from the beginning beautiful; and God has not made some beautiful things, but Beauty is the creator of the universe." --Ralph Waldo Emerson Truly studying the patterns of nature will always bring us eventually to God. Lately I've been reading the book A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: The Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, ...
Hello dear friends!This is in part my annual reminder that I make around this time of year, especially as we are entering into the dark season, to slow down. My aim in the programs and events that I offer at Crossing Hedgerows is to offer this deep connection for young and old alike. And I couldn't do it without all the background work that my family does to help make it possible. So I want to publicly ...
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod Eugene Field 1850 – 1895 Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe,— Sailed on a river of crystal light Into a sea of dew. "Where are you going, and what do you wish?" The old moon asked the three. "We have come to fish for the herring-fish That live in this beautiful sea; Nets of silver and gold have we," Said Wynken, Blynken, And Nod. The ...
I promised you all that I would share more about the Prisca Theologia and Mystery School tradition which I've embarked on. It really extends from the alchemical principles and mythology I learned in my Druid studies and expands out to an understanding of how all religions are teaching the same truths. The following video gives a tiny sampling of how this works. https://youtube.com/shorts/j_26M4Mog3M?feature=share One question which many of you may have is how polytheism and monotheism ...