New Year New Moon
What do we need? What shall we seed? Hindsight, foresight, 20/20 vision. Omen days long by gone New Year's New Moon beckons The Cailleach is not yet done! At this New Year 2018 dark moon, the...
View ArticleBride's Breastplate
What follows is a modern prayer cast along traditional lines. As a magical prayer of shielding and protection—hence the title—it could, of course, be made to any god or goddess. But in this midwinter...
View ArticleA Time of Birth and Renewal
Greetings, readers! Today (or yesterday, depending on how you count) is Imbolc, an ancient Celtic festival celebrating new life and considered historically to be the first day of spring. The holiday is...
View ArticleImbolc - Welcoming Brighid, welcoming Spring
The word Imbolc stems from the older Celtic Oimelc, which means "of milk" or "in the belly". Traditionally it was a time when the ewes from the sheep flocks began to lactate, having just given birth....
View ArticleSummer review 2018
Lovely fall is upon us! Kirk Thomas is wrapping up the last of what can be done this year at White Mountain Druid Sanctuary. Samona’s Shrine has some more details completed that are hard to see. We...
View ArticleAn Imbolc Mystery: Brigid and the Making of Vows
In the velvet darkness between the worlds, a welcoming light shines bright and steady. Here Brigid tends Her holy well and sacred flame, offering up their life-transforming magic that grants the gifts...
View ArticleLá Fhéile Bríde
A time of magic and transformation, sacred to the goddess Brighid, is upon us at the eve of Imbolc, Lá Fhéile Bríde as it is known in Irish and Là Fhèill Brìghde as it is known in Scottish Gaelic....
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