EARTH DANCE 2002, August 16-18, Hard Labor Creek State Park! EARTH DANCE 2002 August 16-18, Hard Labor Creek State Park, Rutledge, GA PHOTOS FROM EARTH DANCE 2001 EARTH DANCE Registration 2002 Gatherings In The Southeast Women of Wyrd Webring! Women Of Wyrd is for those who are interested in Forna Seden or the Old Ways of Medieval Britannia, Scandinavia, and Germanic heathendom. Contents: New ...

An archive of Quarter Calls, prayers, chants, invocations, meditations, starlore, rites-of-passage, and much, much more!

History, information, lore and activities for the Wiccan and Pagan Holidays ...

Long article by B.A. Robinson includes a section on midsummer celebrations in ancient and modern times and includes references.

Each equinox and solstice brings with it pagan rites and festivals. Provides a calendar of equinox and solstice festivals and link to more information.

An annotated & illustrated collection of worldwide links to mythologies, fairy tales & folklore, sacred arts & sacred traditions by Kathleen Jenks, Ph.D.

An annotated & illustrated collection of worldwide links to mythologies, fairy tales & folklore, sacred arts & sacred traditions by Kathleen Jenks, Ph.D.

The myth of Samhain: Celtic god of the dead Click Here to Visit our Sponsors. Overview: Identifying Samhain as a Celtic Death God is one of the most tenacious errors associated with Halloween. Almost all stories about the origin of Halloween correctly state that Halloween had its origins among the ancient Celts and is based on their Feast of Samhain. But many contemporary Christian authors ...

Ostara - Mist and Wings This poem was written after the gigantic Nor'Easter that locked down Boston on April 2nd, 1997. Three feet of snow in 24 hours is pretty impressive, and I wrote this poem after slogging through that snow to go sledding, and then watching it all melt in the 50-degree weather that followed. Dampness swirling in the lamplight Narnian and silent, she is waiting Watching as ...

An annotated & illustrated collection of worldwide links to mythologies, fairy tales & folklore, sacred arts & sacred traditions by Kathleen Jenks, Ph.D.

The Summer Solstice Let's pretend, for the moment, that you're the person standing on the Earth in the picture to the left, living in Topeka, Kansas, around 40&deg N latitude. The picture on the left shows the view from the solar system (upper panel), and from on the surface of the earth (lower panel). Notice that some of the same features are labelled on each panel. The upper panel shows that ...

Halloween, or as we say Samhain. Tons of spooky info!

Article covers May Day customs from many cultures.

MYTH*ING LINKS An Annotated & Illustrated Collection of Worldwide Links to Mythologies, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Sacred Arts & Sacred Traditions by Kathleen Jenks, Ph.D. Lammas, lughnasaDH Author's Note: Lammas comes between August first and second. It is a hot, lazy, delicious time of the year. Bees buzz in the heat of the day, the air is still, and the force of the sun remains strong, even ...

Learn Wicca / Wicca 101 / Faerie Tradition The Sabbats of Wicca Because witches honor nature, they have eight festivals, or Sabbats, that mark the year as it turns through its seasons. The following is basic information about these Sabbats, and includes both standard Wiccan information as well as my personal Sabbat lore and experiences, in other words, what I perceive the Sabbats to be. Samhain ...

The Witches' Voice offers the latest (updated daily) in news and networking for the Modern Witch, Wiccan and Pagan Community.

Article by Ruth Reichmann, Max Kade German-American Center, Indiana University includes links for further information.

Irish Fire Festivals: Imbolc or An Fheill Bhr de Kym ni Dhoireann (originally appearing in THiNK! Vol. 2, Issue 1 Winter/Imbolc 1996-97) Early on Bride's morn The serpent shall come from the hole, I will not molest the serpent, Nor will the serpent molest me. (Carmina Gadelica, Alexander Carmichael, Lindisfarne Press pg.583) Imbolc (im-molc), also called An Fheill Bhride (The Feast of Brighid) ...

Halloween: The Pagan Festival of Samhain Paganism, and Druidry especially, recognise eight feasts durring the yearly cycle or the Eight Fold Year. These celebrations are based upon a deep and mysterious connection between our individual lives and the source of this planet s life. Like any other religious ocassion, these Pagan holidays are marked by special observances. The most popular festival, ...

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Article by The Church of Y Tylwyth Teg.

Information about Time 365 days(Interactive 'EBOOK' part of Mystical World Wide Web, designed as one of the fastest sites on the mystical.) ...

Halloween: from a Wiccan / Neopagan perspective ...

Irish Fire Festivals: Samhain Kym ni Dhoireann (First published in THiNK!Vol. 2, issue 4 Samhain/Winter 1997) This is the favorite season for most Pagans and Witches. Or it might be the most irritating. Samhain is perhaps the most important holiday for both Witches and Irish Pagans; but it is also the Christian holiday of All Saint's Eve, which is not heavily celebrated in our country, and the ...

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Irish Fire Festivals: Beltaine Kym ni Dhoireann (First published in THiNK! Vol.2, issue 2 Spring/Beltaine 1997) Ahh.... Bell -Tayne, that time when the blood runs hot and lust is in the heart of all. When Maypole dances are done to celebrate the union of The Father Solar God Bel and The Great Mother Goddess. When the people could look forward to the easy living ahead during the summer months.

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Irish Fire Festivals: Lughnasadh Kym ni Dhoireann (First published in THiNK! Vol. 2, issue 3 Summer/Lughnasadh 1997) Lughnasadh (loo-na-sa) is another holiday name which is often used for practices not originally associated with the Irish meaning. It is often difficult to separate its modern celebration from the Anglo-Saxon Lammas, although these holidays were probably very different in function ...

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History, information, lore and activities for the Pagan Holiday of Imbolc ...

A guide to Circle Sanctuary, it's resources and Pagan/Nature Religious practices ...

The Celtic New Year Celtic Feast of Samhain: Celtic New Year November 1 is the Celtic feast of Samhain. Samhain, Gaelic for summer's end, was the most important of the ancient Celtic feasts. The Celts honored the intertwining forces of existence: darkness and light, night and day, cold and heat, death and life. Celtic knotwork represents this intertwining. The Celts observed time as proceeding ...

The Harvest of the Grain by Rita Foust August 1st marks the Celtic holiday of Lughnasadh (pronounced loo-na-sa), which is the beginning of the grain harvest. The importance of grain to life is evident in virtually every deity structure in every religion on Earth. The entire preparation of grain from seed to harvest parallels the life-in-death and death-in-life aspects of the Great Goddess, ...

Summer history, dates, recipies, e greetings, and related links ...

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The Witches' Voice offers the latest (updated daily) in news and networking for the Modern Witch, Wiccan and Pagan Community.

This site describes the upcoming sabbats, and gives an idea of how to celebrate them.

History, information, lore and activities for the Pagan Holiday of Beltane ...

Imbolc or Candlemas is a Sabbat that celebrates the midwinter and the return of the sun. As the days begin to get longer, it is tradition for every candle or lamp in the house to be lit for a little while welcoming the return of the Sun. Reverence of the snow is also a part of this celebration. Some symbols or tools to have for present for ritual include a representation of a white flower, ...

This is the home of the Mabon Sabbat and Harvest Home and a Welsh festival of GWYL CANOL HYDREF, Begins sundown, September 21 day before Equinox. this is the Day of the Aspen and is a Harvest festival. The Horned God is mourned by the Goddess.

Find out the true meaning of what is referred to today as halloween. The Witches New Year is a positive for celebration...

Samhain Night tomorrow as you watch your costumed children, remember bonnie. eyes behind those masks, bodies decked with fantasy. bonnie will be there. carved pumpkins welcome visiting beloved friends. come on in, bonnie. set an extra place at the samhain night table for a guest gone beyond. weave another wreath with all my love for bonnie cast it on the fire. love just doesn't die though our ...

Norse Holidays and Festivals The ancient Germanic/Norse year was divided into two seasons: Summer and Winter. Summer began at the festival of Eostre, close to the Spring Equinox, and Winter began at the festival of Winternights, close to the Autumn Equinox. Between these two festivals was the festival of Midsummer (Lithasblot) at the Summer Solstice, and the festival of Jul (Yule), at the Winter ...

LUGHNASADH Kathleen Dupree The grain is ripe for harvest. Apple trees and gardens bear forth the fruits of summer. This is the time of Lughnasadh, the ancient Celtic festival held in celebration of the first fruits of the harvest. The modern Irish spelling, L nasa, is the name of the month of August in Irish Gaelic. Lughnasadh, an older spelling, is often used to designate the name of the ...

A Page From the KIDPROJ Multi-Cultural Calendar Midsommar // Midsummer - Sweden by Marikk Henriksson , Anna Ekl f floating date June Midsummer Midsummer holiday Midsummer is a very old holiday. It was a feast to celebrate the longestday of the year. Long ago it was a pagan holiday to make the gods give rich harvests. Today we celebrate midsummer on the Friday and Saturday between the 20th and ...

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Samhain (celtic new year), halloween history, dates, recipies, send greetings, and related links ...

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An article from Widdershins, the Northwest's finest Pagan newspaper.

An article from Widdershins, the Northwest's finest Pagan newspaper.