OPENING THOUGHTS OF GOATS AND ELVES... ...AND THE YULE CAT, TOO O! MISTLETOE! SO MANY YULE TRADITIONS Yule means feast . Or maybe wheel . However, Scandinavian visitors to Candlegrove tell me that the association of Yule with wheel (a fond belief you will find in many places) is a myth. The two words have about as much similarity in their language as in English. The debate points out how ...

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

Selena's Guide to Planning Pagan Weddings Planning Your Handfasting: Pagan Wedding Considerations for Couples by Selena Fox Take time to reflect on these issues and discuss options with each other as part of your preparations for your handfasting or other Pagan wedding. By working together in deciding the answers to these questions, you can strengthen your process of communication and decision ...

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

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

Ritual of Samhain by John Gibson Copyright 1995 John Gibson All Rights Reserved May be reposted as long as the above attribution and copyright notice are retained Items needed: cauldron & heatproof base alcohol matches Bi/le image salt for Mana/nnan grain for Danu honey for Bi/le milk & bread for the land spirits milk jug libation bowl white pillar candle birch scented oil incense burner & ...

Summer Solstice By G. de Purucker We now celebrate the third of the great spiritual and psychical events of the esoteric year, the initiation cycle centering in the Summer Solstice; we celebrate in teaching and by spiritual and intellectual suggestion the actual events of the initiations which take place at this time elsewhere on the surface of the globe. It is a most suggestive thought, and one ...

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Samhain Ritual This was actually the first Sabbat ritual I ever wrote. I'm not going to say that it is the best thing I've ever written, but I feel it's decent enough, and it carries a deep significance to me. I hope you can use and enjoy it! The altar is adorned with a wreath of dried grapevines and colored leaves. A black altar candle is used to represent the death of the God. Cast the circle ...

Bardic Beltane Ritual By The White Bard , Dragonhart Cove, Phoenix, AZ -------------------------------------------------------------- The BARD should stand to the WEST, unless otherwise specified in the ritual. BELTANE RITUAL: May Day -by the White Bard Materials: One cauldron, filled with water a wreath of flowers for the MAIDEN the Maiden should wear white, if possible two wooden swords ...

A Tribute to the Handfasting of Scotcat and Tsighini ...

The Sisters of the Silver Branch is a women's Pagan study and ritual group that meets in the Northern Virginia/Washington, D.C. area. This is the text of our Imbolc ritual in 1998.

The Sisters of the Silver Branch is a women's Pagan study and ritual group that meets in the Northern Virginia/Washington, D.C. area. We focus primarily, but not exclusively, on Irish and British mysteries. We are NOT exclusively Goddess-oriented, but honor the aspects of the God as equal partners to the aspects of the Goddess and that we each manifest both God and Goddess within.

Litha 1995 A Midsummer ritual, for four people. The South Warden opens the Circle. South: Now is the time of summer, when the heat steams from the earth, the lakes grow warm, and the breezes bring heat with them, as well as rain. I invoke the warden of the South, Paralda. West: Now is the time of summer, when the rains fall hot and bring with them heat and making the air wet, soaking the earth.