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November 2012
Further into the Soul of Darkness at Samhain
Though I cannot say what I do not know, I believe there is an end for those who suffer faithfully....more
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September 2012
Those that Remain as the Year Turns Toward Winter
Evergreens. Amid the hot dust of autumn stand the evergreens....more
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July/August 2012
Faith Lost or Found at Lughnasadh?
To the sensitive, or to the frail, life can be a crude shock. Senses honed to evening, to moonlight...more
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June 2012
Tales of Soul Told at Summer
Everyone has a story. The tale from generations ago winding into the scene before you – reading these words...more
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April 2012
Passion of Life Found at Beltaine
She is the beauty of the year. Danu, Queen of May, resplendent in green, gold, soil, and clear air...more
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February 2012
Living in the Moment at Imbolg
In the moment – in the world. Much is made of living in the moment, but such talk flies...more
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December 2011
From Darkness into Light – Finding Reason in the Season
It is the midnight of the year – a moment out of time that is not before or after...more
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November 2011
November Winds Herald Creativity of Soul and Soil
In the 1980s, information technology company Hewlett-Packard ran a series of commercials...more
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October 2011
Samhain Swirls In as Autumn Passes Away
With each passing year, my respect for the swirling duality of the primary festivals of the Celtic...more
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September 2011
Summer recedes to ground as nature turns to autumn
Soon enough the days and my hands will again fall cold. The harvest moon on September 12 warms...more
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July/August 2011
Finding Fruit in the Harvest of Life at Lughnasadh
Mine is a common tale, could happen to anyone. The lengthy marriage relationship gone awry...more
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June 2011
Timelessness of Days Found in the Summer Solstice
Before it can be held, time is gone. On June 21, at 10:16 AM, the summer solstice...more
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May 2011
UNTIL WE HAVE FACES
The creation of unique identity and purpose in our world, and the next...more
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April 2011
Past and Future Joined at Beltaine
Darkness dreamt into light at Imbolg gave form to the seed planted at the outset of spring...more
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March 2011
Strength and Solace Found in the Blessing of St. Patrick
A new season nears. On March 20 at 4:21 PM PST, the vernal equinox begins our spring.....more
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February 2011
Brigid's Light Emerges on Changed Landscape
So comes the dawn. Night has joined with day, spirit joins with matter and something stirs deep inside, the leap is made.....more
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November 2010
Samhain Transcends Bounds of Time
Time is difficult to define. In fact – outside of human demand for the structure of it – it is possible time exists not at all.....more
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October 2010
The End that Begins at Samhain
It is the end of the Celtic year. On Samhain, October 31, the year will slide with due frenzy into newness on November 1. The magical round of life in a year and a day – birth, emergence, fruition, harvest into death....more
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July 2010
Time Whispers through Harvest of Lughnasadh
Time, the great deceiver. Though Lughnasadh, the onset of harvest and the Celtic autumn, nears on August 1, fruition of harvest is never guaranteed....more
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June 2010
Transformation in the Season of Solstice
Passage: Transition from one state
or condition to another, death ....more
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May 2010
As it was, so it shall be at Beltaine
With a rustle in the trees, a green leaf unfurled, the season of Beltaine rushes on......more
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April 2010
Nature’s Greening Found in Beltaine Fires
Spring and love, the foundations of Beltaine, are an emergence of divinity into human life.....more
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March 2010
Song of Spring Sings to Heart and Mind
Perhaps never so sweetly sing the sparrows this year....more
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February 2010
Creative Fire Fashioned in the Vessels of Brigit
The old Irish word for the deepest part of winter is “dubluachair,” literally a “black brightness."...more
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December 2009
Heart Fires Glimmer in the Light of Solstice
“…Long lay the world in sin and error pining,
til He appear’d and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,...more
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