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Dusk to Bedtime Evening Ritual and Prayers

 

In the Celtic Tradition – Dusk is actually the beginning of the day and not the end of the day. It can be interesting to see how it feels to approach your 24 hours like this. As evening sets in you are preparing for a good start of your day rather then trying to finish up undone tasks from the day.

Dusk is a time that holds some psychological challenges as well as some sacred potentials and an evening ritual provides structure and support and guidance through this luminous time and the transition from waking to sleep.

Spend some time to bring forth an a short evening ritual, some prayers you make up yourself, and /or some Inner work, that honors […]

2015-02-09T14:55:02-05:00Nature, Thriving, Woman As Shaman Priestess Practices, Woman's Altar|0 Comments
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Closing Out The Year

The Wheel has turned in the Gregorian Calendar and we are at another new beginning. A fresh start -we love that!

Today we closed the gift receiving of last year by completing the shuffle of the new refrigerator into the old spot in the kitchen and the old refrigerator into a new spot in the mud room. Hooray!

I was reminiscing today about Winter Solstice, Christmas, New Year’s Eve – those markers in our life which signal a confluence of energies and realizations that help to make us who we are and impact how we move through life.

Winter Solstice- Divine and Chaos

Our Winter Solsitce this year was full! Very full :-)

Wonder filled in its fullness – and also chaotically filled with last minute surprises.

Everyone in […]

2018-06-15T18:34:45-04:00Articles, Thriving, Wheel of the Year, Woman As Shaman Priestess Practices|0 Comments
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From the Shadows – Descending to Emerge Journey 4

Read Arriving Back on Avalon ~Descending To Emerge Journey 1 here; The Training -Descending to Emerge Journey 2 here; Initiations ~Descending to Emerge Journey 3 here

It is night and I am again sleeping in the little cavern room under the Tor.

I am awaken by a Sister Priestess and Moon Dragon is with her. They motion for me to follow and I slip on a robe and follow them.

I am surprisingly awake.

The Sister has a torch she is carrying and Mood Dragon glows on her own.

We travel deeper into the Tor caverns and it gets darker. It is chilly but I realize that I have my travel […]

2018-06-15T18:34:45-04:00Journeys|0 Comments
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Winter Woman

“When winter comes to a woman’s soul, she withdraws into her inner self, her deepest spaces. She refuses all connection, refutes all arguments that she should engage in the world. She may say she is resting, but she is more than resting: She is creating a new universe within herself, examining and breaking old patterns, destroying what should not be revived, feeding in secret what needs to thrive.

Winter women are those who bring into the next cycle what should be saved. They are the deep conservators of knowledge and power. Not for nothing did ancient peoples honour the grandmother. In her calm deliberateness, she winters over our truth, she freezes out false-heartedness.

Look into her eyes, this winter woman. In […]

2015-02-09T15:12:40-05:00Cultivate Thriving, Thriving|0 Comments
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New Life New Year New Beginnings

“We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives…not looking for flaws, but for potential.” – Ellen Goodman
#NewLife #NewYear #Beginnings

2015-02-09T14:55:39-05:00Contemplations, Thriving, Wheel of the Year|0 Comments
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New Life New Year Well Wishes

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.
Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something.
Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, Do it.
Make your mistakes, next year and forever.”
– Neil Gaiman
#NewLife #NewYear

2015-02-09T14:56:01-05:00Contemplations, Thriving, Wheel of the Year|0 Comments
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Your Deepest Desires

“May Light always surround you;
Hope kindle and rebound you.
May your Hurts turn to Healing;
Your Heart embrace Feeling.
May Wounds become Wisdom;
Every Kindness a Prism.
May Laughter infect you;
Your Passion resurrect you.
May Goodness inspire
your Deepest Desires.
Through all that you Reach For,
May your arms Never Tire.”
― D. Simone
#NewLife #NewYear #Beginnings

2015-02-09T14:56:30-05:00Contemplations, Thriving|0 Comments
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Walking At The Pace Of Nature

Walking at the Pace of Nature is a moving meditation for when you are hunting for the soul of your Wortcunner Nature attraction.

As a Wortcunner working with the Plants you learn to be sensitive to the energy trackways that reach out to you as you move around in Nature. They are webs of energy that act as messengers of the deeper soul, spirit, and consciousness that move within every point of Nature. As you come into resonance with these energy webstreams you may find that they prompt floods of ancestral memory within you. 

To bring your self into resonance with the Pace of Nature, settle your self and begin slow and steady Breathing. Get a sense […]

2018-06-15T18:34:45-04:00Articles, Wortcunner|0 Comments
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Christmas – a bit more

“It came without ribbons! It came without tags! It came without packages, boxes or bags!”… Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! “Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more!” ~Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
#Christmas #Ritual #Celebrations

2014-12-15T17:11:40-05:00Contemplations, Wheel of the Year|0 Comments
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Initiations~ Descending to Emerge: Journey 3

Read Arriving Back on Avalon ~Descending To Emerge Journey 1 here ; The Training ~ Descending to Emerge Journey 2 here

I begin this journey in the caverns of the Tor.

I wake in a bed in the little Cavern Rooms under the Tor. It is morning.

I dress causally and am asked to come again to the circle of the Council of Nine.

My Avalon Guide and Moon Dragon are already there. I talk first for I sense that otherwise I won’t have the opportunity to speak – “I have come to understand more about how The Tor is used in the initiations of the Avalon Priestess”.

Lots […]

2015-01-28T11:30:06-05:00Journeys, Woman As Shaman Priestess Practices|0 Comments
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Winter Solstice-The Shortest Day

The Shortest Day:
“So the shortest day came, and the year died,
And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world
Came people singing, dancing,
To drive the dark away.
They lighted candles in the winter trees;
They hung their homes with evergreen;
They burned beseeching fires all night long
To keep the year alive,
And when the new year’s sunshine blazed awake
They shouted, revealing.
Through all the frosty ages you can hear them
Echoing behind us – Listen!!
All the long echoes sing the same delight,
This shortest day,
As promise wakens in the sleeping land:
They carol, feast, give thanks,
And dearly love their friends,
And hope for peace.
And so do we, here, now,
This year and every year.
Welcome Yule!!”
Susan Cooper
#WinterSolstice #Celebration #Ritual

2014-12-15T16:53:20-05:00Contemplations, Wheel of the Year|0 Comments
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The Yule Log

The Yule log is a remnant of the bonfires that the European pagans would set ablaze at the time of winter solstice. These bonfires symbolized the return of the Sun.

The Yule log can be made of many types of wood. Each releases its own kind of magic and felt sense from the Trees:

  • Aspen- invokes understanding of the grand design.
  • Birch- a messenger of new beginnings and the ability to develop magic
  • Rowan- elixir for long life and luminance quality to the body
  • Holly-is a tree of mystery and hidden secrets with a fresh and playful nature.
  • Oak- power, strength,protection, and change for the better
  • Pine- signifies expansion, freedom, prosperity and growth.
  • Willow- will whisper to your dreams and give you support that you need in times of stress
  • Apple- an invitation to walk […]
2014-12-15T17:09:39-05:00Wheel of the Year, Woman As Shaman Priestess Practices, Woman's Altar|0 Comments
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Winter Solstice – Solstice Wassail

On Winter Solstice you can build a bonfire and sing songs with a mug of Solstice Wassail – recipe below:

Its long steeping time envelops your home in the cozy scent of cinnamon and cloves. Adding a liquor like brandy, to taste, will put some spirits in your holiday spirit. Serves 6–8.

2 pints and 1/4 cup brown ale or winter ale

3 or 4 cinnamon sticks

4 cloves

zest from half a lemon

4 apples

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

1 cup port

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground all spice

1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

Preheat oven to 350° F.

In a large saucepan, pour in two pints of ale. Add the cinnamon sticks, lemon zest and cloves and bring to a simmer over low heat.

Score apples around their circumferences with a knife. […]

2014-12-15T17:10:03-05:00Contemplations, Recipes, Wheel of the Year|0 Comments
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