Dance under the September Full Moon! Walk a labyrinth in honor of Ariadne. Leave an offering of seven pennies on the beach for Yemaya. Sweeten your intentions in a honey ritual to Oshun. Honor Marie Laveau as a magckal Ancestress. Read the writings of Hildegard von Bingen as invocations to the Goddess Sophia. Explore the […]
Goddess Spirituality
Free Autumn Equinox Goddess Meditation CIrcle – The Mourning of Demeter
Fall Equinox is the balance of dark and light, day and night, and the drama of the descent of the Goddess throughout multiple cultures and traditions reflects the equinox: Demeter and Persephone, Inanna and Ereshkigal, Isis and Nephthys. The sweet sorrow of the Autumn season acknowledges that decay and death are always inevitable and that […]
Goddess EveryDay – The Black Madonnas by Kimberly Moore
She is the Our Lady of the Tree, Rock, Sea and Cave Beloved Mother of Wisdom, You are Black and Beautiful! She is the Madonna of Fire and Water Beloved Mother of Wisdom, You are Black and Beautiful! She is the Madonna of High Places, and of places deep within the earth. Beloved Mother of […]
The Mother Heart of the Goddess by Renee Starr
“We are born of love; Love is our mother.” ~ Rumi Primordial, elemental, and ancient, The Goddess as Mother can be found in almost every creation myth in almost every culture, and when not featured as the creatrix of all life, She is known as The Divine Feminine essence that supports The Divine Masculine. The […]
Pain and Pausing by Molly Remer
“I pin my hopes to quiet processes and small circles, in which vital and transforming events take place.” —Rufus Jones Last year in August, I wrote here at FAR about my own pattern of getting sick each July and the steps I have been taking over the last three years to change that pattern for […]
Gathering in Abundance – Honouring Lammas by Michelle Boxley
Dear ones, the Wheel of the Year is about turn once again. This time we are honouring the festival of Lammas. Lammas takes place on August 1st and is the first of the Harvest festivals. If you’re new to working with the wheel of the year, it may well be that you haven’t come across […]
Midsummer Magic – Celebrating the Summer Solstice by Caireann Frasca
Summer Solstice, also known as Midsummer, Litha in the Celtic Pagan tradition, and Alban Hefin to the Druids, has been celebrated since the Neolithic period, and is one of the most magical times of the year. Usually occurring sometime between June 19th and 23rd in the Northern Hemisphere, this longest day–and shortest night–of the year […]
Wisdom, Whimsy & Wonder – New Moon in Gemini by Michelle Boxley
Dearest moonbeams, we are just about to complete another lunar cycle as we enter into the dark moon phase today. Tomorrow, we welcome in the New Moon in Gemini. Gemini is the third sign of the zodiac and we continue our journey of the self which we began with the New Moon in Aries. Last […]
Kali Ma – The Red Goddess by Renee Starr
In every culture there are one or more goddesses who are archetypes of the ‘Red Goddess.’ This name is often used to describe a goddess who is powerful but dark, evil, or destructive. However, I see the Red Goddess as representing something else. For me, she is the goddess of many facets of our feminine […]
The Warrior Heart of the Goddess by Renee Starr
“You are a warrior. All those other things, they are the glass that contains the lamp, but you are the light inside.” – Cassandra Clare Fierce, powerful, terrifying, and protective, The Goddess as warrior is the aspect of feminine power which possesses the power to create and destroy. She is the nature of time, and […]
