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 […]
Wheel of the Year
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 […]
Summer Solstice Fairy Queens by Rebecca Broomfield
The magical wheel has turned once more and here we are at the Summer Solstice or Litha as it is known as a Pagan Sabbat. Summer solstice is traditionally celebrated on 20th/21st June in the Northern hemisphere and signifies the longest day and shortest night of the year. From this day forth the light begins […]
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 […]
Free Summer Solstice Goddess Aine Meditation Circle 6/20 – MotherHouse Goddess Temple
As the Sun reaches its zenith in the sky, we step into the glorious magick that is the Summer Solstice. I am absolutely delighted to welcome Guest Priestess Michelle Boxley from Sisters of the Moon for our free Summer Solstice Goddess Aine Meditation Circle. Join us on a journey to the Celtic Otherworld with Goddess […]
Creating our own Beltaine Magick! by Marisa McCall
Every year, my husband, daughter, and I sit down and discuss how we want to celebrate key HolyDays and Festivals in our home. We have some of the usual suspects that you’d expect in a home with an 8-year old girl (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Birthdays, Halloween, etc.). Per her request, we also have Diwali and Spring […]
Beltane and the Queens of the May by Caireann Frasca
If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow Don’t be alarmed now It’s just a spring clean for the May Queen… -Jimmy Page & Robert Plant, “Stairway to Heaven” I was very fortunate to grow up in the 1970s, with parents who loved music. On Sundays, especially, the house was always filled with the sounds […]
Beltane- Creating a Connection with the Fae by Rebecca Broomfield
The Wheel of the Year has turned once more and we reach the magical time of Beltane or Beltaine (Irish). This is one of the cross quarter fire ceremonies in the Celtic wheel and is opposite to Samhain. It is commonly celebrated on 1st May in Britain, but also on 30th April known as Beltane […]
Beltane Moon by Molly Remer
I didn’t just stop to smell the lilacs I sang to them too praising their beauty as I pressed my nose into their blooms. I rolled redbud flowers across my tongue and ate dandelions straight from the stem feeling yellow petals in my teeth. I savored the flavor of a violet and rubbed mint leaves […]
Floral Feng Shui by Gwynne Warner
“The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers. “ {Matsuo Basho} Color and fragrance are two of the classic ways to adjust and uplift an environment for more harmonious Feng Shui and using fresh flowers is such a beautiful, easy and affordable way to feel an instantaneous transformation. […]
