Candle dressed and lit for Alban Eiler. The colours represent the juncture where icy winter meets spring greening, with a bindrune comprised of Sowilo (the Sun) and Inguz (a seed).
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The sacred space earlier today, after having performed the druidic ritual for Alban Eiler, the festival of the Spring Equinox. May the Gods guide us ever as the wheel turns onward and bears us deeper into Sunna's warm embrace. Blessings to all!
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As we stand at this liminal place, may we step forward into the increasing light of Alban Eiler in the company of those forebears whose own feet walked these ancient ways before us. And may the Gods ever guide us as we behold their dynamic energy in the awakening world.
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My coven gathers outdoors with the full moon. There's something about practicing witchcraft in the open air that can't be beat. So despite the cold, we went into the woods, near a lake and practiced our scrying. Have you ever tried scrying, or are you interested in how to do it? Read on...
Scrying is a form of divination in which the practitioner uses a medium to see images. It has been practiced across time, by peoples from all over the world.
What is the nature of the things you see? There's no definitive answer to that. Some will say you see things from past/present/future, others will say that it gives you a glimpse into your subconscious, some see it as a way to commune with deities.
How to do it?
There's many different methods and techniques, so what works for me might not work for you. We started with a meditation to open up. It helps to still your mind and to consciously go into an altered state where you are receptive to signs and signals.
We worked with a moonlit lake and the starry sky.
Fix your gaze on one point, and relax. Let thoughts slip from your mind and gaze at one spot. Things may start to appear in your peripheral vision, but you shouldn't try to look at them directly (because usually they will disappear as soon as you try to chase them).
Try not to immediately interpret what you see, but keep your mind quiet. Interpretation comes later.
It might take some experimentation and practice, like many things it becomes easier as you do it more often.
After you finish scrying, you don't want to leave yourself this open. So cleanse, close and protect yourself. Never forget to say a word of thanks to the place and the medium that you used.
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Scrying is a form of divination in which the practitioner uses a medium to see images. It has been practiced across time, by peoples from all over the world.
What is the nature of the things you see? There's no definitive answer to that. Some will say you see things from past/present/future, others will say that it gives you a glimpse into your subconscious, some see it as a way to commune with deities.
How to do it?
There's many different methods and techniques, so what works for me might not work for you. We started with a meditation to open up. It helps to still your mind and to consciously go into an altered state where you are receptive to signs and signals.
We worked with a moonlit lake and the starry sky.
Fix your gaze on one point, and relax. Let thoughts slip from your mind and gaze at one spot. Things may start to appear in your peripheral vision, but you shouldn't try to look at them directly (because usually they will disappear as soon as you try to chase them).
Try not to immediately interpret what you see, but keep your mind quiet. Interpretation comes later.
It might take some experimentation and practice, like many things it becomes easier as you do it more often.
After you finish scrying, you don't want to leave yourself this open. So cleanse, close and protect yourself. Never forget to say a word of thanks to the place and the medium that you used.
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Dhá Dhrom, Canfea, or the Ardgroom Stone Circle in the Beara Peninsula in Ireland.
Stone circles, dolmen, burial mounds and springs are important in my practice as places of power. These ancestral sites are tremendously powerful. These are the thin places, and by becoming still you can commune with the spirits of place. By honouring these spaces you step into the traditions of ancient humans, and you take your natural place as a being that is part of this great web.
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Stone circles, dolmen, burial mounds and springs are important in my practice as places of power. These ancestral sites are tremendously powerful. These are the thin places, and by becoming still you can commune with the spirits of place. By honouring these spaces you step into the traditions of ancient humans, and you take your natural place as a being that is part of this great web.
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My simple Imbolc candle decorated and consecrated on my sacred space in preparation for lighting tomorrow. The rune is Berkanan, the Birch, which signifies new beginnings. The cord represents the threads of wyrd with which the turning wheel of the seasons is inextricably bound.
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Greetings from Germany and blessings to all. As the turning wheel brings us shortly to Imbolc, may we prepare to honour the waxing of the light and the approach of spring with a renewed mindfulness of the Gods, that we may increasingly awaken to the wisdom to which they point.
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Blessings on Sunna’s Day.
May the Gods guide your steps
And enlighten your way,
And the ancient lore shine ever brighter
As you walk on,
Warmed by the company
Of the ancestors.
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Mabon is reborn, the flickering flame struggling to stay alight against the chill wind a reminder of the fragility of hope. There are many threats to our world, many injustices perpetrated that seek to extinguish hope. May our words and deeds ever build up, not tear down.
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Hail Allfather on Odin’s Day!
Hail, Lord of the Hunt,
Storm-stirrer,
At winter’s howling head;
In the enclave dim,
By lamp- and firelight
We find repose,
As yonder rides
The Ravager,
Raking earth with bitter rage
Before the feet of Freya
Pass, and in her steps,
Arises new the green.
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The beauty of your path is that it is your own, yours to forge as inspiration guides. You have inherited a lore that is not engraved in unyielding stone, but which flows in your blood. A fluidity that celebrates existence as its own meaning, and reflects the flux of life itself.
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Sunset, and as Odin‘s Day approaches, an offering of wine for the Allfather.
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Earlier today after performing a Druid staff blessing rite. I shall be adding a few meaningful elements and symbols to the staff in the weeks to come. May it ever be used in the service of the Old Ways and harm none.
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There is a profound beauty to be found in the darkness, and a necessity frequently going without recognition. For only the deep darkness can be the measure of the glory of the retuning light.
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Within the halls of my forebears, filled with woodsmoke and laughter punctuating the crackle of the hearth, tales were told and songs were sung of the Gods they honoured.
Here, now, may I honour them and add new chapters to their stories.
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With the conclusion of the rite of Druid initiation, I stand before my Gods and in the company of the ancestors, affirming by the words of the rite that I shall honour them and continue their stories in my own. May the Gods inspire and guide us all!
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For years I sought meaning in many and various creeds and faiths, and all along what I was seeking was in every sighing bough and lightning flash; in every forest path and glassy lake; in every breath and every beat of my heart. A lore, a wisdom, a magic as old as the stars.
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So I am preparing for my initiation rite this week as I join myself to the Isle of Wight Order of Druids; a simple but meaningful ritual. My ancestry is both Celtic and Norse and thus I acknowledge this beautiful marriage of forebears and traditions that led to me, here, now.
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Today's poem draws its inspiration from the ogham reading I did for myself and as I'm just starting out learning the ogham I studied a bit more about the three I got today
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☀️ Happy Lughnasagh! It's my first day of work, and the day before my birthday. Quite a day for me!
I'm grateful for the first harvest of the year, and for all the seedlings yet planted for the autumn to come.
Bless Tailtiu, Lugh's foster mother, for her care and sacrifice. May we honor her with games, generosity, and genial community. ☀️
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