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Continue reading →: Ice Night
Water seeps into the tightest crack. No matter how firmly you shut your mind, your will against it, Water finds a way through. The fallacy that emotions can be bent to will or intellect is as ridiculous as trying to stem the pull of the Moon on the oceans—yet is…
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Continue reading →: Stone Night
The essence of Earth is stability and strength. In the deep of winter, frozen soil holds stones and pebbles immovable. Cool and dry, Earth is the densest and most static of the elements. I used to believe that emotions were the greatest threat to stability, like the pounding of waves…
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Continue reading →: Yule Feast
Yule’s emphasis (for me at any rate) is on family and community. The coming together, the sharing of food—it all strengthens the bonds between individuals as we move into the harsh winter months. This is the day where our family puts aside its differences and sits down to dinner together.…
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Continue reading →: Shining Night
Four dot, is what will make a square, a bed to build on, it’s all there —”Growing Up” by Peter Gabriel From the Star Mother’s ecstasy, from the Dance of the Twins, from the Joy of their siblings and children, all manner of Shining Beings were born. Some chose to roam the inky blackness…
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Continue reading →: Night of Peace
Deep within the still center of my being, may I find peace. Quietly, within the silence of this grove, may I share peace. Gently, within the greater circle of humankind, may I radiate peace. —The Druid’s Prayer for Peace Now that the stories of the beginning have been told, the…







