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Episode 5 – Spirit Spoons and Garden Gifts Rituals
Do you need protection? Eat basil. Do you seek abundance? Have some mint. Do you want to help your family find peace? Serve coriander. Herbs and spices are full of magical properties and lend themselves to rituals. Spirit Spoons I … Continue reading
Posted in Celtic, Ceremony Ideas, Cultural Traditions, Friendship, Life in General, Ritual Recipes Podcast, Uncategorized, Weddings
Tagged Garden Gifts, kitchen ritual, spirit spoon, stir up the sun
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Episode 4 – Oathing Stones and Ritual Rocks for Personal Goals and Wedding Vows
Layered, piled, buried, jutting up from the ground, stones weave the tapestry of the earth. They symbolize the old, the everlasting…the ancestors. What does it mean to make a oath on a stone connected to the realm of the departed? … Continue reading
Posted in Celtic, Ceremony Ideas, Cultural Traditions, Friendship, Life in General, Marriage Equality, Oathing Stones, Ritual Recipes Podcast, Wedding Vows, Weddings
Tagged celtic wedding, first look, lotus, oathing stone, vineyard wedding, vows on stone, wedding ceremony, wedding ritual
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Episode 3 – Baby Blessings Intergenerational Ceremony for the Unchurched
Have you seen Walt Disney’s The Lion King? One of my favorite scenes is when the witch, Rafiki, presents the newborn cub, Simba, to the gods while Simba’s parents beam with pride. That scene is what inspired a baby blessing … Continue reading
Posted in Business Blessings, Celtic, Ceremony Ideas, Cultural Traditions, Handfasting, Life in General, Ritual Recipes Podcast, Weddings
Tagged christening, naming ceremony, vineyard wedding
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Episode 2 – Imbolc Rituals with the Celtic Goddess Brigid and Root Vegetables
What do root vegetables, horseshoes, the groundhog and the Celtic Goddess Brigid have in common? They’re the ingredients of two mid-winter rituals I want to share with you. I live in Connecticut. Winters are long and cold. In early February, … Continue reading
Posted in Celtic, Ceremony Ideas, Cultural Traditions, Friendship, Life in General, Ritual Recipes Podcast, Seasonal
Tagged blacksmith, Brigid, Celtic, forge, Goddess, horseshoes, Imbolc, kitchen ritual, root vegetables, winter ceremony
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Want a meaningful way to celebrate the holiday season?
It’s early-December. Here in the northern hemisphere, the days shrink as darkness, unstoppable since the Summer Solstice last June, relentlessly nibbles the light. This battle between night and day is as old as time. And things are about to change.
Posted in Celtic, Ceremony Ideas, Cultural Traditions, Friendship, Life in General, Seasonal
Tagged candles, Christmas, darkest night, December holidays, evergreens, gift giving, here comes the sun, Janus, new year's resolutions, ritual, seasonal rituals, simple rituals, snow, Summer Solstice, winter solstice, wreaths, Yule
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Imbolc, Brigid, and the Groundhog
Earlier this week, I celebrated the solar festival of Imbolc, the feast of the Goddess Brigid, at Meg’s Inspirations, a local spiritual boutique in Manchester, CT. Imbolc is an old, old Celtic solar festival that celebrates the fulfillment of the … Continue reading
