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Episode 57: Enchanting Your Tools and Talents
Are you an artisan, a craftsperson, a maker? It’s February. If you lived in the Old World, in northern Europe, especially in the land of the Norse, you’d be getting ready for a very special festival: “The Charming of the … Continue reading
Episode 53: Everything Happens for a Reason – A Folktale
The days grow shorter. Have you noticed the shadows? We’re midway through the dark half of the year. To survive the coming winter, we need stories of heroes. The story we need the most is about you. What happens to … Continue reading
Gifts from the Ancestors: A Ritual for Samhain
This ritual was initially designed to be performed with a group. At the end of the ritual, I suggest ways it can be adapted as a virtual ritual. Prepare in advance: Each person who plans to attend is told in … Continue reading
Posted in Celtic, Ceremony Ideas, Cultural Traditions, Harvest season, Nature Based, Rituals, Seasonal
Tagged ancestors, day of the dead, halloween, oathing stone, ritual, samhain, virtual ritual
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Fire and Water, Sun and Moon, Achievement and the Need for Rest – Episode 19
This year’s Summer Solstice has come and gone. But our entry into the dark half of the year has just begun. My European ancestors divided the year into two seasons, summer and winter. The Summer Solstice was known as Midsummer. … Continue reading
Episode 11 – Animal Totems as Spirit Guides to the Underworld
I learned a valuable lesson the day a skunk crossed my path. It was about animals as totems and the magical medicine they offer. Seeing animals as spirit guides was at the heart of a public ritual I created for … Continue reading
Posted in Celtic, Harvest season, Nature Based, Ritual Recipes Podcast
Tagged animal totem, autumn, autumn ritual, bear, bee, dog, eagle, halloween, hawk, salmon, samhain, spirit animal, spirit guide, squirrel, squirrel hill, synagogue shooting, the underworld
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Episode 9 – Magical Soup Ritual to Heal the Earth
It’s September. The harvest season continues. If we could make a symbolic soup to heal the Earth, what ingredients should we include? What ingredients does Mother Earth have for you? I explored all that and more in a special harvest … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony Ideas, Friendship, Harvest season, Life in General, Nature Based, Ritual Recipes Podcast, Seasonal
Tagged autumn ritual, harvest, magic soup, ritualrecipes, soup to heal the world
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Mother Earth & the Corn King – The Harvest Story
The first harvest of the season, that of corn and grain, tells the story of Mother Earth and the Corn King. Whatever your “field” of work, this is the season that highlights sweat equity, prosperity, sacrifice, and community. My ancestors … Continue reading
Posted in Celtic, Cultural Traditions, Goddess, Harvest season, Life in General, Nature Based, Ritual Recipes Podcast, Seasonal, Uncategorized
Tagged Celtic, cornking, harvest, highlandgames, lammas, lughasadh, motherearth
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Episode 8 – Celtic Harvest Ritual with the Corn King – Time to Settle Debts
Make hay when the sun shines. That’s the mantra for the harvest season. It’s time to work hard, celebrate community, settle debts, and honor the sacrifice of the Corn King who gives his life for that of the community. … Continue reading
Posted in Celtic, Cultural Traditions, Harvest season, Life in General, Nature Based, Seasonal, Uncategorized
Tagged amazon alexa, autumnal equinox, Celtic, corn and grain, corn king, harvest, harvest moon, highland games, iwwg, lammas, Laurie Neronha, libsyn, lughasadh, meg's inspirations, ritual recipes podcast, Viriditas, Zita Christian
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