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Time for romance! Consider this excerpt from the 1648 poem "Corinna's Going a Maying" by Robert Herrick:See how Aurora throwes her faireFresh-quilted colours through the aire:[…]Our life is short; and our dayes runAs fast away as does the Sunne:[…]So when you or I are madeA fable, song, or fleeting shade;All love, all liking, all delightLies drown'd with us in endlesse night.Then while time serves, andwe are but decaying;Come, my Corinna, come,let's go a-Maying.What else is there ...
Today we will be working with the Moon's energies and reaching out to Morpheus, the god of dreams. He can grant prophetic dreams, and to reach out to him you will need to create the right environment. Gather some incense, a feather, and a heat-safe vessel to burn the incense in or on. The incense will symbolize your request moving through the dreamscape and reaching Morpheus. Wings are symbolic of the god of dreams, so we will use a feather to establish a stronger connection. Move the feather ...
The Wiccan and Neopagan sabbats that are not equinoxes and solstices occur on dates that are similar but not astrologically precise. We are currently in the midst of astrological Beltane. Take a bottle of your favorite wine, kombucha, or other nonalcoholic beverage. With a flashlight in hand, safely travel to a calming, hidden place after nightfall. Using a black permanent marker, draw crescent moons on the bottle. Meditate and then visualize the obscured moon enchanting the liquid. Once ...
Today is the National Day of Prayer. On this day millions of people may offer their prayers for guidance and leadership. As magickal people, the word prayer may not be a word we are comfortable using. However, the words affirmation and incantation carry the same intention. Some may find that using those words is a better fit for their practices. Many of us, as magickal practitioners, embrace a higher power, contrary to what others may think it means to be "Pagan." As people who embrace and ...
