Imbolc 2011

Imbolc                                                                              Waning Moon of the Cold Month This is the holy day of Bridgit, the triple goddess; she of the eternal fire at Kildare, a goddess who tends to the fire of creativity at home, for the poet and in the smithy, the place where things are made by hand.  As with so many things […]

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What Time Is It?

Summer                         Waxing Strawberry Moon A bit more on time.  Cybermage, Woolly Brother and sheepshead player William Schmidt begs to differ on the notion of cyclical time.  He references the geology of Minnesota and, I imagine, the information about the evolution of the universe which he so wonderfully makes understandable with lights and rope. It is […]

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Summer. It’s About Time.

Summer Solstice                                      Waxing Strawberry Moon   The longest day of the year.  Light triumphant, streaming, steaming.  The darkness held at bay. Summer Solstice This is an astronomical phenomenon transformed and translated into a spiritual one.  We humans have over millennia taken solstice and equinox alike as moments out of time, a sacred caesura when we […]

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