My Path

I just found a bunch, over two hundred, videos made by a wiccan lady that are very informative and useful. At least in my opinion, I love the idea of being able to make my own smudge bundles and runes. That just adds more power to them, and while she is a wiccan and I am a druid, Wicca borrows some of its beliefs from druidry. I feel that this sharing make them more compatible. Her name on youtube is charmingpixieflora if your interested. Speaking of videos that are informative I have found a dirth of videos converning divination, namely tarot and runes. Since these are the two forms that I am most associated with, the dirth of information is quite daunting. There is alot of information concerning them in general but little is done by the way of actual readings. At least as far as I've found. There is a blog in my favorites called Thor's anecdotes, in which a guy does a daily rune reading, as well as thought provoking post that concerns outside influence as well as the ru...

I went to my second ritual tonight, celebrating Beltaine with the sierra Madrone grove in Sacramento. My first ritual was with the Feather River Grove in Pulga last weekend. They were celebrating different things and so can't really be compared to each other in that way. Both had wonderful rituals, with differences that enhanced the reason we were there perfectly in my mind. In Sierra Madrone I didn't know many people there and was a little bit of an outsider. I wasn't the only new person there but I didn't see anyone, besides Bonnie, step up and really help out and explain what was going on. Not to say that there might have been some welcome committee that I missed, I am not aware of all things and I was a little preoccupied by taking pictures. Bonnie can attest to my sieve like mind, random thoughts are common in my experience. It was a little intimidating that most of the members ages were either much older or much younger than I was. Not alot of younger people wer...

Beltaine is traditionally considered to be the beginning of summer and festivals during this time focus on asking for the blessings of a good harvest later in the year. Purification and the bringing in of blessings are a main theme during this time. The coming together of two powers for the creation of new life is personified throughout the festivities. The May Queen and King are married symbolically and the Maypole itself weaves together this idea. Sierra Madrone had the Dagda and Boyin as patrons for their Beltane ritual, the all father and the White Cow Mother. In Wales, May 1 is a holiday known as Calan Mai or Calan Haf , which means the first day of summer. Celebrations start on the evening before, known as May Eve, with Bonfires; as with Calan Gaeaf , the night before (Nos Galan Mai) is an Ysbrydnos, or "spirit night," when spirits are out and about and divination is possible. The tradition of lighting Midsummer bonfires happened annually in south Wales until ...