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The Summer Cross-Quarter (Summer Thermstice) Approaches!
Wow! Just a few days ago, we celebrated one of humanity’s most stunning accomplishments – landing live humans on the Moon (and bringing them back safety). Though Earth’s seasons aren’t felt on the Moon, the Moon landing and Lunasa are now linked for me. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Autumn cross-quarter or “Summer Thermstice” is celebrated on August 1 as Lughnasadh/Lammas/Lunasa. How will you be celebrating it? Astronomically, the event occurs on August 7th this year. Read More
50 Years ago today we Walked on the Moon! Happy Moon Landing Day! [Stardust, Contemplating]
Happy Moon Landing Day!! Many of the incredible aspects of this historic event can be found in the earlier Moon Landing post, including ritual and celebration ideas for today’s 50 year anniversary.
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The World Needs Her Witches, by Phyllis Curott, Witch and Wiccan Priestess
A response to David Brooks New York Times 6/11/19 Op Ed
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/10/opinion/astrology-occult-millennials.html
David Brooks is right to quote from the Tara Isabella Burton essay in The American Interest, “Wicca … is technically the fastest-growing religion in America.” But he misses the point.
Can you believe that we Walked on the Moon 50 Years ago?! Here are some Ritual ideas for the Anniversary on July 20. [Stardust, Contemplating]
Some crabs migrate based on the Moon. Oysters close. Worms mate. All these and so many more are ruled by the Moon. For billions of years, the Moon has changed life on Earth, and our Ancestors evolved in it’s light, looking up at, even worshiping, this unreachable goddess. Our gaze far exceeded our reach – until that momentous day 50 years ago, when Earth life strode on the Moon!
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One of Many American Rituals, by Starstuff, Contemplating
What objects do you find sacred? Being able to openly pledge based on what symbolizes the most high in our minds is a precious part of being free, and, it turns out, a moving statement about what is important.
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Pagan Coming Out Day – May 2nd
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