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History of Litha (MidSummer) Also known as Summer Solstice, Litha, Alban Hefin, Sun Blessing, Gathering Day, Feill-Sheathain, Whit Sunday, Whitsuntide, Vestalia, Thing-tide, St. John’s Day In addition to the four great festivals of the Pagan Celtic year, there are four lesser holidays as well: the two solstices, and the two equinoxes. In folklore, these are referred to as the four ‘quarter-days’ of the year, and modern Witches call them the four ‘Lesser Sabbats’, or the four ‘Low Holidays’. The Summer Solstice is one of them. Litha is usually celebrated on June 21st, but varies somewhat from the 20th to the 23rd, dependant upon the Earth’s rotation around the Sun. According…

Garnet                         Aids blood flow.  Helps to balance and get rid of negativity.  A stone of passion and love.  Increases sex drive.  Thought to promote good health and blood circulations.  Also promotes sexual desire.  Energizes emotionally and physically (arthritis, frostbite, paralysis), grounds.  Used by ancient cultures.  Exhaustion, low blood pressure, detoxing and strengthening blood, muscles, kidneys, gallstones.  Hormone balance, antibodies, fertility, persistence, stamina, passion.  Aids in remembering dreams and for going backwards in time.  Attracts love, gives persistence, cures depression, and works on liver to relieve toxins in the body.  Said to assure the wearer of love, faithfulness, and…

Finding Moisture in the Spiritual Desert   Like any sojourner on a spiritual path, I have found my walk at times joyful, painful, exhilarating, and excruciating. Any religious or spiritual walk is bound to have peaks and valleys. All of life is change and is cyclical. Our spiritual paths are no different. You know what I am speaking about; those times of dryness where the Gods seem distant and silent, where our most heartfelt and sincere petitions and prayers seem to shatter as they leave our lips. Rituals are rote and crusty, hope withers and faith seeps from us, drop by drop, finally pooling, puddle-like, at our feet. Unlike mainstream…

The sixth month of the Gregorian Calender, June is the first month of summer. June derives it’s name from the Roman Goddess Juno. Her Greek counterpart is Hera. The traditional birthstone amulets of June are alexandrite, moonstone, and pearl; and the rose is the month’s traditional flower. June is shared by the astrological signs of Gemini the Twins and Cancer the Crab, and is sacred to the following Pagan deities: Juno, and all gods and goddesses who preside over love, passion, and beauty. During the month of June, the Great Solar Wheel of the Year is turned to the Summer Solstice, one of the four Lesser Sabbats celebrated each year…

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There is a part of the trad Craft that no one talks about, that no one shares with you beforehand.  Those who came before me knew it well and shared it not. Those of us who now walk its winding and rutted roads know of what I speak.  I tell this in hushed tones. Let the wise hear. It is that sense of loneliness that pervades our workings-that solitary nature that can influence our whole existence to be that of an overly eccentric recluse, denying ourselves communal interaction and superficial social mores; the purpose being having more personal time to focus our will, time and energy towards more mystical pursuits.…

Also known as: May Day, Bealtaine, Beltane, Bhealtainn, Bealtinne, Festival of Tana (Strega), Giamonios, Rudemass, and Walburga (Teutonic), Cetsamhain (opposite Samhain),Fairy Day ,Sacred Thorn Day, Rood Day, Roodmas (the Christian term for Rood Day, Old Beltane, Beltain, Baltane, Walpurgis Night, Floriala (Roman feast of flowers from April 29 to May 1), Walpurgisnacht (Germanic-feast of St. Walpurga), Thrimilce (Anglo-saxon), Bloumaand (Old Dutch) Date: May 1 Animals: Swallow, dove, swan, Cats, lynx, leopard Deities: Flower Goddesses, Divine Couples, Deities of the Hunt, Aphrodite, artemis, Bast, Diana, Faunus, Flora, Maia, Pan, the Horned God, Venus, and all Gods and Goddesses who preside over fertility. Tools: broom, May Pole, cauldron Stones/Gems: emerald, malachite, amber,…

Flourite Aids nervous system and memory.  Use for help in remembering past lives.  Important balancer.  Opens heart and throat for clarity, overview, seeing additional truths/realities.  Good for your spleen bones, teeth, lungs, detoxification, anxiety, and insomnia.  Clears the way for new things, upliftment, aura cleansing, and 3rd eye.  It helps with eyesight, sinuses, and repels colds.  Enhancer of other Gems. Fossils Due to the strong life-force that is preserved inside fossils, holding fossils and meditating can be very uplifting when this stored energy is tapped.  They also provide a natural link for those wishing to develop conscious bonding with the animal Kingdom.  Works on the 1st Chakra.  Grounding and Bonding.…