Pagan Portals Harvest Home In Gathering

Author : Melusine Draco
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1803411112
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Harvest Home: In-Gathering written by Melusine Draco and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-26 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the good old days, the harvest festivals began in August (Lunasa - ‘beginning of harvest’) followed by September (Meán Fómhair) and October (Deireadh Fómhair) - translated as ‘middle of harvest’ and ‘end of harvest’ respectively. Harvest was one of the most sacred times of the pagan year and the Harvest Home or ‘in-gathering’ was a community observance at the end of the harvest to celebrate and give thanks for the bounty. Celebrating the harvest is still the holiest time of the Craft year and Lammas celebrates the coming of harvest-tide with its decoration of corn sheaves, fancy loaves, berries and fruits - all leading up to the Autumnal Equinox (or Michaelmas) that marked its zenith with the eating of the traditional goose and the raucous festivities of the community harvest suppers and country fairs.

Author : Melusine Draco
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1803411899
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Breath of Spring written by Melusine Draco and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-27 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Candlemas/Imbolc is the re-awakening of the Old Lass within Old Craft belief and also coincides with the Roman Candelaria and Fornicalia - a spring corn festival celebrated in honour of Fornax, goddess of ovens, and observed by each ward of the city. All this merging of primitive origins and rites, belonging to the European pre-urban agricultural culture, meant that it also commemorated the search for Persephone by her mother and the festival of candles symbolizing the return of the Light. So it continued to be performed until the Christian era, when it was transformed into Candalmas in AD494. In pre-Christian times, Imbolc observance began the night before 1st February, and celebrants prepared for a visit from Brigid into their homes by crafting an effigy of the goddess from bundles of oats and rushes. The clothed effigy was placed in a basket overnight, and the day was celebrated by burning lamps and lighting bonfires in tribute to her. Traditions from both the pagan celebration and the Christian observance of St. Brigid's Day can be found in the modern Imbolc festivities - while celebrants sometimes make a Brigid's Cross out of reeds, as well as a Brigid corn doll or effigy.

Author : Joanna van der Hoeven
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782795464
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - The Awen Alone written by Joanna van der Hoeven and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-28 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Druidry is a wonderful, spiritually fulfilling life path. Through the magic that is Druidry, we build deep and abiding relationships with the natural world around us, and through our connection to the natural environment we walk a path of truth, honour and service. We aim to immerse ourselves in the present moment, in the present environment, in order to share in the blessing that is the cycle of life. Throughout the ages, people have withdrawn from the world in order to connect more fully with it. This book is an introductory guide for those who wish to walk the Druid path alone, for however long a time. It is about exploration and connection with the natural world, and finding our place within it. It covers the basics of Druidry and how, when applied to the everyday life, enriches it with a sense of beauty, magic and mystery. This book is for those people who feel called to seek their own path, to use their wit and intelligence, compassion and honour to create their own tradition within Druidry.

Author : Morgan Daimler
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789049385
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Aos Sidhe written by Morgan Daimler and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the Aos Sidhe, the People of the fairy mounds, and to Irish fairy beliefs, this book takes readers on a journey to understand the place that fairies have had in Ireland across the millennia and into today. These beings can be found playing roles both significant and subtle in folk belief and their stories are part of the land itself, making them an intrinsic aspect of Ireland. And yet for those who haven't grown up with these beliefs there can be many misunderstandings and confusion surrounding who they are, and what they can do. /Pagan Portals - Aos Sidhe/ will help people new to the subject, as well as those with a wider knowledge, to understand the range and depth of the folk beliefs. Covering everything from myth and folklore to modern anecdotes and specific types of Irish fairies, this book provides a solid understanding of what can be a difficult subject.

Author : Morgan Daimler
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785356410
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - The Dagda written by Morgan Daimler and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get to know the Good God of Ireland through mythology, history, and modern worship. The Dagda is one of the most well-known of the Irish Gods, a king of the Tuatha De Danann and mediator between the Gods and mortals after the Gaels came to Ireland. A popular God among Irish and Celtic pagans, the Dagda is a powerful figure who reaches out to us from myth and memory. For those seeking to honor him today finding information can be difficult or confusing. Pagan Portals - the Dagda offers a place to begin untangling the complex history of this deity.

Author : Morgan Daimler
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789044294
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Lugh written by Morgan Daimler and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lugh is a God of Ireland who is also found in other Celtic language speaking cultures, popular historically and just as well loved today. A deity of kingship and battle, he led his people out of oppression. A God skilled in magic, he used his power to bless and curse. Multifaceted and known as the 'many-skilled', Lugh is an intriguing member of the Tuatha De Danann and we can learn a great deal about him through his mythology, by looking at his cognates in other related cultures, and his modern appearances. In this book we will seek a deeper understanding of this well known yet mysterious figure.

Author : Morgan Daimler
Publisher : Moon Books
ISBN 13 : 9781785354809
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Odin written by Morgan Daimler and published by Moon Books. This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blending history and personal experience this book introduces you to Odin, his mythology, and modern worship.

Author : Morgan Daimler
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1803410035
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Freya written by Morgan Daimler and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08-25 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Morgan Daimler has gifted us with a well-crafted and engaging introduction to the Goddess Freya. Truly a must read for anyone interested in or already working with this powerful and intriguing Goddess.' Ceri Norman, author of A Beginner’s Guide to Ogham Divination and Faerie Stones The most popular of the Norse goddesses is the Vanic deity Freya, found across the Norse myths and into modern mass media, yet often obscured by contradictory tales and external moral coding. Freya is an alluring deity of magic and fertility, a being so important in the mythology that gods and giants fought over her, yet she is never shown as a passive prize to be won only as a forceful being with agency and will of her own. Who is this powerful goddess who has left such a profound mark across not only Norse culture but also wider Western culture? Pagan Portals-Freya is a basic introduction to the Norse Goddess Freya that covers her history, mythology, associations, and modern appearances, and offers readers suggestions for how to begin connecting to Freya in their own lives.

Author : Melusine Draco
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785359827
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Sumer Is Icumen In written by Melusine Draco and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-29 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sumer is Icumen In we discover new and exciting ways of surviving (and enjoying) the truly pagan excesses of the Midsummer Festival. Here we can establish and instigate a new smorgasbord of traditions of our own for the purpose of celebration and observance and, in time, even though we must never lose sight of our authentic history, they may even be integrated into future pagan revels.

Author : Rachel Patterson
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785353233
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - The Cailleach written by Rachel Patterson and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cailleach - goddess of the ancestors, wisdom that comes with age, the weather, time, shape-shifting and winter. Within the pages of this book Rachel Patterson gives the reader an introduction to the mysteries, myths, legends and magic of the ancient hag goddess The Cailleach, drawing upon ancient legends, stories told and her own experiences.