Pagan Portals Have A Cool Yule

Author : Melusine Draco
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785357123
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Have a Cool Yule written by Melusine Draco and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the entire Pagan community Christmas should be one of the most sacred times of the year, but the lack of any formal written liturgy has consigned the festival to a minor observance in the Pagan calendar. Have a Cool Yule demonstrates that history proves the festival to be a wholly Pagan event, worthy of being acknowledged as one of the Great Festivals along with Beltaine and Samhain. With all the different strands of Pagan custom brought to the hearth-fire of the Mid-Winter Festival, we all have something to celebrate in time-honoured fashion, whether our ancestors are Briton, Celt, Norse or Anglo-Saxon.

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 : Melusine Draco
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789041244
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Western Animism written by Melusine Draco and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Zen approach to the World, the Universe and Everything. Many of today’s disenfranchised pagans in the West appear to be seeking a spiritual connection to life without feeling the need to become a witch, a Wiccan, a shaman, Heathen, or a Druid. Here the Shinto approach fulfils the basic need for a belief system based on what we would define as simple animism and ancestor worship in accord with the world’s other, authentic, animistic traditions such as the Australian Aboriginal and Native American way of life; while Zen provides the intellectual stimulation rising from the simplicity of basic folk-belief to elevate the soul to a higher level of mysticism.

Author : Lucya Starza
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785359347
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Rounding the Wheel of the Year written by Lucya Starza and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-27 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every month is full of magic, each day has its own energy, and the seasons rotate as part of the cycles of nature. Pagan Portals - Rounding the Wheel of the Year looks at ways to honour each month with folkloric customs, herb and plant lore, traditional crafts, spells, visualisations, and pagan rites that go beyond the eight festivals of Imbolc, Spring Equinox, Beltane, Summer Solstice, Lammas, Autumn Equinox, Samhain, and Winter Solstice. The wheel of the year turns smoothly, it doesn't bump over eight cogs, and that's the meaning of the title of this book. Inside these pages you will find the history behind some much-loved folklore and modern pagan customs, as well as practical suggestions for ways to celebrate the turning of the year.

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 : Alex Niven
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
ISBN 13 : 1912248638
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Model Island written by Alex Niven and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of place, identity, music, politics and regionalism which calls for a radical restructuring of the British Isles. In the early twenty-first century, "Englishness" suddenly became a hot topic. A rash of art exhibitions, pop albums and coffee table books arrived on the scene, all desperate to recover England’s lost national soul. But when we sweep away the patriotic stereotypes, we begin to see that England is a country that does not — and perhaps should not — exist in any essential sense. In this provocative text combining polemic and memoir, Alex Niven argues that the map of the British Isles should be torn apart completely as we look towards a time of radical political reform. Rejecting outdated nationalisms, Niven argues for a renovated model of culture and governance for the islands — a fluid, dynamic version of regionalism preparing the way for a new "dream archipelago".

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 : Jason Mankey
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0738763144
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Llewellyn's Little Book of Yule written by Jason Mankey and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with dozens of magical tips, recipes, crafts, and spells, Llewellyn's Little Book of Yule shares everything you need to make your Yuletide memorable and enchanting. From wassail blessings to the spirits of the solstice, this book delves into the lore of familiar traditions as well as observances that may be brand new to you, making it an invaluable resource for bringing meaning and magic to your holiday season.

Author : Harmonia Saille
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780994222
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Magic for Hedge Witches written by Harmonia Saille and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-27 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are a witch interested in folk magic with a connection to the natural world, you will find suggestions on how to source ingredients and connect with them, sourcing old spells, witch bottles, magical sachets, familiars, how to put a spell together, and for hedge witches, how to use magic in hedge riding. With useful correspondences, and sprinkled throughout and practical exercises and spells, Magic for Hedge Witches offers something for every witch to help you on your journey.

Author : Harmonia Saille
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780993331
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Hedge Witchcraft written by Harmonia Saille and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning by experiencing is about trusting your instincts and connecting with your inner spirit.