Celebrating the Seasons of Life: Samhain to Ostara

Celebrating the Seasons of Life: Samhain to Ostara
Author: Ashleen O'Gaea
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2009-04-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 163265833X

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Unique among books about the Wiccan Sabbats, Celebrating the Seasons of Life: Samhain to Ostara takes a different approach to explaining the holidays by taking an in-depth look at half of the Wheel of the Year. Rather than dissecting each holiday, Ashleen's goal is to take a broader look at them, explaining how and why we celebrate each, along with how the celebration of one leads to the next. The first of two new titles from Ashleen offers a vision of the holidays we celebrate from October to March. This book covers each holiday by first giving us its history and original customs, then explaining its place in modern life. Stories are shared for each Sabbat to reconnect us with our lore and bring new meaning to current practice. Ashleen includes ideas for rituals that are ideal for practicing solitaries, covens, or Wiccan families, with special sections on what children of various ages are ready to learn about these holidays.

Celebrating the Seasons of Life

Celebrating the Seasons of Life
Author: Ashleen O'Gaea
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Neopaganism
ISBN:

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Sabbats

Sabbats
Author: Mari Silva
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-05-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781638182153

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Eight manuscripts in one book: Yule: The Ultimate Guide to the Winter Solstice and How It's Celebrated in Wicca, Druidry, Christianity, and Paganism Imbolc: The Ultimate Guide to Brigid, and Candlemas and How It's Celebrated in Christianity, Wicca, Druidry, and Celtic paganism Ostara: The Ultimate Guide to Spring Equinox and How It's Celebrated in Wicca, Druidry, and Paganism Beltane: The Ultimate Guide to May Eve and How It's Celebrated in Wicca, Druidry, and Paganism Midsummer: The Ultimate Guide to Litha or the Summer Solstice and How It's Celebrated in Wicca, Druidry, and Paganism Lammas: The Ultimate Guide to Lughnasadh and How It's Celebrated in Wicca, Druidry, and Celtic Paganism Mabon: The Ultimate Guide to Autumn Equinox and How It's Celebrated in Wicca, Druidry, and Paganism Samhain: The Ultimate Guide to Halloween and How It's Celebrated in Wicca, Druidry, and Celtic Paganism Yule introduces you to the history of Yule, how pagans celebrated this holiday in the ancient past, and how you can honor it now, regardless of your beliefs. The second is a dedicated guide to introducing you to the world of Imbolc. It's not just about the most popular recipes, traditions, and rituals. It's also about the spiritual importance of the season. Celebrating the magical spring season through the Ostara, also known as the Spring Equinox, is an important marker for so many and has been for thousands of years. Whether you're new to Wicca or have been practicing for a few years, this is the guide to help you deepen your practice. The Fourth part will lead you to the most wonderful source of fertility in all areas of life. Whether you want to enhance your creativity in work or art projects, make your garden bloom, or conceive a child, Beltane is the best time to begin your journey. With Midsummer as a launching pad, you can finally find your groove in celebrating Litha and allow your life to be richer and more abundant. You'll no longer have to question whether your choice of celebration is right or wrong because you'll understand that Litha is a season that only calls for clarity and truth in your intentions. The sixth part will teach you everything you need to know to celebrate Lughnasadh in the traditions of paganism. Whether you are a newly practicing Wiccan or have been a part of this culture for a while, sacred celebrations throughout the year can be a bit hard to keep track of, let alone celebrate every year with full intensity. For pagans, Samhain is the time of the year when anything is possible. Whether you are an experienced practitioner or just starting your pagan journey, connecting to one of the most illustrious pagan holidays will enhance your practice.

Imbolc

Imbolc
Author: Carl F. Neal
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2015-12-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0738746487

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Imbolc—also known as Brigid's Day—is a time to awaken from our months of introspection and start making plans for the future. This guide to the history and modern celebration of Imbolc shows you how to perform rituals and magic to celebrate and work with the energy of the re-awakening earth. Rituals Recipes Lore Spells Divination Crafts Correspondences Invocations Prayers Meditations Llewellyn's Sabbat Essentials explore the old and new ways of celebrating the seasonal rites that are the cornerstones of the witch's year.

Mabon

Mabon
Author: Llewellyn
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2015-07-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0738745227

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A thanksgiving celebration for the second harvest Mabon—also known as the Autumn Equinox—is a time to honor the spiritual significance of harvest, sacrifice, and survival. This guide shows you how to perform rituals and work magic that incorporates the shifting balance between light and dark that reaches its pinnacle during the equinox. Rituals Recipes Lore Spells Divination Crafts Correspondences Invocations Prayers Meditations Llewellyn's Sabbat Essentials explore the old and new ways of celebrating the seasonal rites that are the cornerstones of the witch's year.

Seasons of the Witch

Seasons of the Witch
Author: Gail Duff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Fasts and feasts
ISBN: 9781569753361

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With decorating projects, menu suggestions, and group activities for each festival, this book is a Wiccan guide to eight celebrations in tune with the natural rhythm of the year and its changing seasons. Illustrations.

Ostara

Ostara
Author: Llewellyn
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2015-01-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0738744131

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Celebrate the season of returning sunlight and the bursting forth of the birds, bees, and trees Ostara—also known as the Spring Equinox—is a time of renewal, a time to plant seeds as the earth once again comes to life. This guide to the history and modern celebrations of Ostara shows you how to perform rituals and work magic to renew your power and passion for living and growing. Rituals Recipes Lore Spells Divination Crafts Correspondences Invocations Prayers Meditations Llewellyn's Sabbat Essentials explore the old and new ways of celebrating the seasonal rites that are the cornerstones of the witch's year.

Sabbats

Sabbats
Author: Edain McCoy
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2002-09-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781567186635

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Mark the passing of time and honor each season with sacred ritual and seasonal craftwork, ancient stories and traditional treats. Create a colorful mask for Samhain, make a honey cake for Imbolg, fashion a chaplet of flowers at Bealtaine, bake a Brigid's blackberry pie for Lughnasadh, even accompany your sabbat festivities with music from eight traditional musical scores--it's easy with Sabbats as your guide. Learn how to combine old customs with new expressions of your beliefs and your chosen tradition. Deepen your connection to the turning of the wheel as you celebrate the eight sacred seasons of the Witches' year.

In Nature's Honor

In Nature's Honor
Author: Patricia Montley
Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2005
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781558964860

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In Nature's Honor explores the eight solar holidays that mark the turning of the Wheel of the Year. Each chapter begins with a history of the holiday--the ways in which it has been celebrated from ancient to modern times, its relationship to other religious and secular celebrations and its cultural and mythological foundations. This history is followed by recommendations for specific activities to celebrate the season that individuals, families or small groups can enjoy. The chapters conclude with formal rituals suitable for use in larger faith communities. These include scripted narration, songs, dramatic enactments, litanies of seasonal blessings, readings from poetry and mythology and suggestions for ceremonial food. In Nature's Honor reconnects the modern spiritual seeker with the earth-centered practices of our ancestors. This work explores the seasonal rituals that celebrate the earth and our connection to it--which is not just physical but profoundly spiritual. FROM THE AUTHOR From the Authorz In writing this book, I discovered the most important theme running through the history of rituals related to the earth's seasons is renewal. The wheel turns and the old season gives way to the new, the old year to the new, the old life to the new. Each planting of seeds promises new possibilities. Each harvest brings sustenance for yet another year. Each fallow time regenerates the life of the soil. The sun deities retreat and return. The grain goddesses are lost and restored. The vegetation gods die and rise again. The cycle of life goes on and on, birth after death after birth. Perhaps what all the rituals celebrate is this ongoing-ness of life: the miraculous natural world that makes it possible and our abiding connection to it. For the ancients, the interdependence was clear. When the people fasted on the eve of a new season's beginning, they purified not just their own bodies, but the land itself. The fires that encouraged the fecundity of the land also made its people fertile. For us moderns distanced from the earth by technology, the interdependence is not as clear. And we are paying the price: in polluted air and water, in soil erosion, in deforestation, in global warming. How different the condition of the planet might be if we allowed ourselves to be renewed at each turning of the wheel of the year, if we took the time periodically to celebrate the beauty and bounty of nature.

Llewellyn's Sabbats Almanac: Samhain 2010 to Mabon 2011

Llewellyn's Sabbats Almanac: Samhain 2010 to Mabon 2011
Author: Ed Day
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2010-07
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0738714976

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Celebrate each season of the Witches' year with rituals, recipes, and crafts. Discover new and unique ways to follow the Wheel of the Year and enrich your spiritual life with this essential resource for celebrating the eight sacred Wiccan holidays. From seasonal crafts to time-honored customs, this handy almanac offers an abundance of meaningful ways to empower your own celebrations. Your favorite Wiccan and Pagan authors offer rituals, Craft activities, history and lore, plus a variety of family-friendly ideas for discovering the gifts and lessons of each Sabbat and season: --Simple recipes for tasty holiday appetizers, entrees, beverages, and desserts --Information on full and new moons and major planetary influences so you can easily plan rituals according to cosmic energies --A journal page for each Sabbat so you can keep a record of memorable events or insights gained Samhain 2010 to Mabon 2011