Blessed Litha!

Today marks the time of the suns power and strength in the Earth before he begins his ascent again to order to sacrifices himself for the good of mankind and it's continual to survival. We will rejoice his rebirth at Yule, when the morning sun rises and begins to stay with us longer and longer through the day. Take time to reflect on what you have accomplished this year and what is left to be done before the cold roles in again and we move the majority of our workings indoors around the hearth and celebrate our families.

I don't know about other parts of the globe, but today was truly the first real summer day we have had out here in the state of Idaho. It was truly a wonderful time for our circle's Litha gathering and worth a few good laughs as we all realized we were sweating under the kiss of the the glorious sun rays.

Enjoy the warmth and sunshine, and remember to give thanks for life.

Happy Ostara everyone!

I apologize on the lack of posting yesterday. My circle and I had a Full Moon and Ostara celebration which was family oriented during the afternoon, and resulted in a few people coming back after everyone and their kids had left so that they could make use of the altar and have some quiet ritual time. All in all, it was a very nice day. =) The day was very nice for this time of year too.... It was cool, but sunny and no massive winds to speak of. Today, on the other hand, is grey with some killer winds kicking around out there. Jaelynn is roaming around with her fairy wings on, and as soon as Stephen is done with his homework (and me too for that matter) we have a fun Ostara present to give her (in addition to all the stuff we did/got yesterday!). For a fun kid toy we got her a talking Dora back pack. Yup. A toy that makes noise. *sigh* We'll also go to the home and garden show so we can pick out flowers to celebrate the coming of spring with.

Personally, I always keep my Ostara celebrations light and airy. Element wise, it is an "air" sabbat, as well as colorful in the pastel type way. All those colors that are popular for Easter? Yup, those are totally are colors for Ostara! Symbolically, Ostara is a time of new beginnings, rebirth, fertility, growth, balance, agriculture/planting, love, and communication. Good stones for this time are moonstone, aquamarine, amethyst, rose quartz, and blue lace agate. Plants are blessed thistle, jasmine, rose, lotus, oak, and pretty much all blooming things. Good incense would be scents that are flowery (rose, lavender, lotus, etc.). And foods (because who can forget food!!??) that are appropriate for Ostara are edible flowers, breads, chocolates, nuts, fish, asparagus, and other fresh/seasonal foods.

Remember, this is a time to be happy and plant/cultivate the seeds of your life for the rest of the year. Let the child with out for some play time!

Blessed Ostara Everyone!

A New Beginning

Well folks, it's already the end of January, 2011. I swear I'm stuck in a time warp. Anywho...


I had a random thought today and decided to start my own pagan, witch-y blog. Yup. That's right. You will now be subjected to my thoughts on the pagan world, among many other things. Buckle your seats folks, it's going to be one heck of a ride!


Today my circle and I celebrated Imbolc together. I few days early, yes, but when most of the group is in the military, weekend get togthers seems to be our best option. So, we met up at 2 o'clock today for ritual and feasting. As always, the feasting was extravagant, with far too much food for the 15 of us that were there, with outrageous stories, good friendship and a lot of laughter. However, as seems to be a theme that is occurring more than I like, our ritual was lacking. That's not to say that it wasn't good, but it wasn't great either. The words written for it were well done, it was a shorter ritual but sweet and elegant. When I sit back and type this out, it seems that anyone who reads this could come up with a handful (if not more) reason's WHY it's like this sometimes. Spare yourself the brainstorming, because I can tell you why... Are you ready for it? Mindset. It seems that some of our members, particularly the ones that have been a part of this circle for many years now, have problems with coming into a ritual with the right mindset. Not only does it drag a ritual down, but it sets a poor example for our newer members. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for having a good time and laughing my butt off at a good story, but to me, when a ritual is being started, it's time to dawn the role of Priestess or Priest and take the work of the goddess seriously, not be goofing off in the corner because the circle has been cast and the "serious stuff" is done. Or is that just me being totally off? Our circle has amazing power when it's focused and in tune with itself, it just seems that more often that not, as of late anyway, it's not in sync and stumbling over the hem of it's own cloak.


Anyway! Enough of that!


The husband and I will be having a small ritual of our own on February 2nd. That one is bound to be fun, as I do love working magic with my man. I also have a great story to read to my little one about Brigit's Fire as we celebrate her that day. It's so fun now that she's getting older and starting to understand. We wave hello to the goddess (moon) every morning when we leave for preschool, and say hello to the god (sun) every afternoon when we come home. It really is the simple things in life.


Well, I suppose I'll sign off for now. Keep checking back and I will post the recipes from our yummy Imbolc feasting!