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Lammas, the First Harvest Festival: Pay Debts? Forgive Debts?
In the Old World of my Celtic ancestors, August marked the beginning of the harvest season. Country fairs called people from the fields where they grew crops and from the open lands where they grazed herds. August heralded a time to acknowledge hard work and enjoy its rewards. Lughnasadh, Lammas, and the Highland Games The…
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A Valentine’s Day Ritual for One
My local gift shop, grocery store, pharmacy, and post office all sell greeting cards. Annual holidays transform the rotating racks according to the seasonal emblems – witches, turkeys, evergreen trees, hearts, and shamrocks. For Valentine’s Day there are options for a person’s husband, wife, son, son-in-law, grandson, daughter, daughter-in-law, granddaughter, brother, sister, mother, father,…
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A Summer Solstice Ritual Inspired by My Dying Husband
My husband died in the summer of 2022. He had Alzheimer’s. We had been married for 41 years. I cared for him at home until the end. Ours was what family and friends called a fairy tale marriage. Odd as it might sound at first, his dementia journey and my experience as his caregiver…
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Ritual: Soup to Heal the World
All over the world, relationships are nourished with food.I created a ritual to provide virtual nourishment. My inspiration? Spiritual activist Caroline Casey who says, “Imagination lays the tracks for the reality train to follow.” All aboard! Parliament of the World’s Religions Do you want to help the world? Look for hope. I…
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Spirit Spoons: Your Magic Wands
Follow the Sun Did you use a spoon to stir your coffee or tea this morning? Did you feel a sense of power? From at least the 1700s, ancient cultures in Europe, and I suspect elsewhere, too, considered clockwise movement to be the movement of the sun. Since the sun was seen as the…
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Bowls of Abundance: A Spiritual Ritual for a Moon Circle
For many years, I led a women’s moon circle in my home. Our purpose was to: Celebrate the seasons the way our ancestors did Align our spirits with the cycles of nature Honor the Divine Feminine We met once a month on or near the full moon. There were four of us. We came…
