HeyJaredSpinning Her Wheel
A naturalistic GreenWitch living the Wheel of the Year through the lens of Irish Traveller heritage and reverence for our beautiful Earth.
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Satan and the Blackberries; St. Patrick and the Goose (opens the original)
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There is a particular feeling to the end of September. The hedgerows are still heavy with fruit, but the evenings are drawing in. The sun has slipped below the balance point of the autumn equinox, the first leaves are turning, and even on a warm afternoon there is often a coldness waiting at the edges. Summer has not quite vanished, but it is clearly packing its bags.Michaelmas falls on 29 September, usually six or seven days after the autumn equinox. Properly called the Feast of Saint Michael a
A Crackle in Time; Finding Equanimity at the Equinox (opens the original)
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The Equinox is a time of balance. The day and night are of equal lengths, perfectly poised between summer and winter, dark and light, day and night.It is also, as we watch the leaves start to turn and the apples fall, a time of letting go. Of letting things drop, of leaving them to rest, of throwing them on the compost heap.It’s harvest time, and that means local pushes to donate tinned foods in baskets in the local building society, and give my son packets of pasta to take in for the Harvest Fe
Putting the Sun Goddess Back into Lughnasadh (opens the original)
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Thank you for being here! If you find value here and would like to support me to keep writing and offering this blog as a free resource, you can buy me a coffee here. If you are low on funds too, you can support this blog with a like, share or comment. Either way, please accept my sincere thanks and gratitude.In this post, you will find:.The Irish sun goddess Aine and her connections to Lughnasadh .A fairy protection ritual and tips.Journalling prompts for the season .Writing and publis
Sometimes the Witch Really Is Wicked. (opens the original)
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In a recent article, bestselling author and folklorist/psychologist Sharon Blackie claimed that she 'wanted to ‘push back against the wicked stepmother and evil-witch tropes, to restore the “wise old woman” to her rightful place at the heart of society.’ Now I love and follow Blackie’s work and am often inspired by it, so this article is not about her, yet this particular quote highlights a popular trend in folklore interpretation and fairytale retellings recently that o
How We Sanitised Our Sirens and Made Our Mermaids Mortal (opens the original)
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Mermaids are portrayed as many things; sirens, succubuses, shapeshifters….but rarely as saints.Thank you for being here! If you find value in my work and would like to support me to keep writing here and offering this blog as a free resource, you can buy me a coffee here. If you are low on funds too, you can support this blog with a like, share or comment. Either way, please accept my sincere thanks and gratitude.The story of Li Ban sits somewhere between Irish mythology, folklore, and Christian
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