Brigid: The Healer
Content warning: Mention of pregnancy loss. As January reaches its apex and slides into February, I can feel the influence of Brigid more strongly in my life again. We are nearing her feast day, La Fheile Bride, Imbolc, Candlemas. She has been a healing presence in my life since the loss of my first pregnancyContinue reading “Brigid: The Healer”
Red Thread and Fiber Magic
One of my favorite book series as a girl was Tamora Pierce’s Lioness Quartet. The books follow the life of a young magic-user in a fantasy realm, but one aspect of the story that I always found fascinating was when the main character is teaching a group of young people to act as their village’sContinue reading “Red Thread and Fiber Magic”
The Veiled Lady
Recently, I posted a picture of myself working on my Materia Medica in which I am wearing a head covering. I tried to pre-emptively explain it because in the past, when I’ve covered my head in public, I’ve gotten a fair number of comments or questions about it. But then a friend pointed out thatContinue reading “The Veiled Lady”
Midwinter: The Return of the Light
Whether you call it Midwinter, Yule, the Winter Solstice, Mean Geimhridh, Alban Arthan, Mother Night, or any number of other names, the celebration of the longest night is a celebration of the return of the sun. Interestingly, I think this has been the natural festival that I have been celebrating for the longest in myContinue reading “Midwinter: The Return of the Light”
Folklore and Felines: The Cat Sith
Cats have always been tenuously domesticated, at best. The relationship between human and feline is one of decided economic exchange, with little of the emotional bond that one sees throughout history between human and canine. That is not to say that our feline companions do not have a fondness for us, but the nature ofContinue reading “Folklore and Felines: The Cat Sith”
Herbal Rituals: Pine
It is a new month and a new plant to explore in Judith Berger’s Herbal Rituals. The focus plant in December is pine, which is already quite prevalent in mundane celebration this month. I was thrilled to find some beautiful white pines in our local park, well away from the roadways, and private enough forContinue reading “Herbal Rituals: Pine”
The Colonizer Privilege of the White American Herbalist
This is something that has been floating around in my head for a while, partially inspired by some of the videos that Regina at In Her It Blooms has posted, and in part from a class on pre-Colombian indigenous foodways in what is now Mexico. And it’s something that isn’t brought up a lot inContinue reading “The Colonizer Privilege of the White American Herbalist”
Meet the Cailleach
It is that pre-dawn time and I lay in bed, half-waking, half-dreaming. In my half-dream, I am in a wide field. Around me stands a ring of stones and I stand in front of one, much larger, and polished like a dark mirror. Beside it is an old woman. Her silver-grey hair spreads out inContinue reading “Meet the Cailleach”
Herbs for the Otherworld with Asia Suler of One Willow Apothecaries
Samhain is traditionally the time when the boundary between our world and the Otherworld is at its thinnest, and, like many of us, I have felt the tug of the Otherworld leading into Samhain and since. So to encourage, support, and connect with those impulses, I thought I would add to my herbal education withContinue reading “Herbs for the Otherworld with Asia Suler of One Willow Apothecaries”
Plants and Ancestors with Regina Pritchett of In Her It Blooms
I mentioned in passing that I had participated in a class called “Plants and Ancestors” with Regina Pritchett of In Her It Blooms, but I felt compelled to write a post specifically discussing my experiences of the class and how it has deepened my practice over the last week or so. The class was inContinue reading “Plants and Ancestors with Regina Pritchett of In Her It Blooms”
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