Journey to the Garden of the Goddess
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Journey to the Garden of the Goddess

By Gaia Woolf-Nightingall Let us to gravitate into the inner realms of our divine hearts and enter into the garden of the Goddess, the divine wellspring within, to dance to the cadence of She who is of Infinite Skies, to the God Herself. Find for yourself a comfortable,warm position seated or lying down, closing your eyes,…

She Lives In My Heart:  Sharing the Path of the Goddess with My Daughter
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She Lives In My Heart: Sharing the Path of the Goddess with My Daughter

By: Jhenah Telyndru  First published in The Beltane Papers, Issue 41 Fall 2007   “Like this, momma?” “Just like that, dear one.”  My three-year-old daughter was hunched down over the fuzzy tufts of a dandelion gone to seed, asking permission to pick it in hushed and respectful tones. After waiting a moment to receive her…

Welsh Winter Traditions: The Mari Lwyd
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Welsh Winter Traditions: The Mari Lwyd

By Jhenah Telyndru Two popular Welsh folk customs, the Mari Lwyd and the Hunting of the Wren, are part of winter calendar traditions which were celebrated on varying dates, depending on the time period and region, but encompassing the period of time stretching from Christmas through to Twelfth Night, and occasionally extending through to Candlemas…