Nicole Evelina – USA Today Bestselling Author Tomorrow (December 21) is Yule, also known as Midwinter or the Winter Solstice. Have you ever wondered why this day is called Midwinter, yet we refer to it as the first day of winter? That’s because our calendar is messed up. In Celtic times, Midwinter was exactly that, halfway been the start… Read More

Originally posted on Naturalistic Paganism:
2012 Thing on Thursday #13 Final poll of 2012 Ah, Pagan culture!  Some revel in it, others are embarrassed by it.  From incense to crystals, does any of it appeal to you?  If so, which parts? There is, of course, no way to fairly delineate what is and is not…

Originally posted on Mystical Bewilderment:
I’ve been having a bit of a personal depression session the last few days. Since my last post, and the commentary between both TH and I regarding it, I’ve just said, “fuck it.” It wasn’t even a big “fuck it,” but a minor one. I couldn’t articulate what I was…

Originally posted on hecatedemeter:
Winter Solstice And for all this, nature is never spent; There lives the dearest freshness deep down things; And though the last lights off the black West went Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs— Because the Goddess over the bent World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright…