offerings – Author M. A. Phillips

My Dedicant Oath

Preparation: Offerings to gather: Earth Mother: herbs Outdwellers: beer (to be placed in a separate bowl) Earth: salt Sea: water Sky: incense Manannan (Gatekeeper): beer Nature Spirits: bird seed Ancestors: fruit (apples?) Gods: Whiskey Brighid: Token I made An Dagda: Token I made Return offerings: Oil Additional Needs: Ogham for the omen Wine for theContinue reading “My Dedicant Oath”

The Three Kindred

In my early days of Pagan study and worship, it was easiest for me to connect with and understand the Nature Spirits. I was raised to respect them and even taught by my mother to believe in fairies and unicorns, even if they were part of a different reality than our own. As time went by, IContinue reading “The Three Kindred”

My Home Shrine

Creating a shrine was not a difficult requirement for me as I’ve been making altars for a few years. The challenge, however, was making an altar in accordance with a hearth culture and within a Druidic framework. Having started on a Pagan path through Wicca, I was used to having certain articles on my altar. When I realizedContinue reading “My Home Shrine”

Little Things

When I have guests over, I do the usual and clean the apartment. I take care of the physical tidiness, but I also do a little extra for the spiritual side of things. Although having company resulted in a stressful Tuesday full of cleaning, fatigue, and the self-loathing that resulted in this post, I madeContinue reading “Little Things”

My Autumn Equinox: Part One

Yesterday I talked about what the Autumn Equinox means to me. Now I’m going to share with you some of what I’ve been doing to celebrate it! I’ve started to collect twigs from specific trees to create small ogham staves. So far I’ve started luis/rowan and dair/oak. I’m proud of them so far! Here theyContinue reading “My Autumn Equinox: Part One”

Some photos to share

My altar and craft room has also become a greenhouse. There are various vegetables and herbs here. I have more seedlings that aren’t in the photo. Here’s my “fairy pot.” I put offerings by the statue from time to time. Notice all the brown vegetation from past offerings. It’s how I deal with living inContinue reading “Some photos to share”

Where do my offerings go?

It is true that I live in northern, rural NY. However I still live in an apartment. I feel like I live in a tiny suburb. It’s former military housing and looks like a development. All the buildings are practically carbon copies. There is a forest here and I have access to it, but it’sContinue reading “Where do my offerings go?”

Prepping for Imbolc: Part 2

I’m not finished with it yet, but here is a photo of the Brighid cross project I’m working on. The pattern on the brown/gold fabric may not be the best for the project but I’m determined to see it through and perhaps add some embroider to embellish it. I usually don’t do things like thisContinue reading “Prepping for Imbolc: Part 2”