Valentine’s Day brings a focus on relationships. Though I don’t observe the holiday with my husband (my daughter is obsessed with it), I’ve spent the week thinking about my connection to the land. Perhaps it’s the lingering winter and my desire to garden and forage again, or maybe it comes from my discipline kicking inContinue reading “Show Love to the Land by Localizing Your Practice”
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Three Things Thursday: Writer Spotlight, Winter Gardens, and Waffles
Once more, in an effort to update my blog more regularly, here’s another installment of Three Things Thursday! Three mini posts nestled together in one for your viewing pleasure! 1) Hagstone Publishing recently released a little interview with me. In it, I share one of the most significant, spiritual moments of my life. It actuallyContinue reading “Three Things Thursday: Writer Spotlight, Winter Gardens, and Waffles”
Three Things Thursday
Once more, in an effort to update my blog more regularly, here’s another installment of Three Things Thursday! Three mini posts nestled together in one for your viewing pleasure! Preparing for Imbolc In preparation for Imbolc this year, I signed up for a virtual class called “Imbolc in Ireland” by Lora O’Brien of Irish PaganContinue reading “Three Things Thursday”
My Latest Brighid Doll
It’s a very snowy day, so I relaxed indoors and worked on her all morning and afternoon. I made her for my daughter so she can decorate her little altar for Imbolc.
Try Try Trance
Ugh. Sometime in December, my discipline and focus crumbled. I really fell off the trance train… I’ve been working to reestablish my discipline over the last couple weeks. I started to reread Paxson’s “Trance-Portations” and am going through the exercises. I’m not rushing it. I really want to spend time on the foundational skills. I’veContinue reading “Try Try Trance”
New Year, New Hobby
Ever since Muin Mound Grove made candles with old candle wax for an Imbolc workshop years ago, I decided that I should try my hand at the hobby. It felt so right given my growing relationship with Brighid. A friend of mine made candles for awhile – huge, beautiful pieces of art, really. She giftedContinue reading “New Year, New Hobby”
Pagan Parenting: Harvesting Wild Grain at Lughnasadh
Each Lughnasadh, I strive to harvest some of the wild grain from the hedges. Not only is harvesting grain traditional at this time of year, but I save it so my protogrove has something with which to weave Brighid crosses during Imbolc, six months later. With the amount of snow we get in January andContinue reading “Pagan Parenting: Harvesting Wild Grain at Lughnasadh”
Brighid and the Sacred Milk
Many of us associate Imbolc with milk in part because, as tradition has it, the holiday falls when the sheep in Ireland are lactating. As a result, a favorite family activity in many Pagan households is making butter, and many of us offer cow, sheep, or goat milk to Brighid. Since becoming a mother, I’ve found myselfContinue reading “Brighid and the Sacred Milk”
Faux Candles for Imbolc: A Toddler-Friendly Craft
Bee shows a greater interest in what I do, and she loves to honor nature outside and inside at her nature table / play altar. The one thing she was missing was a representation of fire – one of the Three Hallows in my Druidic tradition, and an important part of any Celtic spirituality. I’veContinue reading “Faux Candles for Imbolc: A Toddler-Friendly Craft”
Art Between Friends
Although I don’t have much time to craft these days, I gleefully signed up for the ADF Artisan Guild Imbolc exchange. The group decided that everyone should make something small, and we decided on the amount of time it should take and the general cost. I was excited enough to participate and do a littleContinue reading “Art Between Friends”
Author M. A. Phillips 