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Tag Archives: Yule
The End: a chanso
Again the end comes ’round. The nights grow longer still, and taint each daylight hour with hints of gray. A year is gone! Profound, how time escapes, and will elude our grasping power and run astray. Our clock is now … Continue reading
Hymn to Mithras
Praise for the sun born on this night Praise for the coming of the light On winter’s longest stretch of dark We praise the tiny, faintest spark Praise for the coming of the new Praise for the frost, soon turned … Continue reading
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Tagged Midwinter's Night, Mithras, paganism, ritual, seasons, winter, Yule
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Yule Log 2004
The times when goodwill, peace and love are praised are rare indeed; and rarer still those instances when thought translates to deed. So in such seasons where these things are found, take heart, rejoice, and with compassion, grace and honor … Continue reading
Joy to the World (a different version)
Joy in the world! The time is come! Let earth reject all kings. Let ev’ry heart give itself room, and with all nature sing, and with all nature sing, And with, and with all nature sing. Joy in the world! … Continue reading
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Tagged belonging, celebration, ecumenics, inclusion, joy, Joy to the World, nature, paganism, wholeness, Yule
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The Holly and the Oak
As the days wane short to midwinter’s night and the Holly King, crowned at Samhain, rules a darkened world in shadows without light, the cold earth hibernates, waiting for Yule. In the deep fetid sleep of seeming death the spirit … Continue reading
Midwinter’s Night
The eve of the Yule holidays, the winter solstice, and a full moon tonight to boot (the Oak moon, if you gather that type of information). This evening I am thinking about the presence and absence of light in the … Continue reading
Song for the Green Man
Now, sit yourself down and relax for a time And sup as the daylight begins to decline; The weather is warm and the company’s fine For the Green Man’s providing the wine Partake of the bounty that’s laid out this … Continue reading