In my own accumulation of Alferic lore, the Linden is a tree closely associated with the Goddess of Stars and the night sky. The Elves call her Sellë or Sarwen, and she tells me that the Celts called her Arianrhod. I have not attempted yet to interpret the stories of Arianrhod in the Mabinogi in [...]
Archive for July, 2008
The Lesson of the Linden
Posted in Druid festivals, Druidry on July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Druid Gospel Music and Coming Home
Posted in Uncategorized on July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For some reason (Sunday, I suppose) there is a theme of Gospel music on the radio today. Christa Tippet on “Speaking of Faith” interviewed a famous Gospel singer about the music of the African American experience and now on “Prairie Home Companion” with Garrison Keillor the Hopeful Gospel Quartet is singing a song titled “When [...]
Midsummer, Leading, and “Being Taken”
Posted in Druidry, Otherworlds, magic, psyche on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Summer Solstice has passed and American Independence Day. My druid grove met at a state park to celebrate the summer and it was a perfectly beautiful Minnesota summer weekend too, filled with mosquitoes (not too many) and does with fawns, and a young stag of summer, snorting, and stamping at me from the [...]