When people picture the symbol of medicine, they often imagine a staff with snakes wrapped around it. However, it’s important...
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When people picture the symbol of medicine, they often imagine a staff with snakes wrapped around it. However, it’s important...
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Celestite is special to those who look to the light-filled heavens and feel a wonderful sense of peace, an elevation of spirit, and an overwhelming sense of belonging, not just to mankind, but to the universe and all that dwells there. Celestite’s ethereal blue crystals reflect the many colors of our celestial dome, making it one of the most beautiful blue energy crystals. It is a strong activator of the Throat, Third Eye, and Crown Chakras, stimulating the spiritual senses and providing a quick and dynamic connection to the higher realms. It is first and foremost a Stone of Heavenly...
The Celtic Tree Calendar is a twelve-month calendar divided into thirteen lunar divisions. Instead of following the waxing and waning lunar cycle, most modern Pagans adopt fixed dates for each “month.” If this were done, the calendar would ultimately go out of sync with the Gregorian year because some calendar years have 12 full moons and others have 13. The current tree calendar is based on the idea that letters in the old Celtic Ogham alphabet are related to different types of trees. Although you are not required to pursue a Celtic path to celebrate the Celtic tree calendar months,...
Many types of banded chalcedony, a mineral in the quartz family, are known as agate. It gets its name from the Achetes River in Sicily, where the first agates were discovered. Some variants feature “eye” marks, or specks of color; some have fossilized inclusions, while others are solid. The concentric bands of agate develop in practically every hue the earth can create, including a colorless variety, and are known as the earth rainbow. Agate was discovered among Neolithic people’s artifacts and was used as healing amulets and decorations dating back to Babylon. Its medical applications persisted throughout the ancient Greek...
We often observe our yards blanking abruptly with dots of sunny, golden blossoms every spring. While many residents in suburban areas consider dandelions the scourge of their existence and use large sums of money to eliminate them from sight, the matter is that dandelions both from a medical and magical standpoint have a long and rich folklore historical record. Let’s look at various ways dandelions have been used over the centuries. Taraxacum is the common name for this herb. It is a sizable genus of Asteraceae flowering plants. Although the two most prevalent species of dandelion were introduced into North...
The Ruler of Winter Cailleach, the goddess of Scotland and parts of Ireland, is the incarnation of the dark mother, the harvest goddess, or the hag or crone figure. She arrives in late autumn, as the soil is dying, and is known as a storm bringer. She is often represented as an elderly woman with one eye, terrible teeth, and matted hair. According to mythologist Joseph Campbell, she is known as Cailleach Bheur in Scotland and Cailleach Beare along the Irish shore. Her name varies depending on which county and location she appears in. The word cailleach means “veiled one”...
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