Yule, the Winter Solstice is also known as the shortest day of the year, this marks the time of year when the days start growing longer again. The celebration of Yule is rooted in pre-Christian Germanic Europe where on the shortest day people would gather to light candles and fires...
Litha, the twin Sabbat to Yule, but while Yule marks the shortest day of the year, Litha marks the longest. In some cultures it is the middle of summer, the high point of the Oak King's power. But Litha is not so much about the Oak King, or his deep...
Beltane, the wonderful Fire Festival that falls at the start of Summer, or at the mid point of Spring (depending on what you feel the festival that falls smack in the middle of the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice is. For me, with the tradition I was trained in,...
While I love Winter and the introspection and solitude that it brings, I confess to a feeling of relief the day I wake with the undeniable feeling that the Wheel has Turned. It has nothing to do with the date, or the weather forecast, or what a rodent in the...
Each of the Celtic Mythologies (Britain, Wales, Ireland & Scotland) contains a version of the Battle of the Oak King and the Holly King. These two kings each rule half of the year and they fight for supremacy as the seasons change each year. Each year, the Oak King challenges...
