Pagan Portals - Sumer Is Icumen In
Pagan Portals - Sumer Is Icumen In

Author: Melusine Draco

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2022-04-29

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 1785359827

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In Sumer is Icumen In we discover new and exciting ways of surviving (and enjoying) the truly pagan excesses of the Midsummer Festival. Here we can establish and instigate a new smorgasbord of traditions of our own for the purpose of celebration and observance and, in time, even though we must never lose sight of our authentic history, they may even be integrated into future pagan revels.

Pagan Portals - Harvest Home: In-Gathering
Pagan Portals - Harvest Home: In-Gathering

Author: Melusine Draco

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2022-08-26

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 1803411112

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In the good old days, the harvest festivals began in August (Lunasa - ‘beginning of harvest’) followed by September (Meán Fómhair) and October (Deireadh Fómhair) - translated as ‘middle of harvest’ and ‘end of harvest’ respectively. Harvest was one of the most sacred times of the pagan year and the Harvest Home or ‘in-gathering’ was a community observance at the end of the harvest to celebrate and give thanks for the bounty. Celebrating the harvest is still the holiest time of the Craft year and Lammas celebrates the coming of harvest-tide with its decoration of corn sheaves, fancy loaves, berries and fruits - all leading up to the Autumnal Equinox (or Michaelmas) that marked its zenith with the eating of the traditional goose and the raucous festivities of the community harvest suppers and country fairs.

Pagan Portals - Breath of Spring
Pagan Portals - Breath of Spring

Author: Melusine Draco

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2023-01-27

Total Pages: 87

ISBN-13: 1803411899

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Candlemas/Imbolc is the re-awakening of the Old Lass within Old Craft belief and also coincides with the Roman Candelaria and Fornicalia - a spring corn festival celebrated in honour of Fornax, goddess of ovens, and observed by each ward of the city. All this merging of primitive origins and rites, belonging to the European pre-urban agricultural culture, meant that it also commemorated the search for Persephone by her mother and the festival of candles symbolizing the return of the Light. So it continued to be performed until the Christian era, when it was transformed into Candalmas in AD494. In pre-Christian times, Imbolc observance began the night before 1st February, and celebrants prepared for a visit from Brigid into their homes by crafting an effigy of the goddess from bundles of oats and rushes. The clothed effigy was placed in a basket overnight, and the day was celebrated by burning lamps and lighting bonfires in tribute to her. Traditions from both the pagan celebration and the Christian observance of St. Brigid's Day can be found in the modern Imbolc festivities - while celebrants sometimes make a Brigid's Cross out of reeds, as well as a Brigid corn doll or effigy.

Pagan Portals - Rounding the Wheel of the Year
Pagan Portals - Rounding the Wheel of the Year

Author: Lucya Starza

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2023-10-27

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 1785359347

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Every month is full of magic, each day has its own energy, and the seasons rotate as part of the cycles of nature. Pagan Portals - Rounding the Wheel of the Year looks at ways to honour each month with folkloric customs, herb and plant lore, traditional crafts, spells, visualisations, and pagan rites that go beyond the eight festivals of Imbolc, Spring Equinox, Beltane, Summer Solstice, Lammas, Autumn Equinox, Samhain, and Winter Solstice. The wheel of the year turns smoothly, it doesn't bump over eight cogs, and that's the meaning of the title of this book. Inside these pages you will find the history behind some much-loved folklore and modern pagan customs, as well as practical suggestions for ways to celebrate the turning of the year.

Pagan Portals - Reclaiming Witchcraft
Pagan Portals - Reclaiming Witchcraft

Author: Irisanya Moon

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2020-06-26

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13: 1789042135

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Reclaiming Witchcraft is designed to help the reader better understand the basic structure of the Reclaiming tradition, as well as discover how it has changed since its initial formation in San Francisco and subsequent journey out to the reaches of Canada, Australia, and Europe. From the basic tenets of what makes a Reclaiming Witch, to how rituals are performed, how lessons are passed on, and how magick is made around the world, Reclaiming Witchcraft seeks to welcome those who might be interested in learning more, while also directing them to resources and paths that can help facilitate their journey.

Middle Egyptian
Middle Egyptian

Author: James P. Allen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-07-24

Total Pages: 610

ISBN-13: 1139917099

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Middle Egyptian introduces the reader to the writing system of ancient Egypt and the language of hieroglyphic texts. It contains twenty-six lessons, exercises (with answers), a list of hieroglyphic signs, and a dictionary. It also includes a series of twenty-six essays on the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian history, society, religion, literature, and language. Grammar lessons and cultural essays allows users not only to read hieroglyphic texts but also to understand them, providing the foundation for understanding texts on monuments and reading great works of ancient Egyptian literature. This third edition is revised and reorganized, particularly in its approach to the verbal system, based on recent advances in understanding the language. Illustrations enhance the discussions, and an index of references has been added. These changes and additions provide a complete and up-to-date grammatical description of the classical language of ancient Egypt for specialists in linguistics and other fields.

A Complete History of Music
A Complete History of Music

Author: W.J Baltzell

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2020-08-04

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 3752405325

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Reproduction of the original: A Complete History of Music by W.J Baltzell

A History of Story-telling; Studies in the Development of Narrative
A History of Story-telling; Studies in the Development of Narrative

Author: Arthur Ransome

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781015870178

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