I've spent the last nine years looking at the patterns of the moon in terms of the Darkwood Archetypes. The moon has 8 specific phases that overlay with the 8 seasons of the Wheel of the Year quite tidily. By looking at the moon's patterns in conjunction with the Wheel of the Year's holy …
Archetypes
dreaming as a flex
I spend Dreaming season doing three main things. Dreaming, of course. And I'm also carrying firewood and reading beside the fire. This week I'm re-reading a novel that I first encountered many years ago, The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk. Like many works of fiction, …
invoking The Mystery
We're walking toward the Dark now like a bride down the aisle. The moon is darkening, too. It's special this year, having a Dark moon at the Winter Solstice. It doesn't always line up like that. So, this is the year to embrace Dark, to really be with it instead of wishing it …
back to yourself
Over the river and through the woods… You know that song? It’s all about the excitement of going. Personally, I'd be more inclined to sing a song about the joys of leaving the shindig and coming back home to myself.You know the feeling, worn out from food and small talk and sat on by all …
knowing better
We've probably all been chided with this phrase at some point in our lives. You should know better. Or, perhaps we've whispered to ourselves in tones of regret, damn, I shoulda known better. But if we look at that phrase a little differently, take the shame out of it, we see …