By Iya Olusoga – Bisi Ade, Astrorisa Moon Forecaster
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Category: Elders
Making A Yule Log/Having A Old Fashioned Christmas
Make this Yule Log use as a handcrafted herbal gift for family and friends this holiday season.
Yule Log Recipe
The Yule log is traditionally burned on New Year’s Eve to usher in good fortune for the coming year. It is created in the spirit of prayer or ritual for the fulfilment of dreams, hopes, and wishes for prosperity, happiness, peace, or whatever you want the New Year to bring. As you create the log, perform each action with intention for your dreams to come true.
1. Start by tying a red ribbon around the middle of a large piece of firewood. There are many items that can be used to decorate the log such as moss, rosemary sprigs, cinnamon sticks, whole nutmeg, rose hips, frankincense resin, fir branches, pinecones, or prayers written down, rolled up, and tied with pieces of string.
2. Attach all of the ornaments with drippings…
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Ozark Encyclopedia – N – Needles
~ Sagittarius New Moon Time ~
By Iya Olusoga – Bisi Ade ~ Astrorisa Moon Forecaster
Welcome To The Loft! It’s the last new moon of 2017. What can we look forward to and how much should we take into 2018? Astrorisa Moon Forecaster, discusses these lunar energies for you to create your plans.
~ An Esu Moon and Season ~
By Iya Olusoga – Bisi Ade – Astrorisa Moon Forecaster
HAPPY SUPER FULL MOON & MERCURY RETROGRADE SEASON
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December starts with a BANG!! We’re going to experience a Super Full Moon in Gemini and Mercury retrograde at the same time. The number 11 will play a significant role during these planetary changes. Time to align with wisdom and clarity; chose your path wisely.
Spirit of Spider {Animal Totems}
Role: The Weaver
Lesson: Balance
Element: Earth
Wind: West The Quest Within
Medicine: Illusion
Communication. Creativity. Divine Inspiration. Illusion. Balance. Nurturing Instinct. Mystery. Wisdom. Magic.
NAVAJO CREATION STORY
“In the beginning, there was the dark purple light at the dawn of being. Spider Woman spun a line to form the east, west, north, and south. Breath entered man at the time of the yellow light. At the time of the red light, man proudly faced his creator. Spider Woman used the clay of the earth, red, yellow, white, and black, to create people. To each she attached a thread of her web which came from the doorway at the top of her head. This thread was the gift of creative wisdom. Three times she sent a great flood to destroy those who had forgotten the gift of her thread. Those who remembered floated to the new world and climbed to…
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Rituals and Activities to Enhance Creativity and Support the Bardic Arts
This is my song, this is my voice,
These are my words, this is my choice.
Hear me now, take heed of my words.
Love me now, and your spirit will fly.
Hear me in the howling of the wolf,
My voice is the song of the Bards,
I am the power that helps the salmon leap,
I am the very first breath of a child.
From Damh the Bard’s Song of Awen.
It has been a long journey into considering the role of the bardic arts in the druid tradition and the role that creativity plays in spirituality. I realized that one final thing was missing from our discussion–a set of practical exercises and rituals that you can use to better work with the flow of awen and embrace the path of the bard. And so, to finish out my long series on the Bardic Arts in the…
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Second Full Moon of Summer 2017
Taking up the Path of the Bard, Part I
Bardic Artistic Expression through Clay, Sand, and Straw (cob)! (This is part of a tree piece I collaborated on at Strawbale Studio in Michigan)
A group of people sharing stories and songs by the fire. A fine pair of leather shoes. A beautiful woven garment. A tale full of twists and mystery. Finely wrought iron doors. An amazing wood carving on a stump. A marble sculpture. A wildly painted mural on a wall. A cob structure with whimsical trees and forms. A song that reaches deep within you when you hear it. A rousing speech. Each of these, and so many others, represent the natural creative expressions of humanity. Taking up the path of the bard is one of three paths in the druid tradition (along with the work of the Ovate and the Druid). Yet, many people aren’t sure how to take up the path of the bard because…
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Paths I Walk 
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