“I smell the fear that reigns inside The thought of children who must oblige To tainted dreams and polluted seas The missing moon and melting trees A mist of doom and clouds of pain Toxic waste and acid rain The passing of our ignorance A lifetime spent in abstinence Of living in fear Living in…
Given that the media are no longer impartial, when you read headlines around the massive rise in demand for solid fuel, you know that there is an agenda to continue to exhaust you with fear. This time will also pass, and you know, the silent majority who went along with the mask wearing, vaccination program,…
Enter the calendar year September, and the politicians start returning from their summer break and already the lockdown rhetoric starts again. Is it COVID and mask wearing mandates (not yet, though as every parent knows, autumnal colds are the norm as kids remingle in yard and health boards start promoting the flu jab). No, as…
The New Moon in Mutable Earth on the 27th of August at 9:17 am BST (art by Glen Rogers) Our physical reality is composed of a complex interwoven interplay between a variety of vibrational pulses which imperceptibly alter over time. Those subtle shifts reflect changes within our personal and collective perception of our world and…
The First Astronomers: How Indigenous Elders read the Stars by Duane Hamacher Essentially the First Astronomers is a well-researched and documented argument to open the eyes of Western academics to take seriously the extensive and intimate knowledge that Indigenous peoples have regarding star knowledge and lore. Mr. Harmacher has spent many years actively engaged…
Heralding back to a time when the Watchers oversaw the Fixed Cross, Lughnasadh, or Lammas, is one of the four festivals within the Celtic tradition that acknowledges the midpoints between the Cross of Matter, a time when our star, Sol, reaches the halfway point between the Turning of the Seasons and the Balancing of the…
The New Moon in Fixed Fire on the 28th July 2022 at 22:55 BST, Dublin, Ireland Cover art – The Lion Awakens by Greg Calise Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole…
Though our modern world feels increasingly removed from Nature, ultimately our sense and understanding of time arises from the rhythmic pulse of the heavenly bodies floating in the waters of the firmament. We live embedded within an ocean of currents and like the differing seas that exist around the world, each has its own character…
The New Moon in Cardinal Water on the 29th of June 2022 Ever feel like there is something missing? That our world is somehow incomplete? Gutted, dreams shattered by an old man to fearful to let him pursue his vision, he rises from the dinner table and takes his leave to consider his fate.…
21st June 2022 at 10:13 am BST Today the seasons turn and the abundance of light is shifts. This is most evident if you live far from the equator, north or south. In the south, the weakened light rests before its steady climb high above the southern landscapes; in the north, the light stretches well…