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Posted on September 27, 2013
by Mabh Savage
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My book, A Modern Celt is officially released today! It’s available all over the place, and here’s the link to Amazon where you can have a peek inside and see what all the fuss is about. Remember, from 20.00 tonight I will be online… Continue Reading “A Modern Celt: It’s Here!”
Category: followers, observation, pagan, poetry, prose, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: A Modern Celt, amoderncelt, author, book launch, books, celt, Celtic, lit, mabh, magic, moon books, moonbooks, pagan, poetry, prose, savage, writing
Posted on September 23, 2013
by Mabh Savage
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Taken while on Equinox Camp with amazing friends. The sun shone hot and I had to steal an Americanism for my title, simply because of how high I felt; how drunk on happiness and calm and balmy contentment; how warm and exquisite and worldly.… Continue Reading “Rising in the Fall…”
Category: gardening, observation, pagan, prose, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: autumn, autumn equinox, fruit, mabon, pagan, prose, the fall, writing
Posted on September 16, 2013
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Mornings like this are the epitome of autumn for me. A magical mix that should be distressing but in its balance becomes quite beautiful. Sunshine beaming in the blue beneath heavy lids of looming cloud; birds soaring gleefully then buffeted by the random raucous… Continue Reading “Broken Blue”
Category: gardening, observation, pagan, prose, Uncategorized, writingTags: blogging, cold, damp, frost, gardening, gods, helios, mornings, observation, pagan, rain, seasons, summer, sun, weather, wind, winter
Posted on September 13, 2013
by Mabh Savage
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I feel like this year’s autumnal equinox has crept up on me. I’ve been a bit poorly, and off work, and struggling to write, and suddenly I realise, wow, it’s nearly balance point again. Nearly that magical time when day equals night; light equals… Continue Reading “Eating up the Equinox”
Category: childhood, gardening, observation, pagan, poetry, prose, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: autumn, autumn equinox, equinox, fall, festivals, mabon, pagan, seasonal, seasons, the fall, wheel of the year
Posted on August 25, 2013
by Mabh Savage
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And this bowl all without leaving the garden! Now what shall I do with these? Jam or pudding?
Category: cooking, gardening, observation, pagan, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: berries, blackberries, Brambles, cooking, fruit, garden, gardening, grow your own, jam, natural, nature, pudding, self sufficiency
Posted on August 23, 2013
by Mabh Savage
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Endlessly entropic Ebbing away Says the circle so bright Dares the moon in the light Of the day hale and gay So we spin and we stick To the lines drawn before To the curves of our past Salt and water hold fast To… Continue Reading “Widdershins Whirl”
Category: observation, pagan, poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: ancestors, circle, dance, lit, magic, pagan, poem, Poet, poetry, rhyme, widdershins, writing
Posted on August 22, 2013
by Mabh Savage
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Like what I did there? Ritual right, ritual/rite. Hilarious. Anyway, as previously mentioned, witchcraft has been a hot topic this week, and there has been a great deal of debate over its effectiveness and also its ultimate purpose. One of the key issues that… Continue Reading “Ritual, right?”
Category: observation, pagan, prose, Uncategorized, writingTags: circle, circles, coven, debate, festivals, god, goddess, groupwork, magic, magick, pagan, religion, rite, ritual, sabbats, spell, wheel of the year, witch, Witchcraft
Posted on August 20, 2013
by Mabh Savage
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An interesting debate arose earlier this week, on the stomping ground that is the social media universe. This was in the wake of Channel 4’s screening of A Very British Witchcraft. One of my good friends wanted to know, does it work? What’s the… Continue Reading “A Very Berated Witchcraft”
Category: observation, pagan, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: a very British witchcraft, ceremony, cynicism, debate, magic, occult, pagan, paganism, religion, ritual, spiritualism, Wicca, Witchcraft