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Posted on December 13, 2018
by Mabh Savage
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We’ve not got much money this year so we’re finding new (old) ways to make the place look festive! Big thanks to Leeds Real Junk Food Project Sharehouse for rescuing flowers that were going to be thrown away by supermarkets. We got two lovely… Continue Reading “Solstice Decorating”
Category: art, childhood, parenting, seasons, society, UncategorizedTags: candles, decorating, decorations, festive decorating, flowers, jars, Leeds, pagan, pine cones, real junk food project, sharehouse, Solstice, upcycling, winter, yule
Posted on December 12, 2018
by Mabh Savage
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I’m frying things in butter Oil in cupboard, with the clutter Bottling rainwater from buckets Standing guard until it chucks it Down and how I check the weather Smell of air and pinch of leather Pine cone shrinking, mercury rising Direct sun and cloud… Continue Reading “Old Ways/New Ways”
Category: pagan, poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: Celtic, cooking, crystals, modern times, pagan, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, spirituality, writing
Posted on December 1, 2018
by Mabh Savage
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This poem was written for Sue Dudley, one of the winners of a competition during the Pagan Federation Beltane Online Festival. Sue was happy for me to share the poem that she inspired. I just never got around to it until now! I am… Continue Reading “The Path”
Category: Nature, pagan, poetry, Uncategorized, Witchcraft, writingTags: Beltane, competition, nature, online festival, outdoors, pagan, pagan federation, paganism, poetry, Wicca
Posted on September 22, 2018
by Mabh Savage
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Joyous Alban Elfed, the light on the water. Happy first day of autumn, according to many almanacs. Merry Mabon, to those who honour this name. Happy Harvest Home, the last grain being stored. However and why ever you celebrate, may this moment of balance… Continue Reading “Merry Autumn Equinox!”
Category: mythology, Nature, pagan, seasons, Uncategorized, WitchcraftTags: alban elfed, autumn, autumn equinox, equinox, fall, harvest festival, harvest home, mabon, magic, pagan, paganism, ritual, seasons
Posted on August 1, 2018
by Mabh Savage
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Will I have any corn to bring To place on the stone within the ring? Will I have flesh to cut and burn And place inside the bubbling urn? Will I have neeps and spuds and carrots To fill these wide and simmering pots?… Continue Reading “Samildánach”
Category: childhood, Nature, pagan, parenting, Uncategorized, writingTags: arts, autumn, Celtic, fall, family, harvest, lammas, Lúnasa, Lugh, Lughnasadh writing, nature, pagan, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, religion, samildanach, seasons, skills, spirituality, summer, Tailtiu, Tailtu, winter
Posted on May 14, 2018
by Mabh Savage
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What a lovely weekend. I was honoured to be a part of the Online Beltane Music Festival, run by the Pagan Federation Disabilities Team, and really enjoyed seeing the other speakers and performers and interacting with the guests. For those who can’t get out… Continue Reading “A Day in the Woods”
Category: health, mental health, Music, Nature, pagan, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: disabilities, flowers, health, hiking, Leeds, mental health, monday blogs, nature, nature walk, Online Beltane Music Festival, outdoors, pagan, pagan federation, photography, post hill, pudsey, Robert Frost, spring, stream, summer, trees, walking, woods, writing, yorkshire
Posted on May 11, 2018
by Mabh Savage
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Just look at this line up! I’m so excited to be on the same line up as Damh the Bard and Inkubus Sukkubus, as well as amazing speakers such as Kitchen Witch Rachel Patterson and Hopeless, Maine‘s Nimue Brown. Here’s the link to the… Continue Reading “Online Beltane Music Festival!”
Category: mental health, Music, pagan, writingTags: accessibility, Beltane, Damh the Bard, disabilities, equality, folk, Inkubus Sukkubus, music, music festival, Nimue Brown, OnlineBeltaneMusicFestival, pagan, pagan federation, Pagan Federation Disabilities Team, rachel patterson
Posted on April 30, 2018
by Mabh Savage
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A card is pulled A sphere Leaning to the side Of mercy. Our animal self Howls at it Barks at it Gnashes shark teeth But we can’t control The master of tides We fear the path Between the two towers Yet walk it we… Continue Reading “The Moon”
Category: mythology, observation, pagan, poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: divination, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2018, lunar, magick, major arcana, monday blogs, moon, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2018, pagan, paganism, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, spirituality, tarot, writing
Posted on April 28, 2018
by Mabh Savage
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Waiting by the ocean Waiting by the shore Clouds are hanging, cloaking Sunlight, grey and raw. Beach lies glinting wetly Tide breaks like a sigh Pebbles crackling, crunching ‘Neath the slate tile sky Winkles, whelks and starfish Rays and sprays and gulls Bladderwrack and… Continue Reading “Take me to the Ocean”
Category: Nature, observation, pagan, poetry, seasons, Uncategorized, writingTags: beach, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2018, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2018, nature, ocean, outdoors, pagan, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, sea, seaside, seasons, shore, spring, wildlife, writing, yorkshire
Posted on April 26, 2018
by Mabh Savage
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A while ago I wrote a poem as part of a devotional month of work undertaken by many devotees of Hekate. Titled Soteira, I always intended to turn it into a song, however the poetic structure didn’t quite fit with the music that came… Continue Reading “Soteira: The Song”
Category: Music, pagan, poetry, Uncategorized, Witchcraft, writingTags: cosmic world soul, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2018, Hecate, Hekate, magic, music, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2018, pagan, paganism, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, song, soteira, spirituality, writing
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