Woven Spirit
September 11th, 2001, 11:52 AM
I recently went to Hastings and had another book adopt me before I left. Don't know if this happens to any of you but I thought I would share some of the information it has given me.
Herbal Rituals by Judith Berger*
Her book starts in November but you can start anywhere. It states the the herbs to use are as listed below:
November: Visioning, Dreaming, Remembering *Mugwort*
December: Centering, Illuminating, Giving *Pine*
January: Resting, Being, Listening *Garden Sage, Thyme*
March: Awakening, Being *Birch*
April: Growing, Nurturing, Renewing *Violet, Dandelion*
May: Marrying, Opening *Stinging Nettle, Hawthorne*
June: Wandering, Communing *Elder, Lavender*
July: Thriving *Red Rasberry, Red Clover*
August: Harvesting, Blessing *Yarrow, Rosemary*
September: Turning, Returning *Comfrey*
October: Slowing, Rooting, Releasing *Burdock*
The Thirteenth Month: Pausing Halloween All Souls day and Day of the Dead is a time for pausing. They were considered a three-day month that stood apart from the rest of the year. Freeing the passage of the three sunrises and sunsets from the written calendar added to the otherworldly feel of this triad of days. Indeed, unboind from a predictable, calendric rhythm, these three days inspiried devotion to the unknowable and invisible, the chaotic and the suprising.
As we come to the end of a single yearly cycle, it is fitting that we dwell, even if only breifly, in the void between one year and the next, letting the full body of the year sink in before we step outside to greet another cycle of the earth's journey around the sun. Thus we allow the heart, soul, and spirit to be moved by all we have come to know of the earth's complex and rich personality. Taking this conscious interlude, we can deeply absorb, not through rational understanding, but through skin, bone and heart, the ever-unfolding treasure of this enchanted earth.
I hope this will be of some use to those of you who read this thread. There is a deeper involvement that the author shares with you on her journey. If you are truly into nature and enjoy the balance of giving and receiving, I would suggest this read. The rituals themselves are simple but full of love.
If you have questions, please let me know. Thanks. MP
Herbal Rituals by Judith Berger*
Her book starts in November but you can start anywhere. It states the the herbs to use are as listed below:
November: Visioning, Dreaming, Remembering *Mugwort*
December: Centering, Illuminating, Giving *Pine*
January: Resting, Being, Listening *Garden Sage, Thyme*
March: Awakening, Being *Birch*
April: Growing, Nurturing, Renewing *Violet, Dandelion*
May: Marrying, Opening *Stinging Nettle, Hawthorne*
June: Wandering, Communing *Elder, Lavender*
July: Thriving *Red Rasberry, Red Clover*
August: Harvesting, Blessing *Yarrow, Rosemary*
September: Turning, Returning *Comfrey*
October: Slowing, Rooting, Releasing *Burdock*
The Thirteenth Month: Pausing Halloween All Souls day and Day of the Dead is a time for pausing. They were considered a three-day month that stood apart from the rest of the year. Freeing the passage of the three sunrises and sunsets from the written calendar added to the otherworldly feel of this triad of days. Indeed, unboind from a predictable, calendric rhythm, these three days inspiried devotion to the unknowable and invisible, the chaotic and the suprising.
As we come to the end of a single yearly cycle, it is fitting that we dwell, even if only breifly, in the void between one year and the next, letting the full body of the year sink in before we step outside to greet another cycle of the earth's journey around the sun. Thus we allow the heart, soul, and spirit to be moved by all we have come to know of the earth's complex and rich personality. Taking this conscious interlude, we can deeply absorb, not through rational understanding, but through skin, bone and heart, the ever-unfolding treasure of this enchanted earth.
I hope this will be of some use to those of you who read this thread. There is a deeper involvement that the author shares with you on her journey. If you are truly into nature and enjoy the balance of giving and receiving, I would suggest this read. The rituals themselves are simple but full of love.
If you have questions, please let me know. Thanks. MP