Brighid Incense
Lis of Tiger Lilly Cottage came by yesterday for dinner and for planning Imbolg. While I made dinner, Lis set about making incense for our Hedge Group’s Imbolg ritual.
Brighid/Imbolg Incense
Roughly equal parts of:
White clover (flowers and leaves)
Red rose (petals)
Orange (dried peel)
Meadowsweet (flowers)
Spruce (cones, needles and some twig)
Rowan (berries and leaves)
Juniper (berries)
Yarrow (leaves and flowers)
Oak (leaves)
As well as:
Stuck it on my altar for the photo
1 thistle flower
A few Star Gazer Lily petals
Small amount of (ground) copal resin
All pieces were either ground to powder or chopped to roughly pea sized pieces or smaller.
We tested it after dinner and found that it was good. Earthy, subtly feminine, and invoking the feeling and scent of a hearth fire. So we put it in an attractive bottle and now it awaits Imbolg.
Why Isn’t Your Altar in the Garden?
You say that you feel the most connected with the divine and the land when you are working in your garden.
You’re happiest when you are doing things like repotting your geraniums.
But you are frustrated when standing in front of that altar, candles burning and all, while trying to pray because it has no real meaning to you, you just don’t feel it.
So
Why aren’t you praying when you are repotting your geraniums?
Why are there no geraniums on your altar?
Why isn’t your altar in the garden?
~ Juniper
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Correspondences: Figuring it Out For Yourself
Many years ago, people had no microscopes or laboratories to tell them what to use a certain plant for. They relied on shamanic practitioners and their own daring to discover the properties and uses of the plant life that grew around them.
Here is an exercise to help you see what it must have been like for early humans learning about our world.
Choose one culinary herb, your choice, fresh if possible but dried is fine. It will be best if you choose a herb you do not know much about, just head on over the grocery or fresh greens shop and choose a bundle of fresh (or dried) herbs that strikes your fancy.
You will want your notebook handy. Take a moment to clear your mind and relax. Gently touching the herb, feel free to say any prayer, blessing or charm in gratitude for this gift from the earth. Now take some of the herb in your hands and close your eyes.
Breath slowly and deeply until you are relaxed. Try to turn as much of your focus and attention on the herb. With respect, ask the herb to share with you… Continue reading
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