Daughters of the Greening Presents
The Sacred Glen
Volume #1 Issue #3
June 2007


The Sacred Glen is a publication of Daughters of the Greening online school.  All articles within this ezine are written by students of the school and are their own personal property, unless otherwise credited.  Daughters of the Greening is dedicated to teaching about the sacredness of all life and offers classes in Sacred Ecology, Holistic Healing, Discovering Past Lives, Faery Magic and Women's Spirituality.  The school is open to anyone who is 18 years of age or older.

The Sacred Glen Council
Morgana Ravenwings
Dryw (Wren)
Stephanie Mayfield
Anarane
Belou
Susan Allen

In this issue:

Sacred Days of the Ancestors
The Goddess Speaks
Summer Solstice
Holistic Healing
Gaia's Resources for Health
Animal Medicine
Call of the Wild:  Modern Men and Paganism
Harvests from the Printing Press
Green Living
Spider Woman's Web


Sacred Days of the Ancestors
June 2007

6/1 : Saga Dawa Duchen--Tibetan Buddhist festival celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of Buddha Siddhartha Gautama (563-483 BCE).
6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno - partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and         adulterous spouses.
6/1 International Children's Day
6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month--Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
6/2 Gawai Dayak
6/2: Mindfulness Day--Zen Buddhist day for mindfully seeing the interdependence of all things at all times.
6/3: Broken Doll Day Bellona
6/4: Juvenalia
6/5: Sheela-Na-Ging
6/5: World Environment Day--Day to mourn the harm done to Mother Earth (past and present), make reparation, and celebrate Her beauty.
6/6: Moslem Night of Observation
6/6: First appearance of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Compassionate Mother who answers all pleas (France 1830).
6/7: Rice Festival
6/7 to 6/15: Vestalia--Old Roman festival honoring Goddess Vesta (Greek Hestia). Women made food offerings at the sacred hearths of home and temple.
6/9: Field Day
6/10: Day of Anahita, Oak month begins
6/11: Mater Matuta
6/12: Festival of Mut
6/13 (A 7/24): Old Egyptian feast of Neteret Hathor, Goddess of Love and Fertility.
6/14: Birthday of the Muses
6/14 (11:13 p.m. EDT): New Moon.
6/14 eve: Old European feast of the Triple Goddess (Goddess of the Moon and the Seasons), marking the transformation of the Virgin into the Mother.
6/14 to 6/17: Iroquois Green Bean Ceremony--in thanksgiving for the bean harvest; celebrated with tobacco offerings, singing, drumming, dancing, and feasting.
6/15: Day of St, Vitus
* 6/15: Suijin Matsuri--Shinto rite honoring the Kami of Water.
6/16: Tano Children's Festival
6/17: Couple's Day, Japanese Lily Festival
6/17: Fathers' Day--Day to give love and thanks to all fathers; day for all fathers to celebrate fatherhood and contemplate their sacred duty to provide for the physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual needs of their children.
6/17: Day to celebrate Starhawk's work in reclaiming the Goddess and raising Goddess-consciousness. She teaches an eco-egalitarian form of Wicca.
6/17 eve to 6/18 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Athena - as protector and defender.
6/19: Feast day of St. Odo
6/20: Feast of Ix Chel
6/20 to 6/21: Inti Rayni--Inca festival honoring Sun God Inti.
6/20 to 6/21: Feast of the Great Spirit/Great Mystery that encompasses Mother Earth and Father Sky - honoring Deity as Orenda (Iroquois), Asgaya Galun Lati (Cherokee), Wakan Tanka (Lakota) & Awonawilona (Zuni).
6/20 to 6/21: Feast of the Transcendent Masculine Divine Spirit--honoring God as Maha Deva Shiva (Hindu), Allah (Old Arabic-Sufi) , Eloh (Jewish Kabbalah) & Holy Heavenly Father (Christian).
6/20 to 6/23: Lakota Sun Dance--Festival of prayer, fasting, dancing, and healing in honor of Sun God Wi; offerings are also made to Maka/Mother Earth and Haokah/Father Sky. Lakotas believe all Deities are aspects of Creator Takuskanskan.
6/21 (2:06 p.m. EDT): Summer Solstice--Marks the beginning of Summer and the longest day and shortest night of the year; celebration of the light with dancing around a bonfire.
6/21: Taoist festival honoring Shang-Ti/Heavenly Emperor, Father of Justice and Law, and manifestation of the Te (Virtuous Inner Power). Also celebrates the peak of the masculine Yang half of the year and the Shen of Fire, South, and Summer; prayers are made for strength and maturity, and offerings are made to the ancestors.
6/21: Beginning of Cancer (the Crab/Scarab) .
6/23: St. John's Eve
6/23: Devi Puja--Day to fast from grains (and meat) and make offerings to Hindu Goddess Maha Devi. Flowers, incense, lamps, and vegetarian food are offered; bells are rung and drums beaten. Shaktas are devoted to Great Goddess Maha Devi in all Her aspects.
6/24: Feast of the Sun, Feast of St. John the Baptist
6/24: First appearance of Our Lady of Medjugorje, Queen of Peace, Mother of All Peoples (Yugoslavia 1981).
6/24 to 6/27: Zuni Corn Dance--for fertility and rains to aid the maize, bean, and squash crops. Prayer sticks are planted in the fields.
6/25: Tartar Festival of the Plow
6/26: Alaskan Whale Dance, Green Corn Festival
6/27: Day of the 7 Sleepers
6/29: St. Peter and St. Paul's Day
6/29: Yoruba/Santeria feast of Orisha Eleggua, Intercessor and Ruler of Destinies. Yorubas/Santeros celebrate with divination and food offerings.
6/29 to 7/3: Zoroastrian celebration of Divine Spirit Haurvatat, creator and protector of water.
6/30 (9:49 a.m. EDT): Full Moon (Red/Mother Moon).
6/30: Amitabha Buddha Day--Day Tibetan and Mahayana Buddhists do good deeds and chant the name of Buddha God Amitabha/Omito/ Amida to gain entry to His Pure Land and aid in attaining nirvana.
6/30: Vigil for peace, democracy, religious freedom, ethnic equality, and the end of slavery and genocide in Sudan.
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The Goddess Speaks

Celebrating the Morrigan

Many years ago, before the concept of a Goddess figure had ever crossed my mind, I was struggling with a marriage that was not working. I have always been a spiritual person, leaning more towards mysticism than any particular religion. However, at this point in my life I was espousing the religion of my parents....Christianity. I was a deeply devoted follower of this faith, but being mystical and prophetic, I also understood that sometimes the Divine spoke to us in many different ways, including dreams. I had kept a dream diary since I was a small girl. One night during sleep I was given a dream that made absolutely no sense to me, but had that aura of being extremely
important, so I wrote it down knowing that sooner or later the meaning would come to me. In the dream I was standing in an ancient stone circle in a sacred wood. I was wearing a white robe, with a circlet of flowers around my head and there were other women with me. I was led before one woman, who took a stick-like object and touched me on the head saying "Thou art Morrigu". The dream ended. Being a Christian at the time, I had no point of reference to interpret this dream. I had never read Celtic mythology, and for that matter had never even heard of the Celts. So I filed the dream away.....

Years later, as my marriage was ending, so was my firm belief in the religion of my parents. I had begun to strike out on my own, and my mystical experiences and the synchronicities that were occurring on an almost daily basis were leading me towards studying Celtic beliefs. I picked up a book on Celtic mythology, and lo and behold, there before my eyes was the story of a Goddess named Morrigu. Thus began a journey that changed my life, and here is what I have learned:

The Morrigu or Morrigan is an ancient Irish battle Triple-Goddess.  Or so the history books tell us. She has been called the Great Queen, the Supreme War Goddess, Specter Queen, Great Mother, Great White Goddess and Queen of the Fae. The literal translation of Her name breaks up into:

                     Mor/Mare: meaning both sea and horse and Gan: meaning birth, genesis

This translation gives Her name a whole new meaning---"birth of the horse" and/or "came from the sea". Some historians believe that Morrigu is not actually a name at all, but a title for women who, according to legend, ruled an island in the west and came to Ireland from the sea bringing the tame horse with them. These women are what
we today would describe as Amazons and priestesses. Their island has since disappeared below the waves. Hence, the saying "Morrigan's Mane" being used to describe the foam of ocean waves.

In Celtic legend, Avalon is described as being in the west. It is an island of the ever-blooming apple trees, and it is inhabited by women. It is reminiscent of the Greek island of Hesperides, home of the Amazons. Avalon disappeared, which is also reminiscent of the legend of Atlantis. Are the three islands one? Mention of groups of
priestesses in early Irish literature connects them with islands of women.....located in the west....which have since disappeared.

Other derivatives of her name include Morgan, which means 'mermaid' in Welsh. One such Morgan was located at lake Glasfryn Uchaf and it was rumored that She carried off over-adventurous children. Could this be a possible Christian interpretation of the cultural memory of children being sent to Her priestesses for training in the mysteries? Another derivative is Morgan Le Fay, who is believed to be a Christianized aspect of Morrigu. Morgan Le Fay has also been called the Lady of the
Land beneath the Waves, Queen of Avalon and Queen of the Fae.
 
As I began working with the Morrigu, I began to question things that I was reading about her. Remembering that history is written by the conquerors, and that mythologies are changed to suit the new regimes, I began to question her constant association with warfare and ferocity. We know that in legend, it was Morrigu who enshrouded the Tuatha De Danaan in a fog when they landed on the coast of Ireland to hide them from the land's inhabitants. We know that although She is called a battle Goddess, She herself never actually participated in a battle. She went in fully armed and carried two spears, but did not join in the fight. We also know that She was a shape-shifter often taking the form of a Raven. While Ravens are known for feeding on dead carcasses, they are also known for many other things, among them being knower's of the mysteries, and messengers. Ravens are one of the most intelligent birds out there. They have a language all their own, and look out for each other as well as other inhabitants of their lands. Could it be that when patriarchy and patriarchal religions began to establish themselves in the Celtic lands, that the people of
the Goddess Morrigu fought them? Could it possibly be that they fought so ferociously that their enemies began to attribute it to their Goddess and began to fear Her? These are things we will perhaps never know, but I know this. I have worked with the Goddess Morrigu for many years and not once has She ever caused me to fear Her.
Instead She has imbued me with strength, and wisdom and understanding. She has been such a stronghold for me in the trying times of my life that I took on a derivative of Her name to honor Her....Morgana.
Morrigu rules over a host of things including, but not limited to:
               courage
                death
                destruction
                disaster
                enchantments
                night
                passion
                psychic abilities
                retribution
                revenge
                tarot
                war
                fresh water
                fate
                hunting
                foretelling
                magic
                moon
                oracles
                prophecy
                rituals
                sexuality
                shape-shifting
                spiritual illumination
                witchcraft
                poetry
She is a patroness of priestesses and witches and the Goddess of rivers, lakes and fresh water. She helps those whom the patriarchy has beaten down. She gives strength to the weak, fights for the underdog, and brings magic to our lives. She transforms us into what we are supposed to be. She is indeed, the Great Queen.

By Morgana Ravenwings
 

Summer Solstice

Litha
  By Morgana Ravenwings
 
Summer Solstice falls on or around June 21st, and is also called Midsummer's Eve and Litha.  This Sabbat, while frequently thought of as Celtic, actually was not part of the Celtic Year.  It was brought into prominence by the Norse and Saxons, along with Yule.
Litha is the time of year when the sun is at it's highest, marking the longest day of the year.  The Earth is at it's greenest, and the promise of harvest yet to come whets our appetites.  The Goddess is heavily pregnant, and the God is at his peak of manhood.   It is an excellent time to conceive a child.....as a matter of fact, children who are conceived on this night were often considered to be Divine.
It is customary on this night to light a bale fire, and pass objects or animals and even ourselves through it, invoking the God's power and protection.  Love spells and divination are also common tasks.  Remember, when performing love spells to make them non-specific, so as not to manipulate anyone against their will.
Summer Solstice is also a time of wishing.  Make a wish over a flower of any kind, although roses are traditional, and then take it to a body of living water and drop it in.  The flower carries your wish to the Great Mother.  Here is a chant from Z. Budapest to make a midsummer wish:
 
Yes, you are here in the soft buzzing grass.
Yes, you are listening among the flowering gardens.
Yes, you are shining from the most royal blue sky.
Yes, you are granting me what I wish tonight.
Grant me a healthy life rich with high purpose,
A true partner to share my joys and my tears,
Wisdom to hear your voice giving me guidance,
Wealth to give to others as you have given it to me.
 
The Goddess Aine is typically honored at this time with long processions of torches around the fields and cattle are driven between the bale fires to purify them from sickness.  This is also a night of very high fairy activity.  It is said that one can see the Fae processions tonight by sitting outside at dusk and anointing their eyelids with lavender oil, or peering through a holed stone. 
The pregnant Goddess can be called upon in ritual by evoking her to aid you in lighting the bale fires.  We can invoke her, feeling the power of all creation growing in her womb, and ask her to bring blessings of fertility and creation into our lives.
The God can be invoked to feel the power of manhood at it's height.  His energy can be brought into the bale fires, bringing his blessing on things that are passed through it.
This is a time of abundance, fertility, power and order.  It is a magical time of year.  May all who read this have a joyous Litha!!
 

Holistic Healing

The Base/Root Chakra

                       by Belou

The Base/Root Chakra Function: Pretty much is the foundation system of the body. The Sanskrit word is "Muladhara:, Seat of Kundalini". This center is our Will-to-live, to survive. It is our "ground" root though which we gain power, stability, and growth. It's often referred to as linked to the adrenal glands. It represents activity in general such as energy, movement and survival as well as grounding. It also connects with the hips, feet, legs and base of spine. Associated with blood and the circulation system. Red is also associated with pain, swelling and inflammation and all heat sensations. On a mental level, red shows assertiveness and self-confidence.

Some key Characteristics for The Base/Root Chakra:

*The color is Red
*The musical note is C
*Sacrament is Baptism
*The mantra is "lam" or "e" (as in the word fed)
*It is located at the base of the spine
*It's purpose is Kinesthetic feelings, movement
*The spiritual lesson is that of material world lessons
*Associated with the mineral kingdom
*Governs the adrenal gland
*Element is earth
*Sense of smell
*It is the place of birth and rebirth, place of ability to draw
abundance from the universe
*Home, job, passion, trust, money, security, survival, food, and vigor
*The main formation of the chakra was accomplished between 0 and 5 years of age
*This chakra was ruled by the Moon in ancient history and by Saturn in
modern day times
*A healthy functioning base chakra spins clockwise
 

Gaia's Resources for Health

Affirmations for the month


Practice one or all of the following affirmations 30 times a day for 30 days. These affirmations help to build up the energy around you and within the Universe to manifest these desired changes in your life.

I freely and courageously express and respond to passion.

I release the pain of my unpleasant experiences in love.

It is easy for me to express love, and in return, love is easily expressed back to me.

I only attract loving and healthy men/women into my life.

By Belou.
Crystal of the month:  Carnelian
 
Carnelian is one of the oldest protective gemstones in history. Egyptians use to carry the gemstone as a source of energy and for constant renewal of vitality. Carnelian is a form of chalcedony, a member of the quartz family and most Carnelian is heat treated today to enhance the reddish brown color. Red Carnelian symbolizes activity. It promotes idealism and helpfulness and encourages a community spirit. Carnelian has been known to increase fertility in women. Carnelian must be cleansed once a month under warm running water and recharged for a long period of time in the sun. Wear it so that it is in direct contact with the skin.
 
By Belou
Animal Medicine

RAVEN


The Raven is a bird with a tremendous amount of magic and mystery associated with it in many cultures. In Biblical lands, the Raven was considered unclean and was listed as a forbidden food in the Bible.  It is found in several stories in this book though, including the story of being the bird that Noah sent out from the ark that did not return and as
being the bird that fed the prophet Elijah while he was in hiding. Perhaps it is Ravens long association with magic and shape-shifting that led to the declaration of it as being unclean by the patriarchal forefathers.
Raven is a member of the corvid family of birds, along with crows and magpies. As a matter of fact, the only difference between a Raven and a Crow is size, with the Raven being much larger. One should study crows and magpies when studying Raven, as they have much the same Medicine in common.
Raven is the bringer of magic. It is a powerful Medicine that allows us to enter the void, and return with a new understanding or awakening. Raven's magic is about transformation. Raven can change into other animals, can speak their languages, and can teach us the same. This ability translates to being able to understand what others are saying even when we have no personal reference point to what they are describing. It is the power of empathy and of understanding and being able to feel what others are going through.
Raven Medicine is also about manifestation. She teaches us how to enter the void, find what it is we are looking for, and bring it back to the earthly realm into manifestation. This may appear as magic to the uninitiated, but it is not. Raven is the keeper of Great Spirit's laws of the physical universe. As the keeper, Raven has the ability to bend that law, to shape-shift it, in order to bring about needed change. People with Raven as a totem can learn to do this, although it is very rare to find someone who has mastered it.
Raven can however teach us to be our own magician, and to work the changes we need ourselves. This is a powerful medicine and can bring about dramatic results. She teaches us to create our lives the way they are supposed to be, not the way others believe they should be.
She teaches us to be bold, to learn to speak in new ways and to manifest our dreams.
By Morgana Ravenwings
 

Call of the Wild:  Modern Men and Paganism

Haokah

By Susan Allen
 
          Haokah was, by far, one of the most unique Gods of Native America.  He is most widely known as the God of Thunder and Lightening.  Some of his other attributes include hunting and the ruler of dreams.  His most interesting attribute is as the God of Contradiction.
          As the God of Contradiction, Haokah laughs when he’s sad, cries when he’s happy, shivers when he’s warm, and sweats when he’s cold.  His behaviors are the exact opposite of what they should be.  Haokah’s followers devoted their lives to these attributes.  They would also do the exact opposite of what was expected.  For example, if you asked a follower of Haokah to go away, he would instead come closer to you.  Due to the demanding nature of this devotion, Haokah only had a few followers per tribal village.  It can be assumed that an individual requiring Haokah’s assistance would have to ask for the opposite of what he/she wanted in order to get it.
          Haokah is depicted as a great giant with elk antlers on his head.  His contradictory nature is expressed by half of his face being shaded red and the other half of his face being shaded blue.  He also has two different colored eyes. In his left hand, he holds a hunter’s lance, called the “Lance of Contradiction”. He is also drawn using the wind as sticks to beat his drum of thunder.
          He is one of the few gods whose pictographic record has been discovered and identified by the Lakota people. It was said that his “royal court” was in the forest in which he dwelt.  Ancient natives felt that all of nature was supernatural and that trees and other natural formations could contain gods.  If a particular area of the forest or landscape seemed abundant with supernatural energies, it was assumed that a god must reside there.  It was in just such an area that Haokah held his court.
          Based on the pictographs and their meanings, many things can be learned about Haokah.  His sacred animals included frogs, deer, elk, and bison.  Sacred plants were fungus that grew on the bark of trees, and a particular tree called “touchwood”.  Objects sacred to Haokah were bows and arrows, arrowheads, natural ornaments such as pine cones and rattlesnake rattles, deer hooves used as rattles, whistles and flutes.  He also appreciated incense offerings and decorated his court with red-down feathers.
          Haokah protected what he considered to be his.  Lightening surrounded his court, much as electric fences are used to protect modern places.  When under attack, he would launch meteors at his enemies and also use lightening when needed.  When a more intimate form of protection was needed, Haokah could feed touchwood to animals and they would die instantly.  This may have also been used as a humane way for Haokah to take care of creatures too ill to continue a happy life. 
          In the Lakota-Sioux tradition, Haokah was a prominent thunder God.  However, his quirky attitude and behaviors truly made him an exceptional deity.
 
Yang
By Susan Allen

June 21st, Summer Solstice.  It is the longest day of the year, and every child knows it is the first official day of summer!  Few people are aware that it is the pagan holiday of Litha, celebrated by peoples all over the world.  Yet, even fewer know that it is also a day to celebrate the peak of the Chinese Yang in the Yin Yang philosophy.
An oversimplified explanation of Yin Yang is that the philosophy represents an idea that a “Great Ultimate” runs the entire universe.  This solitary principle is divided into the duality that is Yin Yang.  These two vital aspects are exact opposites of each other.  They work toward universal balance through the four seasons (fall, winter, spring and summer) and the five elements (wood, water, earth, metal and fire).
Yin and Yang represents the cyclic nature of all things.  Every season does the groundwork and organizes the surroundings perfectly for the next season.  Every element gives way to the next: water feeds wood, wood burns to form fire, fire leaves earth, earth is the source of metal, and when metal liquefies in the hot earth, steam is released as water.  The cycles begin again.  It is suggested that the cyclic laws of nature can, and should, be applied to all aspects of every day life.
Yin Yang also represents all opposite forces in the universe.  However, within each aspect, within each force, lies the “seed” of the other.  This indicates that they can not exist without each other.  All things in nature convert to their opposite over and over again.  All things contain an aspect of their opposite: anger holds portions of joy, sadness holds portions of happiness, and lust contains portions of revulsion.  Even though one aspect is what seems to be true, the opposite is still there: no one can be purely happy, no one can be purely healthy, and no one can be completely disgusted by something.  There is no such thing as a “pure” state of emotions, state of being, or state of existence.
The idea of Yin Yang was not something spontaneously created by the Chinese.  It is, in fact, a very scientific idea.  Using astronomy and an eight foot pole, the Chinese were able to learn many things about the earth.  They discovered that it took 365.25 days to go around the sun.  They marked the beginnings of the seasons, and labeled the solstices and equinoxes. They also accurately defined the four directions based on what kind of shadows the sun made on the pole.  It would have taken years of research to finalize the results that finally made up the Chinese philosophy of Yin Yang.
The symbol used to represent Yin Yang, the Taijitu, is actually a map of this solar phenomenon as they occur over the course of the year. The light part of the symbol indicates sunlight. The dark part of the symbol indicates nighttime (lack of sunlight).  The black dot in the white part is Summer Solstice.  The white dot in the black part is Winter Solstice.
Summer Solstice represents the peak of Yang, because Yang is sunlight.  Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year.  It is also the beginning of Yin, as the daylight hours will continue, from here on, to get shorter. This is the point where yang begins to give over to Yin, and so it is celebrated as the peak of Yang.
It is difficult to discuss only the Yang aspect of Yin Yang, because the two are so intimately intertwined.  However, there are some specific characteristics of Yang that can be mentioned.  Yang is the sun, and as such, represents light, warmth, day and activity.  It is also the masculine side of Yin Yang.  It is the south, summer and is associated with the left side of things.  Yang represents extroversion, heaven and odd numbers.  It is the dominant aspect of Yin Yang.  Yang can create, but Yin must be present for creation to be completed.  Yang represents the strength and warmth in the universe.
Yang can be recognized on June 21st, by celebrating his aspects within yourself and within the world around you. Bask in the sunlight of the day and celebrate Yang’s strength in giving way to the female Yin, so she can have her turn in the cycle of life.  
 
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Harvests from the Printing Press

Review by Dryw


Earth Mother Yoga: Reclaiming Our Feminine Divinity Through Body, Mind and Spirit
Authoress, Calesta Ana

    In a completely new and inspired approach, Calesta Ana melds the parallel paths of Goddess Spirituality and spiritual physical discipline in this book based on years of experience in both by Calesta.
    Appropriate for both the beginner and the experienced practitioner of Yoga, this is a book that is also inspirational for those of us who have no prior Yoga knowledge at all.
    Calesta Ana brings together the personal and intuitive aspects of Goddess with a series of Yoga positions, clearly and beautifully demonstrated. This enables both men and women to attain a meditative calm while connecting with a particular Goddess, enriching the personal experience.
    I was deeply moved by the accompanying personal stories and treasures in this thought-altering journey through body movement. It will touch all who read it.

    Ordering and more information can be obtained on Calesta's site,
http://earthmotheryoga.com
 
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Green Living: Tips for an Earth Friendly Lifestyle
 
Links to Help You On Your Mission

 
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One of the biggest energy wasters can be out refrigerators.  Follow these tips to keep yours eco-friendly.
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Spider Woman's Web

Here are some links we love!!
 
To order prints of “Raven” by Wolf Rainwood or get more information about her artwork, email her at the following address. She is working on a gallery for all of her artwork.  We will post the link as soon as it’s ready!
Wolf Rainwood
 marowolf@gmail.com
 
Illuminations:
Unique services, clothing, home decor, and gifts based on holistic living and wellness.
http://www.trueillu minations. com/
 
Leylie Art
To order and view prints of “Wind” (from Morgana article) and other artwork:
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A Witches Mall
For All of Your Metaphysical Needs, from herbs, to books, and altar supplies
http://a-witches-mall.vstore.ca/
 
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