The Lady of Avalon

This weekend, Midsummer magic will be afoot as we celebrate Summer Solstice on June 21st. On Sunday the sun will reach the height of its strength, yet at the same moment the seed of darkness will be born as the nights grow longer and the days shorter. The celebration usually begins on Midsummer eve and continues throughout the next day.

The lady of Avalon was a wise woman and healer. In the twelfth-century the Welsh bard and prophet, Taliesin, describes her as a woman of great beauty who knew the uses of all plants in curing disease and illness. It was also said that she knew the art of magic and shape shifting.

Avalon is derived from the Welsh afal, which means apple, and Morgan le Fay it’s queen.

Midsummer Meditation

Place your hands on an apple tree and meditate on the feel of the bark. Breathe deeply and visualize going into the tree. Experience her quiet soul. Let your inner heart speak to the tree. Pay attention to any thoughts or visions which may arise within your mind.

Become the tree, let the tree absorb you, and you absorb the tree. You are not alone, you and the tree become one, a mirror of each other, a part of everything in existence. When you have finished meditating, ground yourself and give thanks to the tree. – Rose Arizmendi – The Deep Magic of Gaia

Everyday Goddessing  is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that everything we need and are looking for is already inside  each of us. – Rose Arizmendi

Secret Garden

I love this song . . . it’s incredibly beautiful!

thought for the day:

“The spell was broken. My uncle learned to laugh, and I learned to cry. The secret garden is always open now. Open, and awake, and alive. If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” – The Secret Garden

Druids & Bards

Here is a wonderful slide presentation created by The Order of Bards Ovates & Druids from East Sussex, England.

quote for the day:

“Every time you wake up, ask yourself, “What good things am I going to do today?” Remember that when the sun goes down at sunset, it will take a part of your life with it.” – Native American Proverb

The Invitation

June Facts

June is one of my favorite months. The weather is warm and the days long.

June Facts

• Birthstone – Pearl is known as the stone of wisdom. It helps elevate your spirits and self acceptance.
• Birth Flower – Rose –  Associated with healing, spirituality, love, protection and is believed to enhance ones psychic abilities.
• Summer Solstice is celebrated on June 21st.
• June was named after the Roman Goddess Juno.

Midsummer Eve was known as one of the three nights of the year when the veil between our World and the Otherworld grows thinner. It is said that faeries would join in the festivities, mingling with the human revelers on this special night.

So pull up a chair . . . relax . . . and enjoy this beautiful video.

“Where the water whispers mid the shadowy rowan – trees
I have heard the Hidden People like the hum of swarming bees:
And when the moon has risen and the brown burn glisters grey
I have seen the Green Host marching in laughing disarray”
– Fiona MacLeod