“The Bronze and Iron Age peoples saw water as having supernatural powers whilst its dark mysterious depths were seen as the gateway… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“The summer solstice is a time for strength and vitality for action and movement.” — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“I was born on the night of Samhain, when the barrier between the worlds is whisper-thin and when magic, old magic, sings… — Carolyn MacCullough Copy Share Image
“We sang, we danced, we talked, we laughed, we ate, we drank, but most of all we shared our contributions and I… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“Why did I have to look like hell when he looked like he just stepped out of a comic book?” — Lola Dodge Copy Share Image
“The farm labourers employed to harvest the corn often displayed a real fear of cutting the last sheaf, due to the fact… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“Nothing is ever lost as time passes, it merely metamorphoses into something as wonderful or, in some cases, into something even better… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“So now, as the Maiden form of the Goddess whispers to us of hope and new beginnings at the festival of Imbolc,… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“Legend has it that during the festival of Eostre, all fires had to be extinguished in the Goddess’ honour and could only… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“Mrs Darley, I noticed, always had her corn dolly amidst an arrangement of cornflowers and poppies (albeit they were artificial!). The corn,… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“I have since learned that although the festival of Imbolc was far less romantic and far more practical to our Celtic ancestors… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“I nodded, appreciating the wisdom of her words.‘Yellow is the colour of early spring,’ she said, ‘just look at your garden!’ She… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“In truth, however, only four of the festivals celebrated by today’s followers of the seasonal wheel can definitely be attributed to the… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“I feel the nights stretching away thousands long behind the days till they reach the darkness where all of me is ancestor.” — Annie Finch Copy Share Image
“There is a delightful story which tells of Eostre finding an injured bird on the ground and, in order to save its… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“We too can begin a new life, one that brings satisfaction and enrichment, whether this is by singing, dancing, running through the… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“The festival of the summer solstice speaks of love and light, of freedom and generosity of spirit. It is a beautiful time… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“Everyone looks for the first snowdrop as proof that our part of the earth is once more turning towards the sun, but… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“Samhain is the threshold to the Season of Death. The fertile fields of summer give way to the bare forests of autumn.… — Dacha Avelin Copy Share Image
