Ground Ivy

Glechoma hederacea
Ground ivy – a herbaceous perennial plant that grows 8 in to 20 in (20 cm to 50 cm) in height on a square stem bearing round, dentate leaves. The flowers are a purplish-blue, tending towards light mauve, for flowering can last 3 months or more, which is exceptional for a wildflower. The leaves give off the smell of camphor with a touch of citronella and peppermint.

Fringe Tree

Chionanthus virginicus
The plant commonly called the fringe tree is a deciduous tree or large shrub that can reach forty feet in height when mature. The tree has characteristic reddish brown colored scales on the thin bark. The leaves of the fringe tree are thick and are borne in opposite venation; each leaf is four to eight inches in length. The leaves have an elliptical to oval shape and are dark green on the top surface of the lamina, with a pale green color underneath. The fringe tree bears fragrant smelling white colored flowers during the summer from May to June; each flower is about four to six inches in length. Each flower possesses long white fringelike petals from which the tree derives its name. The tree bears fleshy, round, and dark blue colored fruits following the floral bloom.

Dog’s Mercury

Mercurialis perennis
Dog’s mercury – fetid-smelling perennial with a round, grooved stem. The roughish, dark green leaves are opposite and ovate with serrated edges. Small greenish flowers grow from the leaf axils, just before the leaves have fully opened, from early to late spring.

Quarters Chant

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Chant the quarters
one by one
chant the quarters round
Chant the quarters
one by one
and set the circle sound

*Boji Stone*

*Iron-magnetite concretion.
*Solid, round, grey-brown discs with iron.
*Grounding, electromagnetic, balances body’s energy field.
*They reduce pain by holding one in each hand.
*Wearing/holding them with a Tiger’s Eye or other stone containing asbestos may bring on ill feelings.
*Recharge electrically in sun.
*Store Bojis apart – magnetism neutralizes each other.

A DRAGON TALE

by Kalioppe

 

The Bardess of Caer Sidhe, am I, dropping in to tell you the tale of the last living Dragon on Earth – you know – the one who lived over the vale. The battle was great ‘twixt the Wizard and she.  The Last Dragon met her demise.  When the smoke had all settled, the Wizard looked ’round; an object caught his sharp eyes…

2 Ritual Prayers

Copyright 1991 Anahita-Gula (pseud.).  May be reproduced with acknowledgment.

 

We clean this night our altar and our room

To build our Temple.  Here then, we have spread

The pentacle, athame and the broom,

With God and Goddess candles at the head.

So dress we now our Priestess in her Crown:

The Circle’s cut in perfect Trust and Love.

So call the Quarters, dance the Witches’ Round

And beckon down the Moon from high above.

The Cauldron Chant

by Ammond ShadowCraft

We form the Circle,
The Circle most round.
We form the Chalice,
The Chalice now found.

We call the Goddess,
to meet the great need.
We call the God,
To plant His fertile seed.

A Druid

A Druid came upon a place, they say, were magic lived
He looked in awe and reverence upon this site he’d found
And called upon all brethren
To come and gather round

Come see the magic, feel the air
It tingles in the dew
Its here we build our temple friends
The rocks and stones we’ll hue

And so it was with hands and backs
The Druids set to labor
For years they toiled and sweated much
To build for Gods they favour

The others looked in disbelief and said these men are mad
But Druids knew their cause was just and must always be defended
So on they toiled and toiled both day and night
Until their task was ended

They died a long long time ago
But their legacy remains
Although its now in ruins
We know it as Stonehenge

Aecoll 08-10-2007