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Issue 19 - Winter 2011

 

Poetry and Reviews
A Wizard's Work is Never Done

by Doreen Hopwood
Painting by Shireen Truit


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Lust

by Doreen Hopwood


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Winter Solstice

by Weeza Potter


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Avebury Cosmos, by Nicholas R Mann

Reviewed by Geraldine Charles


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Conversations with the Goddess, by Dorothy Atalla

A review by Miriam Raven


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Goddess in the Grass, by Linda Foubister

Reviewed by Geraldine Charles


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Goddess Matters: the mystical, practical and controversial¸ by Judith Laura

Reviewed by Geraldine Charles


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Articles and Fiction
Brighid’s Runes in Sweden: The Völva and the Sun

by Kirsten Brunsgaard Clausen

"Brighid is here, Brighid is here!” The children in Gaelic areas still merrily announce Her coming to this day.

It is the 2nd of February. Icy cold. The earth is frozen deep. The landscape black, white, grey. No life. The world is dreaming, still and deep. Cailleach, the Wise Mother, has reigned throughout the winter - now even Her time has come. On every hearth the fire is put out, the last glow cooling to coal and ashes. Silence.


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Brighid’s Runes in Sweden: The Völva and the Sun

From Beyond the North Winds: Discovering the wisdom of the Mother of Air From Beyond the North Winds: Discovering the wisdom of the Mother of Air

by Becky Thomas

At the Winter Solstice or Yule the wheel of Britannia turns toward the north. At this time we honour Danu, ancestral goddess of the Tuatha De Danann. As a group the Tuatha De Danann looked over all human activity as original ancestral beings who came to these lands from far in the north.


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Good Mood Alaska Inland Passage

by Mari Ziolkowski

off to alaska again on that magic ship - the ship that seemed to remember me. sun peeking through the fog on the way up, mountains welcoming us on both sides as we come into victoria ... after sampling local art, saying hi to mount baker, and watching ravens chasing a bald eagle across the sky - the ship heads out again into the mystic, setting sun over rising fog bank .... wind whipping across deck, alone at the front of the ship, i spread my arms in a kate winslet move and offered myself to the sea ....

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Good Mood Alaska Inland Passage

In Praise of Hera In Praise of Hera

by Rohase Piercy

“I sing of golden-throned Hera, whom Rhea bore.
Queen of the Immortals is she, surpassing all in beauty”


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Nephthys - Silent Goddess of the Shadows

by Lesley Jackson

Take any book of Ancient Egypt and look for Nephthys in the index, more likely than not it will read ‘see Isis and Nephthys’. Why isn’t Nephthys viewed as a goddess in her own right? She doesn’t appear to have been worshiped on her own and there is no evidence for any cult centre or temples dedicated to her.


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Nephthys - Silent Goddess of the Shadows

Sexy Herbs Sexy Herbs

by Susun Weed

Herbs that influence sexual functioning are safe, easy to use, and highly effective. They can improve desire, performance, and frequency for both men and women.


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Loving Brynhild - Part 6

A novel by Clarise Samuels

Chapter 11:  The Helmet of Dread


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Loving Brynhild - Part 6

 

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Brighid in Sweden

 If you enjoyed Kirsten Brunsgaard Clausen's article about Brighid's Runes in Sweden, in our Winter 2011 issue, you might like to see this video - the celebration of Lucia in a Swedish church ceremony last December.

 


 

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