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About This Candle When I was a young girl, one of my favorite holidays was May Day. While I loved Halloween and Christmas for what I received, I loved May Day for what I gave. I remember making May Day baskets, decorating boxes with paper flowers, ribbons and tissue paper. Then, on May 1, my Mom would help me fill my little boxes with fresh flowers--lilacs, tulips and whatever else was in bloom--and I'd dash around before school leaving beautiful May Day baskets on the doorsteps of my favorite neighbors. This year I am rekindling that old tradition with a new twist: leaving a may day candle on neighbor's doorsteps.
In the Celtic tradition, May Day is known as Beltane, the spring holiday that blesses both the fertility of fields and wombs. May Day is a fantastic celebration of flowers, fertility, sensuality and delight. For more information about May Day, click here. —Carla Blazek, creator, zena moon |
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From Amazon.com: "There is no such thing as a true tale. Truth has many faces and the truth is like to the old road to Avalon; it depends on your own will and your own thoughts, whither the road will take you." The Mists of Avalon is a story of another time and place. It's the legendary saga of King Arthur and his companions at Camelot, their battles, love, and devotion, told this time from the perspective of the women involved. Viviane is The Lady of the Lake, the magical priestess of the Isle of Avalon, a special mist-shrouded place which becomes more difficult to reach as people turn away from its nature--and Goddess-oriented religion. Viviane's quest is to find a king who will be loyal to Avalon as well as to Christianity. This king will be Arthur. Gwenhwyfar, Arthur's Queen, is an overly pious, fearful woman who successfully sways her husband into betraying his allegiance to Avalon. Set against her is Morgaine of the Fairies, Arthur's sister, love, and enemy--and the most powerfully believable person in the book--who manipulates the characters like threads in a tapestry to achieve her tragic and heroic goals. The Mists of Avalon becomes a legend seen through new eyes, with details, majestic language, and haunting foreshadowing that hold the reader through its more than 800 pages.
2. Beltane: Springtime Rituals, Lore and Celebration
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From Amazon.com: Beltane is a good overview of May Day folk customs and folklore. It contains basic rituals, recipes, and spells, providing a good foundation upon which to create your own. Basics are the key to everything and are therefore never useless. For those who love to add to their knowledge on May Day practices and beliefs, this book will be a treasure because it provides the reader with a fuller understanding of the pagan elements that culminated in the celebration of Beltane.
The first chapter covers the history of May celebrations and how they migrated throughout continental Europe and into the British Isles. Here we learn how European pagan customs became what we now call "Beltane." The second chapter introduces the reader to the old spirits long associated with pre-Christian European paganism. These include Jack-in-the-Green, John Barleycorn, and the May King and Queen. The remaining chapters cover fairies and flower lore along with many other things that have long been associated with May Day.
While the publisher clearly marketed this book under the title Beltane to attract a Pagan and Wiccan readership, the book is not only about Beltane but also about Springtime customs and celebrations in general (just as the subtitle states). So you actually get MORE for your money than the title "Beltane" itself would lead one to think! Just about everything factual that one could say about Beltane specifically, is said in this book.
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From Amazon.com: In forest clearings, beneath star-filled skies, in cathedrals, and before the hearth...women and men have always given voice to the impulse to celebrate the world that surrounds and sustains them. Now, as we face a diminished present and an uncertain future, the need to honor the interconnection between people and the planet is heightened.
From Walt Whitman, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Black Elk, to Margaret Atwood, the Rig Veda, and the chant of a Samar fisherman, the varied voices linked here offer songs and prayers for land, sea, and air; graces for food; and invocations, poems, and passages that reveal in the common spiritual heritage of all who cherish creation.
1. Fire Within
Original Release Date: 1993
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From Amazon.com: I've been into Libana for over 10 years, and this is by far my favorite, even surpassing A Circle is Cast. The songs are easy to chant/sing along to and are life/earth affirming, rhythmic and soothing. I particularly am fond of "Treeplanter's Round," "Con el Viento," "Lullaby," "Ode to Contentment," "Now I Walk in Beauty," and most especially, "Be Like a Bird." Even my husband has begun to appreciate Libana through this CD, which is a real breakthrough.
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From Amazon.com: By far one of the best and most energizing CDs I own. The music, the sounds, the energy just sweeps you away into a frenzied dance of power and spirit that is rushes through the room. My favorite track, "The Circle is Cast," is by far the most moving and motivating song I have ever heard. Well done!
Original Release Date: 1998
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From Amazon.com: If you can only buy one CD this year, this is the one to get. Shawna's music and lyrics combine to awaken my Younger Self, to fill me with love for the Goddess and for myself, in short: they rock!
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The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring / The
Two Towers (Widescreen Editions) (2-Pack)
(2003) ~ DVD
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As the triumphant start of a trilogy,
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
leaves you begging for more. By necessity, Peter Jackson's ambitious epic
compresses J.R.R. Tolkien's classic The Lord of the Rings, but this robust
adaptation maintains reverent allegiance to Tolkien's creation, instantly
qualifying as one of the greatest fantasy films ever made. At 178 minutes,
it's long enough to establish the myriad inhabitants of Middle-earth, the
legendary Rings of Power, and the fellowship of hobbits, elves, dwarves, and
humans--led by the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and the brave hobbit Frodo
(Elijah Wood)--who must battle terrifying forces of evil on their perilous
journey to destroy the One Ring in the land of Mordor. Superbly paced, the
film is both epic and intimate, offering astonishing special effects and
production design while emphasizing the emotional intensity of Frodo's
adventure. Ending on a perfect note of heroic loyalty and rich anticipation,
this wondrous fantasy continues in
The Two Towers.
After the breaking of the
Fellowship, Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) journey to Mordor to
destroy the One Ring of Power with the creature Gollum as their guide.
Meanwhile, Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Legolas (Orlando Bloom), and Gimli (John
Rhys-Davies) join in the defense of the people of Rohan, who are the first
target in the eradication of the race of Men by the renegade wizard Saruman
(Christopher Lee) and the dark lord Sauron. Fantastic creatures, astounding
visual effects, and a climactic battle at the fortress of Helm's Deep make
The Two Towers a worthy successor to
The Fellowship of the Ring,
grander in scale but retaining the story's emotional intimacy. These two films
are perhaps the greatest fantasy films ever made, but they're merely a prelude
to the cataclysmic events of The Return of the King.
(2003) ~ DVD
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From Amazon.com: Though
she made her first movie at the age of 13, Diane Lane has only blossomed into
a true star in her 30s, and
Under the
Tuscan Sun marks
her full flowering. After a brutal divorce, Frances (Lane,
Unfaithful,
A Walk on the Moon) is persuaded by her
friend Patti (Sandra Oh) to take a tour of Italy--where, on a whim that she
hopes will rescue her from her desperate unhappiness, she buys a rundown villa
and sets out to renovate it. Along the way, she gets advice from a former
Fellini actress, meets a scrumptious Italian lover, and helps support Patti
after her own relationship derails. The conclusion of
Under the
Tuscan Sun holds
no surprises, but the deft turns and observations along the way are
delightful. Lane carries the film effortlessly but surely, exuding both
heartbreak and re-awakening passion.
(1971) ~ DVD
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From Amazon.com:
Black comedies don't come much
blacker than this cult favorite from 1972, and they don't come much funnier,
either. It seemed that director Hal Ashby was the perfect choice to mine a
mother lode of eccentricity from the original script by Colin Higgins, about
the unlikely romance between a death-obsessed 19-year-old named Harold (Bud
Cort) and a life-loving 79-year-old widow named Maude (Ruth Gordon). They meet
at a funeral, and Maude finds something oddly appealing about Harold, urging
him to "reach out" and grab life by the lapels as opposed to dwelling morbidly
on mortality. Harold grows fond of the old gal--she's a lot more fun than the
girls his mother desperately matches him up with--and together they make
Harold and Maude
one of the sweetest and most unconventional love stories ever made. Much of
the earlier humor arises from Harold's outrageous suicide fantasies, played
out as a kind of twisted parlor game to mortify his mother, who's grown immune
to her strange son's antics. Gradually, however, the film's clever humor
shifts to a brighter outlook and finally arrives at a point where Harold is
truly happy to be alive. Featuring soundtrack songs by Cat Stevens, this
comedy certainly won't appeal to all tastes (it was a box-office flop when
first released), but if you're on its quirky wavelength, it might just strike
you as one of the funniest movies you've ever seen. | ||||||||
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