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The Spiral Dance with Hawthorne
The Spiral Dance with Hawthorne is a lively weekly show dedicated to folks who share a passion for earth-based spirituality. We offer a combination of music and talk, with engaging conversations with writers, musicians and activists, complimented with the latest in Wiccan, Pagan and New Age music.
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Pub Date: Jul 01, 2008 |
| Celebrating Independence Day |
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This week on The Spiral Dance we honor America's Independence Day.
We'll enjoy a ritual you can do to help ensure Religious Freedom - whether it be just for yourself, or for your community, or even for the whole world.
Plus - writer Diana Paxson wrote an article for the January, 2007 issue of PanGaia magazine in which she suggests that we can invoke the Founding Fathers to provide protection for our religious freedoms. I want to share some exerpts from that article with you.
Also, we'll be looking at the God Neptune/Poseidon because in Ancient Rome, July the 23rd was known as the Neptunalia. |
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Pub Date: Jun 24, 2008 |
| Fire Magick! |
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It's Summer! It's hot out there! So, let's talk about Fire Magick!
When we start a fire -even if just to light a candle, we are responding to an ancient instinct. There is an enduring need to tend that legendary flame; to come home to the Hearth; to look within the dancing flames, remember our past - and maybe to glimps into the future.
Our topics will iclude; Firegazing, Candleburning and Fire Affinities, to get your magickal Fire stoked.
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Pub Date: Jun 17, 2008 |
| Blessed Summer Solstice |
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As the sun spirals its longest dance,
Cleanse us
As nature shows bounty and fertility
Bless us
Let all things live with loving intent
And to fulfill their truest destiny
Celtic Wiccans know the Summer Solstice as Litha. Litha is an Anglo-Saxon word, meaning “Moon”. The summer solstice takes place as the Sun enters the sign of Cancer; the month of the year which is ruled by the Moon.
Litha was the time when our spiritual ancestors crowned the Sacred Holly King. The Holly King and the Oak King are symbols of the waning period, and the waxing period of the year. At summer solstice, the Holly King wins over the Oak King as the year turns towards the time of shortened days and lengthened nights. At Yule, the Oak King will win once again.
Wiccans at Solstice also call upon our Bright Lady and Shining Lord to bless our families, our homes and communities with light, inspiration joy, happiness, strength and wisdom. |
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Pub Date: Jun 10, 2008 |
| The Holy (?) Grail, and other Such Cauldrons |
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The theme for this week’s show is the so-called Holy Grail. What is this thing that people through time are supposed to be so enamored of? Did it ever even exist?
The Grail is the name given to a legendary sacred vessel, variously identified with the chalice of the Eucharist and the theme of a famous medieval cycle of romances.
In the romances the concept of the Grail varies considerably;
its nature is often vaguely indicated but left wholly unexplained.
Follow along as we go back to the 13-th century and we’ll see if we could make any real sense of it. |
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Pub Date: Jun 03, 2008 |
| The June Bride |
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The month of June is named for the Roman Goddess, Juno. She is a patroness of marriage and the well-being of women. So, for this week’s episode, we’ll celebrate the June Bride.
And, along with that, we'll tak about the Magick of the Wedding Ring. Afterall, necklaces and rings are in essence, Magick Circles.
If you're going to a wedding this month, you don't want to miss this week's show!
Plus; many traditions in the modern wedding have ancient pagan origins; including that all-important Cutting of the Cake.
And after we have our cake, we'll look at some other wedding Folk Customs
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