“Haeresis est maxima, opera maleficarum non credere” ~Malleus Maleficarum
(The greatest of all heresies is the disbelief in witchcraft)
“My goal is to always come from a place of love, but sometimes I just have to break it down for a motherfucker.” ~RuPaul
“Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.” ~Jacqueline Bisset
…(although with all due respect to the ever wonderful Ms. Bisset, I’d say the same holds true for men as well ~ Geoffrey)
“Keep pure your highest ideal; strive ever towards it;
let nothing stop you or turn you aside.”
~From The Charge of the Goddess by Doreen Valliente
“The emotional health of a village depended upon having a man whom everyone loved to hate, and Heaven had blessed us with two of them.”
— Barry Hughart (Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was)
“Science is a method of talking about the Universe in terms that bind it to a common reality. Magick is a way of speaking to the Universe in words that it cannot ignore.” –Neil Gaiman
“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.” — Marilyn Monroe
“Don’t be pushed by your problems…be lead by your dreams” ~ Unknown
“In the Midst of Winter, I finally learned there was in me an invincible Summer.” ~ Albert Camus
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
(NOTE: There is, at best, dark irony embodied in this quote given it’s source was a slave-holder. The sentiment remains true however. It is only by confronting the complexity and truths and folly’s and tragic failings of the past that we are able to learn from it move forward from it and appropriately engage with it and with our Ancestors and their legacies.)
“Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.” ~ Alfred Adler
“There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.” ~ Goethe
“Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.”
-William Ellery Channing
“It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else, is the greatest accomplishment.” – Emerson
Chrysalis 
what lovely poem,
you are blessed by doing so,
Well thank you jingle!!
Blessed Be!
Lovely. Thanks for spreading the word!
Thank you Anne,
Thank you, for keeping the flame of this lovely annual Tradition alive, it is a cherished bit of sacred fire burning in the ether. I am always happy to help spread the word about an blog or pod event, especially when I like it so much!
Peace,
Pax
Well, admittedly, people like Joe don’t observe Imbolc at this time of year. He observes the Feast of Thunar (Thor) to recognize Thor’s efforts to beat back the inimical Jotnar who try to destroy the human race.
I wish he’d start a blog to talk about this kind of thing, but he’s not really the blogging type.
Well hon,
I don’t know how open Heathens are to creating modern observances and festivals, in some sections of Hellenic Polythiest community its rather an accepted practice… show up to the new member potluck at the U.U. and we can talk more in depth re: this; BUT anyway, it would surprise me greatly if there weren’t poets and storyteller’s amongst the Aesir and Vanir…
(apologies for any spelling error).
As for Joe not being a blogger type, I do not know, that man can TALK!! (and unlike some I have known in the past he actually KNOWS what he’s talking about!!) I would be surprised if he could not come up with a pretty darn informative set of pages and essays… sort of like the old Sannion’s Sanctuary?
Peace,
Pax