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A picture of our Quietus Altar from last evening’s Spirit Night (Walpurgis.)
As we always do on the eve of a Hood-Feast, we laid out offerings for the Beloved Dead—eating, drinking, and smoking as we saw fit, in order to honor the things they loved in life, and to allow them another chance at enjoying those sensual pleasures through us—before we fed them to the Votive Urn for use in our Amplemas Housel today.
I know I made a post recently talking about the Gean/Hag-Berry/Mazzard tree, but I wanted to give a quick shoutout to another variety of tree: The Tibetan Cherry (also called the Birchbark Cherry or Paperbark Cherry.)
Along with being, what I believe to be, one of the most gorgeous trees on Earth, I love Tibetan Cherry for its simple, but meaningful, use in magic. The bark of the tree, which peels off naturally in thin, spiraling sheets, is easy to collect without doing harm to the tree, and can be used as petition paper (for things such as Gwarchs) or a form of red ribbon (for things like love magic.) I even think I’m going to try and use ribbons of the bark as ritual cordage for upcoming Housels we undertake.
A couple pictures of the Housel Loaf we made for the Darkening Day Hood-Feast we undertook on the solstice. Made with our special recipe, seasonally amended for the particular Holy Day, and dusted with the ash from our Hearth.
It was a beautifully fitting Day of the Toad, surrounded as we were by flooding rivers and gray sheets of pouring rain. 🤍
I apologize for being so inactive recently. We’ve had a lot going on, between severe weather, my work, and finally being able to get fully moved into our home. Plus, we’ve been busy with our personal practice; especially with yesterday being the Hood-Feast of Thawingmas—the Seasonal Spoke of the Bat in our Cardinal Holy Days of the year. Hopefully, though, I’ll be posting more again soon.
To all those who observed Imbolc, or any analogous celebration, I wish you a blessed Stirring of the Spring.
