Today is Samhain, the highest of Celtic holidays. In Celtic tradition and pagan, Wiccan, and Druid ritual, it is the day when the veil is thinnest between worlds, when the dead are honored and when the new year is said to begin.

Red Easter Eggs

Celtic tradition connects the bunny and eggs to both spring and Easter, Both the hare and eggs are signs of fertility, birth and the season of spring not only in Celtic tradition but others as well.

Summer Solstice By Many Names

Summer Solstice is a major Celtic holiday. It is also celebrated throughout Europe by many names. Those of us who take an interest in Celtic tradition know the major images: Stonehenge at sunrise, bonfires the night before, general merriment.

celtic blessing, Stone Circle, holiday, solsticeJeanne CraneJune 21, 2021angel number, energy, sun, solstice, holiday, Stone Circle, tradition, ritual, Celtic BlessingComment

The Element of Fire

Learning to ignite or create fire was one of the earliest of skills of developing civilizations. All indigenous peoples have stories of how it was discovered.

Fire brought warm, light and the ability to cook food, forge metal and transmute the other basic elements in a way that seemed magical. Ceremonies were often built around fire.

I invite you to light a candle and spend a few minutes bringing awareness of the element of Fire into your field. Allow all its aspects to speak to you. See, feel and hear what comes to you from the flame.

Brigid, Elements, Celtic WisdomJeanne CraneOctober 12, 2020fire, tradition, sun, ritual

Healing Circle

Rituals are important. Many people have no tradition of ritual or access to helpful rituals in their lives. When crises come, it is so easy to feel helpless. It is hard to focus our energies, our good wishes, our faith. A ritual like the creation of a healing circle, the lighting of a candle or the singing of a song of hope can be surprisingly soothing AND ease to pull off.

Christ in the Guise of the Stranger

The Celtic tradition of hospitality, the welcoming of strangers, seems important to lift up not just because it is Christmas time but because the world right now is so fractured. We are experiencing a new wave of tribalism based on fear and hate of the other. While Celtic tribes fought against invaders and sometimes among their own tribes, their centering beliefs were…