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DANCING WITH THE SUN by Yasmine Galenorn

Celebrating the Seasons of Life

$14.95

MAKE YOUR LIFE A CELEBRATION

Join the Sun as it dances through the seasons, with 30 complete, ready-to-use rituals that honor the ancient Pagan solar festivals -- as well as your important life transitions.  Dancing with the Sun will spark the fire of inspiration so you can celebrate every occasion with meaning and magick.

    Learn how to knot up the wind during the season of Ostara, dance the maypole at Beltane, and kindle the Midsummer Fires.  Create a runo staff for Kalevala Day or braid a magickal handfasting cord for your wedding.  Dancing with the Sun supplies suggestions for magickal activities, oils, incenses, and symbols appropriate to every celebration, and provides spells and seasonal recipes to empower your rites.

    Practice rituals to celebrate these holidays:

        Yule Ostara Mabon Litha Samhain Imbolc Beltane

            Lughnasadh Einherjar: The Feast of the Fallen Warriors

        Lupercalia: Festival of Lovers the New Year Kalevala Day

            Hawaiian Kamehameha Festival of Bacchus pet birthdays

    Recognize these universal rites of passage:

        birth, adoption, naming, puberty & dedication blessings,

        weddings & handfastings death, separations, & endings

Yasmine Galenorn (Washington) has practiced the Craft since 1980.  She is a Priestess of Mielikki and Tapio who leads public and private rituals and teaches classes on natural magic.  She is the author of Embracing the Moon and Trancing the Witch's Wheel.