| Description |
xxii, 197 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-197). |
| Contents |
Introduction : Notes from a small forest-farm -- Part one : Reading bedrock : background essays. Animism, mutual aid, and permaculture ; Tower time and the conceit of the ever-turning wheel ; A different means to reckon time ; Re-enchantment and the uses of magic ; The good neighbors, the land spirits -- Part two. The wheel of agricultural year. Winter : the waxing year. The season of Samhain, summer's ending ; The solstice of winter : a thoughtful quarter day ; The season of Imbole : light in hand, in heart, in hearth ; The vernal equinox : a blooming quarter day -- Summer : the waning year. The season of Beltane : dancing life ; The bright solstice : midsummer ; Lammas : the season of first harvest ; The autumnal equinox : a fruitful quarter day. |
| Summary |
"This book looks at the agricultural year as a starting point for a deepening of Earth-centered spirituality. It gives a set of back stories to ease the reader into a time between the pre-Industrial Era and the uncertainly of the modern one, into a place where the fast-moving stress of American life can be affected by a better connection to not only the natural world but also the pageantries of the year as expressed through seasonal festivals and celebrations." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Neopaganism.
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Witchcraft.
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| Added Author |
Blackthorn, Amy, 1981- writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
9781578637232 (paperback) |
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1578637236 (paperback) |
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