12 Days of Yule: Day 8 – Warding for Winter
“Let only what serves life enter here.” Yule marks the threshold between dark and light—but the 8th Day draws us deeper into a di [...]
December 2025
November 2025
The Eternal Partnership Between Sacrifice & Gratitude
In the old ways, sacrifice and gratitude were two halves of the same act—an exchange between humans and the unseen world, between ancestors and descendants, between truth and discomfort—and owning it with courage.
October 2025
🐾 Honoring Our Animal Beloved Dead at Samhain
How to include your furry family in ancestor season rituals + folklore on pets as psychopomps. We lost our kitten, Olive, t [...]
August 2025
Figs & Ferragosto: Savoring the Sweetest Days of Summer in Italy
Ferragosto has ancient roots, beginning with Emperor Augustus in 18 BCE as Feriae Augusti—a state-sanctioned rest after the harvest. Today, it’s still a national holiday in Italy, falling on August 15th, and it’s the heart of the summer’s slow season.
June 2025
L’Acqua di San Giovanni: A Midsummer Blessing from the Old Ways
L'Acqua di San Giovanni Every year, on the eve of June 23rd, as twilight kisses the longest days of the year, Italians across t [...]
Golden Light & Battle Flowers: Honoring Freya & the Valkyries at Midsummer
By Roberto Campus The sun hangs high in the sky, and the fields shimmer with gold. It’s the time of fullness—of blooming flower [...]
March 2025
Ostara, Ēostre & the Dawn Goddess: Unraveling the Threads of an Ancient Springtime Deity
The Spring by Franz Xaver Winterhalter Every year, as the Spring Equinox arrives, a familiar debate reignites: Is Ostara [...]
Dísablót: Honoring the Ancient Feminine Powers
Artwork by Roberto Campus Dísablót, an ancient Norse ritual, was held to honor the Dísir—female spirits or deities associated [...]
Carne Levare: The True Meaning of Carnevale (Carnival)
by Hansuan_Fabregas (Pixabay) Carnevale is a time of indulgence, but its roots are far more practical than decadent. Long before [...]
February 2025
Parentalia & the Weight of Inheritance: Reverence, Reckoning, & Repair (+Almond Honey Cakes)
Tomba dei giganti, Passcaredda, Sardinia We are the ancestors returned. The ones they dreamed into being. The ones who carry th [...]
