Seasonal Celebrations

October 2025

🐾 Honoring Our Animal Beloved Dead at Samhain

Jenn Campus2025-10-02T13:25:51+00:00October 2nd, 2025|Ancestors, Magic, Pagan Family, Ritual, Seasonal Celebrations, Soul Hacks, Tips, Tradition|

How to include your furry family in ancestor season rituals + folklore on pets as psychopomps. We lost our kitten, Olive, t [...]

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August 2025

Figs & Ferragosto: Savoring the Sweetest Days of Summer in Italy

Jenn Campus2025-08-13T10:49:57+00:00August 13th, 2025|Italy, Land, Monthly Guides, My Books, Ritual, Sardinia, Seasonal Celebrations, Tradition|

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.

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June 2025

L’Acqua di San Giovanni: A Midsummer Blessing from the Old Ways

Jenn Campus2025-06-17T09:47:32+00:00June 16th, 2025|Ancestors, Folklore, Herbs, Italy, Land, Magic, Old Powers, Pagan Family, Ritual, Seasonal Celebrations, Tradition, Traditional Skills|

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 [...]

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Golden Light & Battle Flowers: Honoring Freya & the Valkyries at Midsummer

Jenn Campus2025-06-16T10:40:04+00:00June 13th, 2025|Folklore, Magic, Old Powers, Ritual, Sacred Foods, Seasonal Celebrations|

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 [...]

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March 2025

Ostara, Ēostre & the Dawn Goddess: Unraveling the Threads of an Ancient Springtime Deity

Jenn Campus2025-04-15T10:39:03+00:00March 15th, 2025|Monthly Guides, My Books, Old Powers, Podcast, Seasonal Celebrations, Tradition, Wheel of the Year Series|

The Spring by Franz Xaver Winterhalter Every year, as the Spring Equinox arrives, a familiar debate reignites: Is Ostara [...]

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Dísablót: Honoring the Ancient Feminine Powers

Jenn Campus2025-09-04T15:54:54+00:00March 14th, 2025|Ancestors, Folklore, Magic, Matriarchy, Old Powers, Seasonal Celebrations, Tradition|

Artwork by Roberto Campus Dísablót, an ancient Norse ritual, was held to honor the Dísir—female spirits or deities associated [...]

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Carne Levare: The True Meaning of Carnevale (Carnival)

Jenn Campus2025-03-05T11:14:24+00:00March 5th, 2025|Culinary Anthropology, Folklore, Food, Magic, Modern Peasant, Podcast, Ritual, Sardinia, Seasonal Celebrations, Tradition|

by Hansuan_Fabregas (Pixabay) Carnevale is a time of indulgence, but its roots are far more practical than decadent. Long before [...]

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February 2025

Parentalia & the Weight of Inheritance: Reverence, Reckoning, & Repair (+Almond Honey Cakes)

Jenn Campus2025-02-20T09:24:53+00:00February 13th, 2025|Ancestors, Blue Zones Kitchen, Culinary Anthropology, Food, Kitchen Witchery, Magic, Recipes, Ritual, Ritual Recipe, Sacred Foods, Seasonal Celebrations|

Tomba dei giganti, Passcaredda, Sardinia We are the ancestors returned. The ones they dreamed into being. The ones who carry th [...]

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January 2025

Imbolc & The Pagan Roots of Groundhog Day

Jenn Campus2025-01-30T10:15:12+00:00January 30th, 2025|Ancestors, Folklore, Food, Kitchen Witchery, Magic, Old Powers, Recipes, Ritual, Sacred Foods, Seasonal Celebrations, Tradition|

Discover the deep roots of Imbolc and Groundhog Day—how our ancestors read the land’s signs, honored hibernating animals, and wel [...]

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December 2024

Will the Real Santa Claus Please Stand Up?

Jenn Campus2025-03-17T09:35:05+00:00December 23rd, 2024|Folklore, Magic, My Books, Old Powers, Podcast, Seasonal Celebrations, The 12 Days of Yule, Tradition, Wheel of the Year Series|

Who is the real Santa Claus? This isn’t your typical debunking or folklore retelling. In this post, we explore the magical and co [...]

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