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Samhain 2025

tasara — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:12:20 +0000

An old woman pulls the veil aside and hurries you in to the blackness.Some call her Hag, but they do not notice the soft lines of love and concern on her face.She hurries you in because she does not want you to think long enough to fear.She knows that to be in the dark means … Continue reading Samhain 2025 →

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Perching Before Samhain

tasara — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 02:30:03 +0000

Grandmother pulls her shroud and the rains, the warm rains, it rains inside this endless cup of grey. Grandfather blows his crisp leavesand the smell, the earthly smell, the smell brings me to myself. Tis the blessed season of endless twilight, of richly dressed sunrises,of memories fine, memories drawn, memories, ancient borne,come from the crack of the horizon. … Continue reading Perching Before Samhain →

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Death

tasara — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 06:03:12 +0000

I see Death in the darkness. It sidles up to me and says, “You are depressed.” It says, “Here, I have sickness.” It says, “Look at your rage.” And I say, “Yes I see it. There is a seat at my table for you. Please. Sit.” I call in the Healing Darkness, this darkness velvety … Continue reading Death →

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The Hag

tasara — Sun, 14 Feb 2016 15:13:57 +0000

When the hag invites you to tea, beware, because she is going to eat you for dinner. You will go down to her cave beneath the oldest oak tree and hang your hat on her door. It will start off nice, but everything you thought you wanted or needed will be stripped away by her … Continue reading The Hag →

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Winter Dreaming

tasara — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 18:57:58 +0000

– A Time of Dreaming – We have crossed the threshold of Winter Solstice. But, darnit, it is still dark! We called in the light in holy ceremony, but where is the actual light? The ‘pull’ towards the abyss has ceased. We have had our brush with the great shadow, sat through our lessons with … Continue reading Winter Dreaming →

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Raven

tasara — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:21:15 +0000

She swims under the ocean, goes where I go. Pulls canoe through the stars, to where I don’t know. Her back, steaming mystery, hard-coded resolve. Jeweled eyes marble black, into which I dissolve Glints of forge-fire, emerald, yew Pools in the darkness, deep chasm blue. She’s lodged in my body, strong, loud and unshown a … Continue reading Raven →

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