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Samhain 2009

Lugnasadh 2009

Beltane 2009

Imbolc 2009

SAMHAIN - 2009

• Earth Well:
  Ivy by Tira Brandon-Evans
• About the Cover by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Folkways: Faery Lore & Traditions
  • Celtic Folklore: Welsh And Manx by John Rhys
    
• Guides, Guardians, Companions, Champions, and Totems
  • Hare & Lynx by Lady Raven Ariana
• From the Hazel Grove
  • The Coming of Lugh by Nancy Bell
• Earthsongs Bardic Competition - Second Runner Up
  Rhiannon, Fairy Queen, Tells a Story by Suzanne Rhiannon Ratelle
• Prelude by Nancy Bell
• Spiral Within by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Dreamtime In Our Bodies by Lady Raven Ariana

LUGHNASADH - 2009

• Earth Well:
  Yarrow by Tira Brandon-Evans
• About the Cover by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Folkways: Faery Lore & Traditions
  • British Goblins by Wirt Sikes
    
• Guides, Guardians, Companions, Champions, and Totems
  • Dragonfly & Monarch by Lady Raven Ariana
• Earthsongs Bardic Competition
• The Teltown Lughnasadh Festival by Nora Lisius
• Return to the Wild by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Story of Lugh by Dillon Carlyon
• Birth of a Bee by Lady Raven Ariana

BELTANE - 2009

• Earth Well:
  Ferns by Tira Brandon-Evans
• About the Cover by Tira Brandon-Evans
• From the Hazel Grove:
  • The Thirteen Treasures of Great Britain by Nora Lisius
    
  • The Fight With The Fir Bolgs by Nancy Bell
• Guides, Guardians, Companions, Champions, and Totems
  • Nature Knocking by Lady Raven Ariana
• The Hazel House Retreat
• Earthsongs Bardic Competition
• Adventuring Ireland by Tira Brandon-Evans
• April Earth by Nancy Bell
• Avoidance: Saying 'No', Healing, and Reawakening by Lady Raven Ariana
• Into the Wild by Dave Cowper
• Wounded Healers of the Celtic World by Dillon Carlyon

IMBOLC - 2009

• About the Cover by Tira Brandon-Evans
• From the Hazel Grove:
  • The Voyage of Máeldúin by Dave Cowper
• Guides, Guardians, Companions, Champions, and Totems
  • From the Plant People by Lady Raven Ariana
  • Special Needs Special Deeds by Lady Raven Ariana
• The Hazel House Retreat
• Brighid, Warming Fire to Man and Beast by Dillon Carlyon
• Keeping Our Sense Of Wonder Alive by Lady Raven Ariana
• The Lore of Bride compiled by Tira Brandon-Evans

SAMHAIN - 2008

• The Green Painting by Tira Brandon-Evans
• About the Cover by Tira Brandon-Evans
• From the Hazel Grove:
     A Land Within, A Land Afar by Nora Lisius
• From the Elder Grove:
     Discovering Your Ancestral or Clan Totems by Tira Brandon-Evans
• True Community & On Being An Ancestor by Lady Raven Ariana
• The Darkness Before The Dawn by El Collie
• Treasure of the Ancestors by Dillon Carlyon
• Kindness In Nebraska by Lady Raven Ariana
• A Visit to the King's Stables by Tira Brandon-Evans

LUGHNASADH - 2008

• Céad Míle Fáilte: First Imagine by Tira Brandon-Evans
• About the Cover by Tira Brandon-Evans
• From the Hazel Grove:
  • Finding Finn in Scotland by Joanne McLain
• Lughnasadh: Time of Meetings and Celebration by Lady Raven Ariana
• Second Life News
• A Dream of Angus Oge by Æ
• Musings of a Subtle Shaman by Rod Ellis, PhD, CMSW
• Lugh: the Many-Skilled, Long-Armed Boy-Hero by Dillon Carlyon

BELTANE - 2008

• Céad Míle Fáilte: Spirit – A Rainbow in the Mist by Tira Brandon-Evans
• About the Cover by Tira Brandon-Evans
• From the Hazel Grove:
  • Duty of Bards by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Society of Celtic Shamans News:
  • Soul Companions reported by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Healing Our Spirits With Presence by Lady Raven Ariana
• Second Life News
• Healing From the Sea by Anne Grothus
• Rise with the Sun: Gods and Goddesses of Healing and Helping by Dillon Carlyon
• Embodied Spirituality The Shaper, the Shaping and the Shapes in Celtic Animism by Teresa ‘Chrissy’ Conner

IMBOLC - 2008

• Céad Míle Fáilte: Is Brighid a Faery? by Tira Brandon-Evans
• About the Cover by Tira Brandon-Evans
• From the Hazel Grove:
  • Finding Spring by Nancy Sandling
• Reviews:
  What a Way to Go — Life At the End of Empire by Lady Raven Ariana
  Dark Horse CD from Laura Doyle
• Brighid, the Cailleach, and the Battle for Spring by Dillon Carlyon
• The Creative Spark by Lady Raven Ariana
• Awen by Shannogh
• To Dare Her Arms by Christine Cleere

SAMHAIN - 2007

• Céad Míle Fáilte: Befriending Your Bogeyman by Tira Brandon-Evans
• About the Cover by Tira Brandon-Evans
• From the Hazel Grove:
  • Bricriu's Feast & the War of Words of the Women of Ulster
    by Joanne McLain
• From the Elder Grove:
  Keepers of Time by Tira Brandon-Evans
• The Seal Woman by Tim Morrison
• Reverence by Lady Raven Ariana
• Spirit Walker by Shannogh
• Once Upon A Time by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Skara Brae: Echoes Across Time by Dale Carlyon

LUGHNASADH - 2007

• Céad Míle Fáilte: The Sacred All by Tira Brandon-Evans
• About the Cover
• From the Elder Grove:
  • Water of the Hazel by Tira Brandon-Evans
• From the University of Celtic Wisdom:
  • Manawydan Son of Llyr: A Tale of Loss & Recovery by Athunere
• Paleolithic Cave Art: The Horse in Ancient Times by Athunere
• Communicating With Plants by Bob Makransky
• Fiona by Lady Raven Ariana
• Being Free by Virginia Carper
• Lovable by Kathleen Siddall
• Desert Horse by Nancy J. Sandlin
• March of the Celts by Dale Carlyon

BELTANE - 2007

• Céad Míle Fáilte: Shamanic Crisis by Tira Brandon-Evans
• About the Cover
  
• Whisperings From The Web: Healing the Waters compiled by Carolanne Kennedy
  
• From the Elder Grove:
  • Water of the Hazel by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Kianda, Mari, Mor, Here Our Cry! by Carolanne Kennedy
• Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Wellness Plan by Carolanne Kennedy & Tira Brandon-Evans
• As Above, So Below by Lady Raven Ariana
• Can We Heal Our Relationships With Water? by Lady Raven Ariana
• Bearing the Bright Fire by Dale Carlyon

IMBOLC - 2007

• Céad Míle Fáilte: Peace to the Skies by Tira Brandon-Evans
• About the Cover
  
• Whisperings From The Web: Hearth & Home, Then & Now compiled by Tira Brandon-Evans
  
• From the University of Celtic Wisdom
  • Tara: Wisdom's Cave by Carolanne Kennedy, FS, TGB
• From the Elder Grove:
  • Imbolc by Tira Brandon-Evans
  • TheLady, the Cow and the Tower by Yeats Rossignol
  • Sacred Fire of the Hearth by Lady Raven Ariana

SAMHAIN - 2006

• Céad Míle Fáilte: Dishonouring the Ancestors by Tira Brandon-Evans
• About the Cover
  
• From the Oak Grove:
  • A Peep Through the Hourglass:
    A Modern Interpretation of the Cad Goddeu by Rod Ellis
• From the University of Celtic Wisdom
  • The Morrigan in the Táin Bó Cúailnge and Beyond by Carolanne Kennedy, FS, SGB
• Into the Wildwood:
  • Quest for Connection by Owen Gwalchmai
• From the Elder Grove:
  • Samhain by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Hooking Up With The Ancestors by Lady Raven Ariana
• Ecospirituality: An Imaginal Approach by Owen Gwalchmai
• Soul Food by Lady Raven Ariana

LUGHNASADH - 2006

• Céad Míle Fáilte: Passing Through by Tira Brandon-Evans
• About the Cover
  
• From the Oak Grove:
  • Gleanings from the Isle of Strong Winds:
    A Bit about the Book of Lindisfarne by Rod Ellis
• From the Elder Grove:
  • The Search for Mabon by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Indigenous Soul by Owen Gwalchmai
• What I Have Learned About Quests and Calls by Lady Raven Ariana

BELTANE - 2006

• Céad Míle Fáilte: Order Out of Chaos – Time to Wake Up by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Whisperings from the Web
  
• From the University of Celtic Wisdom:
  • Biddy Early: Faery Doctor by Carolanne Kennedy, FS, S.G.B.
• From the Elder Grove:
  • Clouds of Knowing by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Tending the Mender by Lady Raven Ariana
• Defending the Ad War's Smallest Targets by Sandy Clark
• Weaning Kids Off New Toys by James Glines
• Living My Path by Aauriane Veleda

IMBOLC - 2006

• Céad Míle Fáilte: The Great Grass Mother, Reprise by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Whisperings from the Web by Tara Nyer
  
• From the University of Celtic Wisdom:
  • Bridgit of the Carmina by Carolanne Kennedy, FS, S.G.B.
• From the Elder Grove:
  • The Great Wheel of the Heavens: The Sun by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Genealogy of Bride Old Irish Poem
• Guided Meditation: On the Nature of Time by Changeling
• Celebrating Bride by Lady Raven Ariana
• The Apprentice and the Frog by Jessica Marie Waltrip

SAMHAIN - 2005

• Céad Mile Fáilte: A Samhain Song Reprise by Tira Brandon-Evans
• About the Cover by Fox Kennedy & Tira Brandon-Evans
  
• From the University of Celtic Wisdom:
  • The Welsh Red Man by Carolanne Kennedy, FS, S.G.B.
• From the Oak Grove:
  • Tlachtga: Thunderbolt Wisdom Woman by Melanie Marttila, FS, S.G.B.
• Death Is Only the Beginning by SpiralWolf
• Feasting the Ancestors by Lady Raven Ariana
• Bells the Stag Author Unknown

LUGNASADH - 2005

• Céad Mile Fáilte: About Pain by Tira Brandon-Evans
• About the Cover by Dominika Keller & Tira Brandon-Evans
  
• Whisperings From The Web by Tira Brandon-Evans
  
• Ancient Arts:
  • Flax Spinning by Carol Mooney
• Borders by Changeling
• What I Have Learned About Harvest by Lady Raven Ariana
• Weeds That Heal by Karen Pereczes
• Charged Waters by Tira Brandon-Evans
• The Seer of Wilmington by Tira Brandon-Evans

BELTANE - 2005

• Céad Mile Fáile by Tira Brandon-Evans
• About the Cover by Tira Brandon-Evans
  
• From Merlin's Enclosure:
  • Light of the Earth by Theo G. Tigger
• From the University of Celtic Wisdom:
  • Irish Sweat Houses: An Ireland Canadian Connection by Carolanne Kennedy
• Confessions of An Irish Witch by Tira Brandon-Evans
• What I Have Learned About Gratitude by Lady Raven Ariana
• Thoughts Of Becoming A Shaman by Tira Brandon-Evans

IMBOLC - 2005

• Message From A Celtic Shaman by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Whisperings From The Web by Tara Nyer
  
• About the Cover by Tira Brandon-Evans
  
• Immrama: Journeys in the Shining Realm
  • Birthing Re-Birth by Sophie Kehau o na Liko Lehua Keller
• From the Oak Grove:
  • New Oak Grove Ogham Masters Program by Tira Brandon-Evans
• The Black Book of Carmarthen by Carolanne Kennedy
• Adoration: Songs of Divine Love by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Celtic Voices, Celtic Bards compiled by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Brighid the Great by Rhiannon

SAMHAIN 2004

• Two Days on the Mountain by Tira Brandon-Evans
  
• A Room with a View: Reflection On The Mountain by Kenny Ortiz
  
• Shamans and Sex by Tira Brandon-Evans
  
• Who Needs Ethics? by Tira Brandon-Evans
  
• Are Faery Shamans Faerys? by Tira Brandon-Evans

LUGHNASSADH 2004

• The Sacred Hills of Neolithic Britain by Phil Costelloe & Theo G. Tigger
• Across Time: Sailing With Amergin by Gwalchmai
• Faery Folklore: Canadian Stories by Carolanne Kennedy
• Corona Borealis by Bonnie Long
• Oak Friend & Dedication by Binz
• An Open Letter to John Matthews
• John Matthews' Reply to Our Open Letter
• Whisperings From The Web
• About the Cover
• From the Oak Grove:
• The Ogham Verses by Yeats Rossignol
• Full Circle by Theo G. Tigger
• Three by Three by Binz
• From the University of Celtic Wisdom:
• Vercingetorix and His Clash With Caesar by Amy Gill
• From the Elder Grove:
• The Labyrinthine Way by Tira Brandon-Evans

BELTANE 2004

• Eco Eco Ecology: The Wilderness in Your Yard by Jehana Silverwing
• The Significance of Organic Imagery in the Song of Solomon by Melania Marttila
• The House in the Fairies' Garden by John Crawford and Bridget Wolfe
• Céad Míle Fáilte
• Whisperings From The Web
• About the Cover
• From the University of Celtic Wisdom: Boudicca: Queen, Leader, Goddess by Delaina Toothman
• From the Elder Grove: Through the Unremembered Gate by Tira Brandon-Evans
• From the Elder Grove: Celtic Knot by Rosetta Fire

IMBOLC 2004

• Brighid: A Goddess and a Saint by Andrea Brokaw
• The Sword in the Stone by Madeleine Johnson
• Brigit: Mother of Smiths by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Céad Míle Fáilte
• Whisperings From The Web
• About the Cover
• From the Oak Grove: The Battle of the Trees by Tira Brandon-Evans

SAMHAIN 2003

• Sheela-na-gig, by Kathleen Jenks, Ph.D.
• Getting Real: Looking At The Sheela-na-gig With Open Eyes, Tira Brandon-Evans, CH., FS.
• Art of Christopher Moik
• Taking In Nature: Why Amergin and Taliesin Sing, Finnian O'Cianain
• Whisperings from the Web
• About the Cover
• From the Oak Grove: Fleeting Thoughts,Finnian O'Cianain
• From the University of Celtic Wisdom: The Brehon Law of Ancient Ireland, Carolanne Kennedy
• The Pen in the Fire: Song of Amergin, Carmen Keys
• Coming Events - Wise Woman Weekend

LUGHNASSADH 2003

• The Draconian Serpent and Stonehenge, by Ross Hamilton
• Dr. William Stukeley, by Dragon Paths
• Dragon Quest, by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Rock and Stone, by Jeremy Harte
• Céad Míle Fáilte
• Whisperings From The Web
• About the Cover
• The Pen in the Fire: Magic Circle by Lynda Rae MacDonald
• From the Oak Grove: The Dragon by Eric Lingen
• From the Elder Grove: New Books From Elder Grove Press
• Coming Events - Wise Woman Weekend

BELTANE 2003

• The Inn of Infinite Dreams, by Mary Pat Mann
• LeafWings, by Lynda Rae McDonald
• The Dreamer and the Dream, by Tira Brandon-Evans, FS
• Whisperings from the Web
• About the Cover
• The Pen in the Fire

• Brigid: The Goddess of Imbolc and Celtic Europe, by Gwydion
• Imbolc Path Working, Chris Thompson
• The Cailleach and the Bride: A Candlemas Tale , by Joanna Powell Colbert
• Fiction Supplement: Confessions of an Irish Witch: Part II, by Tira Brandon-Evans, FS
• About the Cover

SAMHAIN 2002

• Cailleach , by Carmon Deyo & DeborahAnne Mac Gillivray
• Lady of the Depths: Primal Goddess of Celtic Shamanism, Leigh Ann Hussey
• Sestina for Samhain, by Mary Pat Mann
• Honouring Our Ancestors, by Mary Pat Mann
• Fiction Supplement: Confessions of an Irish Witch: Part I, by Tira Brandon-Evans, FS
• From the Oak Grove: Journey to Blodeuwedd, by Sophia Kehau-o-na-liko-lehua Keller
• About the Cover

LUGHNASSADH 2002

• A Lughnasadh Miscellany: Facts of the Feast , by Searles O'Dubhain
• Fionn mac Cumhal: The Stag/Hunting God of Ireland , by John Machate
• Llew Llaw Gyffes: The Initiation of the Divine Son, by Mary Pat Mann
• Autumn, by Leigh
• Tailtiu: Mother of the Wind, by Tira Brandon-Evans, FS
• About the Cover

BELTANE 2002

• THE UNKNOWN, REMEMBERED GATE , by Tira Brandon-Evans
• SHAMAN'S LABYRINTH , by Tira Brandon-Evans
• HEARTH AND HOME, by Aauraine
• FOLLOWING A CELTIC PATH, by Erynn Rowan Laurie
• NEWS FROM EGP: HOW TO WRITE A NON-FICTION BOOK, by Tira Brandon-Evans
• ABOUT THE COVER
• FROM THE OAK GROVE: ESSAY ON MACHA, by Ollamh
• FROM THE OAK GROVE: THE SPEAR AS A HEALING TOOL, by Sophia Kehau-o-na-liko-lehua Keller
• FROM THE OAK GROVE: THE CAULDRON: ENGINE OF TRANSFORMATION, by Leslie Sean

IMBOLC 2002

• CELTIC INSPIRED WATERCOLORS, created by Alex Fantalov
• TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL, by Elspeth Stormdancer
• FOR THE FAMILY: IMBOLC TRADITIONS, by Daisymoon
• ABOUT THE COVER
• NEWS FROM EGP, by Tira Brandon-Evans

SAMHAIN 2001

• ANCESTRAL WORK by Maura McHugh
• FROM THE OAK GROVE: COMMENTARY ON TORCHMARCH ETAIN by Sophia Kehau-o-na-liko-lehua Keller
• FAERY FRIEND WORK by Daisymoon
• HONOURING THE ANCESTORS by J Craig Melia
• MOTHER SIDHE by Sunshine MoonRaven
• THE CRAFTING OF THE WITCH'S BROOM by Caroline Tully

LUGHNASADH 2001

• ASTROLOGY AND THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE: WHEEL OF THE YEAR by Caroline Tully
• MILL OF TIME by Tira Brandon-Evans
• THE GIFT OF THE CHALICE: A MEDITATION FOR TWO OR TWO HUNDRED by Lisa Harris

BELTANE 2001

• AIRMED'S CLOAK: THE ROBE OF TRADITION by Tira Brandon-Evans, CH
• THE TREE OGHAM AS HERBAL OGHAM by Forest
• ST. JOHN'S WORT by Margie McArthur
• A BELTANE STORY by Ygraine
• GETTING WELL SOON by Lisa Harris

IMBOLC 2001

• CÉAD MÍLE FÁILTE by Tira Brandon-Evans
• BIDDY EARLY by Gwen Dwyer
• RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CELTIC FAITH
  FOR PERSONAL SPIRITUAL GROWTH by Robert Fish
• WINTER'S PORTAL by Bobbi Sinha-Morey

SAMHAIN 2000

• CÉAD MÍLE FÁILTE by Tira Brandon-Evans
• THE OGHAMS: ONE & MANY by Tira Brandon-Evans
• TOMB OF THE EAGLES by Tira Brandon-Evans
• ASLaN SACRED SITE CHARTER
• THE QUEST: AN ANIMAL OGHAM by Talis
• THE WOODEN CRIER
• FROM THE OAK GROVE: THE OGHAM VERSES

LUGHNASADH 2000

• CÉAD MÍLE FÁILTE by Tira Brandon-Evans
• THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DESKFORD CARNYX by John Kenny
• THE FIRE WITHIN by Robert Fish
• THE COLOURS OF THE WINDS by Robert Fish
• THE CALL by Aine Coinin Carroll
• POEM: A CHILD'S MIND by Donny Rodrigue

BELTANE 2000

• READERS' CHOICE AWARDS: The Envelope Please by Cathy Davis
• THE PIG-STY PRINCE & THE GIANT'S DAUGHTERby Anny Wyse
• SPECIAL SECTION ON THE CARNYX by Dr. John Purser, Fraser Hunter and John Kenny
• JOURNEYS: THE THREE FIRES by Moon Weaver