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Beltain 2011

Imbolc 2011

Samhain 2010

Lughnasadh 2010

Beltane 2010

Imbolc 2010

BELTAIN - 2011

• Earth Well:
  Dandelion by Tira Brandon-Evans
• About the Cover compiled by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Folkways: Faery Lore & Traditions
  • Menhirs and Dolmens by Lewis Spence
    
• Ancient Ways
  • Carnac
    
• The Measure of the Universe by Nancy Bell
• Beltaine Morn at Avebury by Nancy Bell

IMBOLC - 2011

• Earth Well:
  Sweet Violet by Tira Brandon-Evans
• About the Cover compiled by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Folkways: Faery Lore & Traditions
  • Hail Brigit Trans. by Kuno Meyer
    
• Ancient Ways
  • The Sweet Track
    
• Que Sera, Sera by Tira Brandon-Evans
• Myths and Dreams by Nancy Bell
• Believe by Nancy Bell
  
  
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  SAMHAIN - 2010

  • Earth Well:
    Sorrel by Tira Brandon-Evans
  • About the Cover compiled by Tira Brandon-Evans
  • Folkways: Faery Lore & Traditions
    • Away by Lady Gregory
      
  • Earthsongs Second Bardic Competition
  • The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
         with music video featuring Loreena McKennitt
  • The Last Breath by Nancy Bell
  
  
  
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  LUGHNASADH - 2010

  • Earth Well:
    Mullein by Tira Brandon-Evans
  • About the Cover by Tira Brandon-Evans
  • Folkways: Faery Lore & Traditions
    • Fairy Ways and Words by John Rhys
      
  • Guides, Guardians, Companions, Champions, and Totems
    • Dogs, Cats, Wolves, Panthers, and All Their Kin by Lady Raven Ariana
    • Earthsongs Second Bardic Competition
    • Scrying in Water by Tira Brandon-Evans
    • End of the Line by Nancy Bell
    • Should Stars Fall from the Heavens by Nancy Bell
    
    
    
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    BELTANE - 2010

    • Earth Well:
      Nettles by Tira Brandon-Evans
    • About the Cover by Tira Brandon-Evans
    • Folkways: Faery Lore & Traditions
      • The People of the Glens by John M. Synge
        
    • Guides, Guardians, Companions, Champions, and Totems
      • Ladybug & Preying Mantis by Lady Raven Ariana
    • Earthsongs Bardic Competition - First Place Story
      The Story of the Voyage of Maelduin’s Boat by Nancy Bell
    • The Cauldron of Bres: Fulachta Fiadh by Tira Brandon-Evans
    • Animal Totems by Lady Raven Ariana
    • Henge by Nancy Bell
    
    
    
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    IMBOLC - 2010

    • Earth Well:
      Primula by Tira Brandon-Evans
    • About the Cover by Tira Brandon-Evans & Jill Smith
    • Folkways: Faery Lore & Traditions
      • Herbs, Charms and Wise Women by Lady Augusta Gregory
        
    • Earthsongs Bardic Competition - First Runner Up
      The Oldest Animals Search for Modern Relevance:
      Reflections on the Story of Kilhwch and Olwen by Joanne McLain
    • Is Brighid a Faery? by Tira Brandon-Evans
    • The Four Pillars of Shamanic Wisdom by Tira Brandon-Evans
    
    
    
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    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
    
    
    
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    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
    
    
    
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    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
    
    
    
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    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
    
    
    
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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  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
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  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