The Oak King and the Holly King were first proposed as seasonal archetypes by Robert Graves* in his book The White Goddess, published in 1948. In it, he compares the stories of Gawain and the Green Knight and Gwynn and…

My altar for Beltane features two wooden phalluses with red and white altar cloths and ribbons. The candle holder tree above the altar is constructed of ironwork branches, upon which hangs a Green Woman’s face that I have re-painted to…

Tools - The Horn

Horns can be used in a variety of different ways in ceremonies. In the Lunasdha ceremony, I normally put uprooted corn into a horn before it is cut in the ceremony itself. I also have a…