by Byron Ballard | Mar 10, 2020
I have been busily editing a book for Llewellyn called “roots, Branches, and Spirits: the Folkways and Witchery of Appalachia” (which will be out in February 2021) and writing a book as yet untitled for Red Wheel/Weiser on animism and permaculture...
by Byron Ballard | Feb 5, 2020
So many of us are living with challenges, with pain, with frustration and fury. I wrote this yesterday for my Goddess-daughter and shared it on Facebook today. Now here it is, for you. Start with a self-blessing: Place your hands flat on the top of your head and...
by Byron Ballard | Feb 3, 2020
The beginning of this little month is so full of power and delight and poetry that I sometimes get to the third day of the month and wonder how there are so many days left. Our public ritual was Saturday night and Mother Grove Goddess Temple was once again graced with...
by Byron Ballard | Jan 30, 2020
…and about that cow. When I had a child at home, we did all kinds of things to prepare for holy days. Imbolc is especially nice for that. One of our favorites was making the Bride’s bed. In some legends, Brigid walks the land on Imbolc eve with her little...
by Byron Ballard | Jan 26, 2020
I’ve Forgotten the Bhrat…again It is Imbolc and there is still much to do. With one eye, I am following the results out of Iowa and wishing NC had a caucus process because it seems so interesting. With another eye, I am reviewing the Mother Grove Imbolc ritual for...
