Spring Approaches

Already here in the Northern hemisphere, there are the first faint signs of Spring. The snows when they fall last that little bit shorter; there are more sunny days; the first flowers are erupting from the Earth; and the days grow longer. The touch of the Antlered King and the Flower Maiden is everywhere and soon their union will give birth to a beauteous bounty of greenery and colourful flowers; young animals will be born...their infectious and innocent enthusiasm for life itself a valuable lesson to us all. The treese will soon begin to unfurl new leaves, bursting forth from buds that will be forming even as you read this.

Brightest Blessings be with you all.

An Exciting New Blog

Hi Everyone,

Here is an exciting new blog that is well worth checking out. Please visit and share the joy:

http://astartemoonblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Blessed Be )O(

A Powerful and Primal Video

Blessed Be Everyone,

I wanted to share with you today a video I found on Youtube that I found to be particularly powerful. There is something that speaks deeply to the soul when you watch it. The combination of music and visuals somehow perfectly captures the essence of the Horned God and the primal energy of the forest.

The creator of the video has managed to create something that will stay with you. I often visualise this video when I am looking deep within myself to connect with the Horned God on the occasions I am unable to get out in nature.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do and all credit to the video's creator, VJ Tasara.

Love and Light my fellow seekers )O(

An Excellent Blogsite - The Simplified Witch

Greetings everyone,

I thought I would today share with you an excellent blogsite featuring many useful and enlightening articles. This site is run by Lavender and is a veritable goldmine of articles relating to witchcraft and all manner of related spiritual goodness. If you are in anyway interested in the Craft then I cannot speak highly enough about this site. I for one love it and learn something new with each visit, and you will find Lavender to be not only a very skilled and informed witch but a lovely lady too. Please swing by on your travels - whether you are a novice or an experienced practictioner you will gain something from her site I promise you.

http://thesimplifiedwitch.blogspot.co.uk/

Blessed Be )O(

A Devotional Poem to Cernunnos

"Sit with me, neath the Sacred Tree,
And rest beside its roots,
In soft green light, all the day and night.
Enjoy its blessed fruits,
The leaves turn brown then they tumble down,
... As Holly is our King,
At Yuletide's yoke, comes the King of Oak,
And rules throughout the Spring.
Yet above them all, with the hunter's call,
Stands the stag lord, mighty Herne,
Cernunnos proud, winds a horn blast loud,
And from him we shall learn,
Of the mysteries, of the beasts and trees,
And all that grows in green,
For in him we trust, as the land is just,
And the Goddess is his Queen."

Blessed Be )O(

Notice: New Facebook Page

Dear Friends,

I now have a new Facebook page for The Pagan Wildwood. All are welcome.

http://www.facebook.com/ThePaganWildwood

This will provide another place for the wondrous world of the Horned One to be brought to life. Sometimes that page will feature some (but not all) of the blog posts posted here but there also will be other new materials and discussions featured there. This will in no way impinge on the Blog here or vice-versa. They will be separate yet co-existent aspects of the Sacred Grove.

Blessed Be. Love and Light to you all.

Music - "The Hunter/Cernunnos" by The Moors

I have recently been researching the various songs and music in which Herne/Cernunnos are an influence and have found various wonderful tunes ranging from folk to rock songs. I shall periodically share some of these tunes with you. Today I ...feature a dark rock song from the 1990s rock band "The Moors". The song is called "The Hunter/Cernunnos". The video is very interesting and interprets the lyrics very well. In the video we see a woman dressed in goth-hippy style invoking the spirit of Cernunnos in the woods. We see Cernunnos running between the trees a scarf with Ogham script hangs around him. By the time the ritual is over the woman is dressed in a simple jerkin, her face covered in Celtic tribal style markings/tattoos with tree branch designs rising across her brows - the Spirit of Cernunnos is in her soul. The shaky black and white camerwork gives a primal feel to the whole affair. Musically it has an early goth feel reminiscent of early Dead Can Dance or Siouxsie and the Banshees with a psychedelic Hawkwind-esque style of guitarwork.....and the singer at times has an almost Stevie Nicks style of delivery. Wonderful stuff.

Here are the lyrics:

When in the wooded place I be 

Then in the sacred grove is he
The god of hunters, king of creatures all
His horned head I see

   

I sit beside him on the ground
As those in Gaul of bird and hound
His name is written but once, my Cernunnos
And still I know the sound

He rules life and death
And guards the Otherworld
From where all forces flow
And all events doth know

 

I know he will come
I've done the dances 

Stay beside me now
Lord of the antlers, come...

   

Oh, when the sun and moon
They rise up on yonder hill
He will rise inside me and
So shall ever be, (shall) ever be.