The Wise Hazel Tree
Rituals for Living in Season
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The Great Mother has been calling for humanity to live more compatibly with the natural world. The book is my contribution to the Mother’s efforts to ensure the planet’s survival and our spiritual unfolding, but with a slight twist. It’s a call for action from a witch’s perspective. Wicca, the olde religion of the Goddess honors the earth’s divinity in ceremony and in living within the cycle of birth, death and rebirth. Paying attention to what is occurring outside in nature, and adjusting our internal barometer accordingly, helps us live more in season with the planet and manifest dreams more true to our divine human selves. The book gives readers, referred to as stewards, first hand ritual experience with the concept of living in season. Rituals can facilitate the alignment of personal power with the natural forces at work. The book’s twelve, monthly rituals are written with this outer/inner world attunement in mind. Stewards are guided on a spiritual, earth-centered odyssey to awaken the senses, all six of them. The design of the rituals reflects the author’s Northern hemisphere and Midwest roots. Stewards who live elsewhere are encouraged to bring their own soil to the altar and adapt the rites as needed. The rituals may be performed alone or as part of a group. Besides a Wiccan orientation, the rituals are drawn from other ancient traditions including Astrology, Numerology and Feng Shui. In the book these traditions are symbolized as Branches of the Wise Hazel Tree. The Hazel tree is an ancient Celtic symbol of intuition inspired change and serves as a metaphor for the Crone, the elder phase of the Goddess in the book. If these practices are unfamiliar, keep an open mind and don’t worry. The appendix and glossary provide additional information on conducting a ritual and the book’s use of the four ancient traditions. Also, the metaphysical seasoning is brewed with a measure of whimsy and nature’s own ingredients making a delightfully sensual and spiritually rich ritual experience~ full bodied and nourishing for the soul. Awaiting us, after a spin around the wheel of life from whichever month the journey begins, is an invitation from the Great Mother to continue living life as a steward of Her soil and Our soul. ~ Blessed Be ~
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Rituals for living in season renew our sense of personal power and understanding of the underlying magick of the universe that sustains us. The magick is presented in an artful fusion of Astrology, Numerology, Feng Shui, and Wicca. In the branches of The Wise Hazel Tree, these ancient traditions lead the way around the wheel of life, helping our dreams and those of the Great Mother unfold more true to form. Consider life’s course if in autumn, we follow nature’s cue and take stock of our accomplishments alongside harvest celebrations of nature’s bounty. Or, as nature sleeps, we slow life’s pace in winter to allow time for self-care and reflection. Once spring blooms, we could find ourselves more rested and ready to begin work on new ideas and ventures. Following our intention, the sunny days of summer would shine on our growing dreams and daily endeavors.
About the Author
Carolann Gregoire is an independently licensed social worker and holds a Masters degree in social work from the University of Kansas. Formative years in the 1960’s influenced her inquisitive nature and passion for helping others. The impact of physical setting on agency clients steered her in the direction of Feng Shui and environmental wellness. The path to the Goddess began as child’s play under a canopy of trees in the creek behind her house. Later, designing rituals for Sabbats, and life’s essential passages rejuvenated this innate bond with Mother Nature. Her love affair with trees continues in Columbus, Ohio where she lives with her husband, Tom and dogs Oskar, and Pippin.