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Diwali Hindu Festival of Lights

Diwali Hindu Festival of Lights

This year the Diwali Melā will take place in the Square at Te Marae o Hine on Saturday 2nd November 2024 from 5:00 pm to 10:30 pm. It will be hoste...
Creating a Sacred Bathroom Space

Creating a Sacred Bathroom Space

With all that’s going on this year, internationally, nationally, economically, and personally, I’ve found myself feeling a lot of anger, pain, anx...
Imbolc - the start of Spring

Imbolc - the start of Spring

The daffodils that are popping their heads up and the baby lambs that are abounding are a sure sign of early Spring and the pagan festival of IMBOL...
Yule Blessings

Yule Blessings

Yay, it’s YULE, signifying Midwinter, the longest night of the year, the Winter Solstice (Fri, 21 Jun 2024, 8:50 am) … and the start of the return ...
Samhain in the Southern Hemisphere

Samhain in the Southern Hemisphere

It’s Halloween! Or, at least in the Southern Hemisphere, it officially is! (Traditionally 1st May, but the exact time this year is 5th May 9.00am) ...
How to celebrate Earth Day 2024

How to celebrate Earth Day 2024

EARTH DAY, MONDAY 22nd APRIL Earth Day was originally planned to be on 20th March, the first day of spring in the USA but was changed to be on 22nd...
What is Eid al-Fitr?

What is Eid al-Fitr?

Eid al-Fitr, a Muslim festival, marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan. This year it starts on the evening of 9th April ...
How to Create an Altar

How to Create an Altar

I was asked recently how I create an altar, and I actually had to stop and think, as once upon a time I had a portable altar that I would create an...
Chinese New Year of the Wood Dragon!

Chinese New Year of the Wood Dragon!

February 9th - brings another surge of energy to the beginning of the year with a NEW MOON and the beginning of the auspicious CHINESE NEW YEAR OF ...
How to do a Full Moon Ceremony

How to do a Full Moon Ceremony

Do you charge your crystals during a full moon?  What other rituals and healing do you practice?  I’ve learned a lot about the energy and effects o...