A whiff of lavender oil can trigger various sensations, and its sweet fragrance brings to mind rows and rows of beautiful blue-violet flowers under the summer sky. But if you look beyond lavender oil’s aroma, you’ll find that there’s more to it than meets the eye – or your sense of smell. What Is Lavender? Lavender oil comes from lavender
Read moreLavender Love Botanical Name: Lavandula Fragrant, beautiful, and versatile, lavender is typically added to bouquets or to bathwater for a purifying and uplifting effect. A close cousin of mint, it grows as a small shrub that has lovely violet flowers and green or pale grey leaves. It’s native to northern Africa and the mountainous Mediterranean regions, although it also grows
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? original art by Julia Jeffrey I love Beltane, which marks the beginning of the light half of the year in the Celtic calendar. It is celebrated with bonfires, revelry, dancing, maypoles …. and rituals and ceremonies celebrating the union of the Goddess and the Green Man. [You may remember the song “The…
As the name suggests, the Mediterranean diet is a contemporary nutritional plan that has been encouraged by the conventional dietary guide followed by people living in the region around the Mediterranean Sea – Southern Italy, Greece and Spain. The main features of this heart-healthy diet comprise consuming high amounts of legumes, olive oil, grains, unprocessed cereals, vegetables and fruits in
Read moreIf aromatherapy is a frequently misunderstood profession then the specialization of aromatic medicine is so out there we could be discussing Xeno botany here. But we’re not talking about plant life on other planets, this is a unique branch of botanical medicine that employs volatile aromatic plant extracts in internal dose forms. What is Aromatic Medicine? Aromatic Medicine is the internal
Read moreTea is a time-honored and widespread preparation method used by cultures around the world today – for at least the past 3,000 to 5,000 years, as well. This makes sense because teas utilize the most popular and available liquid substance in the world: water. Water at its boiling point {212 degrees F} will remove, or extract, most if not all
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“The fair maid who, the first of May, Goes to the fields at break of day, And washes in dew from the hawthorn tree, Will ever after handsome be.” The gnomes no longer hide in the cleft of half-rotten trees. Not this season, this time, they snort behind fallen limbs hung in spring-green mosses, and fall silent as I pass.
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Last week the Beltane 2016 Torchbearers took to the Meadows in Edinburgh for some fiery fun. Photopoint were there to capture the action. See more Beltane 2016 rehearsal photos in this album on Facebook. Everything on our Facebook page is publicly viewable, so even if you don’t have a Facebook account you can still…
A Poem for Beltane I want to light a bonfire And dance with the Divine Presence Who is Unboxable and Unknowable I want to howl with Cernunnos And invite Jesus to join the party I’m sure he wo… Source: A Poem For Beltane via A Poem For Beltane — GrannyMoon’s Morning Feast
Read moreWhen I first started spell crafting many moons ago, I was convinced that my experiences would look much like the image to the left; whimsical and graceful, completely encircled in a rustic mix matc… Source: Spell Crafting Basics via Spell Crafting Basics — GrannyMoon’s Morning Feast
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