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Year of Moons, Season of Trees: Mysteries & Rites of Celtic Tree Magic / Pattalee Glass-Koentop. 1st edition. Llewellyn's World Magic Series. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1991

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Collection number: NAMOSRL BF1622.C45 G53 1991 (Circulating)

About

"Many people are drawn to Wicca, or the Craft, but do not have teachers, covens or like-minded people around to show them how the religion is practiced. Year of Moons, Season of Trees serves as that teacher and as a sourcebook for material and background, providing a full Book of Shadoes for the isolated Pagan or Wiccan."--Page 4 of cover

Dates

  • Publication: 1991

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

1 Books (xv, 242 pages) : illustrations, music ; 26 cm

Language

English

Contents

Introduction / by Morgan McFarland (p.ix-x)

Prologue (p.xi-xv)

I. "... And it once was..." (p.1-25 inclusive)

Ancient time-keepers (p.3-8)

Tree worship through the ages (p.9-18)

An overview of Ogham (p.19-25)

II. "Let's try it... this way..." (p.27-48 inclusive)

The great tree [ritual] (p.29-31)

Analysis of the great tree ritual (p.33-48)

III. "Have I forgotten something?" (p.49-68 inclusive)

Before ritual begins (p.51-57)

Invocations and responses (p.59-68)

IV. "Unto each tree a season..." (p.69-100 inclusive)

Rebirth - Silver fir (p.71-74)

Season of spring - Furze or Gorse (p.75-78)

Season of summer - The Heather (p.79-82)

Season of autumn - The Popular (p.83-89)

Season of winter - The Yew (p.90-94)

Day of liberation - The Mistletoe (p.95-100)

V. "There shall be a year of moons..." (p.101-177 inclusive)

First month: Birch (p.103-108)

Second month: Rowan (p.109-113)

Third moon: Ash (p.114-118)

Fourth moon: Alder (p.119-123)

Fifth moon: Willow (p.124-128)

Sixth moon: Hawthorn (p.129-135)

Seventh moon: Oak (p.136-141)

Eighth moon: Holly (p.143-147)

Ninth moon: Hazel (p.148-155)

Tenth moon: Vine (p.156-161)

Eleventh moon: Ivy (p.162-167)

Twelfth moon: Reed (p.168-171)

Thirteenth moon: Elder (p.172-177)

VI. Making things fit together... (p.179-189 inclusive)

There is life after ritual (p.181-185)

Putting it all together (p.187-189)

VII. Appendices.

A. The Ogham correspondence charts (p.191-197)

B. The Solar Tree (p.199-208)

C. Notes on the Lunar Trees (p.209-222)

Bibliography (p.241-242)

Contents. Appendix D. Recipes

Circle Mean (p.223-224)

Hazel moon salmon balls (p.224-225)

Contents. Appendix E. Songs & Chants

We all come from the Goddess [text only] (p.227)

Lady, weave / lyrics and music by Llewyn ; God verse by Amber Moon Coven (p.228)

Stir of breeze (p.229)

Weaver, weave : spoken chant (p.229)

The Goddess is alive! The Goddess is alive! Magic is afoot! (p.230)

I bless... (p.230)

Blood of the ancients (p.231)

We are the Old People [text only] (p.231)

She changes [text only] (p.232)

Love glow, love grow! (p.232)

Wheel of Life (p.232)

Witch, I Am! / lyrics and music by Phoenix Rountree ; arrangement by Garth (p.233)

O mother moon / words from an African tribal song ; music by Garth (p.234)

Isis, Astarte (p.234)

Ecco, ecco (p.235)

Our Lady of the Silver Magics / lyrics and music by Phoenix Rountree (p.236)

Teaching song (p.237-239)

Repository Details

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