Grove of the Willow Wood

04/04/2025

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03/24/2025

Soft as rabbit fur, Eostre come!
Pretty as painted eggs, Eostre come!
With golden hair, Eostre come!
With winning smile, Eostre come!
Like the rose of dawn, Eostre come!
Come, Eostre, bring the spring,
Come, Eostre, come!

11/08/2024

In whatever religion you have been taught, however you have been brought up, and however you have understood your Teachers, on these levels you will understand this message. It is not enough that this message be believed. It is a message to be lived. The essence of Universal Religion is Peace and Truth, with Love for and Kindness to all the creatures of the earth. Now is the time to express this essence in your own life. A beginning must be made, and the place to begin is with and in yourself. You would reform the world? Begin with yourself, brother! The message of the unreformed reformer seldom inspires reformation. The heart of all Religion is love. And righteousness, which is love in action, is the fulfillment of Peace within yourself, and seek too, within yourself, the divine Breath of Life. Persist in these things! Do not let up for a single moment! Through your faith and through your deeds you shape your life, and help shape the lives of others, as well. What a responsibility! The Spirit finds in you its agent and also its partner, and to the degree that you are aware of this and act on it, your life is enriched. A revelation will occur to you -- a revelation higher than your most exalted dreams. A New Age is coming, and with it there will be a realization of the Oneness of All. Differences between the various religions will disappear. The good, which is in each of them, will be fused and will become the common goal of all mankind. Know that you have the power to choose! Choose love, not hate; choose gentleness, not violence; choose holiness, not evil! Dare to believe that the reign of love and peace is coming soon! Ready yourself for it! Ready yourself for it with deeds of righteousness. Righteousness is the door-opener, and beyond the door is Love. May Power Divine enter every aspect of your life, endowing it with the rewards of material accomplishments, the treasures of purposeful existence, and the eternal light of Spiritual achievenent.

11/02/2024

Our group’s annual Samhain Initiate Retreat has begun! This will be the first time we’ve done a retreat in hybrid fashion (to accommodate illness and other life things). Looking forward to fellowship and service—and all the stories we’ll have to share in years to come about the time we’ve spent together. Samhain blessings to all!

06/24/2024

06/21/2024

“Stonehenge’s architectural connection to the Sun is well known, but its link with the moon is less well understood,” said Clive Ruggles, emeritus professor of archaeoastronomy at Leicester University. “The four Station Stones align with the moon’s extreme positions, and researchers have debated for years whether this was deliberate, and—if so—how this was achieved and what might have been its purpose.”

A rare event, a "Major Lunar Standstill," will be livestreamed from Stonehenge this week. It involves extreme moonrises due to the maximum tilt of Earth and the moon.

06/20/2024

Solstice blessings to you all!

Astronomical summer officially arrives in the Northern Hemisphere — amidst a heat wave — at 4:51 p.m. ET. It's the earliest start to the season since 1796, thanks to quirks in the calendar.

06/20/2024

Blessings to you on this beautiful Juneteenth day.

For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. Since it was designated a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth has become more universally recognized beyond Black America. There’s a push today for people to see beyond the revelry and learn a...

06/09/2024

We've received many inquiries lately about the formation of a new group in the Dahlonega area with a similar name (and some familiar faces) and its relation to Grove of the Willow Wood.

In May, Lady Jasmine announced her intention to depart. She and two others left the Grove to form a new coven with the love, support, and blessings of Lady Ashlen, Lord Tatanka, members of the Grove's Elder Council, and Lord Solandrin, our founding High Priest.

This new group is not affiliated with Grove of the Willow Wood as either a daughter or sister coven. It is an entirely separate entity.

We continue to honor Lady Jasmine as the Grove's founding High Priestess and are grateful for her years of dedicated service.

We've updated our group's history on the website to reflect recent changes:

Willow Wood Church is a contemporary Wiccan Coven in the North Georgia Mountains.

06/02/2024

We were honored to share sacred space with members of the Ravenwood tradition at the North Georgia Solitaries festival this weekend. Thank you, Lady Maia, for the invitation.

Lord Tatanka and I were honored to participate in public ritual with the House of Ravenwood at Lady Maia’s invitation during the What we do in Magick festival, hosted by North Georgia Solitar…

04/19/2023

“Based on rigid gender and class stereotypes, traditional tarot left little space for reinterpretation. Pollack reimagined it through the lens of feminism, and saw it as a path to the divine.”

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/14/1168403462/rachel-pollack-obituary-tarot?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwAR3H5pXPZFwktse4O8tys1SVjy60Mq7wUTGvLL8rgyJNiUODPxwrfzcKmhs

The science fiction and comic book writer helped make reading tarot cards part of a contemporary spiritual practice. She authored more than 40 books across several genres.