Today marks day 15 in our 21 days till Yule, and it is actually the one I've been looking forward to the most. My husband is going to help me create a Yule log to go on our family altar. The Yule log tradition dates back to the early Pagans where they would gather around the Yule Log on the longest night of the year to celebrate the returning of the light and the defeat of the night. We had log outside that was perfect for our log it was a little dirty but we cleaned it off. I brought it in the house and baked it in the oven at 200 for an hour to kill off any yucky critters that could be living in it. We then makes the indentations in the wood where the three candles are going to go. The candles are representative of the sunlight and bringing it it into our home. Also how many pagans they can also symbolize the oak King, the Great Goddess, and the Holly King. Now it's time to put the extra little adornments on it. For our adornments and we're going to use: scented pine cones that we made previously, some pine branches from the Yule tree and a fake flower from our wedding. The pine cones again symbolizing life, the piece of our tree connects the magick that we did on it together and the flower symbolze our love that created this home. I am also going to add some holly and some holly berries. The holly of course represents the Holly King who watches over us in the winter months.
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As a mom of three boys who go to public school I started to notice that some things were not being taught in detail so I decided to create lessons for them. Many of these lessons cover science, history and of information about Paganism. I share crafts for the all different holidays and cultures as ways that they can learn and have fun at the same time.
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