Wicca Bea Blog

  • Imbolc, Lupercalia, Valentine's Day, and the birth of civilisation.

    by Lee Henson

    There once was a cave, surrounded and protected by a grove, that lay at the foot of Palatine Hill, the centremost of seven hills. While not magickal in itself, I like to think of it as the womb of Western civilization.

    Every year on the morning of February 15th the priests of Lupercus (the God of harvest, fertility among sheep and protector of shepherds and their flocks) would congregate at the cave’s entrance...

    Posted in Brigid, Imbolc, Lupercalia, Lupercus, Midsummer, Romulus and Remus, Valentine’s Day

  • Imbolc and the Bridey Doll

    by Lee Henson
    What is a Bridey Doll? It is a representation of the triple goddess Brigid and was traditionally made from raffia, or dried grass, herbs and fabric. A symbol of fertility, fortune, good health, and the reawakening of nature.
    Posted in Bridey Doll, Brigid, Imbolc