Angela Raincatcher | Nine Ravens Studio

with a strong and open heart

New Design for New Year

I’ve been thinking about it for a while, but today I finally sat down and redesigned the web site. I also upgraded to the most recent WordPress while I was at it.
I wanted something really clean with three columns to integrate more social media aspects and this really cool book recommendation widget.
I still need to [...]

Temple Room

We will have to take it all down in a couple of months to remove the wall paper and paint, but it feels really good to have the altars set up again. All hail the gods!

Wishcasting Wednesday: Holiday Season

Jaime over at Jamie Ridler Studios asks:
What do you wish for this holiday season?

 
I have two wishes that may seem contradictory. I wish for some peace and quiet, time at home, time to nest, time to sleep in and dream. I also wish for my home to be a place of community and family, a [...]

Winter Solstice Blessings

This is my meditation today on the Winter Solstice.
In the sunlight and the shadows of leafless, winter trees, I walk alone and silent. Hush, child, and listen to the quiet expectantly.
Yes, there it is — so still most miss it — the heartbeat between the waning and the waxing. Just a moment, quick as the [...]

Mother Nature says SLOW DOWN!

Well, I had plans today. The cats had a vet appointment. I was scheduled to donate blood, then run over to Jo-ann Fabrics to pick up some material for a project.  And we had dinner guests scheduled to arrive around 6:00pm from DC.  Tomorrow, I was going to Becoming’s Dark of Winter ritual.
None of that [...]

Announcing “Soulful Intentions” Event

Start the new year with a play date with your artist soul!
SOULFUL INTENTIONS
Saturday, January 2, 2010
 
In the dark of winter we look within. We feel the first stirrings of the future within our souls. Often we have no clear idea what our soul desires. How do we listen and communicate with that part of us that [...]

Living one night

Living one night as if in a Peter Greenaway film–
Verdant, succulent,
wholely inappropriate,
wild, untamed, unrestrained,
gold, glittering, moistly dripping,
rash, foolish, mad…
Dionysos, make me no promises we both know you won’t keep.

Just sweep me into your arms,
Into your manic joy, and
Spin me around like the
dizzying, dancing, divinely laughing
inspired stars.
Ah, Dionysos, tell me no lies, but inspire me;
Inspire me.

**Images from [...]

Pilgrimage

I carry in my mind a picture postcard of the day you left,
Sepia-toned, faded, and worn around the edges,
Where my eternally seven-year-old chubby fingers stroke,
In devotion–
A pilgrim to an ancient shrine where,
Saints cry blood and the wicked
Are forgetful–missing and ever present.
Truth, lie, or heretical imagining,
This is my story,
This is my psalm to you–
Dead and [...]

Invocation to Kali

Kali is destroying old boundaries by Alicepopkorn / CC BY 2.0
Invocation to Kali
Penetrate me, Kali
Move through my every pore
Consume me in thy fire
Until I am no more.
Melt down my skins of iron
That shield me from my wounds
Break my bones of falsehoods
That would support me to my ruin.
Break my chains of reason
That tie me to my [...]

Preparing for Company

We had our first party here at the new house yesterday — a bit of a “thank you” for those folks who helped out with the Samhain ritual and their families.  Having the house filled with my family of choice with their kids bought the house to life the way I imagined it when we [...]

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