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		<title>Gather Your Blossoms &#8211; A History of Beltaine/May Day, part two</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our discussion of Beltaine and May Day festivities up to this point have focused on the supernatural danger of the day and the need for fire rituals to ward it off. Let us now focus on the more celebratory rituals that ushered in the Summer season. Around the year 1240 a bishop in England complained [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deafpagancrossroads.com&#038;blog=542306&#038;post=5210&#038;subd=ocean1025&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leaping Over the Bonfire &#8211; A History of Beltaine/May Day, part one</title>
		<link>http://deafpagancrossroads.com/2012/04/29/a-history-of-beltaine-part-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In order for us to fully understand and appreciate the celebrations of May Day, it becomes necessary to travel to different countries and observe both the old customs of ancient civilizations, and the modern-day reinterpretations of such customs by the various groups of today. To better grasp the overall concept of May Day; its importance [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deafpagancrossroads.com&#038;blog=542306&#038;post=5193&#038;subd=ocean1025&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s What Women Do&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March is Women&#8217;s History Month, and March 8th is celebrated as International Women&#8217;s Day all around the world &#8211; a day when we should honor the women in our lives, and the women who have made contributions to our society. Today I received an email from a good friend of mine in North Carolina talking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deafpagancrossroads.com&#038;blog=542306&#038;post=5180&#038;subd=ocean1025&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Imagine A Woman</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of International Women&#8217;s Day&#8230;I am reposting this.  Imagine A Woman by Patricia Lynn Reilly Imagine a woman who believes it is right and good she is a woman. A woman who honors her experiences and tells her stories. Who refuses to carry the sins of others within her body and life. Imagine a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deafpagancrossroads.com&#038;blog=542306&#038;post=5178&#038;subd=ocean1025&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is BOTH a Full Moon&#8230;and International Women&#8217;s Day. Can you imagine how powerful the energies of the day might be? So why not take advantage of such and do a ritual to raise and send out that energy on behalf of women everywhere? To do so can be especially important at a time when [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deafpagancrossroads.com&#038;blog=542306&#038;post=5172&#038;subd=ocean1025&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been feeling a bit “out of sorts” lately. Some of it could be attributed to the seasonal cabin fever that we all tend to get around this time of the year, although in reality this has been a rather mild winter here in the Midwest. I think it’s just that I’ve been a little [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deafpagancrossroads.com&#038;blog=542306&#038;post=5149&#038;subd=ocean1025&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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