The Earthsong Summer Festival 2014

This year, for the first time, some of my friends and I participated in the Earthsong Summer Festival! My friend Hayley sold her paintings, Dani her jewelry, and I sold my wands, boxes and scrying mirrors!

For me, it was a really amazing experience. I thought I'd sell one or two wands, tops. It turned out that I sold 5 wands and traded another. I also sold a scrying mirror and a box, and traded 2 boxes. I feel like it was a complete success, and it gave me a huge confidence boost!

The first wand that I sold was my Beauty & the Beast wand. This sold before the festival began to a woman who works at Earthsong. It's interesting that it was the first to sell because it was my favorite wand, and the most difficult to part with.

The next 2 to sell were another two of my favorites, Serpent in the Night & Robin Hood.

Next to go were the two boxes that I traded. One had a triple moon symbol and the other had the moon phases. For these plus $20, Ra Moonhawk traded me one of his legendary wands and a labyrinth heart necklace made of buffalo hoof. A friend of mine has been telling me about Ra Moonhawk and his wands for 6 years, highly praising his crafting, and this year I finally got to meet him! I am overjoyed and honored to coexist with one of his wands!

Next, I sold my Snow White box and a scrying mirror.

Then I sold my Gingko wand and traded my Rustic Rhodonite Root wand for a piece of indigo gabbro, both to the same man!

My final sale of the festival was my most recently made wand, Snow White and the 7 Chakras, which is one of the wands that I am most proud of, and the one that I most wanted to sell!

For the first time in a long time, I can honestly say that I'm proud of myself. I had an amazingly fun time with my friends, things that I made influenced other people's spiritual lives, I met awesome people, and I exceeded my sales goal! July 19 & 20 were all around GREAT days!

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-AE

Goddess of the Moon Pendant - a post for my cousin

There is a Moon goddess in almost every culture, although when presented on the image of a pentacle it is probably representing a triplicity Goddess of either Celtic or Greek origin. Moon triplicity goddesses represent the phases of the moon – waxing, full, and waning – personifying each in their own way. The goddess of the waxing moon (which is the moon growing brighter from the new moon to the full moon) is seen as a Maiden; the goddess of the full moon is seen as a Mother; the goddess of the waning moon (the moon growing darker from the full moon to the new moon) is seen as a Crone.

The Triple Goddess of Greek origin includes Selene (Maiden), Diana (Mother), and Hecate (Crone), although there is some controversy as to whether it is Diana or Selene who represents the full moon. It is also said that Hecate herself is a Triple Goddess of the moon and that she moves from a young maiden, into a mother, and then a crone throughout the cycle of the moon every month.

The Triple Goddess of Celtic origin is The Morrigan: Badb (Maiden), Macha (Mother), and Nemain (Crone). The Morrigan are also a triplicty of war. 

The crescent moon that the goddess on your pendant is holding represents either the waxing or waning moon, while the circle enclosing the pentacle can represent the full moon. 

The waxing moon is a time of new beginnings and growth (the Maiden).

The full moon is a time of empowerment and completions (the Mother).

The waning moon is a time of cleansings, releasings, and endings (the Crone). 

This pendant can represent and/or be used for all of these things. Anytime you start a new project, decide to end a bad habit, or doing anything of importance or change in your life, wearing this pendant and putting your energy and faith into it will make you and your efforts stronger. 

-AE