Pagan Parenting Headdesk (1/?)

[valarltd]

So, it's Imbolc.

We have a corn doll from Mabon and today I made a wand.
Bradford Pear, broken by the ice-storm. About 11" long, nice and smooth.
With 2 jingle bells dangling from pink and yellow ribbons.

We marched three loud times around the garden, Dollface with a noisemaker and me with the jingling wand, waking up spring.

And Dollface giggled over the naughtiness of the wand (she has brothers). She's 9.

I had to explain fertility.
"Ours is a religion from farming days. In those days, people wanted their land and crops to be fertile, so they could have lots of food. They wanted their animals to be fertile, so they could have meat and milk and eggs, leather and wool. They wanted to be fertile themselves, so they could have lots of sons and daughters to take care of all the plants and animals. So a lot of our rituals are about sex."

We tucked the doll into a Brigid's Bed on the hearth and set the wand in with her. Tomorrow, I'll complete the spell by burying her near the garden.

Comments

[synamontwist.livejournal.com]

that is fucking awesome. Thank you for shareing. I am going to pass this on to a friend of mine.

huggs

Kes