And will be back much sooner this time, she promises!!! Stay tuned, my dears!!

Just to let you all know I really haven't dropped off the face of Mother Earth, my dears! I should even be reappearing here in a day or two...

[mysterious half-smile]

It's a little past official Mabon in my time zone, but for some of you, it still is Mabon. Hey, on my end, 'tis near as dammit. It'll do.

At this sacred time of Equinox, or "Equal Night", when we ponder and celebrate themes of balance, contrasts, and opposites/complements, among other themes, I, the Grand High Priestess Pooh-bah of Know-It-All Aquarianism, fondly bid you all BEWARE of the dogmatic "Half-and-Halfism" so often in our midst where the Goddess and God are concerned. It doesn't work for everyone, it's not really wildly magical (dogma never is), and sometimes it's very, very far from truly being "balanced", in my view.

Why? Because being drawn to a deity (as opposed to being hit over the head with one via somebody's thou-shalt-not-ridden clay tablets or sanctimonious scrolls) is like falling and being in love. REAL deity love can't be forced or reasoned out. You either feel for a god or goddess, or you don't. You either need a god or goddess, or you don't. Now, sometimes your needs change along the way, especially when you finally recover from any such above-mentioned "sacred" scroll-inflicted blows on the head. But I don't believe we are OBLIGATED to worship any deity. Obligation is not what deity is really all about. We've heard that story before. Zzzzzzzzz... ho-hum....

[A sudden thunderbolt from On High wakes Dizzy Aura back up with a jolt.] Uh... let's see... where was I... OH yeah.  What can I say. If you're passionately drawn to the Goddess but not the God, for example, as many women and some men are, that's what YOU want and need. It doesn't mean you're "unbalanced", as some dogmatic Wiccans and Pagans so energetically and self-righteously like to claim. In fact, it might be just what you personally require to REGAIN balance after years of following (as so many have done) patriarchal religions with overbearing Big Daddy deities. Deities, I might add, that SOME folks may actually have been or be "in love" with, though I majorly tend to doubt whether said deities would have been so enthusiastically embraced had they not been forced down so many people's throats over so long a time by frenzied factions of power-mongering control freaks. "When will they ever learn?" to quote the old protest song "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" When, indeed.

But enough of this gay banter, to quote Monty Python. Me, I love an assortment of aspects of both the Goddess and the God. And please note: there are BOTH Goddess and God symbols in the background of the above photo. [wink] But what can I say: the Great Goddess, the Creatrix, the Cosmic Womb, the First Principle, for me predominates, even so. She just does. Yes, Her Son and Consort is Her Second Self. And yes, from there on in it takes two to tango. But the fact remains that it only took ONE to start the dance, and it only takes one to finish the dance. If ya know what I mean. ;-)

BTW, those of you who missed my two "Nancy Druid" posts from the 21st, parts I & II of "The Mystery of the Mistaken Mabon", please check 'em out in my blog roster!

Happy Witches' Thanksgiving, all my Broomstick Buddies and Pagan Pals!

Once again 'tis I, Nancy Druid, girl detective, High Priestess of the Sisterhood of the Sacred Sleuth, on the case. And a Happy ALMOST-Autumn-Equinox to one and all indeed!

Now, Aquarius freespirit that I verily be, I'll be the first to yea-say that, above all, it's autumn as soon as it FEELS like autumn and LOOKS like autumn... nevertheless, while everybody's wishing everybody else a Merry Mabon around here today, just a clue (for whatever it's worth) that today isn't really the Autumn Equinox quite yet! That falls on Sunday the 23rd this year, as you can see on just about every calendar, especially (natch) your fave-rave Nancy Druid one-- yay ME!! Er, ahem. But like the Solstices, the Equinoxes vary by a day or two from year to year, don't forget.

Hey, now that I've solved this perplexing mystery, gotta jet, guys-- my hunky hero, Ned Wiccason, and I have a hot double date with my best bud, Pixie Pendragon, and her fabbo beau (what WAS his name again?? an English bloke... Harry Something...) to cut a rug on the divine dance floor at that happenin' jive-box, Thirteen's a Crowd. Hot CHA, my dizzy darlings!!!

Bop on, bodacious Broomstick Buddies! And stay tuned for my NEXT exciting adventure... Nancy Druid WILL strike again!

P.S. Those of you who missed the spellbinding first installment of *The Mystery of the Mistaken Mabon*, just published to great fanfare and astounding critical acclaim during the wee hours of this morning, may wish to read further (click on the Blog tab above to access the full roster), IF you dare.

Buh-BYE!!!

'Tis I, Nancy Druid, girl detective, High Priestess of the Sisterhood of the Sacred Sleuth. And what do you know: I spy with my little eye through my marvy magic magnifying-glass (a family heirloom from my late mom's side-- her maiden name was Holmes, you know) that the Covenspace mainpage says "It's Mabon!". Only thing is, according to my Llewellyn Witches' Calendar, not to mention my other calendars, the Autumn Equinox is actually on Sunday the 23rd this year!

Case closed, dear chums. Hooray! Now I can quit chasing gangsters, nabbing crooks, and battling crazed Nazi agents long enough to go kiss my dear "old" dad on the cheek, nibble on one of our faithful housekeeper Hannah's omnipresent freshly-baked goodies, change into my most fetching frock, leap into my swell blue roadster, and keep my divine dinner date at the Cozy Cauldron with my dashing beau, Ned Wiccason. [Girlish giggle.]

Stay tuned for my next exciting adventure, Bosom Besom Buddies!

Nancy Druid strikes again!