{"id":38812,"date":"2018-09-22T18:39:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T18:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=38812"},"modified":"2018-09-23T03:51:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-23T03:51:32","slug":"alban-elfed-the-light-of-the-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/09\/alban-elfed-the-light-of-the-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Alban Elfed &#8220;the light of the water&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today you join our circle<br \/>\nWith  rich harvests on our mind<br \/>\nThanking our great  mother<br \/>\nFor the Abundance that we find<br \/>\nWe have watched as she has  nurtured<br \/>\nThe grains and the greening scene<br \/>\nAnd now we reach a period<br \/>\nOf reaping what there has been<\/p>\n<p>The fruits the nuts the berries<br \/>\nThe pumpkins and squashes they<br \/>\nThe power of the sun is waning<br \/>\nAs The great light  fades  away<br \/>\nAnd darkness becomes longer<br \/>\nThan the daylight from today<br \/>\nThe wheel of time is  turning<br \/>\nFor that dear&#8217;s is the way<\/p>\n<p>The first full moon is the harvest moon<br \/>\nAnd From this time on we shall see<br \/>\nThe deciduous trees all dropping their leaves<br \/>\nAnd birds will migrate and be<br \/>\nSunning themselves in warmer climes<br \/>\nTill the great wheel turns and we<br \/>\nMeet again at samhain then at yule<br \/>\nAnd hopefully<\/p>\n<p>The winter isnt too cold<br \/>\nAnd all of you will see<br \/>\nThe sheep a lambing once again<br \/>\nAt imbolc in febuary<br \/>\nWhere we shall convene at clearwell caves<br \/>\nIn the forest of  dean we shall be<\/p>\n<p>So a spot of hibernation<br \/>\nFor all of us where we<br \/>\nEat some hesrty soups and stews<br \/>\nAnd casseroles and be<br \/>\nWarm beside our roaring fires<br \/>\nReady for the  spring<br \/>\nAnd brexit around the corner<br \/>\nWith the  excitement that that will<br \/>\nBring.<\/p>\n<p>Read the poem facing west this is the water sabbat<br \/>\nTry to stand throughout if possible<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today you join our circle With rich harvests on our mind Thanking our great mother For the Abundance that we find We have watched as she has nurtured The grains and the greening scene And now we reach a period &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/09\/alban-elfed-the-light-of-the-water\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-sabbats-and-the-old-craft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38812"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38814,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38812\/revisions\/38814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}