{"id":43287,"date":"2019-11-28T20:22:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T20:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=43287"},"modified":"2019-11-28T20:22:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T20:22:58","slug":"yule-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/11\/yule-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Yule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The henge old and ancient<br \/>\nHas seen lots of  souls<br \/>\nFelt the weight of the many<br \/>\nExchanging their goals<br \/>\nAdmired even more<br \/>\nRobed in many a hue<br \/>\nCreating their circles<br \/>\nIt\u2019s what druids do<\/p>\n<p>In the footsteps of ancestors<br \/>\nMany may seek<br \/>\nThat physical power<br \/>\nThat even the meek<br \/>\nPrevailing to conquer<br \/>\nImagine that they<br \/>\nPick up on the ancients<br \/>\nWho would  have walked this way<\/p>\n<p>A great omnipresence<br \/>\nAn almighty power<br \/>\nThe tilt of the frost<br \/>\nSpreading over each hour<br \/>\nThe light holds a crispness<br \/>\nOn what is hallowed ground<br \/>\nWhere each of our spirits<br \/>\nWe feel we compound<\/p>\n<p>The craft and the magic<br \/>\nEnchantments galore<br \/>\nThe shadows we hold onto<br \/>\nConstant and raw<br \/>\nThe glimmer of hot breath<br \/>\nCollectively rising<br \/>\nAs the ritual transcends<br \/>\nIt is seldom surprising<\/p>\n<p>Still alone holding hands<br \/>\nLets just make it be<br \/>\nA world of such blessedness<br \/>\nWaiting to see<br \/>\nA coming together<br \/>\nA sanctification<br \/>\nOf ideas and and feelings<br \/>\nAnd unctuous revival<br \/>\nOf  true dedication<\/p>\n<p>Yule is upon us<br \/>\nWith a sweep of the hand<br \/>\nWinter rolls in<br \/>\nWith our log fires now fanned<br \/>\nThe ice and the snow and the hail<br \/>\nAnd the rain<br \/>\nAnd the wind and the frost<br \/>\nThe greatness and we deign<\/p>\n<p>To see slightly further ahead<br \/>\nTo the time<br \/>\nwhen the snowdrops<br \/>\nEmerge<br \/>\nAnd gracefully climb<br \/>\nOut of the shadows<br \/>\nEach magick embrace<br \/>\nBringing enlightenment<br \/>\nBack to the space<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The henge old and ancient Has seen lots of souls Felt the weight of the many Exchanging their goals Admired even more Robed in many a hue Creating their circles It\u2019s what druids do In the footsteps of ancestors Many &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/11\/yule-5\/\">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-43287","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\/43287","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=43287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43288,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43287\/revisions\/43288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}