![]() ![]() Some know him as Pan, a Proto-Indo-European God adopted into the Greek Pantheon, while others call him Cernunnos, a Celtic variety believed to have originated in Gaul whose depictions are found in many parts of the British Isles and Western Europe. Together they create day, night, and the seasons. He is the consort of Mother Earth as Father Sky, lord of the sun. He is the master of all wild things and keeper of the dead. The first known depiction of him is found painted on a cave wall in France around 13,000 BCE where he’s labeled ‘The Sorcerer’ and usually interpreted as some kind of great spirit. And in the shadows of night, I heard the crickets and the chirps of mockingbirds reminding me of the Horned One, a masculine fertility deity usually depicted as half-stag, half-man responsible for sowing the seeds of vegetation. I took the time to remember this blessing as a child of Gaia like all other living things, including the plants and the trees. The sacred ground of the earth mother we walk upon was beneath my bare feet. I watch the ebbs & flows, and the death & rebirth of the world around us by participating in them accordingly. I worship the ever-changing cycles of the moon and the natural turnings of the seasons. I am one of those people and as such, I honor the Old Ways abiding by the laws of nature. New me, New energy.” These words of affirmation are something you might hear from a pagan or someone who self proclaims themselves a witch. ![]() I stood outside in the darkness reciting over and over, “New moon. ![]()
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