Read the Beforeitsnews.com story here. Advertise at Before It's News here.
Profile image
By Wild Roots Homestead
Contributor profile | More stories
Story Views
Now:
Last hour:
Last 24 hours:
Total:

Children of the Boreal Michaelmas Celebration

% of readers think this story is Fact. Add your two cents.


Last week we celebrated Michaelmas with our home-school cooperative; Children of the Boreal. The day was filled with light, beauty and friends. After hearing a story, we headed out on a treasure hunt where each stop included tasks for the children followed by a treasure. The treasures included capes (silks) of light, Brooks range quartz, water color painted crowns, Birch bark medallions and finally, when we walk a spiral singing Spiraling into the Center, the kids each get a candle to light when we get to the fire pit. The walk ends at a fire pit where there is a fire and a feast laid out. This is our third Michaelmas. I hope that someday when I look back on these celebrations, I can keep them from blurring all together. I’m going to include in italics the songs we song at different times of our walk. They are songs that we sing weekly in the fall, on our own while we do farm chores, as well as on our Home-school cooperative days. You might be able to google them. Some of them are in the Enki as well as Christopherus curriculum.

Birch Woman

Leaves turn from green to golden to brown
As Birch Woman dons her Autumn gown
Cool breezes blow by to help her let go
And she drops her gown to the floor below
Bare arms reach expectantly to the sky
And she smiles to herself as the geese fly by
Her heart tells her she won’t wait long for snow
With a deep sigh of peace she lets her sap flow slow
 

Indian Harvest
Mother Earth, to you we’re singing
Listen to our song!
Thanks for golden harvest bringing,
Listen as we sing to you!

Sing to you! Sing to you!
Songs of rain and sunshine true!

On the trail where are we going,
Ever will we sing!
When the winter comes with snowing,
Still our hearts will sing to you!

Sing to you! Sing to you!
Songs of rain and sunshine true!
 

The Birch bark medallions turned out beautiful. We had one parent stay up late one night cutting all of the Birch circles out punching holes in them. Then the children six and under gathered leaves and were able to brush the medallions with Mod Podge, place the leaves on the circles and paint over the tops again with the Mod Podge. Another parent took them home and made sure they all turned out. I brought locally made and naturally dyed yarn and helped lead finger knitting with the kids and parents over a couple weeks and then finished assembling them. I think these would make beautiful tree ornaments as well.

Land of the Silver Birch

Land of the silver birch
Home of the beaver
Land where the wild moose
Wanders at will

Refrain:
Blue lake and rocky shore
I will return once more
He yana ho yana he yana ho.

 

Swift as a silver fish

My canoe of birch bark

By mighty waters

carried afar

Refrain

 

Down by the blue lake

I’ll build my wigwam

Under the shining stars

I’ll sing my song

Refrain
 

Spiraling into the Center
Spiraling into the center
the center of the shield
Spiraling into the center
the center of the shield



I am the weaver, I am the woven one
I am the dreamer, I am the dream
I am the weaver, I am the woven one
I am the dreamer, I am the dream

There is a woman who weaves the night sky
she how she spins see how her fingers fly
she is within us beginning to end
she is the weaver and we are the web
 
 She changes everything she touches and
everything she touches changes
She changes everything she touches and
everything she touches changes

Change us, touch us, touch us, change us
Change us, touch us, touch us, change us
 


Source: http://wildrootshomestead.blogspot.com/2013/10/children-of-boreal-michaelmas.html



Before It’s News® is a community of individuals who report on what’s going on around them, from all around the world.

Anyone can join.
Anyone can contribute.
Anyone can become informed about their world.

"United We Stand" Click Here To Create Your Personal Citizen Journalist Account Today, Be Sure To Invite Your Friends.

Humic & Fulvic Liquid Trace Mineral Complex

HerbAnomic’s Humic and Fulvic Liquid Trace Mineral Complex is a revolutionary New Humic and Fulvic Acid Complex designed to support your body at the cellular level. Our product has been thoroughly tested by an ISO/IEC Certified Lab for toxins and Heavy metals as well as for trace mineral content. We KNOW we have NO lead, arsenic, mercury, aluminum etc. in our Formula. This Humic & Fulvic Liquid Trace Mineral complex has high trace levels of naturally occurring Humic and Fulvic Acids as well as high trace levels of Zinc, Iron, Magnesium, Molybdenum, Potassium and more. There is a wide range of up to 70 trace minerals which occur naturally in our Complex at varying levels. We Choose to list the 8 substances which occur in higher trace levels on our supplement panel. We don’t claim a high number of minerals as other Humic and Fulvic Supplements do and leave you to guess which elements you’ll be getting. Order Your Humic Fulvic for Your Family by Clicking on this Link , or the Banner Below.



Our Formula is an exceptional value compared to other Humic Fulvic Minerals because...


It’s OXYGENATED

It Always Tests at 9.5+ pH

Preservative and Chemical Free

Allergen Free

Comes From a Pure, Unpolluted, Organic Source

Is an Excellent Source for Trace Minerals

Is From Whole, Prehisoric Plant Based Origin Material With Ionic Minerals and Constituents

Highly Conductive/Full of Extra Electrons

Is a Full Spectrum Complex


Our Humic and Fulvic Liquid Trace Mineral Complex has Minerals, Amino Acids, Poly Electrolytes, Phytochemicals, Polyphenols, Bioflavonoids and Trace Vitamins included with the Humic and Fulvic Acid. Our Source material is high in these constituents, where other manufacturers use inferior materials.


Try Our Humic and Fulvic Liquid Trace Mineral Complex today. Order Yours Today by Following This Link.

Report abuse

    Comments

    Your Comments
    Question   Razz  Sad   Evil  Exclaim  Smile  Redface  Biggrin  Surprised  Eek   Confused   Cool  LOL   Mad   Twisted  Rolleyes   Wink  Idea  Arrow  Neutral  Cry   Mr. Green

    MOST RECENT
    Load more ...

    SignUp

    Login

    Newsletter

    Email this story
    Email this story

    If you really want to ban this commenter, please write down the reason:

    If you really want to disable all recommended stories, click on OK button. After that, you will be redirect to your options page.