Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Foreword Amy Blackthorn ix
Preface xv
Introduction: Notes from a Small Forest-Farm xix
Part 1 Reaching Bedrock: Background Essays
Chapter 1 Animism, Mutual Aid, and Permaculture 3
Chapter 2 Tower Time and the Conceit of the Ever-Turning Wheel 25
Chapter 3 A Different Means to Reckon Time 39
Chapter 4 Re-enchantment and the Uses of Magic 43
Chapter 5 The Good Neighbors, the Land Spirits 53
Part 2 The Wheel of the Agricultural Year
Chapter 6 Winter: The Waxing Year 61
1 The Season of Samhain, Summer's Ending 63
2 The Solstice of Winter: A Thoughtful Quarter Day 77
3 The Season of Imbolc: Light in Hand, in Heart, in Hearth 95
4 The Vernal Equinox: A Blooming Quarter Day 107
Chapter 7 Summer: The Waning Year 119
5 The Season of Beltane: Dancing Life 121
6 The Bright Solstice; Midsummer 135
7 Lammas: The Season of First Harvest 149
8 The Autumnal Equinox: A Fruitful Quarter Day 163
Part 3 Hearth
Chapter 8 Homely 177
Conclusion 189
Glossary 191
Resources 195