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Freyja's Tears

magick in a world of wounds

Mar 1 • Seán Pádraig O'Donoghue

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February 2026

roimh an éirí

In the last days of winter, deep in separate caverns we each seek the root songs that sing us whole, and the memory of the constellations that draw the…

Feb 27 • Seán Pádraig O'Donoghue

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Bhí mé ag an gcarraig

Bhí mé ag an gcarraig. I was at the rock so long I began first to grow moss and then to turn grey and then to turn to stone. I was stone so long the…

Feb 25 • Seán Pádraig O'Donoghue

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Óengus sa Gheimhreadh

The old man I will become is begging me not to let him die alone. Staggering with bleeding feet, having lost the trail of white petals, I tried to fall…

Feb 25 • Seán Pádraig O'Donoghue

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Seeing the stars from the bottom of the well

words from Courting the Wild Queen

Feb 13 • Seán Pádraig O'Donoghue

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To My Mother at Imbolg

for Sandra Sack No reason remains at this late hour to hide from what your other eyes can see. Though your lips won't move and your breath begins to…

Feb 1 • Seán Pádraig O'Donoghue

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January 2026

We Could Not Disappear

In the face of the unspeakable, we stopped speaking, forsaking the ability to summon each other and ourselves, and the responsibility to keep singing…

Jan 23 • Seán Pádraig O'Donoghue

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A few things I know about secret police

In my late twenties and early thirties, I saw police states at work in Colombia and Oaxaca.

Jan 14 • Seán Pádraig O'Donoghue

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December 2025

Winter Council for Necessary Miracles

A 12 Week Journey with Caroline Casey and Seán Pádraig O'Donoghue

Dec 31, 2025 • Seán Pádraig O'Donoghue

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Invoking each other

remembering is not a solitary act

Dec 26, 2025 • Seán Pádraig O'Donoghue

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Winter Born

from Courting the Wild Queen

Published on Seánfhocail • Dec 21, 2025

Tracks

Wandering the woods

Dec 13, 2025 • Seán Pádraig O'Donoghue

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