by Theresa Crater | Sep 23, 2011 | Just Life, Spirit
Today is Mabon, the Fall Equinox. The day and night are equal. The sun rises due east and sets due west. This is the harvest of fruits. Lammas (August 1st) began the harvest season with harvesting grains. In Greece it was the time of the Eleusinian Mysteries, a major...
by Theresa Crater | Aug 26, 2011 | Ancient Artifacts, Beneath the Hallowed Hill, Fantasy, Spirit
Mystery writer Steve Berry puts a section at the end of his books that talks about what’s real and what’s made up. Yes, mystery and fantasy writers do research and use it in their novels. What we do with that research is sometimes made-up, but it’s the mix of the...
by Theresa Crater | Aug 11, 2011 | Beneath the Hallowed Hill, Spirit, Under the Stone Paw
At the end of Under the Stone Paw, the characters who are carrying crystal keys go into the temple beneath the Sphinx and they all slip into a higher state of consciousness. I describe it this way: “Just as a river surrenders to the sea, all their limitations simply...
by Theresa Crater | May 9, 2011 | Ancient Sites, Beneath the Hallowed Hill, Guest Bloggers, Spirit, Under the Stone Paw
Beneath the Hallowed Hill is set in Avalon, home of the Tor and the Twin Springs. One scene takes place in Avebury, the largest megalithic monument in the world. Medievalist and archaeologist A.J. Walker drops by to talk about ancient stone monuments...
by Theresa Crater | May 8, 2011 | Beneath the Hallowed Hill, Guest Bloggers, Spirit
In Beneath the Hallowed Hill, I imagine Avalon (the Isle of Glass, Glastonbury) as it might have been. My Morgen le Fey is not a jealous witch out to kill her brother the king, but a great oracle. The power of the twin springs and the Tor still exist today. In her...
by Theresa Crater | May 1, 2011 | Arthurian Legend, Beneath the Hallowed Hill, Spirit
May 1st is Beltane, the day of the May Pole, flowers in your hair and hanky panky to help bring fertility to the world, and the day that my latest novel Beneath the Hallowed Hill ends in a grand meeting beneath the Tor. In the Celtic calendar, this is the first day of...
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