Blog for November 27th, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving! It's time to be prepared and stock up on herbs for the cold season ahead. The Northern Winds will be offering 15% off any herb purchases over $10. This sale is good for this weekend (November 28-30th) Only. Our store will be closed on Thanksgiving day. We recently received new books, chalices, candles, altar cloths, rune sets, altar tiles, calendars, kid's items, jewelry, athames and much more. Stop by and see what's new! Mike

Blog for November 19th, 2008

Our new herbs are in! We now have red clover blossoms, american mandrake, mistletoe, orris root, true cinnamon, elder berries and lemon balm. We just placed a large book and calendar order, they should be in at the end of November. We also have many new chalices, boxes, athames, incense, blank books of shadows, new stickers and windchimes coming in next week, these are great gift ideas for the holidays.
Our class schedule through February was just updated, you can see it at www.thenorthernwinds.com We have some great new classes coming up including Cord magic, symbols and sigils, runes, Yule incense, dream pillows, drum and chant, herbs, and Pantheon specific classes for Greco-Roman and Celtic. For those that attend classes on aregular basis, please be aware that we are now entering through the turquiose gate just north of the Fantasia main entrance instead of through Fantasia. Also be aware that the classes are starting at 6pm sharp and once the door is closed there will be no entry for that class. This will help prevent the teachers from having to start over each time some one arrives late.
Thank you to everyone who donated for the Chadwick family, the community support was amazing! See you soon, Mike

Blog for November 3rd

Hello, we want to thank everyone for making the Samhain and Winter Nights celbration a great success! We raised $416 for Feathered Hearts and some much needed money for a Pagan family in need. We have some great new tunics, belts and bags in from Museum replicas, these items will make great gifts for the Ren faire person in your family. We have some cauldrons, athames, books of shadows, stickers and crystal balls on the way, they should be in within 2 weeks. Our once a year jewelry lady came in last week, we have lots of new silver pendants as well as a good selection of bronze Norse pendants. Get them now, we will have no more until next year. We just ordered more herbs, they should be here soon, here's the list:
Chamomile Flowers organic & fair trade
Cinnamon (Sweet) organic
Dill Seed organic
Jasmine Flowers
Lemon Balm organic
Mugwort organic
Nettle Leaf organic
Patchouli Leaf
Peppermint Leaf organic
Red Clover Blossoms organic
Red Roses
Slippery Elm Bark powder organic
White Pine Powder
White Willow Bark organic
Orris Root
Elderberries
American mandrake
Sulfur (brimstone)
We are taking cash doantions at the store for Chad and his family, he is in the final stages of cancer and his family cannot afford to pay for his cremation. Your support is appreciated. Mike