Before setting intentions, goals, resolutions, or “picking your one word.” Before visioning or, for some of you, giving the finger to 2018, or rebelling against all of these things with a big ol’ New Year, New You Bullshit fuck you. Before all of this, consider a few things: CELEBRATE Yep. Celebrate or at least acknowledge […]
Yule: Ancient Origins and Seasonal Wisdom
I used to have a visceral HATE for Winter. Like full on grind my feet into the snow, arms crossed, this isn’t happening kind of loathing. Until…decades ago I started connecting with Nature. I started learning about the seasonal wisdom inherent in each of them. I started learning that everything has its time and that […]
Samhain Blessings + Halloween Origins
Samhain (pronounced sow-in), which means “summer’s end”, is the final of three harvest festivals and is the beginning of the Wheel of the Year. It is also the origin of the name Halloween (we’ll get back to that in a moment). In the Celtic calendar there are 8 high holy days that revolve around nature […]
Mabon: Fall Equinox and the Wisdom in the Dark
Mabon (pronounced may-bon), also known as the Fall Equinox, is the second harvest festival of the Celtic calendar. In the Celtic calendar there are 8 high holy days that revolve around nature festivals. Mabon is a quarter festival – along with Ostara (Spring Equinox), Litha (Summer Solstice), and Yule (Winter Solstice) – that mark the […]
Happy Lammas! First Harvest Seasonal Wisdom
Today Nature takes a subtle seasonal shift with the little known pivot point to First Harvest, also known as Lammas (pronounced lah-mass). What the heck? Fall Equinox is 6 weeks away, you might protest, but this is something that summer worshipers don’t care to admit: Solstice has come and gone, and though summer is at its […]
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