New moon in Sagittarius
Deep dark winter moon
Dancing Nature's Rhythms
Deep dark winter moon
Borrow God’s eyes
Yule 12th December is Lussi’s Night, a Northern European goddess and light bringer in the darkness. She is connected with a wild hunt horde called the lussiferda (lucifer?) rebranded and syncretised with Saint Lucia lussevaka, the night long vigil, to stay awake in vigil through lusinatt light carried around to ward off evil animals would Read more about Yule[…]
Earliest sunsets from 7th until the 18th December When your eyes are tiredthe world is tired also.When your vision has goneno part of the world can find you. Time to go into the darkwhere the night has eyesto recognize its own.There you can be sureyou are not beyond love. The dark will be your womb Read more about Sweet Darkness[…]
In Something Understood Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand argues that the central teaching of this festival of light is about having enough and the feeling of not having enough in a culture of materialism and abundance. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b09jbrv6
To go into the dark with a light is to know the light To know the dark, go dark, go without sight And find that the dark, too, blooms and sings And is traveled by dark feet and dark ways” -Wendell Berry
Beyond all polarities, I amLet the judgments and opinions of the mindBe judgments and opinions of the mindAnd you exist behind thatAh so, ah soIt’s really time for you to see throughThe absurdity of your own predicamentYou aren’t who you thought you wereYou just aren’t that personAnd in this very lifetimeYou can know itRight nowThe Read more about The time of Fire[…]
The sun low cold stretches it’s fingers across the land Creeping deep down into the earth silence descends. Above ground Trees stand naked now As winter settles in Crisp air and indigo skies. Darkness early in the afternoon drifts rain in misty swirls glinting streetlights shine out of puddles and people hurry home It is Read more about December almanac[…]
The sun low cold stretches it’s fingers across the land Creeping deep down into the earth silence descends. Above ground Trees stand naked now As winter settles in Crisp air and indigo skies. Darkness early in the afternoon drifts rain in misty swirls glinting streetlights shine out of puddles and people hurry home It is Read more about December[…]
Moment to moment A deer meets me on the path and leads me into the forest To join its herd We enter the circle they hold And I sit, the deer beside me, quiet and calm The moon full and bright, shines down Illuminating the moment, the year I let go And the Black sludge Read more about Gemini Full moon – Cold mourning moon[…]