Diwali – lighting the beacon
The lights guide Rama and Sita home
Winter
“On the coldest day you appreciate the warmth of the fireand the blanket around you the most .On the darkest night you can see the stars of the northern skyand endlessness of the universe the clearest.” The Making of Winter Poem – Secret Garden In Celtic nations such as Ireland, the winter solstice is traditionally considered as Read more about Winter[…]
Martinmas / Remembrance Day
St. Martins day -patron saint of soldiers First calendar day of winter in many european countries Winters day marches in with frosts Start of winter Slaughter of animals laying in of stocks of cured meats in preparation for winter Blodmonath November pre Christian thanks to gods sacrifice Bede calls pagan rituals vanities their Sacrificing animals Read more about Martinmas / Remembrance Day[…]
Traditional Náhuatl Prayer
I release my parents from the feeling that they have failed with me.I release my children from the need to make me proud, so that they can write their own ways, according to their hearts.I release my partner from the obligation to make me feel complete. I lack nothing in myself.I learn with all the Read more about Traditional Náhuatl Prayer[…]
November Almanac
November. Autumn into winter yellowing gold into red Leaves fall and we Remember Darkness deepens temperatures drop First frosts arrive and Fires are lit Time of Candles and lamplight Mulching Burning the old makes way for the new November was Slaughter month, Blōtmonath, or “the month of blood sacrifices.” It’s likely this late autumnal sacrifice Read more about November Almanac[…]
The Dark time – Know thyself
Samhain to Valentines Day (Deep dark – Sagittarius & Capricorn) Stalking our inner selves “There was no one near to confuse me, so I was forced to become original.” Haydn. Brew, Stew. Soften the shellRoot November. December. January. February
Samhain
Celtic for ‘summers end’, Samhain is one of the most important dates in the Celtic calendar, if not the most important. It marks the completion of one year and the beginning of another. Calan Gaeaf is the name of the first day of winter in Wales, observed on 1 November.[1] The night before is Nos Galan Gaeaf[1] or Noson Galan Gaeaf, Read more about Samhain[…]
When I was the forest….. when I was the river
When I was the stream, when I was theforest, when I was still the field,when I was every hoof, foot,fin and wing, when Iwas the skyitself, no one ever asked me did I have a purpose, no one everwondered was there anything I might need,for there was nothingI could notlove. It was when I left Read more about When I was the forest….. when I was the river[…]