The focus over the colder months of winter has been on the self and healing those deep traumas that many of us have been carrying with us for years. Many of us experienced deep healing over these past few months, healing that released hidden pains and shifted old blockages. As we...
The eight traditional sabbats (pagan holidays) mark the turning of the Wheel of the Year, allowing us to honor the passing of time with emphasis on seasonal change. Often though, more importance is placed on honoring the big picture, not the smaller, more personal human experience. We overlook the significance...
Yule, the Winter Solstice is also known as the shortest day of the year, this marks the time of year when the days start growing longer again. The celebration of Yule is rooted in pre-Christian Germanic Europe where on the shortest day people would gather to light candles and fires...
Samhain, October 31st, is considered to be the beginning of what is known as "the dark of the year", the time when nothing grows and everything sleeps. This time lasts until the first sabbat of spring, Imbolc. It is also one of two times in the year when the veil...
Beltane, the wonderful Fire Festival that falls at the start of Summer, or at the mid point of Spring (depending on what you feel the festival that falls smack in the middle of the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice is. For me, with the tradition I was trained in,...
