Yule, Christmas, Solstice, whatever you want to call it, is the festival of the rebirth of the sun and the return of light to the land. Historically it was celebrated on the longest night of the year, and marked the start of the days growing slowly longer and warmer. The...
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Juniper Berries
Juniper Berry represents the act of welcoming and resonates well with the late autumn and winter holiday season. When burned, the warm, woody-sweet, balsamic, pine-needle like aroma of the smoke has a certain protective quality, the kind that protects the fragility of a seedling that just popped up out of the soil, or the frailty...
Gratitude
Bring on the Holidays! It's time to give thanks for all that we have!Now that the final harvest has long passed, we settle into the cooler autumn weather, and slowly turn inward for a long winter ahead. But first we must celebrate our abundance and have gratitude for everything in...