Samhain; Betwixt and Between
Originally published November 1, 2017 Certain times in our lives are filled with potency and magic. Twilight is such a time, as is dawn. These are magical moments when it is neither day nor night....
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As our Earth grows dark tonightand the north winds blow,As the fire dwindles to ashand ice blankets the land,May the light of our Sunfind its way home. ~Nancy Lankston ✨ #solstice#dark#light ✨ Image:...
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The equinox today signals the start of spring in the northern hemisphere. An equinox is a point of balance in the seasonal cycle. Day and night are roughly equal in length at this turning point. And...
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“Lammas, or “Loaf Mass,” is the Feast of the First Harvest, the Feast of Bread. This Holy Day honors the women who created agriculture and bred the crops we cultivate, especially the grains, or corn....
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“We are almost at autumnal equinoxwhere all will be cooler.Darker.Deeper.Quieter.More intimate. I am drawn now more and moretoward the colder seasons.The nights stretching longer.The pace slower.”...
View ArticleThe In-Between – Samhain
Originally published in November2016. There are special in-between times in life that are filled with power. Twilight is such a time, as is dawn. Those magical moments in each day when it is neither...
View ArticleSolstice Blessings
#longestNight#WinterSolstice#returnoftheLight#grateful#cycles#seasons#WheeloftheYear
View ArticleWinter Air
“It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.”~John Burroughs ❄️ Photos by Nancy Lankston
View ArticleHalfway to Spring
shhh, listenseeds are stirringin the bellyof the mother. the sacred wheel turns toward springlife is awakening in the body of her. ~Nancy Lankston 🌱 Can you hear it?? Magic is afoot, running just...
View ArticleSpring Has Sprung
It’s spring equinox! The lands of the northern hemisphere are now warming and coming back to life after the long dark winter. Light and darkness are coming back into balance now. The Germanic Goddess...
View ArticleMay Day
Beltane Blessings to you on this beautiful spring day. My Celtic ancestors celebrated Beltane in early May with bonfires, dancing, maypoles and plentiful food and drink. Ritual sex was also part of the...
View ArticleSacred Sun Time
SolsticeSacred Sun TimeTurn your face to the SunAnd let the shadows fall away… ☀️ #summer#longestday#cycles#seasons#grateful ☀️ Photo by Michael Probst/AP
View ArticleThe Light Always Returns
“The edge of the solstice, the barren darkness, the wheel.Nature knowsThat every cycle must returnto stillness and silence.That every inhale has an exhale.That every ending births a beginning.That the...
View ArticleLammas Blessings
“Bless the earth underfootthe breeze on my neckthe still dawn the open skythe feather fallthe beetle climbthe crow callthe swift flythe cloud driftthe rising sunthe barley fieldthe river runthe grass...
View ArticleCelebrate Autumn
“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.” ~John Donne Equinox is upon us.00:50 AM Mountain time Sept 23, 2023 🍁Gwyl canol HydrefHarvest HomeHarvest...
View ArticleSamhain
Samhain Blessings to you and all those you love. As we enter the dark half of the year, Mother Nature reminds us that death is a sacred part of her endless cycles of life, death and rebirth. We let go...
View ArticleStillpoint
“The sun is now holding its place in the sky. Daylight is neither diminishing nor growing. Things are at a stand-still, as though the world were poised for the change that is coming. For the ancients,...
View ArticleCelebrate Imbolc
This week, we reach the time of Imbolc in the Northern Hemisphere. Imbolc is a Celtic celebration that falls halfway between winter solstice and spring equinox. There is a Celtic legend about the...
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