Happy belated Imbolc! I’m normally a bit more timely in marking my holidays, but this has been a busy week for me. This week I moved to a new apartment…
Category: Pagan Holidays
The promise of the Winter Solstice
Modern humans in the Christian-dominated Western world have backloaded all of their spiritual celebration energy into the months of November and December. This can make December in particular both a…
Lammas is not Lughnasadh
Preparing for a semi-public Lughnasadh ritual that I’m leading motivated me to dive deeper into the holiday and its origins. I wanted to ensure that I accurately portrayed the tradition….
Imbolc in Wisconsin
Imbolc is a Celtic holiday and therefore not native to Wisconsin, but Imbolc in Wisconsin arrives in an interesting way.
Happy…um…New Year’s Day?
It’s worth asking why New Year’s Day is January 1st. Caesar did set up the his calendar that way. The actual history is more complicated.
Thoughts for this Yule and Winter Solstice…
11.723 Southlight 44. First of all, a most festive Yule and Winter Solstice. And a festive Litha and Summer Solstice to those south of the Equator. As I write this,…