Category Imbolc/Early Spring
Packing it up After Imbolc – Going with Her Creative Flow
As I reluctantly pack up the Imbolc ceremonial decorations this year (early August in the Southern Hemisphere where I am), I am conscious that this was perhaps the last Imbolc that I will celebrate here in this place, and even in the way as I have done for decades. As my partner and I age, […]
A Spelling and Con-spiring for Imbolc
The Imbolc Moment has just passed in the Southern Hemisphere (on August 7th), but it is still the Season … and the intention may be so in every moment wherever you are, and as a new day breaks around the globe. (a 3 minute video)
Great Goddess Brigid and Her Three Creative Powers
Early Spring/Imbolc celebrations are traditionally a time of celebration of and dedication to, the nurturance of the New Young Being, as the new young light of the year begins to grow. This nurturance of new and tender life is no wimpy task: it is for the brave and courageous, whether one is committing to the […]
Beauty “to die for”
As I gaze upon my Imbolc decorations and enjoy their beauty, and I remember the beauty of new young ones … easily seen in my grandchildren and all other gorgeous baby beings. The expression comes to mind: it is a “beauty to die for!” And so we do! We will pass on to make room for […]
Celebrating and Invoking the Young One: the Future
As the first ceremonial marking of the growing light after Winter Solstice, Imbolc/Early Spring is a particular moment when the Young One within all may be celebrated; and dedication to this Young One may be made. As Earth’s tilt takes this region of the Planet back towards the Sun, we may celebrate and commit to […]
Our True Nature: at the Centre of Creativity
In the Season of Imbolc/Early Spring we may remember our true nature, our beginnings, from whence we come. In the ceremonial calling of the directions (associating the elements according to your region): We are from the East, and we are Water – filled with the primordial oceans. You may feel Her in you, Her moistness, taste it. […]
Virgin Warrior of Spirit
Virgin, – warrior of the spirit, urging me on calling forth my green shoots singing them out of the darkness. in love with this new life no-one can distract you. Yet you do not curse the darkness you know it and trust it. … After the storm, the tempest, the destruction, in the compost, Is […]
The Sea of Generosity
“Take a deep breath, and as you let the breath go, follow it down to the Space before your next breath. Imagine this Space, this Emptiness, as the Sea of Generosity … from which All springs forth. Feel the Urge of Creation springing forth – as the Urge to Breathe arises. Imagine this breath as […]
Misirlou Dance for Imbolc
For years this dance has been done at PaGaian Imbolc/Early Spring ceremonies, as referred to in PaGaian Cosmology Chapter 7 (p.207 if you have the book), and also in the Imbolc/Early Spring Meditation on PaGaian Cosmology Meditations CDs The music for it is Sto Perigiali by Mikis Theodorakis, sung by Maria Farantouri, but you may like to buy it: […]
Imbolc-Lammas Moment @ EarthGaia August 2018
In the Southern Hemisphere, we are in the Season of the growing light celebrated as “Imbolc”/Early Spring: it is the first Seasonal Moment after Winter Solstice, the “cross-quarter” or meridian point between Solstice and Spring Equinox. In the North of the Planet it is the Season of the growing dark, celebrated as Lammas/Lughnasad: the first […]
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