Category Winter Solstice

Out of Her Fertile Dark Matter

  Out of Her fertile Dark Matter, out of the Stillness of her Creative Centre, New Being comes forth, Light is thus born. All Manifestation is born. … as it says in some poetic manner in many spiritual traditions: and as it is announced in traditional PaGaian Winter Solstice ceremony after all have been sitting in the dark cold […]

Cosmogenesis Dance for Winter Ceremony

Celebrating the three qualities of Cosmogenesis – differentiation … each unique being: to be is to be unique – communion … the related web: to be is to be related – autopoiesis/subjectivity … the sentience of the Creative Cosmos: to be is to be a centre of creativity.[1] oOo We may say in the Winter […]

Winter Solstice Dawn June 2013 C.E.

… over the Triple Spiral window @ MoonCourt Blue Mountains Australia. May the new being within come forth This was after a lovely ceremony the night before under clear sky, with a close to full Moon – t’was cold but we had a good time, and called in all others across space and time who […]

Mother-Matrix for Winter Solstice

MOTHER Mother … mother     Matrix of whom I am a part Elements flux in and out     a continuation of the Original Ovulation. In silence I reach to    increase the space inside of me. As traction decompresses the spine Silence and stillness decompress my spirit,     quickening new electro-chemical impulses […]

Celebrating Cosmogenesis @ Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice Dawn through MoonCourt window   Traditionally Winter Solstice has been celebrated by the ancients – our Gaian ancestors in many regions – as the birth of Light, the birth of Form. The stories of many cultures tell of the Great Mother giving birth to the Divine Child at this time of year. It is this […]

Winter Solstice reflections

Winter Solstice table at Bru-na-BigTree, Blue Mountains, Australia: June 2012 Today I got the maroon fabrics and white ribbons out ready for decorating our place – for ceremony in MoonCourt  on the 21st June, and I printed copies of the ritual script for myself and students who will be coming on the 9th June for preparation: that […]

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