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The Queen of My Self
This Night We Light
By
Donna Henes
by Judyth Hill the first of 8: A Miracle…Let there…beeeeeeeeeee……Love! And there is! Fire is our human gift: the Holy makes Light, and a World …and our job: Making Love shine back! First candle says, We Love. Second, side by side: Be Loved 3 says, Always room for more! 4 says, Set the table, open…
Our Lady of the Growing Light
By
Donna Henes
February 2 marks the exact halfway point of winter. Along with the two equinoxes, two solstices and the three other seasonal midpoints, it is one of the eight energy-filled sacred days in the pagan calendar. Purification is the recurrent mythic and symbolic theme of midwinter festivals in many places. Purification suggests the cleansing of our…
Festivals of Light in the Dark
By
Donna Henes
A common theme of Winter Solstice ceremonies everywhere is the burning of fires to symbolically re-kindle the dwindling sun. People gather together to cheer on the ascendancy of the light, the victory of the very forces of life. The Hindu Festival of Lights, Divali, The Festival of Light, comes about six weeks before the Winter…
Baby, It’s Dark Outside
By
Donna Henes
This, the week leading up to the Winter Solstice on December 21/22 is the darkest time of the year. True, the week following the solstice is just as dark, but the energy is different. After the solstice, the dark gets a tiny bit lighter each day as we in the Northern Hemisphere inch toward spring.…
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