The first of December is actually the start of meteorological Winter, but in many Northern areas hard frosts and snow begin much earlier. In ancient times, when the agricultural calendar was the focus, our Ancestors knew that Winter Solstice signified the halfway point of Winter. There was comfort that half of the hardest, coldest months […]
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The Ancient Origins of the Winter Solstice by Caireann Frasca
The Winter Solstice is one of my favorite magical times of the year. It is the time of the longest night, but also the moment when the sun returns and begins to light our way through the winter darkness. The Meaning of the Winter Solstice The word solstice means “sun stand still”. Unlike the hectic, […]
ACTIVATING IX CHEL – Goddess Ritual Meditation & HerStory with Kimberly Moore
Ix Chel (pronounced “eeshell”) is a Mayan Triple Goddess of fertility, waters, blood mysteries, weaving, healing, and medicine. Some stories refer to her as only Maiden and Crone, but after reading her stories from several sources, the three distinct aspects emerged clearly for me and the triplicity was revealed. She is depicted as the White Goddess – Maiden […]
Hekate’s Night – A Winter’s Tale by Renee Starr
Hidden by the shadowy overgrowth of dying vines and dry, lifeless trees she stood at the crossroad, the borderlands where the realm of the living mingled with the world beyond. An edgewalker of these realms and crone seer of the dead, the goddess Hekate turned her face to the west, the place where the sun […]
AKHILANDESHWARI: THE POWER OF BROKENNESS by Laura Amazzone
Akhilandeshwari is a South Asian Goddess who is known as ‘She Who Is Never Not Broken’. Her name references Her Universal & Cosmic powers: Akhila (Universe) Anda (Universe) Ishwari (Sovereign, Ruler). The word, akhilanda means ‘always broken’ or ‘never not broken’. The double negative is meant to emphasize the truth of Her brokenness. It may seem strange to think of Goddess as […]
Mary Magdalene and the Feminine Diaspora by Lauri Ann Lumby
Diaspora: the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland (Merriam-Webster). When we speak of Mary Magdalene and the feminine diaspora, we are identifying the intentional and deliberate removal of the feminine principle in Christianity and by association, the extraction of and demonizing of the feminine in Western culture. […]
