The contemporary Pagan year begins and ends at the close of the agricultural season. Most modern-day Pagans celebrate the year’s turn on or around October 31st, often in conjunction with the Celtic holiday of Samhain (pronounced “sow-ehn”). The shifting of the year marks a transition between the outwardly-focused warmer months and the more inward, home-oriented…
Tag: winter work
One perspective common to most of the belief systems that fall under the umbrella term of Paganism is a desire to connect more fully with the natural world. There’s a recognition among most Pagans that Western culture, as a whole, has slipped too far from the cycle of the seasons and the interconnected web of…
One of the viewpoints common in Pagan spiritual practice involves our perception of the flow of time. We see the passage of the seasons as a yearly cycle, often referred to as the Wheel of the Year. Our experience of that Wheel shifts back and forth between light and darkness: the brighter, growing half of…
This blog is a guest post for EarthSpirit Voices Within the pattern of the Wheel of the Year, Winter Work is a specific area of self-work we engage in during the dark months of the year. As the lessons and wisdom of our time together at Twilight Covening settle within us, we turn our attention…