Festival words: Imbolc

"Dedication for growth, for release and expansion." One thing that most people all know about this time of year and therefore associate with the Festival of Imbolc, is that it signifies the start of spring. Without the need of a festival to mark the moment, we are all actively looking for signs that a period… Continue reading Festival words: Imbolc

Festival words: Yule

'Tis the season to feel the depth in ourselves. Every moment of our year, nature and the landscape gifts us the potential and the choice of working with its rhythms and learning more about ourselves as our own being. These moments have often been written about and celebrated or feared. It is the latter that… Continue reading Festival words: Yule

Festival words: Samhain

This article was part of a talk given at the Samhain Festival for Triconsciousness. Image by Robert Erskine Johnstone This is the Samhain - the festival of peace and of remembrance. A favourite festival of many as the nights draw in and the atmosphere for a celebration marking the beginning of winter starts a season… Continue reading Festival words: Samhain

Festival words

Much maligned for Samhain. Blackthorn in fruit The thinning of the veil? As the festival of Samhain approaches, I am being challenged to recognise that I need to change my thinking towards certain aspects of my conditioning or my assumptions of the way the world has been portrayed. I have been made very aware that… Continue reading Festival words