Yes, that is snow up to my knee!Listening to: This man's voice is so yummy.
Bliss: We got hit with some major snow yesterday. I got off the bus about two blocks from our house and nothing was shoveled or plowed -- everything was blanketed in pristine white -- and so my footprints were the only ones. And the QUIET was delicious.
Right now, we are at the seventh position on the snowiest winter on record list, and I think we have a very good chance of taking over position number one, considering that it is only the end of January, and this is just, in a few days, "MidWinter."
There are a lot of traditions around this time, this marking point, this moment when we can start to see that spring is on her way.
Right now, appropriately enough, the moon we are in is called by some the "Quickening Moon." The earth, beneath feet of snow, blanketed in cold, is starting to awaken to itself, starting to set buds, starting to stir, and we are stirred -- to actions like seed and bulb and plant selection, dreaming of gardens, plotting out plans, whether they be for food production or visits to the warm waters or just visions of ourselves soaking in the sun.
The sun increases in strength and the fire of the sun becomes our inspiration -- full of promise and possibility.
And so in a few days, the Pagan tradition celebrates Imbolc and Catholics celebrate Candlemas and entwined in and through both of these is the Goddess figure of Brigid or Saint Brigid both (one and the same?) of Ireland.
Brigid is an attractive figure of feminine divinity -- especially for those of us in love with words and sound and the idea that inspiration and fire and water are transformational.
According to Patricia Monaghan in The Goddess Path, this time and this goddess are especially good for considering the theme of survival.
We are surviving winter and preparing for spring.
What meaning does that metaphor hold for you life?
What have you recently survived? What new journeys are you now ready to embark upon?
In modern Goddess circles, Imbolc is the time to pledge yourself to the Goddess or to new endeavors, to new ideas of yourself, to a new name even.
What new name are you ready to take? Writer? Dancer? Lover of life? Blissful one?
A poem for this time of year.
4 comments:
This name I'm ready to take is Inspirational One. I feel my heart pulling me toward, yet another avenue of uplifting others.
Look at that lovely snow!!
I just decided today that I really want to start learning some new skills - anything and everything that tickles my fancy! So, this is very relevant. I'm not sure what I will learn first...
I don't think I will take a new name right now, but I do love names. I will almost certainly add more names as my life goes along. Right now, I have four names in my legal name and I've taken two spiritual names in life.
Oh the beauty of snow and the joy of being the first one to leave your footprint. Much like life...leaving a footprint. My son always wants everyone to leave the snow alone. He likes to be the first one to make a track. I like to make snow angels. We like to have snowball fights.
The changes are coming quickly here. I am evolving, changing, learning...these changes have been brewing for a long time. With this change is resistance.
I choose to call myself artist, creator and my medium at this moment is myself and my children. I am trying to mold us into intelligent, caring, beautiful human beings.
ah, blisschick, once again you and our Wild Womyn circle are on the same page! We are in the midst of a naming ceremony (from Jamie Sams "13 Original Clan Mothers". And we are getting ready to celebrate Imbolc and honor Brigid, who tends the light of all being...
many blessings
and peace
t
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