gone are the leaves...
happy yule everyone in the southern hemisphere. :)
i celebrated the winter solstice today, (even tho traditionally others will conduct ritual at night, over the longest night) and it is quite lovely to spend an entire day dedicated to this. its nice to acknowledge the life affirming sun outside, even if it is deathly cold!! at the moment i have the heater going to warm things up a little.
i am spending today connecting with the Crone energy. lately i have been feeling almost possessed by the crone... there are so many of her influences and traits just radiating from my being. i feel like i've been living in her darkness for a very long time, but almost not even realising it. perhaps there are many things i'm to work through, and that is why i have been led into her underworld, but i haven't even realised why i'm there?? (note to self - pull out that book you have on working with shadow energies!)
acknowledgment is the greatest way to move on tho... i did a solstice ritual of listing the things i want to leave behind in this old year now turning, and things that i've accomplished and have run their course. it was great to acknowledge it all. i felt so much better making that decision to leave so much crap behind. i burned the list in my cauldron with dragon's blood powder, and there were parts that almost refused to die out!!! i kept thinking that i must have had a lot of built up negativity there. :p
i have a new list - of things i want to grow, and bring to fruition in the coming year, as the light waxes and the earth begins to wake from its sleep. i'm feeling good about it all too.
so, i hope you're all feeling good this winter! i'm feeling alright. :) have a great yule. even if you don't acknowledge it. :p
i'm off to divine and meditate! (ooooh so new age-y.)
xoxoxo
i celebrated the winter solstice today, (even tho traditionally others will conduct ritual at night, over the longest night) and it is quite lovely to spend an entire day dedicated to this. its nice to acknowledge the life affirming sun outside, even if it is deathly cold!! at the moment i have the heater going to warm things up a little.
i am spending today connecting with the Crone energy. lately i have been feeling almost possessed by the crone... there are so many of her influences and traits just radiating from my being. i feel like i've been living in her darkness for a very long time, but almost not even realising it. perhaps there are many things i'm to work through, and that is why i have been led into her underworld, but i haven't even realised why i'm there?? (note to self - pull out that book you have on working with shadow energies!)
acknowledgment is the greatest way to move on tho... i did a solstice ritual of listing the things i want to leave behind in this old year now turning, and things that i've accomplished and have run their course. it was great to acknowledge it all. i felt so much better making that decision to leave so much crap behind. i burned the list in my cauldron with dragon's blood powder, and there were parts that almost refused to die out!!! i kept thinking that i must have had a lot of built up negativity there. :p
i have a new list - of things i want to grow, and bring to fruition in the coming year, as the light waxes and the earth begins to wake from its sleep. i'm feeling good about it all too.
so, i hope you're all feeling good this winter! i'm feeling alright. :) have a great yule. even if you don't acknowledge it. :p
i'm off to divine and meditate! (ooooh so new age-y.)
xoxoxo