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| Mother Earth is alive and sentient, both
matter and consciousness. She holds out her heart to us, inviting us to deep
partnership. We are of the Earth, not separate from her. Her rhythms
are our rhythms. When we live without conscious connection to the Earth, we create
stress and disharmony, for ourselves and for all life on this planet. Tuning to her
rhythms restores harmony and teaches us to embrace the ever-turning cycle of creation and
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One of the most accessible ways to
engage this cycle is by aligning with the Wheel of the Year, the annual cycle of changing
seasons. By observing the 8 sacred holidays or festivals which mark the Wheel of
the Year, we can begin to tune deeply to this foundational cycle and learn to work with
rather than against the natural currents of life on Mother Earth.
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Honoring the Wheel of the Year teaches us the dance of creation,
which is found again and again in Nature and in our lives ...
in the waxing and waning
of the moon
in the rising and setting
of the sun
in the inhalation and
exhalation of each breath
in the beginning and
ending of any endeavor
in the journey from birth to
death to rebirth
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re/birth |
Yule/Winter Solstice) |
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quickening |
Imbolc (Candlemass) |
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emergence |
Ostara/Spring Equinox |
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growth |
Beltane (May Day) |
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fruition |
Midsummer/Summer Solstice |
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releasing |
Lughnasadh/Lammas |
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harvest |
Mabon/Autumn Equinox |
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death |
Samhain (Halloween) |
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| When we
celebrate these holidays, we join in partnership with the Earth, lending our
energies to the turning of the Wheel to restore and perserve harmony and balance. |
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