We are in the dark time of winter as we approach the winter solstice. In contemporary Western society, we have a tendency to associate the dark with evil, with pain, with fear. In the great wisdom traditions this was not the case. The Celts, both during the time of the druids and of Celtic Christianity, knew the dark as representing the womb of God, of fecundity of the earth, of generativity and beginnings. At the deepest dark, the brightest radiance is born. They lit candles, not against the dark, but to decorate the dark time…the womb time. The great winter solstice festival was all about honoring and nurturing both generosity and generativity. Honoring the generosity and generativity given to us by our mother earth, our more-than-human kin, and the divine, and nurturing our own generosity and generativity to ALL others.
As we move towards the holidays and the winter solstice, as we gather with friends and family, let us do so from a nurturing place of generosity and generativity. And as we do, let us remember to honor this same generosity and generativity in our more-than-human kin, our great mother earth and the divine…through ritual, prayer, artistic expression, our actions, or even just through our own quiet presence…sharing our time in the divine womb, in the dark.
For at the deepest dark, the brightest radiance is born. Wild Blessings!!
Ethan & Karyn
Anam Cara Fields
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