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The In-Between – Samhain

November 1, 2022 By Nancy L Leave a Comment

Originally published in November2016.

There are special in-between times in life that are filled with power.  Twilight is such a time, as is dawn. Those magical moments in each day when it is neither day nor night…  Birth is also an in-between time, as is death. Each of these in-between times marks a border, a space of transition. They are special times when the ancients believed magic is likely to occur.

Here in the northern hemisphere, we find ourselves on the boundary between autumn and winter. This is yet another potent in-between time. As the sunlight fades away and our nights begin to lengthen, the ancient Celtic people celebrated Samhain (Sow-in).  Some tribes celebrated Samhain at the 1st new moon after late harvest (October 25th this year). Other tribes chose to celebrate at the 1st full moon after harvest (November 8th this year).

The Celtic celebration of Samhain was a way to acknowledge and honor the transition out of the light half of the year and into the dark half.  The Celtic people believed that the veils between this world and the next are very thin at Samhain. Those that have departed this Earth are close at Samhain. This made it the perfect time to celebrate the gifts of the ancestors, and to celebrate the endless cycles of birth – growth – death – rebirth that are an integral part of Nature.

In this sacred and magical in-between time, spend a few moments acknowledging and honoring all that has happened in the past year.

Honor everything you have “harvested” this year.

Consider what you hope to “birth” and “grow” in the year ahead.

Bow to your ancestors and thank them for giving you this life.

Offer love and prayers to loved ones who have transitioned.

Thank the light of summer and embrace the dark of winter.

Celebrate the Magic of Samhain.

Filed Under: Open to Earth Wisdom and Guidance, Sacred Earth, Seasons of the Sun Tagged With: ancestors, blessings, Celtic, dark, gratitude, mama earth, sacred, Samhain, wheel of the year

Elemental Blessing for the Darkest Night

December 19, 2021 By Nancy L Leave a Comment

As our Earth grows dark tonight
and the north winds blow,
As the fire dwindles to ash
and ice blankets the land,
May the light of our Sun
find its way home.

~Nancy Lankston

✨

#solstice
#dark
#light

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Image: Celtic Tomb,
Ireland

Filed Under: Sacred Earth, Seasons of the Sun, Share Ideas and Practices Tagged With: blessings, dark, elemental, light, night, solstice, winter

Celebrate the World

April 11, 2021 By Nancy L Leave a Comment

“Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated.”

~Terry Tempest Williams,
When Women Were Birds

🕊

Image: Linocut by Robert Gillmor

Filed Under: Inspire Nature Love, Open to Earth Wisdom and Guidance, Sacred Earth, Share Ideas and Practices Tagged With: blessings, gratitude, heal, joy, nature, ritual, Terry Tempest Williams, wisdom

Blessings From Sacred Earth

November 27, 2020 By Nancy L Leave a Comment

🌎❤️

Filed Under: Inspire Nature Love, Sacred Earth Tagged With: blessings, elemental, John O'Donohue, love, nature, sacred

The Stream of Life

November 29, 2019 By Nancy L Leave a Comment

“The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures.

It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers.

It is the same life that is rocked in the ocean-cradle of birth and of death, in ebb and in flow.

I feel my limbs are made glorious by the touch of this world of life. And my pride is from the life-throb of ages dancing in my blood this moment.” 

~Rabindranath Tagore

#Life
#Joy

Filed Under: Inspire Nature Love, Sacred Earth Tagged With: blessings, joy, Rabindranath Tagore, sacred, wonder

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