Tag: imbolc

• Imbolc at Clearwell Caves

  Nipped over to the Forest of Dean today, to Clearwell Caves, for the annual Imbolc Rite of the Cotswold Pagan Society. It might seem odd to dive under the ground for a ceremony that honours the emerging light of the new year, and the mother goddess Brigid, reknown for being the keeper of the flame. […]

  bish

  3 Feb 2013

  spirituality

  Druid, imbolc, Pagan

• Imbolc

  Imbolc is one of the eight festivals of the pagan year, and is the one most concerned with new life, returning light and Brighid. Standing halfway between winter Solstice and spring Equinox it of course has a particular calendar date applied to it, 1st February. For some it’s when the first snowdrops flower but we’ve had snowdrops flowering in […]

  bish

  30 Jan 2012

  environmental, green fingers, non human animals

  brighid, calendar, chickens, eggs, imbolc, light, Pagan, sunlight

• Holly

  So, ok. Last night we had a proper frost and it was -3ºC when I went out this morning, but it’s been such a mild winter! I just looked at the holly in the front garden and it’s still absolutely crammed with bright red berries – normally it would be stripped by the birds before […]

  bish

  13 Jan 2012

  environmental

  berries, calendar, frost, holly, imbolc, mayan, mild, season, spring, winter

• Thought for the Week – Imbolc

  Thought for the Week – Imbolc You must be noticing it by now, the lengthening of daylight as the Sun, reborn at Solstice, begins to fulfil his promise and calls upon the living world to wake once more from its winter sleep. We stand midpoint between the Yule and the Spring Equinox – the middle […]

  bish

  8 Jan 2012

  spirituality, TFTW

  candlemas, Druid, druidry, imbolc, light, Pagan, published work, spring