The Oldetime Yuletide Red and green, silver and gold, Christmas trees and hearth fires, giving of gifts and lumps of coal all mark the most popular holiday of the year many revere as Christmas. But all of these things and many more customs and ceremonies come from a much older tradition known as Yule. Yuletide […]
How To Remain Centered Over The Holidays
How To Remain Centered Over The Holidays It’s the Holiday Season! Yay! Yay. Yay??? As the holidays approach we tend to wind up our stress as we move through crowded streets and shopping centers, experience increased road traffic and navigate family expectations, while also juggling the everyday routines of life. Wearing us down and […]
5 Meditation Essentials For Bodhi Day
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without”. – Buddha Bodhi Day is the Buddhist holiday of meditation and remembrance. It is the day of honoring the original Buddhist Siddhartha Gautama who showed the way to enlightenment after sitting under the Bodhi or Peepal tree, discovering the “roots of suffering”, and how to transcend […]
Samhain, The Most Pagan Night on Earth
The Origins of Halloween Where did it all begin? Dressing up as monsters and ghosts, getting free candy, painting sugar skulls, and pumpkins, what is the meaning behind Halloween? Samhain, an old Irish Gaelic word (pronounced Sow-in) dates as far back as 2000 years and has been celebrated at the turning of the wheel […]
Wheel of the Year
What is the Wheel of the Year? In modern Pagan traditions, particularly Wicca, the Wheel of the Year is a calendar featuring the annual cycle of eight seasonal festivals including the solstices and equinoxes. The Wheel symbolizes the full cycle of the seasons and life itself. Every season of the year reveals different life […]