The calendar New Year does not often feature in pagan festivities, yet it a liminal time; a threshold is crossed and thresholds, as we know, are thin places of transition, magic and manifestation.
In Ireland, however, the whole period from Solstice/Yule through to Nollaig na mBan (Women's Christmas/Epiphany) has a pagan quality. Unless you are actively associated with devout, practicing Christians, Ireland often feels to me the best place to celebrate the winter holidays. You don't have to be celebrating with self-identified pagans or out of the broom closet witches either. It all seems to happen organically. Maybe Spirit is just pagan in the Irish air.
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The Cailleach has been throwing down lightening and thunder snow here. And it all feels just as it ought to of be as we move towar
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Your remark about the lightening and thunder and Brigid's festival makes experiential gut sense to me. Major mojo!
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A friend on artist retreat in Taos has commented on the weather synchronicities we have experienced over many time zones. It all f
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Have a wonderful new year! I look forward to seeing what it's going to be like for us.