by Della Ratcliffe | Nov 17, 2023 | Rituals and Ceremonies
This is such a special time of the year for me, as we step into the season that begins at Samhain and ends at the Winter Solstice. It is a new beginning, a new immram (a spiritual journey in Old Irish), a new cycle in the ever turning wheel of the year....
by Della Ratcliffe | Oct 31, 2023 | Wheel of the Year
Samhain, aka Samhuinn, is for me the most powerful point in what many call the Wheel of the Year (one could argue it is two wheels, but that is another story). It marks the beginning of a new turn of the Wheel and a new cycle that brings in the knowledge and wisdom of...
by Della Ratcliffe | Oct 31, 2023 | Wheel of the Year
Beginning at sunset tonight, we celebrate the traditional date for Samhain in the northern hemisphere and Bealtaine in the southern hemisphere. Also known as cross-quarter dates (the midpoints between Equinoxes and Solstices, and vice-versa) and fire festivals, they...
by Della Ratcliffe | Nov 9, 2022 | Earth Medicine, Wheel of the Year
Shifting from season to season can be chaotic at times, as the energies transform, at times moving forward and at times clinging or returning to its previous state. And so it has been for us lately in my locale. The summer heat and drought was stubbornly clinging well...
by Della Ratcliffe | Nov 1, 2022 | Wheel of the Year
Until sunset tonight, November 1st, we celebrate Samhain (pronounced sow-wen) aka Samhuinn (so-ven), the start of the Celtic winter, the season of the dark, and the beginning of a new cycle of growth and renewal. Samhain is a sacred time, a time to honour our...
