BarbChamberlain<p>A really wonderful piece for knitters to read as we head from Imbolc to Ostara, spring equinox. <a href="https://www.moderndailyknitting.com/community/knitting-the-wheel-of-the-year/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">moderndailyknitting.com/commun</span><span class="invisible">ity/knitting-the-wheel-of-the-year/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/WheelOfTheYear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WheelOfTheYear</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/knitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knitting</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Imbolc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imbolc</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Ostara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ostara</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/seasons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seasons</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Cailleach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cailleach</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Samhain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Samhain</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/yarn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yarn</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/sheep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sheep</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wool</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/spinning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spinning</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/equinox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equinox</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SpringEquinox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpringEquinox</span></a></p>
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The Wild Hunt News<p>Though beer has become a purely recreational drink over the last century and a half, as changes in food production, water management, and attitudes towards alcohol have phased it out of daily life, for many of our ancestors it was essential – as sacred as fire, bread, and the other building blocks of civilised life.</p><p><a href="https://wildhunt.org/2025/02/in-praise-of-beer-the-source-of-civilisation.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wildhunt.org/2025/02/in-praise</span><span class="invisible">-of-beer-the-source-of-civilisation.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kitchenwitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kitchenwitch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/imbolc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imbolc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recipe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recipe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beerandbeefstew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beerandbeefstew</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/witchcraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witchcraft</span></a></p>
cohan<p>🧵 13 Now the same videos, on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Spectra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spectra</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Peertube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peertube</span></a> <br>6 Winter Sun-Waiting for Spring- Halfway to Equinox <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Metenis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metenis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Imbolc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imbolc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Latvian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latvian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/animist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OldWays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldWays</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Season" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Season</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://spectra.video/w/hJZvoByWb6Sy5wgnEbTVea" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spectra.video/w/hJZvoByWb6Sy5w</span><span class="invisible">gnEbTVea</span></a></p>
cohan<p>🧵 7 All links in blog in first post<br>last YT video, Spectra/Peertube to follow</p><p>6 Winter Sun-Waiting for Spring- Halfway to Equinox <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Metenis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metenis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Imbolc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imbolc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Latvian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latvian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CrossQuarterDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrossQuarterDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SeasonalRhythms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeasonalRhythms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GoOutsideForMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoOutsideForMe</span></a> <br><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/ktwTVim_udI?feature=share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/shorts/ktwTVim_udI</span><span class="invisible">?feature=share</span></a></p>
cohan<p>🧵 I had a bunch of short videos over the last few weeks- showing some of our <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a>- strong <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wind</span></a>, trees down <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/frost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frost</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snow</span></a> etc + the Cross-quarter Day <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mete%C5%86i" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meteņi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Imbolc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imbolc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WaitingForSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaitingForSpring</span></a> <br>I pulled it all together in a blog post with videos, more pics and blabber.<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> I'll post all the YouTube and Spectra links + extra photos in this thread ❄️ 📷 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GoOutsideForMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoOutsideForMe</span></a> <br><a href="https://cohanmagazine.blogspot.com/2025/02/winter-beauty-wind-snow-fallen-trees.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cohanmagazine.blogspot.com/202</span><span class="invisible">5/02/winter-beauty-wind-snow-fallen-trees.html</span></a></p>
Al<p>I'm the bit monkey for the blog <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wordsByTerryl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordsByTerryl</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MoonLitPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonLitPress</span></a> . I also do the graphic art work using <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/inkscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkscape</span></a> and we publish using <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/writefreely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writefreely</span></a>. </p><p>This article shares a witchy Imbolc ritual as a bonus posting. It is a prayerful recognition and celebration of the subtle turning of the seasons. Spring cleaning, if you will, in a spiritual sense.</p><p><a href="https://blog.moonlitpress.org/an-imbolc-invocation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.moonlitpress.org/an-imbol</span><span class="invisible">c-invocation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CreativeNonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeNonfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SacredNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredNature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Paganism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paganism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/imbolc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imbolc</span></a></p>
Lydia Vvinters<p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/fedicoven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedicoven</span></a> <br>It's Friday, so here is another FediCoven question. <br>-----</p><p>Question 20</p><p>February 14, 2025: </p><p>What are your thoughts on the ethics of love potions and spells?</p><p>------</p><p>💫 All who are walking their path are welcome.💫</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/witch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/witchcraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witchcraft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/wicca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wicca</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/magick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>magick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/wiccan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wiccan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/paganism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paganism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/imbolc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imbolc</span></a></p>
cohan<p>🧵 2- So, Happy Waiting for Spring (this is what <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Latvians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latvians</span></a> call this Cross-quarter, unlike the British <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Imbolc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imbolc</span></a>, which sees <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spring</span></a> already arriving!) for all of us in still cold places 🙂 for those of you actually seeing spring, Happier still! ( and Welcome/Waiting For Autumn for those on the other side of the world 🙂 <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OldWays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldWays</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AncientRhythms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientRhythms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SeasonalRhythms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeasonalRhythms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sunset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sunset</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Saule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saule</span></a></p>
cohan<p>🧵 1 Here we are, more or less halfway between Winter Solstice + Spring Equinox! (Thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.mirbsd.org/@mirabilos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mirabilos</span></a></span> I've recently learned more about the calculation of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CrossQuarter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrossQuarter</span></a> Days: it's not so straightforward!) <br>Anyway, for me a general idea of mid-way works- I'll make my natural observations over several days anyway, and if I have time/ energy for ritual, it will depend on work/weather!<br>Short video on YouTube <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/spectra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spectra</span></a> link to follow<br><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/ktwTVim_udI?feature=share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/shorts/ktwTVim_udI</span><span class="invisible">?feature=share</span></a><br> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/metenis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metenis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/imbolc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imbolc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/animist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a></p>
madame poolhair<p>Blessed <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Imbolc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imbolc</span></a> from a snowy place in the mountains 🏔️</p>
@Top_rank_skallywag@mastadon.sImbolc: the old traditional returning of the light on the wheelnof the year<br>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/strathspey?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#strathspey</a><br>
<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/scotland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scotland</a><br>
<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/blackandwhite?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blackandwhite</a><br>
<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Fairphone4?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fairphone4</a><br>
<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/imbolc?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#imbolc</a>
This Is My Glasgow<p>Less than a week after Imbolc, and it's already starting to feel like Springtime here in Glasgow. This is today at my local crocus patch where they're rapidly emerging into bloom.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/broomhill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broomhill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spring</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/crocus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crocus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springtime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>springtime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowtoday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowtoday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/imbolc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imbolc</span></a></p>
Nina ZinaMy favourite tree, a weeping mulberry, it looks kind of like a witch and all its branches appear like different creatures (look at that face in the second photo!). I try to visit it regularly and these photos were taken on Imbolc. <br>
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More photos at: <a href="https://echopublishing.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/imbolc-candlemass-deep-winter-global-switch-day/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://echopublishing.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/imbolc-candlemass-deep-winter-global-switch-day/</a> <br>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/witchtree?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#witchtree</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/witchcraft?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#witchcraft</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fedicoven?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fedicoven</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/witch?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#witch</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/imbolc?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#imbolc</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mulberry?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mulberry</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mulberrytree?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mulberrytree</a>
Nina ZinaI try to add more and more self-made things to my altar, like this felt crystal ball which is a cover or "hat" for an LED tealight. On the second photo you can see a similar felt ghost LED tea light "hat" and christmas tree LED tea light "hat" (at the place of a friend's mom). The third photo shows a crochet wall hanging I made (didn't have a stick, so I used a pencil), and the fourth photo shows a nearly invisible (except when the light are out) glow-in-the-dark sigil on a tiny canvas and a watermelon made out of felt because free Palestine! <br>
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More photos: <a href="https://echopublishing.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/imbolc-candlemass-deep-winter-global-switch-day/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://echopublishing.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/imbolc-candlemass-deep-winter-global-switch-day/</a><br>
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Baa Baa Brighouse<p>Calling all those who signed up for The Wheel of the Year - Imbolc Yarn Box, it's time for the big reveal!</p><p>Introducing 'Imbolc', a 100g skein of hand dyed 100% British Bluefaced Leicester 4 ply high twist sock yarn. There are two skeins in each box.</p><p>Included in the box is a snowdrop notebook, ginger and honey soap, ginger root tea, a Wendy Andrews Imbolc card and a bag of wooden flower buttons.</p><p>Happy knitting!</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/yarn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yarn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/knitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knitting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/crochet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crochet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/indieyarn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indieyarn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/indiedyer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indiedyer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/handdyedyarn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handdyedyarn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/yarnclub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yarnclub</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/thewheeloftheyear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thewheeloftheyear</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/imbolc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imbolc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/paganism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paganism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/festival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>festival</span></a></p>
Anne Van Langendonck💛 Hamamelis in bloei <br>
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Langzaam maar zeker komen ze, de eerste tekenen van lente! 😍<br>
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Maria Lichtmis / Imbolc is gepasseerd. <br>
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Licht neemt het over van duisternis,<br>
Bloemen verschijnen waar leegte was,<br>
Nieuw leven verschijnt uit wat vorig jaar verdween,<br>
De natuur ontwaakt uit haar winterslaap. <br>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/tuinieren?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tuinieren</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bloemen?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bloemen</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/voorjaarsbloemen?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#voorjaarsbloemen</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/winterbloeiers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#winterbloeiers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/imbolc?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#imbolc</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lichtmis?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lichtmis</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ecologischtuinieren?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecologischtuinieren</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/hamamelis?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hamamelis</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bloesems?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bloesems</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/medicinaleplanten?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicinaleplanten</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/herbalisme?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#herbalisme</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/voedselbostuin?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#voedselbostuin</a>
libramoon<p><a href="https://starhope.substack.com/p/imbolc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">starhope.substack.com/p/imbolc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Imbolc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imbolc</span></a></p><p>..."Imbolg (im-bolk), arriving not on the 1st of February, but when our light bearer, Lugh (Sol) our star, reaches the middle of An tUiscedóir (tisk-a-door) (Aquarius), is that time in the North when the cold damp and frozen ground began to loosen, and new life stirred beneath the surface. It is neither the stillness of winter nor the abundance of spring, but a point of transition where change was inevitable yet still unseen.</p><p>Central to Imbolc is Brigid, ."...</p>
Cat<p>For our Imbolc celebration last night, we did a small family ritual to 'call back the light,' which is something we've done for the past few years now. </p><p>The flame is passed around the circle clockwise from one candle to the next, 13 in total, one for each moon of the year. </p><p>Then, we write goals on slips of paper that will bring more joy into our lives during the long wait until spring, and burn them in the cauldron. </p><p>My Imbolc season goal: "I will replace time doomscrolling with singing to trees."</p><p><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Witchcraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Witchcraft</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Imbolc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imbolc</span></a></p>
DriftlessRoots<p>Northern Cardinals have been singing for a few days now. Must be <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Imbolc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imbolc</span></a> again! 😀 <a href="https://toot.community/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/birding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birding</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/birdwatching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdwatching</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/seasons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seasons</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WheelOfTheYear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WheelOfTheYear</span></a></p>
In the Dark<p><strong>The Quickening of the Year Again</strong></p><p>Today would be the first day of teaching in Semester 2 at Maynooth University, were it not for the fact that it is a Bank Holiday in Ireland. The holiday marks <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><i>Imbolc</i></a>, an old Celtic festival occurring halfway between the winter solstice and vernal equinox in the Northern hemisphere. In the modern calendar the date is 1st February. In Ireland <em>Imbolc </em>is often referred to as a <em>Lá Fhéile Bríde,</em> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">St Brigid’s Day</a>, after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#Saint_Brigid" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">St Brigid of Kildare</a>, whose feast day is 1st February. In the old pagan calendar, this day is regarded as the first day of spring, as it is roughly the time when the first spring lambs are born, daffodils, etc, start to appear, and the days get noticeably longer. It corresponds to the Welsh <em>Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau</em> and is also sometimes called, rather beautifully, <em>The Quickening of the Year</em>. It’s a time for rebirth and renewal after the darkness of winter.</p> <a href="https://telescoper.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20240201_0920522517041683269439338.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a> <p>I noticed some scepticism on social media about 1st February being the first day of spring, but it makes sense to me. I feel the same way about May being the start of summer too. From living 7 years in Ireland, I’ve always found May/June the most summery months – as far as that means anything in Ireland!</p><p>In the Northern hemisphere, in astronomical terms, the solar year is defined by the two solstices (summer, around June 21st, and winter, around December 21st) and the equinoxes (spring, around March 21st, and Autumn, around September 21st). These four events divide the year into four roughly equal parts of about 13 weeks each. If you divide each of these intervals in two you divide the year into eight pieces of six and a bit weeks each. The dates midway between the astronomical events mentioned above are the c<em>ross-quarter days</em>, of which <em>Imbolc</em> is one. Here they are represented on a diagram:</p><a href="https://telescoper.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/bafkreicmebt2dmkpdxntmruoaecuwl5x6slgr62g3a2vxfj2bs2zs72uam.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a><p>The timings are rough because the dates of the equinoxes and solstices vary from year to year. <em>Imbolc</em> is often taken to be the 2nd of February (Groundhog Day) and Samhain is sometimes taken to be October 31st, Halloween but hopefully you get the point that although the Pagan festivals have been appropriated by the Christian church, they have much older origins.</p><p>Until 2023 only three of the four cross-quarter days were associated with public holidays in Ireland; there wasn’t a holiday for Imbolc. In 2022 however, the Government decided to create a new Bank Holiday that corrected this anomaly by introducing a new St Brigid’s Day holiday on the first Monday on or after 1st February (or on Friday if 1st February falls on that day), which also happens to be the first national holiday in Ireland to be named after a woman. The first such holiday was Monday, 6th February 2023 and the second was on Monday 5th February 2024. This is the third.</p><p>But I digress.</p><p>I am glad to have today’s holiday just before teaching starts. Having completed my examination marking duties promptly I was planning to use last week to get my teaching materials ready. Unfortunately I wasn’t at all well for most of the week – though I recovered by Friday – and am way behind schedule. Fortunately, I’ve taught one of the modules (<em>Computational Physics</em>) many times before so not much preparation is required although it is a bigger class than I’ve had on previous occasions which means extra work in due course grading the CA components. The other module, <em>Particle Physics</em> is new for me at Maynooth, though I have taught it elsewhere. This also has a bigger class than I was expecting for a final-year module and my first lecture on it is tomorrow. I’m going to have to spend most of today quickening the writing of the lecture notes and preparing assignments. </p><p>P.S. Not particularly relevantly, <em>Particle Physics</em> is an anagram of <em>Happier Cyclists</em>.</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/brigid/" target="_blank">#brigid</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/imbolc/" target="_blank">#Imbolc</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/la-fheile-bride/" target="_blank">#LáFhéileBríde</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/maynooth-university/" target="_blank">#MaynoothUniversity</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/pagan/" target="_blank">#pagan</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/st-brigids-day/" target="_blank">#StBrigidSDay</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/the-quickening-of-the-year/" target="_blank">#TheQuickeningOfTheYear</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/witchcraft/" target="_blank">#witchcraft</a></p>
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