'Seasons' Articles
The Gregorian calendar is pretty confusing when it comes to understanding seasonal mysticism. Even if you insist on believing in coincidence, then some event patterns are persistent enough that they have taken on a life or spirit of their own. Thus we have various seasonal figures, and some religions project their figure to replace others that respected nature more.
Looking back over world myths, they were not just one epic event after another. In the myths, there were still very mundane things happening as well. But there were those who when they saw the time was ripe for a great work, they took hold of that time, that season, that energy, and according to the stories they reshaped our entire world. Why supposedly has this stopped being possible?
“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.” William Blake (English visionary Mystic, Poet, Painter and Engraver. 1757-1827)
“Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one’s reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance.” Yoko Ono (Japanese Artist and Musician wife of John Lennon (1969-1933), b.1933)
Magick Of Christmas
The magick of this holiday is primarily based on the season, specifically the winter solstice. The winter solstice is more or less the bottom of the year. The longest night and the clearing of old influences. The Gregorian calendar, in general, is pretty confusing when it comes to understanding seasonal mysticism. Many of the figures associated with this time of year are best understood in the context of their symbolic role in the process of the year. Even the image of the dying and returning King. The promise of further life / redemption past the season of darkness. If I… Seek More
Christmas Miracles
Magick, as it’s talked about mostly in this day and age, is about personal practices. But miracles, on the other hand, are events that come about in a way that cannot be artificially produced. They are acts of the spirits, seasons, planets, God, and even if humanity were not so novelty seeking as it is, new events would still occur. Why are miracles supposedly more common in this season, i.e. Christmas miracle? When the wave functions (if you will) of human and even animal initiatives slow down, and the energy evens out, cosmic influences take more of a center stage.… Seek More
Preparing For The New
What should we do to prepare for upcoming changes and the new year? Let’s bring this to something easily related to. For a good many people, this holiday has a dark pall that hangs around it. They find it very depressing. The reason being, they mistake yearning for hope and intention for renewal. When you are stuck in yearning and planning you resist the introduction of the new into your life that can come in this season. You instead convert all of this energy you are gifted with into even further fuel for drama in the coming year. To prepare… Seek More
On The Threshold
Even if you don’t subscribe to metaphysical influences, many sceptics believe in a phenomenon that has been called mass hysteria. I offer that these are more mass movements of social consciousness than hysteria. And in this Christmas season, which has often been associated with contemplation of world peace and compassion, we can consciously embrace what was in the past just dismissed as a quaint notion. The spirit of this season doesn’t need to exist as an independent supernatural entity to have power or to empower us. Philosophically, people have ventured notions of living as Santa Claus. What would happen if… Seek More
Spirit Of The Holiday
Any thoughts about the spirit of the holiday, friends? I like to think it’s not about stuff, but presents are important maybe more for the giver than the receiver. I agree. I had a fair number of things before I married, and none of them had any real value. Had they been stolen, I would have cared very little. But with her and sharing these things with her, I see value in my old possession I had never seen before. They have that value not of themselves, but because of what they are when I share them with her. I… Seek More
