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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.

wildhunt.org/2025/02/in-praise

The Wild Hunt · In praise of beer, the source of civilisationBy Siobhan Ball

I'm the bit monkey for the blog #wordsByTerryl from #MoonLitPress . I also do the graphic art work using #inkscape and we publish using #writefreely.

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.

blog.moonlitpress.org/an-imbol

#poetry #writing
#CreativeNonfiction #Religion #SacredNature #Paganism #pagan #imbolc

🧵 1 Here we are, more or less halfway between Winter Solstice + Spring Equinox! (Thanks to @mirabilos I've recently learned more about the calculation of #CrossQuarter Days: it's not so straightforward!)
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!
Short video on YouTube #spectra link to follow
youtube.com/shorts/ktwTVim_udI
#metenis #imbolc #pagan #animist #Alberta

I 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!

More photos: https://echopublishing.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/imbolc-candlemass-deep-winter-global-switch-day/

#imbolcaltar #imbolccrafts #feltcrafts #crochet #tealight #witch #altar #witchcraft #imbolc #fedicoven

Calling all those who signed up for The Wheel of the Year - Imbolc Yarn Box, it's time for the big reveal!

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.

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.

Happy knitting!

💛 Hamamelis in bloei

Langzaam maar zeker komen ze, de eerste tekenen van lente! 😍

Maria Lichtmis / Imbolc is gepasseerd.

Licht neemt het over van duisternis,
Bloemen verschijnen waar leegte was,
Nieuw leven verschijnt uit wat vorig jaar verdween,
De natuur ontwaakt uit haar winterslaap.
🙏

#tuinieren #bloemen #voorjaarsbloemen #winterbloeiers #imbolc #lichtmis #ecologischtuinieren #hamamelis #bloesems #medicinaleplanten #herbalisme #voedselbostuin
Qui veut ses cartes de la chandeleuse ?! :)
Eh oui j'aime bien tirer les cartes de tarot pour les genstes ! Je crois pas que ce soit divinatoire ni sacré etc. J'ai d'abord été intéressée parce qu'il y a de magnifiques jeux (on dit decks) de tarot ! 😍 Du coup ensuite je me suis plongée dans l'histoire du tarot (coucou hyperfixation sur intérêt spécifique 😁 ). Puis j'ai étudié le tarot pendant plusieurs années, et constitué une petite collec de beaux decks.
Je propose des tirages saisonniers. Juste pour le fun, un peu comme partager un petit thé entre ami.es. Je fais pas de "divinatoire" et compagnie. J'utilise les cartes davantage comme des petits messages amicaux, des pistes de questionnement et de réflexion, des petites guidances à prendre (ou à laisser) comme ça nous chante (et pas trop au sérieux).
Alors si ça te dit, fais-moi signe pour que je tire tes cartes de la chandeleuse ! :) Pour ce tirage j'utilise le Dreaming way tarot de Rome Choi illustré par Kwon Shina.



#Cartomancie #Tarot #Guidance #Cartomancy #LaBonneAventure #Chandeleuse #Chandeleur #Candlemas #Imbolc

starhope.substack.com/p/imbolc
#Imbolc

..."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.

Central to Imbolc is Brigid, ."...

Réalta Dóchais (Star Hope) with Andrew Smith · ImbolcBy Réalta Dóchais - Andrew Smith