Name: Wheel of the Year: Imbolc
Start: 2025-01-31T19:30:00-06:00
End: 2025-01-31T22:30:00-06:00

The festival of Imbolc on February 1 (or 2) celebrates the strengthening Sun and the stirrings of new life in nature. To the ancient Celts, this day marked the beginning of Spring and honored their powerful solar goddess, Brighid, who is known as the goddess of poetry, smithcraft and healing. She is the "fire in the head" who inspires us to manifest our dreams in physical "ordinary" reality!

Brighid was so beloved by the Irish people that attempts by Christian missionaries to abolish Her worship failed, and She was renamed "St. Bridget" and Her holiday became known as Candlemas. Her shrine at the old Druid grove of Kildare (Cill Dara = Church of the Oak) was maintained by 19 priestesses originally, and later by 19 nuns, and featured a perpetual flame that burned for over 1,000 years until the Reformation in the 1500s. (It was relit in 1993 by the Brigidine Sisters in Kildare.)

In harmony with the new life seen in early snowdrops and crocuses, and the birth of lambs and other domestic animals, this holiday has traditionally been a time of Initiation and is considered one of the most auspicious times for starting a new venture of any sort, so be thinking about what you'd like to "birth" in this new year.

Please dress comfortably, and feel free to bring drums, rattles or other instruments, along with a journal for recording any insights received on your journey. Also feel free to bring an item to put on the altar during our circle.

Doors open at 7:00 pm and close at 7:30 pm (locked at 7:50 PM); circle ends at 10:30 PM (our ritual circles run a little longer than usual). Please RSVP to ensure your space. Suggested donation of $10.00 per person to cover the space rental. [If you prefer, you may pay using PayPal to tonilsnidow@yahoo.com, or Venmo to @Toni-Snidow. Please mention the circle date & your name on your transaction.]

Some backjacks, chairs, pillows and yoga blankets will be available. If possible, you might want to bring your own pillow or blanket to help make sure that you're comfortable during the circle, especially if you plan to journey lying down on the floor. You might also want to bring a light wrap or sweater in case the AC is acting up! :)

Parking is along the left-hand driveway when facing the complex (to the left of the Sol Studio); plentiful parking is available in the field with the "Additional Parking" sign. We will be meeting in the Luna Studio, on the right when facing the complex.

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