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juniperb
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posted February 02, 2010 04:10 PM
  
Imbolc is one of the four principal festivals of the Celtic calendar and one of the eight sabbats of the Wheel of the Year, a religious calendar used by some neopagan groups. It is celebrated either at the beginning of February or at the first local signs of Spring. Most commonly it is celebrated on February 1, around midway between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox in the northern hemisphere [1]. It is strongly associated with the goddess Brigid, and in the Christian period with St Brigid - Imbolc being also known as St. Brigid's Day [2]. In Scotland the festival is also known as Là Fhèill Brìghde, in Ireland as Lá Fhéile Bríde, and in Wales as Gŵyl y Canhwyllau [3] The Day is also associated with the Christian feast of Candlemas (2 February), marking the end of the season of Epiphany.Also known as "The Festival of Lights", fire, initiation and purification are an important aspect of this festival. The lighting of candles and fires represents the return of warmth and the increasing power of the sun over the coming months.[4] Imbolc is traditionally a time of weather prognostication, and the old tradition of watching to see if serpents or badgers came from their winter dens is perhaps a precursor to the Northern American Groundhog Day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc ------------------
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Selenite
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posted February 01, 2016 03:13 PM
Happy Imbolc Eve 
http://www.thewhitegoddess.co.uk/the_wheel_of_the_year/imbolc.asp
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Randall
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posted February 02, 2016 03:13 PM
Happy Imbolc!IP: Logged |
mirage29
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posted February 03, 2016 10:45 PM
I'd spent many hours the other day exploring Imbolc, and St Brigid-- the Christian one, and a pagan one.Comes down to Purification, and setting oneself in devotion to something else Greater and Higher than who we are. Acknowledging that we are Server Flames, and our missions in Life is to keep that Flame from burning out for others. We keep lighting each other's wick, reminding each other that there is Purpose and a reason to continue glowing. Like Brigid, should their light wane or appear smouldered, we gather it close to us, to protect it, feed it, house it, and teach it how to bend-Gold. (She was associated with Lambs, and with bringing milk to Mothers to nurture them, give them shelter.) Let your Light so shine.... And hoping your celebration was a good one.
Women are important people. On a whim, Juniperb, I looked up 'Blue Star Kachina'... Cool parallel is that it too stands for Purification. 
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Randall
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posted February 04, 2016 07:54 AM
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mirage29
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posted February 04, 2021 05:07 PM
Happy Birthday, Juni! (Feb ?4)   Wishing you a Good Year 
And Good Health. Azalaksh came by yesterday and *bumped* an old thread celebrating your Special Day.
Here's the Link in LLC2.0.
- http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum25/HTML/005390-2.html
Saw latest in the political forum.
Looked at it with best-true detachment, and your assessment was the right one.
{I felt uncomfortable that what was being said to you had the energy of bullying. I'm so sorry that happened.} ____________
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Stawr
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posted February 05, 2021 04:22 PM
Insightful! I miss having candles. I burned them all. IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted February 05, 2021 04:32 PM
Happy Solar Return! IP: Logged |
mirage29
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posted February 03, 2022 10:55 PM
Happy Birthday, Juniperb!
February 2nd Wishing You Bright Experiences in a Solar Year Full of Light  (music) HOT SOUP sings "God Danced the Day You Were Born" 
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mirage29
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posted February 03, 2022 11:22 PM
Here is a Christian presentation of Feast of Candlemas, with explanations of the various symbols.* Feast of Candlemas
* Presentation of Infant Jesus in the Temple
.. (40 days after birth, to be recognized :
.. Simeon & Anna Luke 2:29-32)
* The Purification of Mary (topic) Candlemas 
"Morning Prayer"
(Dean Robert Willis, Canterbury Cathedral, UK;
on Wednesday, 2nd February 2022)
[50:36] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te97ExqPqyk Oh! The cat's name is Leo!   (music) In The Bleak Midwinter
(Gustav Holtz, poem by Christina Rossetti, lyrics)
[3:36] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_R3GPkIDeM
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Randall
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posted February 04, 2022 07:05 PM
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teasel
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posted February 04, 2022 11:38 PM
I'm sorry I missed your birthday. happy belated. IP: Logged |
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