Today is the Winter Solstice, the first day of winter. The beginning point of the return of the light. I send blessings of illumination to all Queens everywhere. xxQueen Mama Donna   Winter Solstice Prayer by Mary Saracino, CO  www.marysaracino.com/ Deep night, Dark night Night of the longest sigh Soulful night, Sacred night Night of…

It is from the state of original chaos, the elemental ether, the black void — The Great Uterine Darkness — that the old creatrix goddesses are said to have brought forth all that is. That the world started with the sacred spark of creative potential contained within the primordial womb, is one of humanity’s oldest…

The light has been steadily retreating each day since the summer solstice, the longest day and shortest night of the year. Tip toeing slowly, silently away. The decrease has been so gradual that we barely noticed the almost imperceptible shift, the subtle loss, until the autumn equinox when the light of the day and the…

  Surely the essential quality of winter is its absence of light. And that, so much more than the attendant cold weather, is what so many people dread about it. The long, dark, isolating chill of winter understandably renders many of us susceptible to sadness. Seasonal Affective Disorder is considered to be an affliction, which…

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