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"Awakening and Renewal"
A belated Imbolc episode, though I feel the content is still relevant! So, wow it has been some months since the last episode and we are so glad to be sharing this with you now.
Join me out on the trods and connect to Imbolc tide blessings and energies with this episode that focuses on the shifting of Winter into Spring. There are blessings and a poem, there are trodcasts too!
Oh and I pronounce the name of the Goddess Brigid in the contemporary Irish 'Breej'. It is what felt right!
The trodcasts that I share in this episode were recorded in different local West Dorset sacred spaces in late January.
The first one is in Cattistock churchyard where there is a beautiful little well and Snowdrops, plus lots of incredible birds. The following one is in the garden by Silver Well at Cerne Abbas and then the Beech Grove at Giant Hill Cerne Abbas. This is a very special place of pilgrimage, myth and recent archaeological exploration. There is a large Beltaine/May Day gathering that takes place at the well and on the hill with a local Morris side at Dawn.
I simply share the messages and insights that flow through me whilst connecting to spirits of place. I hope they resonate with you.
It was my intention to release this episode in early February, so apologies for the later publishing!
Imbolc is still taking place, so hopefully you will feel the awakening and renewing Imbolc blessings reaching you where you are.
The blessings and poem:
First blessing is by Caitlin Matthews 'Brigid of the Mantle' from Little Book of Celtic blessings and an excerpt by John O'Donohue fromthe blessing, 'For Presence,' found in Benedictus (Europe) / To Bless the Space Between Us (US).
'Goldfinch' from the 'Lost Spells' by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris.
Many blessings across the Ways to you.
With Love, Hilary and Tony x