Imbolc: Tending to our Creative Stirrings

We work in tandem with mystery, feeling its rhythms awaken in our bone-memory. As the hands work, the mind is stilled and a greater listening is engaged as we drop down into the deep rhythm of devotion, where the whole world is in communion. The ferns unfurl, the daffodils trumpet, the rosebuds fatten, and the song of creation can be heard.

Making an invitation for the holy to enter your endeavours needn’t be anything extravagant (though that can be fun too.) It can be as simple as my musician friend lighting a fire, clearing off your desk to make room for poetry, or setting your device in another room while you sleep so dreams are your first consideration when you wake. It could be a

The work we do with our hands and our imaginations — the way that we process and engage the world — clears out and creates that space for the Divine to dwell within our heart and opens the way to the place of all possibility.

Let us draw strength from birthing women who embody the goddess in her glory. Let us engage with our passions and birth our dreams. Let us meditate on the miracle of our own births. Let us honor the women who, through their very bodies, bestowed on us the gifts of life and life’s companion gift, the mystery of death.

Before pulling the cards it’s important to open everyone up to receiving them. To facilitate this, lead a short activating meditation, by inviting each Woman to close their eyes and rub their palms together until they feel a warmth, or tingling. As they feel the tingling, invite them to rub their hands a little harder, then harder again, until thei