The story of the Easter season is that the Daughter of Heaven dies on the Pillar of the World and the world she sustains begins to die too. She is restored to life by the tears of Her Mother and Her return brings all of manifestation back to life. So it is that not only the year but the cosmos itself changes, dies and is reborn. Read all about Easter and the New Year

The story of the Easter season is that the Daughter of Heaven dies on the Pillar of the World and the world she sustains begins to die too. She is restored to life by the tears of Her Mother and Her return brings all of manifestation back to life. So it is that not only the year but the cosmos itself changes, dies and is reborn. Read all about Easter and the New Year

The Feast of Lights, or Luciad, represents the beginning of the end of the dark days of winter. A custom on this day is for the coming year's candles to be brought to an altar or shrine to be blessed. Candlelight is symbolic of the gentle light of the Daughter lightening the darkness of the world. Read more about "Luciad: The Feast of Lights"

The Feast of Lights, or Luciad, represents the beginning of the end of the dark days of winter. A custom on this day is for the coming year's candles to be brought to an altar or shrine to be blessed. Candlelight is symbolic of the gentle light of the Daughter lightening the darkness of the world. Read more about "Luciad: The Feast of Lights"

We know birth as an emergence from darkness into the light. However, at midwinter, Light is born, illuminating the darkness.

After the star brings the children of earth to the cave where the Daughter is born, and the princesses present their gifts, a beautiful voice fills the air, saying:

Her Name shall be called Inanna
For She shall be Lady of Heaven

And the star vanished from the sky and yet its light remained. And the shape of the light became a vision. And the vision was a vision of the Mistress of All Things, bearing in Her arms the Holy Child.

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We know birth as an emergence from darkness into the light. However, at midwinter, Light is born, illuminating the darkness.

After the star brings the children of earth to the cave where the Daughter is born, and the princesses present their gifts, a beautiful voice fills the air, saying:

Her Name shall be called Inanna
For She shall be Lady of Heaven

And the star vanished from the sky and yet its light remained. And the shape of the light became a vision. And the vision was a vision of the Mistress of All Things, bearing in Her arms the Holy Child.

Read all about the Nativity of God the Daughter

Tamala is a three-day fire festival known as the Feast of the Dead, celebrated with bonfires, candle lanterns and fireworks. Death is the last of the mysteries and Tamala appropriately brings to a close the Mysteries of Life season. Pictured is Atropos, the Greek Fate who cuts the thread of life. She should not be seen as shortening life but as signifying its proper completion. Read about the inner meaning of Tamala

Tamala is a three-day fire festival known as the Feast of the Dead, celebrated with bonfires, candle lanterns and fireworks. Death is the last of the mysteries and Tamala appropriately brings to a close the Mysteries of Life season. Pictured is Atropos, the Greek Fate who cuts the thread of life. She should not be seen as shortening life but as signifying its proper completion. Read about the inner meaning of Tamala

The generous outpouring of Divine Life symbolized by the fruits of the harvest is the central mystery of the Mysteries of Life season. Read about the inner meaning of the Feast of Divine Life

The generous outpouring of Divine Life symbolized by the fruits of the harvest is the central mystery of the Mysteries of Life season. Read about the inner meaning of the Feast of Divine Life

The Mysteries of Life season opens with Chelanya, the Festival of Regeneration. The grain harvested to be resown for the new crop is emblematic of this mystery. Chelanya is known as the Golden Festival, the ripening grain and the summer sun reflecting the Solar Mother. The image here is Demeter, the Mother in the Greek Mother and Daughter mythos that formed the heart of the Eleusinian Mysteries. She carries the sickle and a sheaf of grain, symbolic of regeneration. Read more about Chelanya, the Golden Festival

The Mysteries of Life season opens with Chelanya, the Festival of Regeneration. The grain harvested to be resown for the new crop is emblematic of this mystery. Chelanya is known as the Golden Festival, the ripening grain and the summer sun reflecting the Solar Mother. The image here is Demeter, the Mother in the Greek Mother and Daughter mythos that formed the heart of the Eleusinian Mysteries. She carries the sickle and a sheaf of grain, symbolic of regeneration. Read more about Chelanya, the Golden Festival

Midsummer is the beginning of the half-year of festivals concerning the Mysteries of the Mother, Creatrix of the Universe. The central festival of Summer is Rosa Mundi, which opens the season of the Fire and the Rose. The season is a solar-lunar one, beginning with the summer solstice and ending with the full moon, this year almost two weeks later. It is celebrated with bonfires, fireworks and displays of roses. Fairies and other subtle entities are felt to be about and magic and divination are traditionally practiced. Read about the mystical and folk elements of the festival and season

Midsummer is the beginning of the half-year of festivals concerning the Mysteries of the Mother, Creatrix of the Universe. The central festival of Summer is Rosa Mundi, which opens the season of the Fire and the Rose. The season is a solar-lunar one, beginning with the summer solstice and ending with the full moon, this year almost two weeks later. It is celebrated with bonfires, fireworks and displays of roses. Fairies and other subtle entities are felt to be about and magic and divination are traditionally practiced. Read about the mystical and folk elements of the festival and season

Queen of Heaven is perhaps the most ancient of all religious titles, appearing all over the world. For example, in ancient Sumer she was known as Inanna, in the Levant as Astarte, in Egypt as Isis, in Greece as Hera (pictured here enthroned) and in Christian Europe as Mary. In the Filianist faith, the Divine Daughter is both Queen of Heaven and Princess of the World, ruling over all with love and gentleness. Read all about the May Day festival of the Queen of Heaven

Queen of Heaven is perhaps the most ancient of all religious titles, appearing all over the world. For example, in ancient Sumer she was known as Inanna, in the Levant as Astarte, in Egypt as Isis, in Greece as Hera (pictured here enthroned) and in Christian Europe as Mary. In the Filianist faith, the Divine Daughter is both Queen of Heaven and Princess of the World, ruling over all with love and gentleness. Read all about the May Day festival of the Queen of Heaven

The Daughter is risen, Spring has sprung and the new year has begun. The renewal of the world in springtime is associated with its creation and the World Egg. The egg has through many cultures been a primary symbol of this time of year. The dyeing of eggs symbolizes the wonderful variety of manifestation. Read about the High Feast of Easter and about the origin of the Easter Egg.

The Daughter is risen, Spring has sprung and the new year has begun. The renewal of the world in springtime is associated with its creation and the World Egg. The egg has through many cultures been a primary symbol of this time of year. The dyeing of eggs symbolizes the wonderful variety of manifestation. Read about the High Feast of Easter and about the origin of the Easter Egg.

The brave and trembling snowdrop, the fragile crescent moon and the flickering light of the candle symbolize the birth of the Daughter's own light. Luciad, also known as the Feast of Lights, celebrates Her vow to take the light of the Divine even into the lowest and darkest places of manifestation, bringing hope to every lost creature. Continue reading about Luciad

The brave and trembling snowdrop, the fragile crescent moon and the flickering light of the candle symbolize the birth of the Daughter's own light. Luciad, also known as the Feast of Lights, celebrates Her vow to take the light of the Divine even into the lowest and darkest places of manifestation, bringing hope to every lost creature. Continue reading about Luciad

The bright Janya before the cave says: This night shall a Child be born that shall be the Daughter of Light and the Princess of all the world.

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Read about the real meaning of Christmas revealed in a modern children's story

The bright Janya before the cave says: This night shall a Child be born that shall be the Daughter of Light and the Princess of all the world.

Read all about the Nativity

Read about the real meaning of Christmas revealed in a modern children's story

The Commencement of the Advent is the first festival of the Nativity season. It marks the start of preparations, including decorating the tree.

Read about the early winter festivals

Read about the symbolism of the decorated tree

The Commencement of the Advent is the first festival of the Nativity season. It marks the start of preparations, including decorating the tree.

Read about the early winter festivals

Read about the symbolism of the decorated tree

The three-day fire festival of Tamala brings to an end the Mysteries of Life season, celebrating the most mysterious of those mysteries: the mystery of death. Reminders of death – memento mori – are seen in carved lanterns, sugar skull candy, and dangling skeletons and ghosts, though the atmosphere of the festival is notably upbeat and even exciting. Read about the inner meaning of Tamala

The three-day fire festival of Tamala brings to an end the Mysteries of Life season, celebrating the most mysterious of those mysteries: the mystery of death. Reminders of death – memento mori – are seen in carved lanterns, sugar skull candy, and dangling skeletons and ghosts, though the atmosphere of the festival is notably upbeat and even exciting. Read about the inner meaning of Tamala

Cuivanya, the Autumn Equinox festival, celebrates our Mother God as the Ground of All Being and the Creatrix of the World. As a Harvest Festival, it celebrates abundance of life — life as it comes to fruition and completion. One of its particular symbols is the apple. Read about the inner meaning of the Feast of Divine Life

Cuivanya, the Autumn Equinox festival, celebrates our Mother God as the Ground of All Being and the Creatrix of the World. As a Harvest Festival, it celebrates abundance of life — life as it comes to fruition and completion. One of its particular symbols is the apple. Read about the inner meaning of the Feast of Divine Life

The festival of high summer, Chelanya, is the festival of regeneration, symbolized by the grain harvest. Golden sunlight is poured into life-giving crops, the first fruit of Our Mother's bounty for the first feast of the Mysteries of Life. The image here shows Chicomecoatl, the Aztec Corn Mother. Read more about Chelanya, the Golden Festival

The festival of high summer, Chelanya, is the festival of regeneration, symbolized by the grain harvest. Golden sunlight is poured into life-giving crops, the first fruit of Our Mother's bounty for the first feast of the Mysteries of Life. The image here shows Chicomecoatl, the Aztec Corn Mother. Read more about Chelanya, the Golden Festival