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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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 NativityRead 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.The Commencement of the Advent is the first festival of the Nativity season. It marks the start of preparations, including decorating the 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.
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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.
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Rosa Mundi is the Summer Solstice Festival of Our Mother God.
The festival celebrates the ascent of maid to Heaven. Since Heaven is not only "upward" but "inward", the journey prefigured in the Rosa Mundi festival is also into "the innermost temple of your heart, whose form is the form of a rose".
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Rosa Mundi is the Summer Solstice Festival of Our Mother God.
The festival celebrates the ascent of maid to Heaven. Since Heaven is not only "upward" but "inward", the journey prefigured in the Rosa Mundi festival is also into "the innermost temple of your heart, whose form is the form of a rose".
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May Day is the Festival of the Queen of Heaven, celebrated with flowers and dancing and the coronation of the Queen of the May.
Queen of Heaven is an ancient title reflecting an archetypal reality that the human heart readily responds to. The image here is the Chinese Queen of Heaven, Mazu, who has statues and temples all over the world.
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May Day is the Festival of the Queen of Heaven, celebrated with flowers and dancing and the coronation of the Queen of the May.
Queen of Heaven is an ancient title reflecting an archetypal reality that the human heart readily responds to. The image here is the Chinese Queen of Heaven, Mazu, who has statues and temples all over the world.
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The Easter season covers the end of the year and the beginning of the new year – death and life, loss and restoration, sorrow and joy.
The Divine Maid dies on the Pillar of the World and the world she sustains begins to die too. This is expressed in a poignant Easter Hymn.
She is restored to life by the tears of Her Mother and Her return brings all nature back to life and restores the world.
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The Easter season covers the end of the year and the beginning of the new year – death and life, loss and restoration, sorrow and joy.
The Divine Maid dies on the Pillar of the World and the world she sustains begins to die too. This is expressed in a poignant Easter Hymn.
She is restored to life by the tears of Her Mother and Her return brings all nature back to life and restores the world.
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The Feast of Lights, also known as Luciad, celebrates the vow of the Daughter to take the light of the Divine even into the deepest and darkest places of manifestation. Candles and snowdrops are associated with the day, reminders of the Daughter's gentle light, which is also symbolized by the light of the moon.
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The Feast of Lights, also known as Luciad, celebrates the vow of the Daughter to take the light of the Divine even into the deepest and darkest places of manifestation. Candles and snowdrops are associated with the day, reminders of the Daughter's gentle light, which is also symbolized by the light of the moon.
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A Blessed Nativity to all!
The Mysteries of Nativity and of the Hearth are closely related and bound up with the Northern Gate of Heaven through which the Princess of the World enters our homes and hearts.
In this season, the Day of the Lady of the Hearth Fire comes a week after the celebration of the Birth of God the Daughter.
Read all about the Nativity season A Blessed Nativity to all!
The Mysteries of Nativity and of the Hearth are closely related and bound up with the Northern Gate of Heaven through which the Princess of the World enters our homes and hearts.
In this season, the Day of the Lady of the Hearth Fire comes a week after the celebration of the Birth of God the Daughter.
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The festivals of early winter pave the way for the celebration of the Nativity of God the Daughter.
The Commencement of the Advent sees the start of preparations for the season, while on the Feast of the Conception we contemplate the Mystery of the Daughter's coming.
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The festivals of early winter pave the way for the celebration of the Nativity of God the Daughter.
The Commencement of the Advent sees the start of preparations for the season, while on the Feast of the Conception we contemplate the Mystery of the Daughter's coming.
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While it is known especially for its tradition of pleasant frights - scarily carved pumpkins, ghost stories, witch costumes – the late-autumn festival of Tamala is a part of the Mysteries of Life season and concerns the end of life and the restarting of the cycle.
During the three-day festival, we remember the departed and look forward to eventual reunion - which is ultimately of course our reunion with the Spirit.
Read about the inner meaning of Tamala, the Feast of the Dead. While it is known especially for its tradition of pleasant frights - scarily carved pumpkins, ghost stories, witch costumes – the late-autumn festival of Tamala is a part of the Mysteries of Life season and concerns the end of life and the restarting of the cycle.
During the three-day festival, we remember the departed and look forward to eventual reunion - which is ultimately of course our reunion with the Spirit.
Read about the inner meaning of Tamala, the Feast of the Dead. 
Cuivanya, the Autumn Equinox festival, celebrates our Mother God as the Ground of All Being and the Source of All Life.
Divine Life is present throughout the cosmos, in all creation, and this autumnal equinox festival traditionally expresses that through the agricultural symbolism of the harvest, which is not simply a "metaphor" but a ritual in the fullest and deepest sense of the word.
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 Source of All Life.
Divine Life is present throughout the cosmos, in all creation, and this autumnal equinox festival traditionally expresses that through the agricultural symbolism of the harvest, which is not simply a "metaphor" but a ritual in the fullest and deepest sense of the word.
Read about the inner meaning of the Feast of Divine Life 
The Mysteries of Life season opens with Chelanya, often called the Golden Festival, which celebrates regeneration. The principal symbol of the festival is grain of all kinds, cut down to rise again in the cycle of time.
The image shows the Slavic Great Mother Makosha or Mokosh who is strongly associated with the Mysteries of Life.
Read more about Chelanya, the Golden Festival
The Mysteries of Life season opens with Chelanya, often called the Golden Festival, which celebrates regeneration. The principal symbol of the festival is grain of all kinds, cut down to rise again in the cycle of time.
The image shows the Slavic Great Mother Makosha or Mokosh who is strongly associated with the Mysteries of Life.
Read more about Chelanya, the Golden Festival 
The Rose of the World festival, Rosa Mundi, begins the Fire and Rose season.
It is a time when the veil between the worlds is thin and magic is all around.
This festival is especially associated with the soul's quest for union with the Spirit our Mother.
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The Rose of the World festival, Rosa Mundi, begins the Fire and Rose season.
It is a time when the veil between the worlds is thin and magic is all around.
This festival is especially associated with the soul's quest for union with the Spirit our Mother.
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