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Spring, Spring Has Come!
Greetings all, readers! It is finally the Spring Equinox, also known in Germanic traditions as Ostara (from which the name Easter derives, though not the holiday). Either regarded as the start of spring or its midpoint, the Spring Equinox is widely regarded around the world as an important occasion for when the days begin to grow longer than the nights and the natural world begins to blossom in full.
As we always do we’ve gathered all of our related posts as well as those from around the internet we thought you might enjoy . We hope you have a great time this spring!
-Aryós Héngwis
Ostara/Easter Posts:
- Colleen DuVall. “An Ostara Birthday”
- Steven Posch. “Flower of Trees”
- Steven Posch. “Ghost Eggs”
- Aquarian Tabernacle Church. “Keeper of the Memories”
- Steven Posch. “Lose the Chocolate”
- Steven Posch. “Oh Happy Day”
- Joanna van der Hoeven. “Ostara”
- Arwen Lynch. “Ostara 2019″
- Steven Posch. “Rethinking the Ostara Hare”
Spring/Vernal Equinox Posts:
- Laura Perry. “The Equinoxes in Modern Minoan Paganism”
- Meredith Everwhite. “Full Moon Equinox”
- The Cunning Wife. “Silence Before Dawn”
- We’Moon. “Spring Equinox”
- Jude Lally. “Who Extends a Hand (and Invites You out of the Cave)?”
- Karen Clark. “Your Spiritual Evolution”
Light & Life Posts:
- Steven Posch. “Crown of Light”
- Kathy Crabbe. “Dragonfly Delite Oracle”
- Taylor Ellwood. “Letting Go and Passing On”
- Molly. “The Sanctuary of Each Other”
Nature & Fertility Posts:
- Meredith Everwhite. “The Incredible, Elemental Egg”
- Steven Posch. “Kiss the Earth”
- Candise. “The Pregnant Pause after Imbolc”
- Rachel Patterson. “Symbols in Nature and Sacred Geometry”
Spring Posts:
- Erin Lale. “April and May 2019 Heathen and Asatru Holidays”
- Mark Green. “Burgeoning”
- Nicole Kapise-Perkins. “The Child’s Season”
- Nimue Brown. “Emerging from Hibernation”
- Bee Smith. “Magic and Paradigm Shifts”
- Sandra Kynes. “The Magical Month of Alder.”
Cool Stuff We Found:
- 3 Steps to Making Friends with Yourself
- 7 Sci-Fi Stories That Imagine a Better World
- All the Pancakes and Parties of Maslenitsa
- California Is Drought Free for the First Time in Over 7 Years
- Democrats Want Any Infrastructure Bill to Address Climate Change
- Equinox Supermoon and More Can't Miss Sky Shows in March
- How Long Can You Wait to Have a Baby?
- In Season 2, American Gods Has Fallen on Hard Times
- Lantern Festival
- Magic Light in Iceland
- March Pagan Festivals & Conferences
- On New Zealand and Dehumanization
- Ostara Honey Cake
- Ostara Mood Board
- Ostara Ritual
- Si Thep Park Worth Far More than Petroleum
- Some Pretty Corcus Flowers
- Tanakaeitaro
- Ty Capel
- We Asked Doctors Every Question This Queer Couple Has About Getting Pregnant
- What Is Your Favorite Piece of Pop Culture That You Associate with Spring
- Wonderfully Hekatean Ways to Celebrate Spring
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Monday, 25 March 2019
You're welcome, Arwen!
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What a great list! Thanks for doing this.