Spring!A relief from the winter cold, snow, and the introspective time of assessing where I am and what I need to do next.It’s about new beginnings and a fresh start.I’m sitting here laughing about this because here in Wisconsin we have four inches (more in some places) of snow on the ground.It is still snowing and they said it was supposed to stop by 8 this morning.We’re two hours past that.
Spring equinox is all about renewal, rebirth, coming alive again after the winter.The Persephone / Demeter story is one of the myths which is prominent for this time of year.Persephone returns to her mother and Demeter comes back to life with the return of her daughter.
Another few months pass and another festival graces our lives. This time, it's Imbolc (or Imbolg/Oimelc), a festival of spring and renewal with its origins among the ancient Celts (unless you're in the southern hemisphere, in which cases it's Lughnasadh!). In celebration of the holiday, we've gathered all of our Imbolc-related posts and put them in one big pile for your easy reading. I realize this is a bit late, but hopefully you'll still find something to appreciate in it!
May your spring be warm and bright and the remaining winter be easy in its passing!
Erin Lale
Fellow faculty at Harvard Divinity School posted an open letter to Wolpe in response to his article. It's available on this page, below the call for p...
Erin Lale
Here's another response. The Wild Hunt has a roundup of numerous responses on its site, but it carried this one as a separate article. It is an accoun...
Erin Lale
Here's another response. This one is by a scholar of paganism. It's unfortunately a Facebook post so this link goes to Facebook. She posted the text o...
