The week centred on the Solstice is classically called the Saturnalia, culminating after seven days on the 25th. It is a time to honour the Lord of the Dark and the Cold. It is the bottom of the year, with no way to go but up from here. By New Year’s Day, everyone’s system will be feeling, somehow deeply seeing, the rise in light that greets the coming Spring. This is the seed, the foundation, for new growth. This is where it starts, each year. Give thanks, light a light or two, and enjoin this Festival of the Light.    more »