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Winter Solstice – Sun’s Nesting Day I – VI: remember
II see Sun standing stillA shadow to follow on the face of my wallI mark the placeDay in, Day outOver years.I follow Sun passing throughA late rising farther in the southeastA fast setting farther southwestI mark her coming and going in the white snow blanketWith the shadows of TreeExpectation in heart of There She Comes!I Continue reading
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Fire
One of the initiations I was put through was with Fire. Bright oneInitiatorYears of tendingSitting quietlyFeedingNot asking – Christiana aro-harle, 10/2025 I have a theory which goes like this. Bear with me. Once upon a time folk in the non-animistic, non-indigenous lands stopped feeding Fire. Oh, they fed alright. Bits of paper with things they Continue reading
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More Deer Mother and Mother Sun on this Winter Solstice
The sun rises in the east. The place of beginnings. And at this time She arises in the south east (Finland), travels low in the sky. And for three days she stands still – or rather the Earth’s position is in a place of the big inhale! And the exhale will be on the third… Continue reading
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The Thing with Ceremony
Why am I special? I am not. What is real ceremony? You are in the center You are the one giving A place of honour A place of sacrifice You always have a payment There is a cost for being In the centre of ceremony To being the main dancer To be the main story Continue reading
Christiana Aro-Harle 