Greetings from EarthWays : December 2023

As we approach the Solstice and all the holidays that mark the return of the light and emergence from the dark, we send out our wishes, blessings, and prayers for each of you and for this weary, war-torn, painful, glorious, mysterious, and beautiful world.


Until we meet again, on the land next year in circle together, we hope you take time to walk in the rain, to smell the damp Bay trees, to gaze at the moon and cold winter sky, and to sing your blessings and prayers out in gratitude, humility, lament, and love. Your voice, your soul, your heart is needed, now, more than ever.


From all of us at EarthWays

"New Moon of Winter" a Tarot Card by Joanna Powell Colbert

joannapowellcolbert.com

Some of you may have seen her Gaia Tarot Deck

and The Herbcrafter's Tarot.

For your long-nights of winter viewing, here is an inspiring choice!

https://www.wildhope.tv


The stories of WILD HOPE feature inspiring individuals who found their path to action and are having real impact on our planet.

"The dark is subversive, wild, and feminine, like a voice echoing from the womb. It is a dream that reaches down into the sweet black and fertile earth and pulls up a sprig of new life, while the sun rises to meet us."


-Betsy Perluss, our colleague at the School of Lost Borders

As we bear witness to the wars and incredible suffering on earth right now, we are asked to bring light, and to stand by what we believe in, to stand for peace. This song asks us to declare that, with Melanie DeMore. It is like a mantra: " I WILL BE YOUR STANDING STONE"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YminLnyYU5w


In the stillness of the quiet, if we listen, we can hear the whisper of the heart giving strength to weakness, courage to fear, hope to despair.

Howard Thurman


Stay tuned ~ in January

We will send out list of

New Programs for 2024


We hope to see you soon