{"id":9334,"date":"2014-01-01T01:10:42","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T06:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=9651"},"modified":"2014-01-01T20:11:32","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T01:11:32","slug":"interweavings-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2014\/01\/01\/interweavings-39\/","title":{"rendered":"Interweavings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0December in our Book of Seasons<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Winter is my favorite season of the year.\u00a0 Shorter days and longer nights are the in-breath of the year\u2019s cycle.\u00a0 Now we can pause amid the flurry of busy-ness and remember the deep connection to all of the elements as each can be clearly viewed at this time of year.\u00a0 Pay attention to how earth, air, fire, water, and spirit show themselves to you in the dark of winter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Affirmation for December<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the darkness of winter I stand and illuminate this place as a beacon for others to remember that the Light shall return.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lights are everywhere in our environment.\u00a0 Light pollution is an actual problem!\u00a0 How, then, are we to fully experience the joy and mystery of winter?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A lovely way to honor winter\u2019s solstice is to use candlelight.\u00a0 Turn off electric lights and use oil lanterns and candles.\u00a0 Allow the darkness to surround you.\u00a0 Peace and quiet watching the dancing shadows is a nice way to spend an evening.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How does this season of winter show itself where you live?\u00a0 What gift does it bring?\u00a0 Create a collection in a basket or bowl of the gifts revealed by winter.\u00a0 This can be used on an altar or as decoration.\u00a0 How does the season affect your mood?\u00a0 What joy can be found for you to illuminate?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I send each of you Light and Love as the darkness enfolds us this winter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Brightest Blessings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0December in our Book of Seasons &nbsp; Winter is my favorite season of the year.\u00a0 Shorter days and longer nights are the in-breath of the year\u2019s cycle.\u00a0 Now we can pause amid the flurry of busy-ness and remember the deep connection to all of the elements as each can be clearly viewed at this time of year.\u00a0 Pay attention to how earth, air, fire, water, and spirit show themselves to you in the dark of winter. &nbsp; &nbsp; Affirmation for December &nbsp; In the darkness of winter I stand and illuminate this place as a beacon for others to remember that the Light shall return. &nbsp; &nbsp; Lights are everywhere in our environment.\u00a0 Light pollution is an actual problem!\u00a0 How, then, are we to fully experience the joy and mystery of winter? &nbsp; A lovely way to honor winter\u2019s solstice is to use candlelight.\u00a0 Turn off electric lights and use oil lanterns and candles.\u00a0 Allow the darkness to surround you.\u00a0 Peace and quiet watching the dancing shadows is a nice way to spend an evening. &nbsp; How does this season of winter show itself where you live?\u00a0 What gift does it bring?\u00a0 Create a collection in a basket or bowl of the gifts revealed by winter.\u00a0 This can be used on an altar or as decoration.\u00a0 How does the season affect your mood?\u00a0 What joy can be found for you to illuminate? &nbsp; &nbsp; I send each of you Light and Love as the darkness enfolds us this winter. &nbsp; Brightest Blessings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}