#SpringIsComing

[violetmoondaughter]

Blessed Imbolc 🕯🌱❄

Let's celebrate the first signs of spring that remind us that the end of winter is near. The days are getting longer and clearer day by day, the first flowers and buds are beginning to appear, and some birds are returning from migration. The last days of winter will be the sharpest, but we know that they are the last bastion of winter before spring and warm weather arrive.

Let's welcome the new energies, let's get rid of what no longer serves us and set our intentions for the months to come.

[grandboute]

Spring is coming

[andrei-grigorev]

Larch blossom

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[sciamaria]

[noitakuvia]

[jenwien]

보호색을 띈 생물체, 봄의 신호를 알리는 표식들. 소나무가 이렇게 입을 내다니, 귀여운 블룸이다. 높지 않지만 오랫만에 오른 앞산 기울기에 퍽이나 숨이 찬 내 육체. 오르는 내내 내 심장소리 밖에 안들리고 목표구간에서 누웠을때 뇌까지 흔들리는 하이텐션. 온전히 오르는것에 몰두하기에 심장소리가 더없이 쿵쾅거렸다.

겨울의 흔적이 녹아 질퍽이는 산책로. ���름엔 그렇게 무성하기 짝이 없어 혼자 오르면 다소 경계되던 수풀 공간도 겨울엔 그저 벌거벗은, 힘빠진 모습이랄까. 사계절이 인생에 비유되는게 어쩌면 당연한 이치인 것을. 겨울은 그래서 포근하기도 하고 모든 발가벗긴체 혹독한 시련을 주는듯하다. 겨울의 양면. 곧, 미나리아재풀도 볼 수 있겠지. 온 생명이 만물하는 봄은 그래서 기다려진다.. 얼마나 형형색색 찬란한 봄을 데려올까 말이다.

[lebn]

[twistedkittyart]

Imbolc Blessings!

Imbolc falls exactly halfway between the Winter Solstice (Yule) and the Spring Equinox (Ostara). Daylight is getting longer and early signs of spring are on the way.

Some celebration ideas include: - Going for a walk to spot the first signs of spring. - Lighting a candle to honour the growing light. - Crafting a Brigids Cross. - Write some intentions, goals for the year ahead. - Planting seeds as a symbols of new beginnings and fertility. - Have a spring clean and removing negative energy.

We have had a clear out at home today and taken some old things to the recycling centre and tonight I will be lighting some candles.

[rh-naturestyles]

Die Natur erwacht wieder 😊🌱☀️🌷...

[maenillustrates]

✨🌷The Spring Goddess 🌷✨

Growing up, my family celebrated the Spring Equinox by decorating eggs and leaving gifts to welcome the goddess as she brought the new season 🌸 Happy Spring! 🌱

[calochortus]

Spring II - Meimei 🌸 by Arengil Tajedinápravá Via Flickr: with owners Belle Jingly and Kvicka

[violetmoondaughter]

Spring equinox in ancient Greek religion signed the return of Persephone on earth and her reunification with her mother Demeter after the long winter period spent in the underworld.

Two were the main celebrations held in honor of Persephone during the spring season:

The Lesser Eleusinian Mysteries

The Lesser Mysteries were held annually in Agrae, on the banks of the Ilissos River and served as a preparatory initiation for participants who wished to undergo the Greater Mysteries in Eleusis later in autumn. These rites took place in the month of Anthesterion (February-March), traditionally lasting three days.

While the Greater Mysteries were focused on the myth of Demeter and Persephone, the Lesser Mysteries are believed to be mainly focused on Persephone, centering on purification and preparation. The three days ritual included

Purification and Sacrifices: Participants in the Lesser Mysteries would bathe in the sacred water of Ilissos River as a symbolic purification to cleanse themselves physically and spiritually. Pigs were sacrificed because of their association with Demeter and fertility, symbolizing the renewal of the individual. This act was intended to wash away any ritual impurity, making the initiates spiritually clean before they could engage in the more profound rites at Eleusis.

Mythic Reenactments and Instruction: Purification rites relate to the Katabasis, the descent into the underworld. This served as an allegory for the preparation needed before encountering divine truth. Initiates might have participated in reenactments or symbolically relived aspects of Persephone’s journey to the underworld.

Initiation: The Eleusinian mysteries were a cult related to eschatology and fertility, so initiates could be initiated on this occasion into the idea of life after death and perhaps it was an opportunity for young girls to be informed about the mysteries of marriage and sexuality.

As with the other celebrations of the Cult of Demeter and Persephone the rituals refer to the main aspects of worship: Eschatology, Women's Initiation and Agrarian Cycle.

Anthesphoria

Anthesphoria was a flower-festival, principally celebrated in Sicily, in honor of Persephone, in commemoration of her return to her mother in the beginning of spring. It consisted in gathering flowers and twining garlands, as the goddess did in the myth when she was carried off by Hades. The women themselves gathered the flowers for the garlands which they wore on the occasion. Anthesphoria were also solemnized in honor of other deities, especially Hera at Argos and Aphrodite at Cnossus, both under the name Antheia. Antheia has been compared with Flora the Roman deity, as the anthesphoria have been with the Roman festival of the Floralia.

The festival was in honor of Demeter and Kore as the two goddesses of poppy, flowers, spring, renewal and fertility.

[andrei-grigorev]

Rebirth

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[katerynakole]

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[mary-wet]

So langsam wird es doch mit dem Frühlingswetter, wünsche euch ne schöne Woche ☀️🌸