Winter's End

Celebrates the Contract of Faith as a threshold and gateway holiday lighting the way for Spring's arrival, and preparing for the Ever-Returning Light.

Now is the time to get ready for the warmth's return, and for the new life and new energy that it brings to the world; the natural energies at this time of the year are directed toward clearing, planning, and recharging, and it becomes the time to clean both physically from top to bottom- but also spiritually with cool water, bright fire, and sweet-smelling incense; here, we begin to decorate and set the stage for The Great Queen's return and the beginning of the Overworld cycle renewed.

Inspirations

The Wiccan and Eclectic NeoPagan pseudo-holiday of Ostara; Slavic Maslenitsa; purification emphasis and elements of the Slavic Ivanа-Kupala Night.

Associations