The Reason for the Season

I come to this blog post with only a small semblance of what I am going to write. I am only armed with a dream I had last night and an overwhelming love for God/dess. Yes, I do write it like that, with the slash. It doesn't look all too holy, but it makes sense to me. The God and Goddess are separate, but one.

I am often blessed with vivid dreams. I can't describe the joy that dreams bring me, even the scary ones. To have a sanctuary of night where reality falls away is one of my most prized gifts. I think I always knew my dreams made me something of a Witch. I never had dreams about heaven or any of it's angelic inhabitants, I never had dreams about jesus, but I have always had dreams about open meadows, bonfires, horned men, and strong women with swollen bellies. Always, in this dark month, I rely on my dreams to get me through this tough time.

My dreams seem to parallel the turning of the wheel.

For instance, in December and as we get closer to Yule, I often have dreams of pregnancy and babies. These are my favorite dreams. and let me tell you in dreamland, anyway, I make some damn cute babies. And that is what the season is about, birth and renewal. i don't care what religion or tradition you follow, they are all centered around this one idea. We light candles and sing songs to cast light and joy into the dark winter, we remind ourselves that the night is darkest just before the dawn. Sometimes it seems backwards for me to celebrate the longest night of the year, as I have a turbulent relationship with darkness. But this is indeed the most wonderful time of the year. Soon the sun king will be born again and grow in strength. It wont last much longer. Even now, as the nights only grow longer and colder, The Goddess is preparing for her delivery of her Sun.

Yule teaches me that winter should not be feared. Even though it seems like the landscape is dead and lifeless, it is not. Now is the time when life retreats into itself to hibernate and incubate and reflect on the year past. It is the quiet time, the time where your life is reflected in ice for you to study.

All we have to do is wait.