A "Creature Comfort" video to affirm, inspire, give context to, and, yes, comfort your creature self as you unplug from burnout and the life of a machine and remember how to be *alive* again.

We find ourselves at the cross-quarter threshold between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox - the beginning of the light half of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Celtic tradition, it’s marked in a harvest celebration known as Imbolc (Imbolg) which translates out to “in the belly” - a nod to the beginning of the lambing season and the stirrings beginning in the pregnant belly of the Earth. It’s also a time to celebrate the transition (or, in some stories, the rebirth) from the Cailleach of winter to Brigid - the goddess of the light half of the year and the one to offer healing, protection of hearth and home, protection of lambs, and guidance in poetry and smithcraft. (And - I forgot to say this in the video, but she’s also credited with being the one to bring keening - the lamenting sound of grief and praise - to the Irish and Scottish people.)

There are many folk traditions you can probably find from your ancestral traditions to ritually mark this time of year. But here are some of my thoughts, not necessarily on specific traditions, but more on the spiritual and symbolic significance of this moment in time for our creature selves as we aim to shift to a more ancestral, animist perspective on the world.

Any thoughts or impressions in response to this video? You’re welcome to drop ‘em below!

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