SPRING EQUINOX - First Day of Spring - Ostara (Pagan/Wiccan)
Video - Spring Equinox - Druid 1:57 minutes
Video - Spring Meditation 2:31 minutes
The Spring Equinox is one of four great solar festivals of the year. During the Spring Equinox and the Autumn Equinox, night and day are equal in length. These are important holy days and turnings in the Sacred Wheel of the Year for many, especially Pagans, Wiccans and Esotericists.
"To ripen as human beings, we must live in a way that roots us deeply in and of the Earth. To live in this way is a spiritual practice demanding our commitment and dedication."
- Kimmy K. Johnson, Ph.d., excerpt from an article "I Grow Old - An Elder In Training" on p. 37, Revision Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 1
Celebrating the Spring Equinox - Themes and traditions connected with the Spring Equinox, also known as the Vernal Equinox.
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SAINT CUTHBERT - Died March 20, 687 A.D. (Christian)
Abbot of Lindisfarne Abbey on Holy Island in Northumbria, England; Patron Saint of Northumbria; buried in Durham Cathedral, Durham, England
O ye larks that carol in the heavens,
O ye blackbirds that pipe at the dawning,
O ye pipits and wheatears,
O ye warblers and wrens that make the glens joyful with song
O ye bees that love the heather, bless ye the Lord.
O ye primroses and bluebells,
O ye flowerets that gem the marsh with colour
O ye golden flags that deck Columba's Bay with glory, bless ye the Lord.
O ye piled rocks fashioned by Nature's might thro' myriad ages,
O ye majestic Bens of Mull,
O ye white sands and emerald shallows
O ye blue and purple deeps of ocean,
O ye winds and clouds, bless ye the Lord.
O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord, praise Him and magnify Him for ever.
- E.D. Sedding SSJE, Ascension Day 1047 p. 313-314, Celtic Daily Prayer, A Northumbrian Office, compiled by Andy Raine and John T. Skinner of the Northumbria Community.
The Northumbria Community gained far more recognition than they intended after publishing Celtic Daily Prayer, described by Richard J. Foster as "one of the best contemporary prayer books available."
Article: "The Spirituality of the Celtic Church" by Richard Woods
