SEASONAL WHEEL
THE OLD CALENDAR STILL TURNS. FOLLOW THE YEAR AS THE OLD WORLD KEPT IT.
Follow the turning of the year through old festivals, forgotten customs, seasonal folklore, and ritual practice. From first frost to firelit spring, each season carries its own magic—and its own ghosts.
Brigid, Fire & Sacred Flame: The Goddess Who Became a Saint and Never Stopped Being a Goddess
There is a flame in Kildare that has been burning for over a thousand years. A bishop extinguished it in the thirteenth century. The nuns relit it. The Brigidine Sisters relit it again in 1993. Brigid does not extinguish — and her fire, her wells, her crosses, and her mantle are still present in the world for those who know how to find them.