Moonrise Herbs Blog — moonrise herbs

Here we are...almost at midwinter...the point in the Wheel of the Year that marks a time of renewal for many cultures around the world.  Here in the Northern Hemisphere of the West, we are coming into the time  when we begin to feel the first stirrings of green life in the earth.  The pagan sabbat Imbolc (pronounced EE-MOLG, meaning "in the belly") is, like so many other festivals from nature-based spirituality: a rejoicing in the light/sun/flame that is so dear to us as a human species.  It is also a time to celebrate this first emergence of the green things, the animal...