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I will occasionally Incorporate the Crone in my yule workings, since it is her time. Winter is also one of my favorite seasons, so occasionally I'll do some work to allow for better chances of snow to fall on the ground. That's about as far as I usually go.

I myself am a child of nature...and to me just as to nature, winter is a time of hibernation...well, nature never sleeps, but in winter, nature is not as active as for the rest of the year...neither am I. I tend to sleep a lot more (Just yesterday i slept for 20 hours LOL) and do less activities. It is a time for me to do some soul searching, put my mind to ease and let my old worries go. I am reborn as a renewed soul in the spring...that's when my element comes into it's full blossoming...I can start gardening again (My favourite activity and part of my magickal path) as I like to call it "Growing souls". My energy and motivation are at their highest point at that time that is why I Celebrate my own Holiday...I don't have a specific date for it, I celebrate it when I feel like nature has awakened again...
So another question that I would like to ask is:

What is the deepest connection that you share? If it's not too personal, I would love to hear it!

The deepest connection I would say I share is with the ocean its where I find it most peaceful its also a place I visualize a lot in meditations I also find it kind of ironic that I can't swim which I do hope to remedy one day.

I was actually just reading about Sedna there aswell, and I'm going write a post in a minute about her.
Hopefully everyone will find it helpful in one way or another :)


Love and Light

"I will occasionally Incorporate the Crone in my yule workings, since it is her time."

Do you have some kind of transformation from Crone to Mother in your rites? In some Trad Craft (traditions that celebrate the Winter Solstice that is as many don't bother), the sun is seen as a spirit waiting to be born at Imbolc, rather than being born at Yule, and the focus is upon the darker gods, such as Frau Holda and Grimmr. My other half and I have two main deities who change with the seasonal cycle and are very Winter Grove Goddess and Holly King at this time of year.


"What is the deepest connection that you share?"

To hearth and home. I have a connection to Hestia (despite her being a Greek goddess and not local at all) and it comes through in a need to feed people and be hospitable. I can't have children physically so I mother my friends and family.

Yes vixiana i do have a transformation from crone to maiden in my rites, but that usually doesn't take place until Imbolg for me. I try to work with the three aspects of the goddess as well as the god, whenever possible in my rites. I like a decent balance between both, I find it can help maintain a balance within the individual who follows this particular method, as they gain a deeper understanding of themselves as they go along. Just my observation/opinion