Day: December 23, 2016
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December 23, 2016
Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post.
We have just passed the 2016 Winter Solstice. The longest night and coldest temperatures often derive strong images of sadness or death. These are the days of greatest darkness, and yet, for all the dark, we also find hope for the coming of the light. Small cycles often represent much larger cycles, more difficult to coherently map out.
The larger picture includes,