To celebrate the Winter Solstice I’ve been doing something a bit different for the month of December on this new podcast.
Inspired by the German Adventkranz I’ve been sharing a Winter Solstice Advent episode in the three Sundays leading up to the solstice ending with today’s final, gift of an episode.
In each episode I have shared moments of wonder from the four alchemical elements:
Fire - 21 December
Today’s final Solstice Advent episode explores the element of fire. If you want to learn more about human’s deep evolutionary relationship with fire I invite you to join The Wild Enchantment Club as the December member-only podcast episode explores this in greater depth (join us before 31 December 2024 to get 50% off for a year).
In this final episode I have created a beautiful Winter Solstice visualisation for you to enjoy.
May the Solstice be a reminder that the way we are forced to live our lives in Western Society is made up and that there are a million different ways to exist and be on this Earth; nature offers us a gentle act of resistance against relentless, endless extractive productivity.
Mentioned in the podcast:
The Wild Enchantment Club December Wonder Quest and Podcast Episode
Lynn CD. Hearth and campfire influences on arterial blood pressure: defraying the costs of the social brain through fireside relaxation. Evol Psychol. 2014 Nov 11;12(5):983-1003. doi: 10.1177/147470491401200509. PMID: 25387270; PMCID: PMC10429110.
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Please do share this episode with loved ones you know will enjoy it and I’d love to know how learning about air changes how you move through winter - let me know in the comments.
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As the world feels ever more tumultuous and divided pausing to marvel at a frost-covered leaf, to trace the paths of migrating birds, or to feel the quiet strength of ancient trees, is where we defy a hyper-individualised culture that devalues connection—to nature, to each other, and to ourselves - and instead turn our compass towards the beauty and wonder that inspires the more loving, just and rewilded world we are creating.
The first December wonder quest and podcast is already there for you - about gemütlichkeit and seeking out cosy animal dens.
I can’t wait to welcome you in.
Agnes x
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