I grew up in Indiana where we didn't do it for the first 16 years or so of my life. I hate it and it messes me up. But I was thinking about one of your essays recently where you talked about clock time and capitalism having to inure us to clock time...and then I realized that part of the reason it messes me up so much is actually because I am so inured to the clock. If I were in sync with the Sun then it wouldn't matter so much what the clock said.
As a Southern Hemispherean, I notice a tendency of some Northern Hemisphereans to speak as if their seasons are universal. (Here, we are going into Autumn.) Weirdly, too, in the Antipodes Northern Festivals such as Christmas and Easter are celebrated arse-backwards, in the opposite seasons to their original ones, which I feel is bad magic. One thing I love about Equinoxes is that they are a kind of meeting in the middle: the Northern and Southern Hemisphere briefly equalise, with a mirrored set of day and night lengths, before swinging away from each other again.
I'm so looking forward to the course, which I enrolled in on an Impulse just after my partner died. Even the moon gazing homework has been enormously helpful in experiencing my grief and accepting it as a normal part of life, if a very painful one.
To anyone else who hasn't decided yet, join me on the journey. (I may have to miss a bit as I'm off camping for the Australian Easter, in a down to earth festival, but I'm sure I'll still be able to do the reading and homework. )
So choose for yourself, even if you've been pagan for years and done heaps of other courses. Let's learn from Rhyd and each other.
Do you have any thoughts on Daylight Saving Time?
I grew up in Indiana where we didn't do it for the first 16 years or so of my life. I hate it and it messes me up. But I was thinking about one of your essays recently where you talked about clock time and capitalism having to inure us to clock time...and then I realized that part of the reason it messes me up so much is actually because I am so inured to the clock. If I were in sync with the Sun then it wouldn't matter so much what the clock said.
Happy Equinox Rhyd!
As a Southern Hemispherean, I notice a tendency of some Northern Hemisphereans to speak as if their seasons are universal. (Here, we are going into Autumn.) Weirdly, too, in the Antipodes Northern Festivals such as Christmas and Easter are celebrated arse-backwards, in the opposite seasons to their original ones, which I feel is bad magic. One thing I love about Equinoxes is that they are a kind of meeting in the middle: the Northern and Southern Hemisphere briefly equalise, with a mirrored set of day and night lengths, before swinging away from each other again.
Another illuminating and wonderful post, you've led a well travelled and awesome life Rhyyd. Happy Vernal Equinox
I'm so looking forward to the course, which I enrolled in on an Impulse just after my partner died. Even the moon gazing homework has been enormously helpful in experiencing my grief and accepting it as a normal part of life, if a very painful one.
To anyone else who hasn't decided yet, join me on the journey. (I may have to miss a bit as I'm off camping for the Australian Easter, in a down to earth festival, but I'm sure I'll still be able to do the reading and homework. )
So choose for yourself, even if you've been pagan for years and done heaps of other courses. Let's learn from Rhyd and each other.