Wishing you all a blessed Epiphany!

Dear Readers,

Yule and Nativity are complete. It was a time of family and rest for my household. I spent my days working on my embroidery and my evenings doing crochet and meditating. I have one last bit of my embroidery to finish up and I think I'll have it done by this evening's end, if my children let me.

Advent was a challenging time for me. Partly because of my ongoing struggle with seasonal affective disorder caused depression and partly because of the enormous amount of effort was put in to prepare for the holidays. I also have been struggling with my computer and only recently gotten things back into some semblance of order. The manuscripts I was working on over October and November were put on hold. Now that the season of rest and celebration has passed, I am picking up the pen again.

It will be a little bit rocky as I try to get back into the swing of daily posting even as I am catching up on essentially two weeks worth of housework. I put my faith into the gods that they will guide and help me going forward as they always have.

Some of my posts going forward are going to be a bit different from past content. In some ways, I am going back to my roots. In others, I am revealing things that I have kept quiet because of my uncertainty and tendency towards being a somewhat shy and retiring individual. Still, there are things burning on my breast that I must express. I'm performing divination to determine if a few specific taboos have been lifted. If they have been, I will be explaining some things about my personal theology that are more than a little off the beaten path.

I hope that you will join me for the adventure of 2020 and that the holy mysteries continue to bring you comfort during the times of challenge that arise.

Wishing a blessed Epiphany to you.

Dear Reader,

I sincerely wish you and yours a blessed Epiphany day. And a happy New Year to all of you who are not celebrating Epiphany. Within Filianism, Epiphany is the day of the revelation of the Daughter in her Mother's arms. It is the final celebration of the Nativity season. It is also the Name Day of the Daughter, for the scriptures read that the Mother pronounces:

Her Name shall be called Inanna
For She shall be Lady of Heaven.

It has been a challenging season for myself and my family. Illness has been making the rounds and proving difficult to shake. At the same time, however, there has been a good deal of peace and calmness to our Nativity/Yule celebration that may have helped everyone get better a little faster.

Epiphany is a Greek word that means revelation of something that was hidden. In modern common usage within then English language, epiphany continues to retain that meaning but has also acquired the meaning of sudden insight and understanding. It is my hope that epiphany day has not only brought upon us the blessings of knowing Dea more fully through the Daughter but a sense of insight and understanding of the goodness within humanity through Dea. For the scriptures teach that the human heart is a microcosm of the universe and Dea is present within us as well. May it be that the light of epiphany allow us to see Dea's presence in others and honor her in all ways.

Wishing you a blessed Epiphany.

From Here

Today is the Filianic feast of Epiphany. In ancient days, the celebration of the maiden goddess Kore happened approximately this time of the year. Kore, like the aspect of Dea known as the Maiden or Anna (others within the Filianic and related community know her by the name Inanna and consider both names to be related), is the daughter of the mother goddess and was celebrated as being revealed to the faithful at this time.

Epiphany comes this year on one of the coldest days of the winter thus far. Within the warm confines of my home, I find myself drawn to gratitude for the blessings that surround me and how this good shows forth the goodness of Dea. It is the final celebration of the Nativity season and one of the first of the new calendar year. I look to the Maiden, who is revealed to us in her mother's arms, and feel hope for the coming spring.

May it be that the light kindled in the Mother's arms shines upon you in warmth and love.