The Ghost Tree & Happy Autumn Equinox!
π Hello autumn! π
My brand new book, "The Ghost Tree", is out now! A huge thank you to everyone who has supported and encouraged me leading up to its release today! It's the second book in "The Ghost Legends" series for children, following "The Ghost Train". I'm very excited to hear what you think of it!
Not only that, today is the Autumn Equinox (in the Northern Hemisphere) and the official beginning of my favourite season. The Wheel of the Year continues to turn, this equinox marking the gateway into the darker half of the year, a time for reflection and gratitude, celebrating the harvest and preparing for winter.
Modern Pagans and Wiccans celebrate today as Mabon - named after the Welsh god and hero, son of Modron (the Welsh Mother Earth goddess). According to Celtic mythology, Mabon was kidnapped as a baby and spirited down into the Underworld (reminiscent of the springtime Greek myth of Persephone); and would in later years go on to be one of King Arthur's knights.
Spooky season has now fully begun. It's really no coincidence that we associate both darkness and spirituality with this time of year, both literally and figuratively, as we begin our approach to Samhain and the end of the year; and, from there, to Yule and the beginning of a new one. From today, the hours of darkness will grow longer, the chill in the air sharper, and we'll begin to hear the whispers on the wind. Time to light a candle, snuggle under blankets with a warm drink, listen to the rain outside and escape into ghost stories and spooky movies.
I have always felt a deep affinity with this time of year - often when I feel at my most peaceful, my most creative. Autumn is, after all, the season of the soul.
My brand new book, "The Ghost Tree", is out now! A huge thank you to everyone who has supported and encouraged me leading up to its release today! It's the second book in "The Ghost Legends" series for children, following "The Ghost Train". I'm very excited to hear what you think of it!
Not only that, today is the Autumn Equinox (in the Northern Hemisphere) and the official beginning of my favourite season. The Wheel of the Year continues to turn, this equinox marking the gateway into the darker half of the year, a time for reflection and gratitude, celebrating the harvest and preparing for winter.
Modern Pagans and Wiccans celebrate today as Mabon - named after the Welsh god and hero, son of Modron (the Welsh Mother Earth goddess). According to Celtic mythology, Mabon was kidnapped as a baby and spirited down into the Underworld (reminiscent of the springtime Greek myth of Persephone); and would in later years go on to be one of King Arthur's knights.
Spooky season has now fully begun. It's really no coincidence that we associate both darkness and spirituality with this time of year, both literally and figuratively, as we begin our approach to Samhain and the end of the year; and, from there, to Yule and the beginning of a new one. From today, the hours of darkness will grow longer, the chill in the air sharper, and we'll begin to hear the whispers on the wind. Time to light a candle, snuggle under blankets with a warm drink, listen to the rain outside and escape into ghost stories and spooky movies.
I have always felt a deep affinity with this time of year - often when I feel at my most peaceful, my most creative. Autumn is, after all, the season of the soul.
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