We are about to enter one of the times of year I find most joyous as spring fully emerges. Plants start to shoot up through the ground and the incredible wildflowers we have in the UK bring so much vibrant beauty back into the landscapes. Animals re-emerge and the light of the day increases bringing with it the promise of summer. Celebrating the Equinox is something myself and Josh have marked for a number of years with many others who gather all around the UK. It feels like a nod to our heritage, a reminder of our part within the cycles of nature and it offers us a moment to remember our place as humans away from the modern world.
Even when we spent time in the Southern Hemisphere, both of us felt we never shifted out of the Northern seasons.
In the UK we have been agricultural people for far longer than we have been technological.
For a long time our ancestors walked this land not separate from it but as a part of the Earth, we saw intelligence in the entire world around us - from the growth of crops to the fertility of the soil and the movement of the sun. We were deeply embedded in life, there was no intent to dominate nature, rather an effort to work with her and foster a symbiotic relationship in which we understood our place.
Throughout the year, celebrations marking the changing seasons were a way of engaging with, honouring and reminding us of our connection with them. Equinox is a mid point, where there is an equal balance of light and dark, day and night. As we are in many ways a mirror image of the natural world, it lets us know about the season we are about to enter into... we have come through this very long winter and are stepping out into a time of renewal, life and movement.
Despite the modern world pulling us away from nature at every turn, people still gather in reverence and acknowledgements of these natural events.
Celebrating the turning of the wheel is a welcome reminder that we are not above nature, despite the modern worlds constant productivity demands this is not natural a state for us to be in. There are gifts in times of slowness, introspection and inner work just as there are times where the warmth of the sun calls our inner most being out of the wintery cave we have been hermit within - and we step out into the world once more.
- Izzi
Even when we spent time in the Southern Hemisphere, both of us felt we never shifted out of the Northern seasons.
In the UK we have been agricultural people for far longer than we have been technological.
For a long time our ancestors walked this land not separate from it but as a part of the Earth, we saw intelligence in the entire world around us - from the growth of crops to the fertility of the soil and the movement of the sun. We were deeply embedded in life, there was no intent to dominate nature, rather an effort to work with her and foster a symbiotic relationship in which we understood our place.
Throughout the year, celebrations marking the changing seasons were a way of engaging with, honouring and reminding us of our connection with them. Equinox is a mid point, where there is an equal balance of light and dark, day and night. As we are in many ways a mirror image of the natural world, it lets us know about the season we are about to enter into... we have come through this very long winter and are stepping out into a time of renewal, life and movement.
Despite the modern world pulling us away from nature at every turn, people still gather in reverence and acknowledgements of these natural events.
Celebrating the turning of the wheel is a welcome reminder that we are not above nature, despite the modern worlds constant productivity demands this is not natural a state for us to be in. There are gifts in times of slowness, introspection and inner work just as there are times where the warmth of the sun calls our inner most being out of the wintery cave we have been hermit within - and we step out into the world once more.
- Izzi