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LGBTQIA Pagans mark Imbolc, Candlemas

04/02/2025

Pagan radio stations have been marking the festival of Imbolc, which in the Christian calendar is known as Candlemas or St Bride's Day.  LGBTQIA Pagan and New Age groups in particular have been celebrating this festival which marks the mid way point between Yuletide and the Spring Equinox.  In traditional terms, this festival is  -  according to the Goddess and Green Man bookstore in Glastonbury, "Imbolc, in the Celtic seasonal calendar marks the beginning of the lambing season and signals the beginning of Spring and the stirrings of new life. It is Feile Brighde, the 'quickening of the year'. The original word Imbolg means 'in the belly'. All is pregnant and expectant - and only just visible if at all, like the gentle curve of a 'just-showing' pregnancy. It is the promise of renewal, of hidden potential, of earth awakening and life-force stirring. 

Here is hope. We welcome the growth of the returning light and witness Life's insatiable appetite for rebirth...It is time to let go of the past and to look to the future, clearing out the old, making both outer and inner space for new beginnings. This can be done in numerous ways, from spring cleaning your home to clearing the mind and heart to allow inspiration to enter for the new cycle. "

https://www.goddessandgreenman.co.uk/

Bristol pagan bookstore:  https://thehauntedbookshop.co.uk/

Dutch pagan radio station:  https://ironwoodradio.com/

British pagan radio station:  https://wyldwood.org/

US based pagan radio station:  http://internationalpaganradio.com/

US based pagan radio station:  https://kpprradio.com/

Canadian based pagan radio station:  https://thecauldron.net/

French based pagan radio station:  https://paganradio.org/

Scottish based pagan radio station:  https://www.ravenscaveradio.com/

US based pagan radio station:  https://paganpublicradio.com/

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