Monday, November 29, 2021

Book Review: Inner Practices for the Twelve Nights of Yuletide by Anne Stallkamp and Werner Hartung.

 This reviewer received an ARC from the publisher.



Each year we are faced with choices at the holiday season. Seemingly we have to choose the happy and merry--party ‘til you drop--overspend on gifts version of Christmas, or to be a holiday grouch. This book calls us to a spiritual opportunity for Yule/Christmas.

The Capricorn (Winter in the Northern Hemisphere) Solstice commences the time between the Solar Year and the Lunar Year (The Lunar year is several days less than the 365.25 day Solar year as the 12 succeeding New or Full Moons occur in less time.) This interstitial time is the twelve days of Christmas you’ve heard about in the Christmas Carol.. The “Time Between the Years” might be considered a fifth season. They are days of reflection and days of prophecies for the coming year. The Year’s Great Pause begins at the Solstice on December 21 or 22. This book contains rituals and tasks for each of the 12 nights that allow us to heal old issues and more forward into a better year. This whole reflection can be in addition to a more commercial Christmas season, or instead of it. At end, the final night is a renewal that reintegrates with “normal life” on January 1 or 2.

If you are searching for the sacred during the holiday season, this book is for you!

Lalia Wilson

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