We have arrived at a wonderful moment in the long arc of winter. It’s the quickening time. The lambs are ready to be born, the candles are being blessed, the Earth is preparing to wake up.

Analysis: Connections to Brigit, spring, cattle and animal husbandry show why so much of the material around Imbolc has become conflated over the centuries Imbolc or Imbolg (amongst many spellings of ...

New beginnings and the approach of spring feature in Imbolc, a traditional Gaelic festival. Marking the halfway point between the winter solstice and spring equinox, the annual celebration falls on ...

(RNS) — Brigid means many things to many people. To Catholics, she’s St. Brigid of Kildare, one of the patron saints of Ireland. To voudoun practitioners, she’s Maman Brigitte. To Wiccans and many ...

Snow torches representing the return of the sun are used in a symbolic battle against winter in Huddersfield, England, in February of 2012. Getty Images/Bethany Clarke While some Americans looked to ...

Snow torches representing the return of the sun are used in a symbolic battle against winter in Huddersfield, England, in February of 2012. Getty Images/Bethany Clarke Pagans across the world are ...