Winter Appreciate Before Winter Comes- December 2023

Honoring Darkness, Holidays, Upcoming Courses, Meditation, Writing Update, & so much more!

Dec 08, 2023

Good afternoon!

Do you, like me, treasure this dark time of the year? Last weekend my world was shrouded in fog. I could not see the marshes across the sound and the great blue heron’s squawk was muffled in grayness. There was no twilight, the fog deepened into night. In the busyness of the coming holidays, I rejoiced for a moment’s reprieve into silence.

I have learned to winter-appreciate before winter comes.

I love these days of lead and nights without stars when hot tea and a good book are comfort. I appreciate the time to reflect and write. I listen to music without words – Gregorian chants and Celtic harps are my winter soundtracks.

While I honor the darkness, I also celebrate the coming light at Winter Solstice. On that day, December 21 this year, as the world shifts ever so slightly toward summer in the northern hemisphere, most world beliefs honor the arrival of light in some way. I cherish this common ground among so many of us. I look forward to rituals with friends and families of many faiths over the holidays.

My latest creative nonfiction work, Takin’ Up a Poundin’, pays tribute to my family, winter, and holiday traditions. It’s published in Salvation South (so hope you’ll become a member!) Click here to read it.

https://www.salvationsouth.com/takin-up-a-poundin-christmas-story-deb-bowen/

Mary Shelley Follow-up

In my November newsletter, I told you how Mary Shelley came to me in a dream, offering to help with my writing (odd I know, but I’m happy for assistance however it comes!). My writing is going well, so I’m grateful!

A newsletter subscriber from Cornwall wrote to tell me he’d visited the place where Shelley wrote most of Frankenstein. I’ve received responses from lots of you expressing your thoughts, so please know I’m always excited to hear from you. And cheers to the writing muses, whoever they may be!

Meditation Thoughts

I offer you this month my meditation entitled “Winter Appreciate Before Winter Comes” I hope you enjoy it!

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If you missed my last newsletter, you can read it here.

Help From Mary Shelley-November-2023

UPCOMING Course!

A note about my relationship with Tarot: Tarot is so much more than a divination method. Its history reaches back so far that we don’t know its origins. Tarot has been used to relay messages between royal courts, to hide legends and teachings in plain sight, and to offer us metaphors for our personal life lessons and journeys. My deep respect for Tarot crosses many boundaries, but my deepest gratitude is the way in which world beliefs, mythologies, cultures, and history join together in the images and meanings of the keys to guide our paths today. I so hope you’ll begin your Tarot journey to yourself in this course.

Unlocking the Mysteries of Tarot

Three-Session Course Taught on Zoom
Tuesdays, January 9, 16, 23, 2024

Afternoon or Evening Sections Available

https://debbowen.com/product-category/new-category/

If you long to truly begin your journey into the depth and symbolism of Tarot, this introductory course is for you! I’ve been reading and teaching Tarot for nearly 40 years, and have taught hundreds to read Tarot.

You CAN interpret the symbolism of Tarot, and my intensive Unlocking the Mysteries of Tarot course teaches you how to begin your lifetime relationship with this oracle! True Tarot brings together symbolism from many world beliefs, mythologies, and cultures, and these serve as the foundation for your work.

You’ll be introduced in this intensive three-session course to:

The history of Tarot and why it matters in your readings now
The ethics of reading Tarot
How to work with the Major Arcana cards (called keys)
How to work with the Minor Arcana keys
How to interpret reversed keys
Symbolism from Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Celtic, Roman, Greek, and Egyptian beliefs and cultures throughout the keys
How to work with the Four Directions and Four Elements in Tarot symbolism
How key colors impact your interpretation
How numerology relates to Tarot meanings
How to create and interpret a three-key spread
How to create and interpret a Celtic Cross spread

AND MUCH MORE!!!

Writing Update

Click on the links below to read my most recent works in Salvation South:

“Takin’ Up a Poundin’”
https://www.salvationsouth.com/takin-up-a-poundin-christmas-story-deb-bowen/

“Tidal Wave Terror”
https://www.salvationsouth.com/ground-truth-from-the-climate-reckoning-janisse-ray/

“Where I’m From: Seven Decades in Seven Scenes”
https://www.salvationsouth.com/where-im-from-seven-decades-in-seven-scenes-deb-bowen-poem/

“Mending Nets”
https://www.salvationsouth.com/mending-nets-north-carolina-barrier-island/?mc_cid=c4bb217ffc&mc_eid=fae2a9a622

“A Talisman for Poseidon”
https://www.salvationsouth.com/a-talisman-from-poseidon-hurricane-donna-1960/

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Just One More Thing Before You Go

“My father tried to teach me to find common ground and light within everyone I meet. Searching for that light within others and myself has led me to one of the reasons I so love the December holidays. I love the symbolism of light that threads through so many world beliefs.” -Takin’ Up A Poundin’

Thank you!