A Spiritual Lifestyle Journey
Last year, I learned that Canadians don’t celebrate with fireworks on new year’s eve. In Scandinavia, fireworks and champagne is the standard new year salute and it is such a natural part of my life that I had not even considered that other western countries might not have this tradition. In truth, I didn’t even…
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A few weeks ago, when I began to study the history of the Spring Equinox celebrations, I wad thrilled by the thought of a second “new year”. For me, Ostara came to symbolize the idea of a bonus start, a second chance to get the routines in order, start working on all the new projects…
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Books are wonderful teachers and cultural artifacts. It’s humbling to think about how the author has poured his or her mind, heart and soul into the pages, and how this soulful gift has then been wrapped in a protective cover that offers a glance into the book’s personality. In this series, I want to introduce you to…
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This week’s post is inspired by a string of words written by the Finnish-Swedish poet Edith Södergran. In one of her poems Södergran defines the concept of beauty in the following way: “Beauty is to go to war and to pursue happiness”. This provoking sentence offered me a strange sense of comfort as I…
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