Omen Days & Solstice Rays | S6 Ep39

About this episode

The episode explores the significance of the winter solstice and the Christmas story, alongside practices for reflection and preparation for the new year.

Write Your Book With Us In 2026 The Authors’ Knot Program , February - November 2026 Registration is open now for our intimate 10-month online writing program for thought leaders, memoirists, novelists. and heart-led visionaries working on a book or another “big project.” Learn more and apply to join the Authors’ Knot. OUR STORY It’s the winter solstice in the northern part of the globe. Christmas is just days away. This time of year is so steeped in story. Our culture is shaped by the nativity story in so many ways. And yet, we’re shaped by the storyless mysteries too, like the 5000 year old passage tomb of Newgrange which was built to capture the rising sun on the Winter Solstice. Sitting with these two late December phenomena, the story of Bethlehem and the alignment of Newgrange, I invite you to consider Omen Days and the 12 Rays of Solstice, two practices that can help you reflect and prepare for the new year. IN THIS EPISODE The Christmas story describing the birth of Christ endures because it’s the foundation of a faith, but also because it contains the elements of a good story Calm Tóibín’s novella The Shortest Day , a fictional account of the modern discovery of the…

People in this episode

Host: Marisa Goudy

Topics covered

• winter solstice
• Christmas story
• Omen Days
• Newgrange
• storytelling
• reflection
• new year preparation

Keywords

• winter solstice
• Christmas
• Omen Days
• Newgrange
• storytelling
• reflection
• new year

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Shortest Day

Places: Newgrange

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