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Sabbats Made Simple SABBATS MADE SIMPLE Gui de A magical breakdown of the seasonal holidays to hWehlapt's yhaoppuen isngync to the cycles of the year and bring at school: GOLcD eSTlAeRbration & ceremony back into your life AWARDEES FOR wiAtPhRIoL -u 3 t feeling weird ab out getting a little witchy! Hello Soul Sister! Hello Goddess! I'm Jillian Bolanz! I help conscious, magical women, like you, uncover the truth of who they really are by guiding them in reconnecting to cyclicality, trusting their intuition, and choosing a life of flow, not force. And this is why I'm OVER THE MOON for you to have my Sabbats Made Simple Guide! Cyclicality is the naturally occurring phenomenon of ebb and flow, wax and wane, do and be that is happening all around us. From our female cycle to the moon cycle, nature is filled with the ever-flowing opportunity to take action and then rest, on repeat. And when I discovered the ancient, divine-feminine led holidays, the Sabbats, that not only honor the never-ending cycle of the seasons, but celebrate them with festival, tradition, ceremony, and ritual... I KNEW I had found the key to integrating my connection to the seasons and cyclicality as a whole into my life in a way that felt FUN and honored generations of powerful women who lived this life of flow that I so craved! I know you're here because you're feeling that stirring that is almost a remembrance... that primal call from within, asking you to tap back into the magic that is naturally you. I know you're ready to drop the hamster wheel way of living that society told you you "should" live and create a life honoring all of you and your sacred energy, as it waxes and wanes throughout the day, week, month, and year. I also know that you may be experiencing an inner wrestling match between the taboo that society has created around words like "witch" and "goddess" (to try to strip women of our power, ahem) and the deep knowing that you, as a powerful woman have. You were not MEANT to live in the linear, mundane, emotionless way the world has tried to mold you into. Don't worry... learning about the Sabbats doesn't necessitate you immediately go out and buy a witch's broom- though if you want to, heck... fly, sister, fly! What learning about the Sabbats WILL do, however, is help you live more purposefully, joyfully, and connectedly throughout the wheel of the year I MEAN, WOULDN'T THAT FEEL AMAZING!? Alright... here we go, here we flow, Goddess Girl! Since working with Jillian I have GROWN and more importantly HEALED in ways that I had never imagined possible. ThroUgh tapping back into cyclicality, I recognize monthly, seasonal, and annUal patterns that I once resisted bUt now see as tremendoUs opportUnities for growth. Jillian's coaching and this sisterhood in the TrUe YoU Tent is second to NONE. This is the stUff that movies and magic is made of and it's real in this space! -Eva A., Goddess, Animal Whisperer Oh and before we dive in... I hope you had a chance to check out info about my True You Tent™ that I was talking about when you requested this Freebie! It's my sacred group coaching program (that is SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT) where we put all that I'll be teaching you in this Sabbats Made Simple Guide into practice! It's one thing to learn about these soul-enhancing celebrations, it's another thing completely to allow yourself the opportunity to experience, integrate, and actively change your life because of them! I know that if you’re interested in the Sabbats and living cyclically, this would be the perfect real-life opportunity to be a part of a sisterhood, receive coaching and support, have fun on purpose, and actually practice this sacred way of living in real life! To Learn More Go Here Now! https://www.jillianbolanz.com/work-with-me/the-true-you-tent/ First thing's first! Okay, so FIRST! Before we talk about the Sabbats specifically, let's talk about the Wheel of the Year... The Wheel of the Year is the annual cycle of seasonal festivals (Sabbats) that honor Mother Earth and the transformation she, and we, experience throughout the year. It celebrates the turning of the seasons, the honoring of the elemental magic associated at each, and how to participate with the energy of the maiden to mother to crone to rest and back to maiden once more... gestation to birth to life to death to rebirth once more... The cycle of life. So cool, right?! So now onto the Sabbats... A Sabbat is an ancient holiday that marks the passage of time along the Wheel of the Year by celebrating the season it's in and all that is abundantly available to us within that season, and subsequently within ourselves. Known as solar festivals, the Sabbats follow and honor the eternal life of the sun throughout the course of the year, celebrating the primary solar events (the solstices and equinoxes) and the mid-points between them. The Sabbats observe the ever-flowing physical experience of food cultivation by way of planting seeds, growth, harvesting, and then letting the fields lay dormant only to allow themselves to rejuvenate for the next year of planting, and so on, again. Metaphorically, mythically and spiritually, the Sabbats honor the unending life cycles and relationship of the Goddess and the God. The Sabbats are made up of history, wisdom, and tradition that date back far beyond any modern day religion... in fact, it's really interesting to see which religious holidays of today are BASED on these ancient celebrations of Mumma Earth! And *BONUS* each of the Sabbats are a great freaking excuse to add more fun into our annually based lives! The Eight Sabbats If you drew a circle representing an entire year, you would find either a solstice or equinox at each quarter of the year. The spring and fall equinoxes would lay directly across from each other, in this circle, and the same would be true for the summer and winter equinoxes. Additionally, the mid-points of each of these events would all have another mid-point directly across from it. With each turn of the wheel, we enter into a new season of life that both requires our transformation and gifts us new opportunity to continue our never-ending True Self evolution. And THIS is what we celebrate! Imbolc Ostara Yule Beltane Samhain Litha Mabon Lughnasadh The Eight Sabbats From beginning to completion, of the Wheel of the Year: 1.Yule (Dec 20-23) first day of winter 2.Imbolc (Feb 2) first stirrings 3.Ostara (March 19-22) first day of spring 4.Beltane (May 1) may day 5.Litha (June 19-22) first day of summer 6.Lughnasadh (Aug 1) first harvest 7.Mabon (Sept 22-24) first day of fall 8.Samhain (Oct 31) new year The truth about witches How are we doing, witchy woman? Super interesting stuff, right? I know how exciting it feels to learn the general overview of something that our grandmother's grandmother's grandmother's grandmother (etc.) celebrated, practiced, and LIVED by... for me, it felt like I was unlocking the keys to some great Divine Feminine Kingdom! And before I briefly break down each specific Sabbat, while we're on the topic of Divine Feminine, and because I know your heart may have just given a little *eek!* at my calling you a witch, here's how I define these beautiful-to-their-soul beings (aka women): A witch is a powerful woman who honors and works with the abundant flow and cyclicality of nature around and within her in order to practice our boundless connection. A witch celebrates the limitless potential we all have individually, and collectively as a whole, in this time, space, and reality. So, why does our stomach do a flip- flop when we hear words like "witch", "pagan", "magic", etc.? FEAR. We've been programmed by fear. We've been told stories, and frankly, we've been told lies, that were born out of fear. Witches are not evil beings who worship the devil (at this point, this actually makes me laugh because witches don't even believe in the devil... the devil was a construct that came about in later religions... but more on that at another time). Nor are witches other-worldly old hags, with warts on their noses who spend their time poisoning apples. Witches are women. Powerful women. Women who KNOW their power. Who work with it, honor it, and utilize it to bring abundance, harmony, and unity to the universe within which they are a part of. Witches are women like you and me. It's okay if it takes a little time for you to get used to this concept: it took me some time. But the fact is, they were afraid of what they couldn't understand. So rather than celebrate & revere us, they demonized us, pitted us against one another, and tried to burn us down. But fear, my witchy sister, will never overtake love. And LOVE is exactly what we are made of... it's what our inner energy and magic is made of... it's what the Sabbats honor and celebrate! And so, we go on... Yule 1.Yule, the winter solstice, is the longest night of the year and is the festival of rebirth! During this time we remember that the light will always return and that everything will grow again after the natural pause of winter.
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