Spiral Of Light Festival

It was started in 2004 and the latest entrant to the list of festivals of light.

Spiral of light festival.

In connection with ancient earth honoring cultures who celebrated the winter solstice we invite you to join us for this beautiful ritual which symbolizes finding the light in the darkness together. Festival of lights berlin germany it is an annual event which takes place in october each year. But the cadence of the year receives its form through festivals. Of beauty and light.

Space is limited and pre registration is required. The spiral walk is a festival that is practiced in most waldorf schools on or near the winter solstice. During the spiral of light festival we sit in silence in a darkened room listening. Spiral of light winter solstice festival gather with us on the winter solstice to share warmth light and prayers for our world.

At the festival of spiral of light we look forward to the return of the light in the midst of the darkness. In waldorf schools for many years children of all backgrounds have participated in the month long observance of the rebirth of the light through songs stories craft activities and the winter spiral festival. The eco institute at pickards mountain is an earth sanctuary and learning community dedicated to healing the human earth relationship. December 2017 at the eco institute we gather on the winter solstice to share warmth.

The children and their families enter the school quietly and gather inside the foyer upstairs until a doorkeeper brings you down to the great hall which has been darkened. Then as quiet music plays each child in turn takes an candle already placed in an apple into the center of that. The spiral is often associated with the cycle of rebirth time and seasons and sometimes a spiritual journey. Winter solstice festival in chapel hill the eco institute at pickards mountain thursday 21.

The tradition honors the seasonal cycle of light and darkness by arranging a simple spiral labyrinth walk. In waldorf schools the elements of festival light food song and story permeate the weekly school rhythm. Annual festivals of nature and humanity are celebrated in ways that foster wonder reverence and gratitude and which nourish the future capacity to respond to be.