December Full Moon Post: Sacred Spiral of Life Redux

Since my Advent of the Sun Altar to celebrate the coming Winter Solstice is physically occupying my altar space this month, I'm doing a photo post to honour December's Full Moon. Consider it Part 2 of a similar post I did a couple of years ago!

The Sacred Spiral of Life is a powerful symbol found in many spiritual traditions, including that of the Divine Feminine. The path to the centre of existence and to the centre of ourselves resonates deeply in the human psyche and we reproduce it in many settings.

The Sacred Spiral forms the basis for the unicursal (single) path of another favourite spiritual symbol and practice of mine -- the labyrinth.

Once you start consciously looking for this symbol in nature, art, and architecture, you will see it everywhere! It expresses beauty, serenity, and meaning wherever it is found.

Get Ready For The Season!

Play your favourite carols

and other holiday music!

Decorate!

Decorate everything!

And then add some more!

Send Christmas cards

to everyone you know!

Do your holiday baking!

SHOP! SHOP! SHOP!

Advent of the Sun Altar: Second Week, Second Candle

[Background info about this series of posts found here]

A meditation on the interplay of Darkness and Light in this time of waiting before the Winter Solstice:

We honour the growing Darkness.

We do not fear, avoid or fight it.

Without the dark, there are no dreams,

no healing sleep to refresh us,

no deep growth necessary for life.

We arise with the returning Light.

No matter how deep the descent,

the Light does return.

--paraphrased from Joanna Powell Colbert

You are welcome to join me again next Sunday!

[Photos © Debra She Who Seeks, 2025]

Friday Face OFF -- "Self-Portrait"

For today's Friday Face OFF link party

of art featuring faces, hosted by Nicole of

DVArtist, Art, Food, Gardening blog . . .

Our challenge this week?

Do a self-portrait and accompany it

with the photo on which it is based.

So here I am 

swimming with dolphins

on the Mayan Riviera in Mexico!

(20 years ago)

[Direct-to-paper freehand sketch

done in water-soluble ink and gouache]

I wrote about my swim with the dolphins here,

if you want to read an account of it.

* * * * * * * *

And okay, I know you people,

so I do not want to read

any comments about my

"threesome with the dolphins."

Despite the kissing, it was

PURELY PLATONIC!

[Art and photo of art © Debra She Who Seeks, 2025]

Sorry, Hyacinth, It's NSFW As Usual

[RIP Dame Patricia Routledge 1929-2025]

Mid-Week Mirth -- Thanks, MAGA

And speaking of Charlie Kirk --

WTF is THIS improbable bromance with

NYC's new democratic socialist mayor?

It's Noirvember, Shweetheart

Since 2010, NOIRVEMBER has been observed for a full month each November by film lovers to celebrate the film noir genre. If you're not familiar with film noir, this video is a great introduction. And of course, Noirvember also celebrates noir crime fiction as well. While Noir originated in the early-to-mid twentieth century as a distinctly American take on crime stories and movies, these days it has become a global phenomenon -- for example, in the staggeringly popular Nordic Noir genre of contemporary books, movies and TV series.

As a longtime Noir fan myself, I couldn't let another Noirvember pass without a meme post homage!

It feels criminal not to include the third panel

And it goes without saying that Her Royal Highness the Cat is a huge Noir fan too!