Friday, November 13, 2009

What Is Advent?

Ad·vent
1. The coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important.
2. The liturgical period preceding Christmas. Advent is observed as a season of prayer, meditation and preparation. A sacred time.
Derivation: Middle English from Old French.
In Latin adventus means arrival, from past participle of advenre, to come to.

In other words, advent is a journey through time.
In short, it’s an adventure.

When does the advent of Winter begin?
When we feel the change in the earth, the descent in to deep winter darkness. It is the time when the part of our mind which generates dreams comes into season. As winter approaches we enter the season of hibernation and the spinning of dreams.

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