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Write Your Book With Us In 2026The Authors’ Knot Program, February - November 2026Registration 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 STORYIt’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 EPISODEThe 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 storyCalm Tóibín’s novella The Shortest Day, a fictional account of the modern discovery of the Newgrange solstice alignment by Professor Michael O’Kelly in 1967.Caitlín Matthew’s description of the medieval Omen Days practice, from December 26 - January 6.An alternative: start searching out twelve signs over twelve days starting on solstice, from December 21-January 1, as a way to gain insight into what each of the twelve months might offer.JOIN US ON JANUARY 3Join us for the January 3 Reflect & Envision Retreat!It's open to all paid Myth Is Medicine subscribers. Subscribe or upgrade your subscription at htt
