Tales of Winter Enchantment

Let us begin the year with gentleness, dreaming, stargazing and a wassail... Join The Stardust Collective: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/the-stardust-collective Subscribe to my newsletter: ⁠http://bit.ly/wearestardustjournal⁠ Wassail song: https://open.spotify.com/track/01WFtggs2monir1JEvXjMn?si=8eab0b9ec20e43e4 Winter Stargazing Adventure Pack: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/winter-stargazing-adventure-pack Mother Night Lecture Series by Clarissa Pinkola Estes: https://www.soundstrue.com/products/mother-night Your FREE awe-inspiring audio adventure: ⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/free-audio-guide⁠ Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

It's finally here! The longest night and shortest day. In this episode I invite you to enjoy a fantastical Solstice visualisation. Wishing you all a gentle and powerful Winter Solstice. Thank you all for following along these last 22 days. Stay in touch! Subscribe to my newsletter: http://bit.ly/wearestardustjournal Your FREE awe-inspiring audio adventure: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/free-audio-guide Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list⁠ Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

The darkness invites us to open up the dreaming space... Enter the Enchant Your Winter GIVEAWAY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://we-are-stardust.myflodesk.com/enchantyourwinter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Why I adore the night article by Jeanette Winterson: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/31/jeanette-winterson-night-guide Story Apothecary podcast with Nana Tomova: https://www.nanatomova.com/podcast Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

We travel underground to the world of earth, roots and fungi... Enter the Enchant Your Winter GIVEAWAY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://we-are-stardust.myflodesk.com/enchantyourwinter⁠⁠⁠ Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rewild Your Soul Waitlist: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/rewild-your-soul Quote from book Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake: https://www.waterstones.com/book/entangled-life/merlin-sheldrake//9781784708276 Sophie Strand Instagram post: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/CxalqHLusip/?hl=en⁠ Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

Today we are on a winter walk when snow starts to fall... Enter the Enchant Your Winter GIVEAWAY: ⁠⁠⁠https://we-are-stardust.myflodesk.com/enchantyourwinter⁠⁠ Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Kenneth Libbrecht snowflake scientist website: http://snowcrystals.com/ Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

Today we journey to a northern European pine forest to visit the trees that brings us hope during the dark winter months... Enter the Enchant Your Winter GIVEAWAY: ⁠⁠https://we-are-stardust.myflodesk.com/enchantyourwinter⁠ Winter Trees & Hope Nature Journalling Workshop: https://wearestardust.myshopify.com/products/winter-christmas-tree-nature-journaling-workshop Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list ⁠⁠⁠ Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

In the grey autumn and winter skies thousands of starlings gather to swirl and dance together in mesmerising murmurations... Enter the Enchant Your Winter GIVEAWAY: ⁠https://we-are-stardust.myflodesk.com/enchantyourwinter Starling Murmuration Art Prints: https://www.wearestardust.uk/collections/starling-murmuration-reproduction-prints Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list ⁠⁠ Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

Perfectly adapted to cold, Northern winters we get to know the reindeer and wonder how this creature can guide us through the winter months... Enter the Enchant Your Winter GIVEAWAY: https://we-are-stardust.myflodesk.com/enchantyourwinter BBC4 All Aboard! The Great Reindeer Migration (Slow TV film): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001rz0 Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list⁠ Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

Today we explore the contrast of light and dark during winter... Winter Stargazing Adventure Pack: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/winter-stargazing-adventure-pack Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list ⁠⁠⁠ Danica Boyce Fair Folk Podcast 'Little Christmas: December Almanac": ⁠https://open.spotify.com/episode/4nZXlx2iQfGa3BXz3bAQc4?si=cZ-x9BYhRsm0Mx35EqXfRw Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

The Geminid Meteor Shower peaks on 14-15 December so let's head out and make a wish upon the shooting stars. Winter Stargazing Adventure Pack: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/winter-stargazing-adventure-pack Your FREE awe-inspiring audio adventure: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/free-audio-guide Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list⁠ Geminid Meteor Shower on Royal Museums Greenwich website: https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/geminid-meteor-shower-uk-dates-how-to-see Stellarium app: https://stellarium-labs.com/stellarium-mobile-plus/ Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

How can embracing the fertile void of winter and the discomfort it brings allow us to process grief as love and see new shoots emerge in spring? NOTE: The death I speak of in this episode refers to the death that is an inevitable part of life. I feel there is a distinction here between the death that is caused by wars, genocide and climate change, yet the same still stands that allowing ourselves to feel and process the grief is the only way for us to move from a place of numbing and not caring to a place of love and action. Sophie Macklin: https://www.sophiemacklin.com/ Danica Boyce Fair Folk Podcast 'Little Christmas: December Almanac": https://open.spotify.com/episode/4nZXlx2iQfGa3BXz3bAQc4?si=cZ-x9BYhRsm0Mx35EqXfRw Sign up to the We Are Stardust newsletter: bit.ly/wearestardustjournal Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list ⁠⁠ Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

The skies are darker tonight as we sink into the New Oak Moon phase... The Holly and The Oak King Sleep and Sorcery story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnwd_uF9wTU The Human Cosmos: A Secret History Of The Stars by Jo Marchant: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-human-cosmos/jo-marchant/9781786894045 Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list ⁠⁠ Stellarium app Google Play - the paid version has cultural stories too!: ⁠https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noctuasoftware.stellarium_free&hl=en&gl=US&pli=1 ⁠ Stellarium app Apple Store - the paid version has cultural stories too!: ⁠https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stellarium-mobile-star-map/id1458716890 ⁠ 3 benefits of stargazing blog: ⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/3-benefits-of-stargazing⁠ International Dark Skies Association Website: ⁠https://darksky.org/⁠ Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

New Moon in Winter is a great time to go stargazing. Join me to learn a bit more about the brightest star in the sky... CORRECTION: I got one bit of data wrong - only 60% of Europe can't see the Milky Way (it's 80% in North America): https://time.com/4364938/milky-way-light-pollution/ Winter Stargazing Adventure Pack: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/winter-stargazing-adventure-pack Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list ⁠ Stellarium app Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noctuasoftware.stellarium_free&hl=en&gl=US&pli=1 Stellarium app Apple Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stellarium-mobile-star-map/id1458716890 3 benefits of stargazing blog: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/3-benefits-of-stargazing International Dark Skies Association Website: https://darksky.org/ Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

Magical, mysterious mistletoe tells tales of enchanted Christmas kisses.... Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list ⁠⁠⁠Your FREE awe-inspiring audio adventure: ⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/free-audio-guide⁠ Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

Expressing gratitude for what we have is a revolutionary idea... The Words Before All Else: https://www.thelongtimeacademy.com/part-four (scroll down the page) Sophie Strand: Winter Trees & Hope Nature Journaling Workshop: https://www.wearestardust.uk/products/winter-christmas-tree-nature-journaling-workshop Your FREE awe-inspiring audio adventure: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/free-audio-guide  Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list⁠ Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

Today we come in from the cold into a safe refuge... Crisis at Christmas: https://www.crisis.org.uk/crisis-at-christmas/ Islamic Relief: https://www.islamic-relief.org.uk/giving/appeals/palestine/ Write to your MP to call for a ceasefire in Gaza: https://palestinecampaign.eaction.online/MPceasefireNOW Quotes from: The Poetics Of Space by Gaston Bachelard; The Christmas Chronicles by Nigel Slater Your FREE awe-inspiring audio adventure: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/free-audio-guide Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list⁠ Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

This voicenote may well change the way you experience the atmosphere for the rest of your life... Winter Stargazing Adventure Pack: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/winter-stargazing-adventure-pack Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list⁠⁠ FREE awe-inspiring audio adventure: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/free-audio-guide Cloud Appreciation Society: https://cloudappreciationsociety.org/ Cloud Spotters cards: https://shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/cloud-spotter-cards-30-cards-to-keep-you-looking-up.html Video of air circulating around the globe showing the Coriolis Effect: https://youtu.be/qh011eAYjAA Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

Today we explore how the Ivy lovingly embraces trees, fences and dying wood... The Holly and the Ivy folksong version: By The Lost Sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY9TV68WtDY By Steeleye Span: https://open.spotify.com/track/2OPWQN14QOZdRAHZin1Yjr?si=0848a99eaadd4abf Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list⁠ Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

Holly leaves are known for their spikes - but what do you notice when you look up? The Stardust Collective: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/the-stardust-collective Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list⁠ Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

What memories does the scent of snow bring up for you? And why is its fragrance so distinctive? Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list⁠⁠ Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

Take time to marvel at the wonder of pinecones created by the Scots pine. Scots Pine Nature Guide: https://www.wearestardust.uk/products/scots-pine-winter-nature-guide Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list⁠ Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

What can we learn from the trees that go into dormancy at this time of year? Enchant Your Winter Gift List: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

Come and join me on a winter walk where we meet a famous winter friend, the Robin, and get to know its seasonal song. Enchant Your Winter Gift List: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list Merlin Bird ID app: https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/ Research on birdsong: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-listening-to-bird-song-can-transform-our-mental-health.html Robins evolved in Woodland: https://community.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/b/scotland/posts/five-facts-you-should-know-about-robins Birdsong evolved in relationship with the environment: Sounds Wild and Broken by David George Haskell Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

Welcome to Tales of Winter Enchantment a podcast that invites you to wrap up warm and head outside into nature with daily voicenotes from me Agnes Becker throughout December to the Winter Solstice. In nature, Winter is a time for retreat, rest, reflection and transformation yet our Western, Capitalist culture expects us to carry on as though nothing has changed! This podcast invites you to get outside every day from 1 December to the Winter Solstice on 22 December 2023 with tales of enchantment on topics such as the Robin's song, roots, stars, dreams, fir trees and cosy dens. Each voicenote will also invite you to go outside and pay loving attention to the beyond-human world to seek out wonder, magic and enchantment. So dear ones, I'll see you on 1 December here. Let's gather around the campfire and pack your bags with a warm drink and blanket and head into the wintery landscape to re-enchant ourselves with this magical, transformative season. Your FREE awe-inspiring audio adventure: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/free-audio-guide Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.