The Holy Nights

(This book is in Dutch language)

Through the Darkness to the Light, Mirjam van Donselaar, 21 x 21 cm, 144 pages, ISBN 978 94 91557 46 0

Traditionally, the Holy Nights are a time of transformation and regeneration, of death and new life. They are a prelude to a new cycle for the sun and nature. Our ancestors still lived in deep connection with nature and therefore used this time to retreat into the dark in preparation for the light.

Even now, the Holy Nights invite us to turn inward, to enter the silence and darkness within ourselves for reflection and insights. Moreover, in the period from December 24 to Epiphany, the veils between our world and the other worlds are thin, making it easier to make contact with those other worlds and those who reside there. This book offers you tools to investigate the healing effects of the darkness yourself.

For each Holy Night, psychologist and shaman Mirjam van Donselaar provides ancient wisdom, information about sometimes age-old traditions, food for self-reflection and ritual suggestions that help you experience the darkness and the birth of light within yourself. You will learn about the Matrons, midwinter festivals, smoke rituals, gods and goddesses, the World Tree, runes, the source of origin and more. You will reconnect with your ancestors, our roots, nature and with your own soul that is connected to the source. You will experience yourself as one with everything around you, in time and space.

The book is an ode to the invisible world and its inhabitants, to the dark Mother's Womb as a source of new life, silence and peace. It is an invitation to question the way you live and to find balance again. The Nights take you along to experience and feel. In this way, this time of the deepest darkness of the year can also have a transformative effect on you and you will gain a wealth of insights for all the months of the new year.