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“Darkness is not the absence of light. It is where seeds gather their strength.” 🍎✨ HARVESTING THE LIGHT — ENTERING THE DARK ✨🍎
An Autumn Threshold Ceremony
There are moments in the year when nature invites us to pause.
To look back at what has grown.
To gather what has ripened.
And to begin letting go.
September is one of those thresholds.
The apples hang heavy on the trees. The abundance of summer is becoming harvest, the evenings are drawing in and slowly, almost imperceptibly, the earth begins to turn towards winter.
In the old stories of these lands, the apple has long been associated with mystery, healing, abundance and the Otherworld — most famously through the legendary Isle of Avalon, the Isle of Apples.
And so we will gather beneath the apple trees to honour this turning.
🌿 We will harvest the light.
The experiences, lessons, relationships, growth and blessings that this season has brought us.
THIS IS AN OUTDOOR EVENT AT A PRIVATE LOCATION
🍎 We will honour the harvest.
Recognising that not everything we planted became what we imagined — and yet there is always something to gather.
🔥 We will make offerings and sit around the fire
Giving something back to the land that continually gives to us, while offering gratitude for the abundance in our own lives.
🌑 We will enter the dark.
Not as something to fear, but as a necessary part of the cycle.
Winter asks us to slow down.
To become quieter.
To turn inward.
To rest beneath the surface.
Just as the apple tree releases its fruit and eventually lets go of its leaves, we too can begin to release what we no longer need to carry.
Through guided meditation, live music, sound, ritual, reflection and connection with the land, we will create a gentle space to cross this seasonal threshold.
A space to ask:
What have I grown?
What am I ready to harvest?
What am I ready to leave behind?
What wisdom will I carry into the darker months?
And what needs to rest within me until its time to emerge again?
This is not about rushing towards the next thing.
It is about remembering that rest is part of growth.
That darkness is not the absence of light.
It is where seeds gather their strength.
🌑🍎🌿
Come and sit beneath the ancient rhythm of the trees.
Listen to the land.
Listen to yourself.
Give thanks for what has been.
Release what is ready to go.
And gently step across the threshold into the season of inwardness.
Harvesting the Light — Entering the Dark.
An evening of earth • apple • sound • ritual • reflection • gratitude • release
26th September
6pm
Maidstone
£40.00
Spaces will be limited.
Come exactly as you are.
Bring your heart, your curiosity and something you are ready to place gently into the hands of the earth. 🍎✨
With love…
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