Spiral Of Light Waldorf

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Spiral of light waldorf.

Aurora waldorf school admits students of any race color and national or ethnic origin to all the rights privileges programs and activities. Throughout many cultures this midwinter holiday has had festival connotations of light and sun of the time when winter s increasing darkness begins to draw to a close with the renewed promise that spring s light will soon increase. We especially need this as the days grow shorter and the light wanes earlier and earlier each day. Join us as we quietly walk through an evergreen spiral to light our candle and add our little light to the growing glow of our community.

There are no presentations by the grades no speeches by the administration. Sara logan from the festival committee archives. During the spiral of light festival we sit in silence in a darkened room listening to soft songs by a single as a single candle is lit in the center of a spiral of evergreen boughs a symbol of life amidst the dead of winter. We honor simply the light that each of us brings to the world particularly when we share that light with others.

During the spiral walk we celebrate the turning point in the year when the days become their shortest and the night its longest and we look for the light which comes from within. The theme is nonsectarian and embraces all beliefs. When she comes out of the spiral she will wait as one teacher ushers a student to the spiral s entrance. Each person walks one by one from the beginning of the spiral into the center and lights their candle from the central flame then turns and walks back setting their candle down on a golden star along the way.

In the center of the spiral a tree stump supports a lighted candle. The winter spira l is a festival that is unique in our calendar of the year. One by one each small flame lights up the whole room. This is a celebration of quiet confidence of carrying light in darkness of sharing that light with others.

The spiral of light symbolizes this gesture. When all the attendees have sat down and settled an angel will appear carrying a single lit candle. Many have found the experience of walking the spiral as an older youth and or adult as a powerful and peaceful experience.