The Bards' Journey

It’s a time when we once again find ourselves between two worlds, travelling from the darkness to the light, feeling the cold giving way to warmth, and standing at the point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox... Imbolc (often pronounced ‘ Imolc ’) is traditionally seen as the first of the Spring festivals and is celebrated on February 1. There are several origins of the name, one being that it came from the Old Gaelic word i mbolc , which means ‘in the belly