Spirit of Giving: Letting our hearts burst with gratitude
What is it that gives us that impulse to hang the ribbons, to put a wreath on the door and infuse our homes with a sweet scent of pine? It’s all ritual. Even down to […]
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Cygnus Advent day 4: Children’s Book Special
At Cygnus we have a range of Children’s books for all ages with an emphasis on healing, meditation and magic and today for one day only we have special offers on some of our favourite titles. […]
Cygnus Advent day 3: How to have a stress free Christmas
The run up to Christmas can be an extremely busy and stressful time. In this extract from The Miracle of Mindfulness, Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us the importance of allowing ourselves space to meditate and step […]
Cygnus Advent Day 2: A Gift for Giving
Christmas’s gift-giving tradition has its roots in the Three Kings’ offerings to the infant Jesus. The magi traveled to Bethlehem to present Christ gifts. Some Eastern Orthodox Churches and European countries still celebrate the traditional […]
First Day of Advent: A Season of Rebirth
It’s the first of December and the preparations for Christmas are really starting to hot up, but did you know that until the 1840s, Christmas was hardly celebrated – at least not in the way […]
When was the last time you read a children’s book?
There’s a beauty in children books, they can be the most powerful of stories and the messages are often timeless and resonate for us as adults too. In Eckhart Tolle’s book Milton’s Secret, Milton is […]
Season of the Ancestors
The ancestors are not dead, they are still alive. They are in the stones, the trees, the newborn and the rain. Malidoma Some Festival of Samhain As we move into Autumn and the nights close […]
Nature Blessings: November Issue of Cygnus Review out Now!
Owls are such proud, archaic ambassadors of the enigmatic dark energies of nature. To me their beautifully haunting call is an invitation to step out of the neon glow of our modern lives and into […]
Where will an Eckhart Tolle Quote Get You?
Did you know that Eckhart Tolle is giving a talk in London this Sunday? He’ll be at Troxy from 7pm to 9pm. There is a web page for the event on the Troxy website. Seats […]
Finding Crystals in the Rain
. Lady spin your circle bright. Weave your web of dark and light. Earth, air, fire and water. Bind us all as one The new issue of the Cygnus Review (which is out now in […]