Light into Dark
21 December
Vintersolståndag
namnsdag Tomas, Thomas
(empty, void, the vast potential)
Tomas is another of the ancient words that remain in Scandinavian languages. Empty. Tomas is the emptiness of the Universe, Dark Matter that is so empty it is full. It is the vast potential of the unseen. On solstice morning the light is passed between perpetual soul’s mates standing on each side of the gate at the bridge of consciousness. For one brief moment, Ellen at the end of Hel’s road of souls meets her beloved standing as a triangle grounded firmly in Earth. He receives and is enlightened, he remembers the language of the animals, the rhythms of the earth and joy enfolds the Green world in a blessing of fertility. The Dark Mother releases herself into the unformed with trust that the worldsong continues.
Many are the stories of magic ascribed to the Tomte | Tomas, a shamanic type who could control weather and see through the eyes of birds. The Tomte were known as those who could simply disappear into the fjords and fjelds. He is the mystic, and the seed planter, ruling the fertile underground, a stimulus and spark to all life.
The new year has arrived.
And a new season, one belonging to Njörðr. (Capricorn)
