What is the advent spiral.
Spiral of light waldorf.
With this she will enter the spiral and light the flame in the center.
When she comes out of the spiral she will wait as one teacher ushers a student to the spiral s entrance.
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.
Sara logan from the festival committee archives.
We honor simply the light that each of us brings to the world particularly when we share that light with others.
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.
In the center of the spiral a single candle is lit.
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.
The theme is nonsectarian and embraces all beliefs.
We especially need this as the days grow shorter and the light wanes earlier and earlier each day.
Many have found the experience of walking the spiral as an older youth and or adult as a powerful and peaceful experience.
The christmas rush can be mad i know but pause and enjoy this waldorf homeschool inspired advent spiral on a beach to celebrate bringing of light at chistmas.
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.
The winter spira l is a festival that is unique in our calendar of the year.
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.
When all the attendees have sat down and settled an angel will appear carrying a single lit candle.
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.