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Winter has always asked more of the human spirit than any other season. As daylight thins and the land enters its long night, something in us begins to listen differently. For many, these weeks feel overwhelming, performative or lonely. This offering creates a quiet alternative – a return to the older, steadier rhythm held in the hills, hedgerows and shorelines of Ireland. The Inner Pilgrim – Weathering the Long Night is a daily winter journey running from December 1st to January 6th. Each day opens a small threshold into the season’s marrow. Inside you will find winter lore, contemplations, integration practices, and fragments of cultural memory rooted in the landscape and cosmology of Ireland, especially the deep winter character of West Cork. These pieces offer a moment of steadiness, reflection or nourishment as the world moves toward the solstice and through the long interior nights that follow. This is not a festive countdown or a seasonal distraction. It is a return to the winter beneath all the noise. Here you will meet the older meanings of evergreens, midwinter fires, animal wisdom and the quiet intelligence of the dark months. Winter becomes the guide, and the Twelve Weathers offer a way of reading both the season and the self, not through prediction but through attentive presence. This pilgrimage is for those who would rather sit beside a steady flame than in a room full of spectacle, for those who want to understand the bones of winter and tend their inner life with care. It is rooted in the winter imagination of Ireland, shaped by stories and practices carried quietly through generations. The Inner Pilgrim is my gratitude gift to those of you who actively supported the work in 2025 through your orders, enrolments, attendance, and deep engagement. May this offering meet you where you are and carry a little warmth into your winter, from my hearth to yours. (Please note that this online programme is not available to the general public. Thank you.