The Hermit's Descent: Why Post-Solstice Rest is Sacred Work On the magic of strategic withdrawal and the spell of sanctioned stillness The gifts are opened. The candles have burned down. The feasting is done. And now.... the world expects you to simply carry on. But here's what the old practitioners knew, what gets lost in our culture of constant productivity: the days between the winter solstice and the new year are not meant for doing. They're meant for descending.
