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Solstice Blessings
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:30 pm
by mogster
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I live within an hour's ride of the famous Stonehenge, but haven't gone up for the Summer Solstice gathering because it attracts too many people for my comfort. I have been up for Winter Solstice which is a much more intimate crowd.
Tonight is wet & cloudy so unfortunately there won't be much of a sunrise anyway, (due in about 30 mins).
The picture (not mine), is taken at Callanish Standing Stones on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. It is thought they are 3,000 yrs old! Probably older than Stonehenge (& Scottish)!
I am Hebridean by bloodline on both sides but have not yet been to Lewis. To go for Solstice would be a dream come true!
Maybe one day.............
Re: Solstice Blessings
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:27 pm
by mogster
Guess there aren't many Celts or Pagans on this forum?
Re: Solstice Blessings
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:26 pm
by ceemes
mogster wrote:Guess there aren't many Celts or Pagans on this forum?
....there are a few of us, but it a busy time right now, what with the dancing naker around the oak trees, the endless orgies, all that wine needing to be quaffed, plus trying to find a virgin to sacrafice is a bugger these days......
Re: Solstice Blessings
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:07 pm
by Wrider
Ha, I'm not either, just didn't post because I honestly don't know enough about all of that to post. That said, happy Solstice!
Re: Solstice Blessings
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:01 am
by totalmotorcycle
mogster wrote:...famous Stonehenge, but haven't gone up for the Summer Solstice gathering because it attracts too many people for my comfort. I have been up for Winter Solstice which is a much more intimate crowd.
I am Hebridean by bloodline on both sides but have not yet been to Lewis. To go for Solstice would be a dream come true!
Maybe one day.............
Funny enough Andrea and I were at the Summer Solstice 2 years ago at Stonehenge, had to wait till 11:30pm before it got dark and we arrived at 5pm-ish. Andrea's parents were visiting and they wanted to see it, we heard the traffic would be mad, and it was! But leaving around 1am, there were still 25 MILES of cars waiting to get in!
I have some photos of that so let me upload them into the our UK gallery and post them here..
Mike
Re: Solstice Blessings
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:05 am
by totalmotorcycle
Re: Solstice Blessings
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 6:19 am
by sunshine229
Being at the solstice evening was very magical. We didn't stay the night for the sunrise, it was too cold, too many people around, etc. But being there for a handful of hours and watching the sun going down was amazing. Something we will remember forever.
Re: Solstice Blessings
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:13 am
by jstark47
mogster wrote:Guess there aren't many Celts or Pagans on this forum?
I'm Celtic enough but not in the least Pagan.
Re: Solstice Blessings
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:14 pm
by Loonette
Happy (belated) Solstice!! It's one of my least celebrated sabbats (Beltane is my absolute favorite, followed by Samhain, and then the Winter Solstice). Blessed be!
Cheers,
Loonette
Re: Solstice Blessings
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:13 pm
by mogster
Happy Harvest
The Autumn equinox is celebrated in the Northern hemisphere between 21st & 24th September.
There are three festivals commonly known as Lammas - Mabon - Samhain
Like many ancient celebrations these have been co opted into the Christian calendar & are often known as Harvest Festivals.
As a child we were invited to take fOod to church & I guess as my parents were country born we usually tried to take fresh home grown produce to represent harvest.
