Happy Summer Solstice! Today is the longest day of the year. Not only that, but the sun — the life-giving sun — will reach its highest point in the sky today that it will reach all year. To the ancients, such as those who built Stonehenge,
Entries Tagged as 'solstice'
Happy Summer Solstice! Unthreatened By Pagans
June 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments · nature, spirituality & religion
Tags: ancients·Christian·Druids·obliquity·pagan·solstice·Stonehenge·summer solstice·sun break·Tess Giles Marshall
Regeneration In The Growing Darkness
November 30th, 2010 · No Comments · energy, food & drink, sustainability
Winter has really set in here in Portland — coldness, darkness, incessant rain - so much so that it’s hard to believe we’re still three weeks away from the shortest day of the year (the winter solstice). I’m looking forward to my brother Mick visiting for Christmas. He’s a laughter-inducing
Tags: Burgerville·newts·solstice·writing
Winter Solstice And The Unconquered Sun And Son
December 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · home & garden, lifestyle, nature, spirituality & religion
The first part of this piece I posted last year, on the 2008 winter solstice. The rest of it I added for 2009. Today is winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. In the days long before fossil fuels routinely lit our nights, winter solstice was celebrated as the Birthday of the Unconquered Sun. [...]
Tags: Christianity·Christmas·divine feminine·Goddess·Jared Diamond·Our Father·solstice·winter solstice
Happy Birthday to the Unconquered Sun
December 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments · sustainability
Today is winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. In the days before fossil fuels routinely lit our nights, winter solstice was celebrated as the Birthday of the Unconquered Sun. Imagine how vulnerable our long-ago human ancestors were as the days grew colder, darker and shorter. They struggled to protect themselves from the bitter [...]
Tags: Christmas·culture·holiday·life·Oregon·outdoors·solstice·Son·sun·winter solstice
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