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Jun. 22nd, 2005
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Happy Summer Solstice, by the way!
Jun. 22nd, 2005 06:49 amHappy Summer Solstice everyone! I haven't done anything to mark the turning of the wheel, except to grumble more when I have to put socks on for work. I saw my ex the other day, and she was the priestess back when I was a more observant pagan. I was with her when she was about to do a summer solstice ritual, and I had to leave to go to a doctor's appointment.
As a Pantheist, it seems especially strange to pick one day out as celebratory. The universe doesn't mark one day different from another (in fact, the universe doesn't mark days at all--sitting on this rock spinning slowly under the big nuclear lightbulb makes days happen), and I know that all rituals are for the comfort of the participants. I don't know that there's a group out there that celebrates the eight holidays in a way that would comfort me (make me feel like I was part of something greater than myself). I didn't even feel it necessary to mark the day by myself.
Part of me is very sad that today will have a minute less of daylight than yesterday. I'm really a sun worshipper (not in the "tanning" sense), and I mourn the time I spend without it. I can't fathom that yesterday was the longest day--it could have been much longer. Perhaps I need to travel the latitudes, spending time in Anchorage and Oslo, Wellington and Ushuaia.
I hope you all have good summers. Travel, eat fresh fruit, learn something even though you're out of school, wade in natural water, paddle a canoe--these things I wish for you.
As a Pantheist, it seems especially strange to pick one day out as celebratory. The universe doesn't mark one day different from another (in fact, the universe doesn't mark days at all--sitting on this rock spinning slowly under the big nuclear lightbulb makes days happen), and I know that all rituals are for the comfort of the participants. I don't know that there's a group out there that celebrates the eight holidays in a way that would comfort me (make me feel like I was part of something greater than myself). I didn't even feel it necessary to mark the day by myself.
Part of me is very sad that today will have a minute less of daylight than yesterday. I'm really a sun worshipper (not in the "tanning" sense), and I mourn the time I spend without it. I can't fathom that yesterday was the longest day--it could have been much longer. Perhaps I need to travel the latitudes, spending time in Anchorage and Oslo, Wellington and Ushuaia.
I hope you all have good summers. Travel, eat fresh fruit, learn something even though you're out of school, wade in natural water, paddle a canoe--these things I wish for you.
