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Hail to the Sun, High Above!
And so that time of year has come again, when the Northern Hemisphere tilts towards the Sun, warming it to its hottest temperature, while the Southern Hemisphere tilts away, resting in the shade. Yes, that’s right, it’s the Summer Solstice for the North and the Winter Solstice for the South and we at PaganSquare are here to celebrate it with you!
As we have in the past for other holidays we’ve gathered a number of articles and posts we found interesting that celebrate this most holy of days. Many of the posts are from our own website, but there’s plenty of stuff from elsewhere listed as well should that catch your interest. In the meantime we wish you a very happy summer... or winter if that’s the side of the globe you hail from ;-) .
-Aryós Héngwis
Midsummer / Litha Posts:
- Steven Posch. “How to Make an Oak Leaf Crown“
- Danu Forest. “The Magic of the Summer Solstice“
- Laura Perry. “A Midsummer Tipple, Minoan Style“
- Laura Perry. “Mystery at Midsummer, Minoan Style”
- Byron Ballard. “The Other Great Hinge“
- Steven Posch. “Sacred Skinnydip“
- Diotima. “Summer School: Lessons of the Solstice”
- We’Moon. “Summer Solstice Blessings”
- Molly. “Summer Solstice Imprint Necklaces“
- Colleen DuVall. “Summer Solstice-Yoga-Kirghistan Party“
- Steven Posch. “The Summer Yule“
- Nornoriel Lokason. “A Vanic Handfasting“
- Steven Posch. “The World's Oldest Solstice Ritual“
Winter Solstice Posts:
Fertility Deities Posts:
Summer Posts:
- Molly. “Message from the May Queen”
- Joanna van der Hoeven. “Reach for the Light, Rooted in the Earth...“
- Steven Posch. “Sing Oak and Ash and Thorn“
- Steven Posch. “Summer’s Oldest Song”
Sun Posts:
Sun and Light Deities Posts:
- Steven Posch. “Pocket Gods.”
- Candise. “The Solar and Lunar Goddess and God“
- Susan Harper. “Weekly Goddess Inspiration: Sekhmet“
Cool Stuff We Found:
- Amaterasu-omikami, Sun Goddess and Mother of Japan
- Apollo, Greek God of Art and the Sun
- Baldr, Norse God of Light
- Bastet, Goddess of the Sun and the Moon
- The Climate Crisis is Especially Detrimental to the Poor
- A Crack Appears In the Sun
- How It Would Look If Other Types Of Stars Were Close As The Sun
- Irish-American Witchcraft: Midsummer – Honoring Áine and the Other Crowd
- Litha 2015: Pagans, Non-Pagans Alike Welcome The Summer Solstice
- Make a Batch of Midsummer Mead
- Midsummer Ritual: How I Kick It Litha-Style
- The Midnight Sun Game: “Baseball’s Most Natural Promotion"
- Mithras, Iranian God of Light
- The Path of She: A Summer Solstice Meditation – Thou Art Goddess
- Perun and Dodola, Slavic Deities of Fertility
- Ramadan 2015: Facts, History, Dates, Greeting And Rules About The Muslim Fast
- Rare Celestial Optical Illusion Makes It Look Like Mongolia Has Three Suns
- Sekhmet, Egyptian Goddess of War and the Sun
- Solar Eclipse As Seen From Space
- Spear of Athena: Whose Sun is it Anyway?
- Stare In Awe At This Fiery Footage Of A Solar Eruption In Progress
- A Stunning, Multi-Wavelength Image Of The Solar Atmosphere
- Summer Solstice, and the Gender-Stereotyping Is Easy
- A Summer Solstice Ritual – Honoring Fathers
- Summer Solstice Seen from Stonehenge
- This Map Of 2100 Should Make You Nervous About The Future Of Farming
- Top 10 Summer Solstice Celebrations Around the World
- Uzume-jinja, Shrine to the Goddess of Summer and Revelry
- Ways to Celebrate the Summer Solstice
- What Makes the Sun Look Like a Flowering Thistle?
- The Zorya, Twin Goddess of the Sun and Stars
Top image by Copetersen
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