This Earth Tending was recorded a few days ago at Summer Solstice for Shamanism Without Borders.
The wheel of the year turns toward Summer Solstice here in the northern hemisphere. What a perfect time to tend to the elemental fire of the sacred Sun that warms us and makes life possible on Earth.
Join Nancy Lankston in a guided journey to honor and tend to elemental fire and sunlight.
Thank you Father Sun for the light and energy you bathe Mama Earth in every day. You make life possible and we are so grateful.
#SUN
#celebrate
#sacred
#solstice
#longestday
#summer
#WheeloftheYear
“The sun is now holding its place in the sky. Daylight is neither diminishing nor growing. Things are at a stand-still, as though the world were poised for the change that is coming.
For the ancients, this was a tremendously sacred time. The planet continues its annual rotation; day continues to follow night. But something deep is occurring to our planet. It has reached a significant pivot point in the annual cycle. Opposite to its parallel summer location, the earth now holds still.
The soul holds still like this, just before great change occurs. It is a silence so profound that it seems as though time has stopped. In this magical moment, we have the chance to set in motion great changes, great happenings. This is the moment when the seeds of new life, new growth, must be planted.”
~ Patricia Monaghan,
The Goddess Companion
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#solstice
#stillpoint
#magic
#cycles
#seasons
Photographer Unknown
Solstice
Sacred Sun Time
Turn your face to the Sun
And let the shadows fall away…
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#summer
#longestday
#cycles
#seasons
#grateful
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Photo by Michael Probst/AP
#longestNight
#WinterSolstice
#returnoftheLight
#grateful
#cycles
#seasons
#WheeloftheYear
As our Earth grows dark tonight
and the north winds blow,
As the fire dwindles to ash
and ice blankets the land,
May the light of our Sun
find its way home.
~Nancy Lankston
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#solstice
#dark
#light
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Image: Celtic Tomb,
Ireland
#longestday
#celebrate
#sunshine
#summer
#fairies
#magic
#light
#power
#yang
#revel
#play
#joy
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Summer Solstice is June 20th, 2021.
(in US)
Image: Puck and Dancing Fairies
by Richard Dadd, (~1840)
Winter Solstice is upon us in the northern hemisphere.
Our Earth has reached a transition point in its journey around the Sun (far right in the graphic above). Here in the north, our days have been getting shorter and shorter since summer. But now, the light begins to return to us. Our days will gradually lengthen and lighten until Summer Solstice in June (far left in the graphic).
At Winter Solstice, our ancestors paused to celebrate this seasonal shift and the return of life giving sunlight. Now is a time for earthy rituals.
Light a candle, say a prayer, walk in nature and offer our Earth and Sun gratitude for the alchemical magic of sunlight, water and soil that sustains us all.
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#CyclesandSeasons
#ReturnoftheLight
Image: Wikipedia