Wednesday 22 June 2011

Spirit Speaks - Summer Solstice 2011

How did I spend my summer solstice?  Out in nature, experiencing warm, warm sun, and then rain, hail, and marvellous rainbows before we moved back into the light!

This solstice was about getting back to basics – food, shelter, and being with the elements.  We joined our friends in a park, beside a trout pond, to eat, drum and be merry.  Fourteen of us gathered around the fire pit for the first downpour.  

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This is a picture of the umbrellas around the fire pit.  Yes, we needed jackets because it got almost cold.

And, the dampness, too, chills the body.

As soon as this first shower ended.  The sun came out and it was hot.

 

 

 

 

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It is hard to see the hail stones on the ground, however, they were there, and some of them were dime size. 

Hail is about being frozen – like the rune, ISS, or ISA, which means “Ice, cold, freezing. Lack of change. Stagnation. Lack of emotion. Storing binding. Bridge across danger.”

This is a time to let go of all that is frozen in us.

 

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I made this picture larger so that is easier to see the double rainbow.  Rainbows are about the promise of better things, such as abundance, enjoyment, generosity, kindness, and the acknowledgement of what is to come.

Rainbow warriors especially feel an affinity to these symbols of newness.

 

 

 

 

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The rain finally stopped, and the sun came out.  Because one of our group thoughtfully put an umbrella over the wood in the fire pit and covered our wood pile with a plastic table cloth, we had dry wood.  Our shoes and socks and pant legs were steaming from the heat of the fire. 

The drumming and singing felt as though it washed away the cold and wet.  Even most of the puddles left from the rain did wash away.

 

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Our evening ended with a walk around the trout pond, and a glorious sunset.

We are indeed blessed!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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