Thank you so much for all of this great info, @Francisco! Your altar looks gorgeous- I love the inclusion of summertime flowers and fruits
A fun fact for everyone- we have a local Summer Solstice celebration here in Poland! The festival is called “Wianki” (wreaths) and it is a celebration of the Slavic pagan goddess Kupala- a Slavic deity of love and the harvest.
The ceremonies include floating wreaths down a river and jumping over bonfires . If anyone is interested in learning more about Wianki, a good website is here!
From what I can find, it looks like the city of Krakow will celebrate Wianki online this year due to the current pandemic situation. Even in times of uncertainty, it is possible to celebrate and honor ancient traditions!
Me and Connie made a “monster” stuffed with sage lavender and rosemary. He’s currently burning on the bonfire to symbolise the cleansing of negativity !
I just woke up from a short-yet-long night with bonfire celebration and all! Being the shortest night of the year I thought maybe I could stay up all night… didn’t happen.
It didn’t rain a lot and we found plenty of things to burn! We even thought about doing the ancient “rolling a flaming wheel downhill” thing but decided against it for obvious safety reasons…
It sounds like everyone had a fun and successful solstice! May the blessings and vitality from Litha carry us through to the next Sabbath. Lughnasadh/Lammas will be the first week of August- and it’ll be here before we know it!
Happy Litha
Earth - Are you grounded? Are you in nature?
Air- Imagination? Do you have focus ?Do you read ?Do you listen to documentaries?
Fire - Are you strong are you passionate are you inspired are you intense?Are you unpredictable are you bold?
Water - Do you love do you trust your family do you receive love ?do you listen ?are you emotional?
Do you share compassion ?Do you share empathy Do you share sympathy?
Spirit- Are you balanced by the light in the dark are you being a light for your community? Do you meditate?
Who did you call upon? I called upon Hecate that she would light my way and that she would be the torch bearer during my time here on this earth!
There are many Gods to call upon like Hermès, Mother Gaia, Oak King, Odin, Aries Fire
May you feel the sun in your path we’re ever you go, “wise ones” As above so below”
May you kindle the fire and be a lite!
So mote it be
Thank you!
Jeannie
Francisco,
Happy Litha, & Travel Witch and the whole coven! Thank You for all the light you all share! Thank you for all the warm blessings! Thank you for being a friend!
Abs53 Happy Litha!
Jeannie
Fantastic divination ritual @Francisco Thank you for the links @Susurrus
(And a thank you to @MeganB for linking this thread from another one. That’s how I got here!)