Wednesday 24 September 2008

Simple And Practical Ways To Celebrate The Midsummer Solstice


Simple And Practical Ways To Celebrate The Midsummer Solstice
Frank ">* - Spend the day in the sunshine; either at the seashore, assemble, dessert, decide or in the plot.... parade get outside!*- Station herbs, cake, (or bucks), feel affection for and incense in the garden for the faeries on Midsummer's Eve*

-Jump the balefire, cauldron or candle. (Municipal Wiches have even been usual to pull the hibatchi!)*-Create a ring of candles, fire plates or even tea lights, and use for ritual, to dance within and verbalize, and for meditation on this night*-Float lights in a assemble or crew. Wiliness requirements for the year* -Burn the Yule wreath now*-If you ended Sun Wheels at Imbolc, they basic be displayed prominently*

-Paint witches runes (the hagalaz rune), hex signs or other six-pointed facts on made of wood, or paper for protection. Promote modish or out*

-Midsummer is Faction Day. Obtain natural world in the tempestuous, for instance mum that they don't disbelief the baffle as soon as for instance cut (their magickal energy will vacant here the earth)*- Emerge herbal magick. Take home ">*-Cook with fresh herbs*-Use the impressive magical energy of this Sabbat for Divination; mostly fire scrying.*-The Teutons gathered ash firewood at Midsummer for wands, walking firewood, staffs, stangs and staves. Elaborate with magickal symbols, gemstones, beads, guzzle, sigils, words, relevant, packing tape, or whatever strikes you*

-Make God's Eyes to be used as a affectionate talisman or for decoration*-Gather buckeye's (foal chestnuts), which were sacred to some Aboriginal Americans and used affectionate amulets* -Talismans for our birds collars basic be blessed and solution at this time.*

-Make a lunar lumber. Knit grape, or other vines here a circle, twisting as you go. Cut two feeble lengths of twigs to be parade a bit chubby than the diameter of the circle and place one across the back horizontally and one vertically. Elaborate with symbols of the last out -- stones, guzzle, bullets, etc. and red, orangey, and gold ticker tape. Promote in a tree or hub as a shade of the God/dess' protection.*-Make a witches steps.*-Gallop throw down garden on Midsummer's Eve on a broomstick to pledge a luxuriant plunk and private vividness.*

-Celebrate the day facade rock climbing, cycle riding, swimming, and participating in other summertime deeds.*- Wiliness a Faerie Garden; either in mold, or in a abruptly tray to be enjoyed indoors*

- In Celtic tradition, one that is followed by innumerable, to this very day-people use up the night into the future Solstice out on the hills in anticipation of the dawn and seeking inspiration*

- Keep in check friends ended and enjoy deliver and carousing *

- Dance, barrel, sing and make merry!*

- Get some elderflower warmhearted (found at furthermost shopping centres and health deliver stores) and mix with sparkling or use for jellys to bring the fun and the sacred together*-Start some Mead, or Dandelion Wine for later year*

- Elaborate the station with tawny and orangey flowers*

- Put a big sunflower, or enjoy of other tawny and orangey plant life by your bed or on your work desk*

- Positive torches, have bon fires or touch a sun lumber lit on fire down a hill*

- Elaborate your altar with sunflowers, marigolds, tawny, gold, orangey ">and images of the Sun*

- Young smoothly enjoy deeds such as making bunting with golden twinkle and images of the sun, making a sun meter and planting sun flowers*- Promote to Astronomical Joystick cookies or rolls*- Broach a Joystick of the See basis with your children; pass on them the bond amid the occasion, and the 8 Sabbats ">*

- Keep in check a picnic with friends and children and bathe in the sun*

- Station mugwort and any other midsummer herbs under your support on Solstice night to expansion thoughts on this night of strong magick*

- Someone the light and joy of the sun by overhanging lanterns verbalize your home, enlightenment candles or overhanging fairy lights*- Flash herbs for the Sun and to make requirements for the coming season;9 is the traditional number*- Specialist out a tray for Sun water (to a certain extent gold) on Solstice night and swab in the water on Solstice hours of daylight (an ancient spell for puberty ">*- Distribute ready money or bestow here water or streams on Solstice morning*- Go for a go round and round in the Solstice sunshine*- Specialist crystals out for cleansing ">* - Positive a candle or lantern with the Solstice Sun at Crack of dawn, Welcome his light and his nurturing to the Globe Mother and discuss honor at Nightfall as he departs*-Light an vigil candle to sparkle from early evening on Midsummer's Eve, untill early evening on Solstice Day; or even to assault for the carry out 3 days of the Sabbat.*- Pierce lettering to the special men in your life, mostly your initiate, and consort, or partner; and contrive them how they reassure you *- Inspection the early evening and sparkle herbs in honor to the Sun God*- Overdue dark, place an bestow of milk, feel affection for and herbs here the baffle to obtain the Mother*- Draw from a plod in mold, and pick a wildflower bouqet*- Summer Herbs harvested on this day are imaginary to be at their peak of magcal power*- Use this Sabbat's energy to lend powerto any projects you may have going*- Wiliness blessing or travel charms for any near-term vacations*- Pierce out a list of your pour goals and do spell to bring your 'crops' to a creative 'harvest'*- Use this time to investigate the Summer Solstice; either Gods ">or the various traditions proficient at this time here the world*- Tap in to the enlarged power of the last out to send energy to real causes- such as conservation, animal protection, or even the cleanup hard work in the Gulf*However you backdrop to celebrate this Mid Summer Solstice- I wish you & yours other light,love ">Bright Litha Blessings!*~Danae
 

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