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June 16, 2024

The Summer Solstice: Celebrating Before the Labors Begin

We stand at the Summer Solstice. The planting is done and the harvesting is yet...

June 21, 2023

A Hypocritical Summer Solstice

I always feel a little hypocritical celebrating the Summer Solstice. But Pagans celebrate the Wheel...

June 12, 2022

Summer Solstice in Modern Paganism

As we approach the Summer Solstice, let’s look at some of the ways modern Pagans...

June 13, 2021

What to Do for Midsummer This Year

There aren’t a lot of “traditional” Summer Solstice activities, but we can create our own....

June 21, 2020

What to Do When You Make a Mistake in Ritual

I’ve been doing public ritual for 17 years and I’ve yet to do one perfectly....

June 14, 2020

Under the Ancient Oaks Online Summer Solstice Ritual: June 20

The Under the Ancient Oaks Online Summer Solstice Ritual will be Saturday, June 20 at...

May 2020

May 14, 2020

We Cannot Nail the Gods to a Calendar

The many Gods are not relics to be locked away in pretty boxes and brought...

June 2019

June 11, 2019

Celebrating Summer Solstice in an Era of Climate Change

If we did not feel for those who will be most affected by climate change...

June 24, 2018

The Summer Solstice: Sharing Each Other’s Burdens

We all bear many burdens, neither fair nor just, for our world is none of...

June 10, 2018

8 Things to do for Summer Solstice as a Solitary Pagan

Many traditional activities for the Summer Solstice are designed for large groups, but many Pagans...

June 11, 2017

Summer Solstice – The Necessity of Trust

If there’s a lesson in the Summer Solstice, it’s that nothing worthwhile is entirely under...

June 18, 2015

A New Order – A Summer Solstice Meditation

The ancient Egyptian daily temple rituals were intended to maintain Ma’at – the proper order...

June 09, 2015

Summer Solstice – A Solitary Ritual

What are you doing for the Summer Solstice? Here’s a solitary ritual that celebrates the...

June 22, 2014

Egyptian Summer Solstice

While the liturgy of our Egyptian Summer Solstice ritual is our own modern creation, it...

June 19, 2014

Building a Summer Solstice Tradition

Summer Solstice is perhaps the least well-defined of all the eight celebrations of the Wheel...

June 26, 2013

Egyptian Summer Solstice

The gods – of Egypt or of any other land – do not make everything...

June 21, 2013

Happy Solstice!

Today we celebrate the Summer Solstice. Tomorrow I’ll set aside my Druid robes, put on...

June 27, 2009

Earth Rhythms Summer SolstiCelebration

Pictures from today's Egyptian Summer Solstice ritual at White Rock Lake. Denton CUUPS was the...