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At this time of year when the sun is at it’s height and the days are the longest we celebrate the Summer solstice. In ancient pagan and Celtic times we think this solstice was known as Litha. Litha is an ancient solar celebration, the high point of summer which was commemorated in some way by most agricultural societies. Stone circles, such as Stonehenge, were positioned in such a way as to emphasise the rising of the sun on Litha. Ancient traditions in Europe included rolling large wheels set on fire down hill into water. Celts and Christian monks have documented the lighting of hilltop bonfires, near holy wells, to welcome in the sunrise and to signify the sacred space between heaven and earth. These bonfires were also a totem of the sun’s full expansion. |
Josie Beszant and/or Ian Scott Massie, both artists from Masham North Yorkshire, Uk.
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