be glorified the Mother and the Bride,
goddess of life and love,
teacher knowledge and magic.
There is no part of my body that
not gods.
Descend, O Goddess, this your daughter.
I've always loved my birthday.
I mean the date. The June 21. The summer solstice. I have a lot
significant
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in neopagan thought, the party called Litha is a word that encompasses a crogiulo of values \u200b\u200band symbols.
Litha is the phenomenon of seasonal summer solstice, and that's exactly mirror the characteristics and values \u200b\u200bto the winter solstice. Again, the sun stops , but this time to the detriment of Darkness, which is seen confined to a small part on the longest day of the year.
The word probably derives from Ligo, Ligo, a refrain sung by the Nordic peoples during the event. The ancient stone, in fact, lit bonfires and danced in the woods commemorating happiness for the return of light, weaving wreaths and addombando the thresholds of houses with birch branches and flowers, good-luck. In addition, we toasted with mead, an alcoholic beverage made from fermented honey and water, but they made their way to Scotland games and art competitions, and celebrara the spirit of the grain, John Barleycorn, burning puppets representing the burning car and returned to his strength .
While Yule Holly King wins against the Kings Oak, Litha in the fate of the duel are reversed, restoring the balance of opposites on earth. A common tradition rooted in all populations is the collection of herbs that are believed blessed with magical dew of June. It 's the case of the customs of Christmas San Giovanni, festa cristiana che si è sovrapposta a Litha per eliminarne il culto; la ruggiada ha la parte dominante in questi rituali, come ingrediente principale della magia stagionale.
In Giappone si celebra la festa di Tanabata o festa del Settimo Giorno, rallegrandosi dell'unione del dio Hikoboshi e della dea Orihime. Secondo la leggenda un giovane vaccacio (secondo altri un toro) scorse casualmente delle dee che si bagnavano in un lago e spinto da un suo amico decise di rubar loro le vesti. Le fanciulle, scoperto il furto, mandarono la sorella più giovane e bella, Orihime, alla ricerca dei kimono, e il pastore intenerito restituì gli abiti, ma avendola vista nella sua nudità fu costretto a sposarla. Il matrimonio, sorprendentemente, turned out to be happy: Hikoboshi shown great dedication to family, while Orihime took care of the house with fervent love. However, the goddess of the sky imposed the withdrawal of Orihime in his world, an immortal being irritated that he had married a mortal. Opposition of the two lovers, the sky goddess arranged in a huge river that had divided them for ever, the Milky Way, and subsequently seized by remorse, allowed the two lovers inconrarsi once a year (the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunisolar calendar).
The protagonists of myth are the Triangle, estivvo constellation visible in the sky, formed by the stars Vega, Altair and Daneb, with the first two which are usually separated by the Milky Way, It looks spostrsi on this day, making the two lovers reunited by a bridge of magpies.
According to tradition, in this magical moment desires can become reality, where you write a book of poems on strips of paper, then hung on bamboo branches and burned at the stroke of midnight. One feature is the creation of compositions similar to origami paper and given away as a symbol of good luck.
is celebrated Wadjet In Egypt, the serpent goddess that protects the pharaoh and his family. The festival focused on the solar aspect and its mother, being associated with Bast and Mut, the Great Mother. The snake was found in an esoteric value Egypt, as zoomorphic representation of the Sun (cobra) and symbol of resurrection.
Wadjet, according to some recent studies, is one of the oldest deities of Egyptian pre-dynastic period (Paleolithic Age, 3100 BC), guardian and governor of Lower Egypt before the unification. The magical and regal uraeus surmounting the crown of the Pharaohs was a representation of Wadjet, indicating the strength of the sovereign and his descent from Ra.
And the sun god, according to tradition, was born on the day of the summer solstice, thus launching the new calendar year also.
In ancient Rome celebrated the god Fros, male counterpart of Fortune, the merchants exposed to the best goods and invoking the protection of the gods.
In Greece, the torch passed from season to Athena Dionysus. During plunteria (sacred journey) the statue of Athena Polias (the city) was conducted at a stream and putificata, the tunic was removed along with the jewels along the way and were offered fresh figs, worn by young girls in sacred consecrated baskets . The Lautrides, women chosen to officiate the ceremony and only with the permission to see the goddess naked in the bath ritual praying for the city, temporarily sguranita of his patron and therefore subject to possible dangers.
Litha is undoubtedly the sand most magical and fascinating whole wheel of the year. The fairies appear suall earth dancing around the bluebells, sunlight
strong
reborn power of his heats Nature smiling and lush.
In Wiccan theology is the moment of ultimate triumph of Light, the divine couple has reached its maximum expression and reveals the cosmic balance by the effervescence of the summer. The ancient Nordic Litha regarded as the fulfillment of their prayers, because they believed that the summer inizaisse to Beltane and Litha is manifested his fiery power. The Goddess becomes the mother, pregnancy, and prepare the next winter eternally perpetuating il ciclo stagionale.
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