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Celebrating the Winter Solstice
Front-Ranger:
Having some kind of rituals during the holidays goes a long way to alleviate the blues and stress that we all naturally suffer from at this time of year. The ancients knew that very well. Think how stressful and depressing it musta been facing the longest nite of the year without electric lights, and the coldest, most miserable weather without supermarkets! I hope we can discuss ideas for Yule rituals, as well as for Christmas and New Years so that we can build a shared Brokie culture that sustains us all thorugh this difficult period!!
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 20, 2007, 11:41:44 am ---Think how stressful and depressing it musta been facing the longest nite of the year ... and the coldest, most miserable weather without supermarkets!
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Not to mention without central heating. ... ;)
serious crayons:
And it wouldn't have just been depressing or uncomfortable -- it would have been life-threatening. In years when harvests were sparse (or in pre-agricultural days, when they had to rely on foraged food), folks living in northern climates must have often faced very real worries about not surviving winter. :-\
Shakesthecoffecan:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on December 18, 2007, 07:46:32 pm ---What impresses me is that whether one celebrates Yule, or the birth of the Invincible Sun, or the birth of the Son/Sun of Righteousness, apparently the urge to celebrate at the time of year when darkness reaches its greatest extent and slowly the amount of daily light begins to grow is a very ancient impulse in human beings.
Thinking this makes me feel very connected to the very ancient, distant past, and the--what?--thousand generations of human beings whose DNA I bear? :)
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Amen Brother, I like the idea of celebrating the solstice with a bonfire, or a lot of light. It is like we have sung to the furtherest point in the pendulem, and we all gotta hold on until it starts swinging back into the warm and the light.
Front-Ranger:
Yes, friends, let's gather round the campfire on the Yule.
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