Summer Solstice

[eumelia]

The weather is suitably muggy and disgusting for a day like today.
Hopefully the haze that's making the bright light absolutely blinding will dissipate by noon thus making the humidity even more unbearable.

Last year the Solstice was in America, in Philadelphia, which at times seemed to rival the Israeli Coast's climate in terms of grossness.

Well, I'll go prepare for my little sun ritual... Finally the frangiopani incense I bought will come to good use.

I'll put on my "Ladies of the Canyon" CD seeing as Joni and especially that album always reminded me of summer.

Have a good day to all and holy one to you (and I) Earth Worshipers out there.

In addition, the genocide in Darfur must be stopped.

וכמו כן, צריך לעצור את רצח העם בדרפור.

Comments

[bitter-moss.livejournal.com]

Hope you have a lovely solstice! :) May I ask how long have you been pagan? What's your spiritual story if you'd like to share it?

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

I've been interested in "alternative spiritualities" as my mother calls my interest in the occult, since I was a child.

I don't actually call myself Pagan, because I'm very attached to my Jewish heritage and certain aspects of the philosophy (like by bettering yourself you're bettering the world, known as Tikkun Nefesh and Tikkun Olam which literaly mean "repairing the spirit" and "repairing the world", respectively).

So I call myself Jewitch :)

I basically go according to the equinox's and solstices, and phases of the moon because those are celestial events, most of the Sabbats I don't follow because they don't correspond with the medditeranian climate I live in. So I adjust certain aspects of the Jewish Holidays to suit my own idea of spirituality.

I feel like I'm constantly changing and growing, it took me a long time to come to terms with the way I view Divinity with Jewish theology (which is staunchly Monotheistic), but eventually I reached the conclusion that having a Gaia/Pantheistic view of the World and having the symbolism of many God/dess's don't really contradict each other.

I have no doubt that at some point this view will also change, because I've begun reading about Buddhism and Zen and the circular philosophies of the Buddha are very beautiful and appealing, so, you know, you incororate what it is that suits you.
I'm very much in favour of syncretism, the blending of beliefs and faiths to create something larger and on the whole, most likely, more holistic.

At the moment I'm exploring earth-based Judaism and Reclaiming Witchcraft (which seem oddly compatible).

Here's a fascinating website about earth-based Judaism: http://telshemesh.org/
The ideas explored there really helped me along my own Path, and I'm sure you know the Reclaiming site: http://www.reclaiming.org.

Sorry, that was long winded :) I could go on and on.

What's your story?

[antongarou.livejournal.com]

If you haven't yet, try reading the "Chuang Tzu" which was translated as קולות האדמה- a series of impossibly funny, yet deep, Taoist stories:).

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

I'll definitely look into that :)

[antongarou.livejournal.com]

I like that icon, Where did you get it&can I steal it?

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Go to my user-pics, I recently removed and put new icons there.

All of them other than ones that were custom made for me, are shareable :)

[antongarou.livejournal.com]

Happy Solstice!

hmm...I wonder, did the people who arrange the Pride Parade arranged it intentionally on the summer solstice?

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

No clue.