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(Wood Sun Garland<\/a> with Rice Paper Center, Limited Edition by Jessica Pezalla<\/a> of Bramble Workshop<\/a> on Etsy.)<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also known As:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Midsummer, Midsommer, Summer Solstice, Litha, Alban Hefin, Sun Blessing, Gathering Day, Feill-Sheathain, Whit Sunday, Whitsuntide, Vestalia, Thing-tide, St. John\u2019s Day<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Purpose<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Dynamics\/Meaning<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Tools, Symbols & Decorations<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Colors<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Customs<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Goddesses<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Gods<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Animals\/Mythical Beings<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Gemstones<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Herbs<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Incense\/Oil<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Magick\/Rituals<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Foods<\/span><\/span><\/strong> (Wood Sun Garland with Rice Paper Center, Limited Edition by Jessica Pezalla of Bramble Workshop on Etsy.) June 21, 2022 Also known As: Midsummer, Midsommer, Summer Solstice, Litha, Alban Hefin, Sun Blessing, Gathering Day, Feill-Sheathain, Whit Sunday, Whitsuntide, Vestalia, Thing-tide, St. John\u2019s Day Purpose Rededication to the Lord and Lady, beginning of the harvest, honoring the Sun God, honoring the pregnant Godddess Dynamics\/Meaning Crowning of the Sun God, death of the Oak King, assumption of the Holly King, end the ordeal of the Green Man Tools, Symbols & Decorations The sun, oak, birch & fir branches, sun flowers, lilies, red\/maize\/yellow or gold flower, love amulets, seashells, summer fruits & flowers, feather\/flower door wreath, sun wheel, fire, circles of stone, sun dials and swords\/blades, bird feathers, Witches\u2019 ladder. Colors Blue, green, gold, yellow and red. Customs Bonfires, processions, all night vigil, singing, feasting, celebrating with others, cutting divining rods, dowsing rods & wands, herb gathering, handfastings, weddings, Druidic gatherings of mistletoe in oak groves, needfires, leaping between two fires, mistletoe(without berries, use as a protection amulet), women walking naked through gardens to ensure continued fertility, enjoying the seasonal fruits & vegetables, honor the Mother\u2019s fullness, richness and abundance, put garlands of St. John\u2019s Wort placedover doors\/ windows & a sprig in the car for protection. Goddesses Mother Earth, Mother Nature, Venus, Aphrodite, Yemaya, Astarte, Freya, Hathor, Ishtar, all Goddesses of love, passion, beauty and the Sea, and Pregnant, lusty Goddesses, Green Forest Mother; Great One of the Stars, Goddess of the Wells Gods Father Sun\/Sky, Oak King, Holly King, hur, Gods at peak power and strength. Animals\/Mythical Beings Wren, robin, horses, cattle, satyrs, faeries, firebird, dragon, thunderbird Gemstones Lapis lazuli, diamond, tiger\u2019s eye, all green gemstones, especially emerald and jade Herbs Anise, mugwort, chamomile, rose, wild rose, oak blossoms, lily, cinquefoil, lavender, fennel, elder, mistletoe, hemp, thyme, larkspur, nettle, wisteria, vervain (verbena), St. John\u2019s wort, heartsease, rue, fern, wormwood, pine, heather, yarrow, oak & holly trees Incense\/Oil Heliotrope, saffron, orange, frankincense & myrrh, wisteria, cinnamon, mint, rose, lemon, lavender, sandalwood, pine Magick\/Rituals Nature spirit\/fey communion, planet healing, divination, love & protection magicks. The battle between Oak King, God of the waxing year & Holly King, God of the waning year (can be a ritual play), or act out scenes from the Bard\u2019s (an incarnation of Merlin) \u201cA Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream\u201d, rededication of faith, rites of inspiration. Foods Honey, fresh vegetables, lemons, oranges, summer fruits, summer squash, pumpernickel bread, ale, carrot drinks, mead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10009],"tags":[10272,13809,10270,11923,12004,11924,10261,10263,12003],"class_list":["post-26284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-this-months-holiday","tag-celebrate","tag-even-day","tag-holiday","tag-litha","tag-longest-day","tag-midsommer","tag-sabbat","tag-solstice","tag-summer-solstice"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26284"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26639,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26284\/revisions\/26639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}June 21, 2022<\/b> <\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n
\nRededication to the Lord and Lady, beginning of the harvest, honoring the Sun God, honoring the pregnant Godddess<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nCrowning of the Sun God, death of the Oak King, assumption of the Holly King, end the ordeal of the Green Man<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe sun, oak, birch & fir branches, sun flowers, lilies, red\/maize\/yellow or gold flower, love amulets, seashells, summer fruits & flowers, feather\/flower door wreath, sun wheel, fire, circles of stone, sun dials and swords\/blades, bird feathers, Witches\u2019 ladder.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nBlue, green, gold, yellow and red.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nBonfires, processions, all night vigil, singing, feasting, celebrating with others, cutting divining rods, dowsing rods & wands, herb gathering, handfastings, weddings, Druidic gatherings of mistletoe in oak groves, needfires, leaping between two fires, mistletoe(without berries, use as a protection amulet), women walking naked through gardens to ensure continued fertility, enjoying the seasonal fruits & vegetables, honor the
\nMother\u2019s fullness, richness and abundance, put garlands of St. John\u2019s Wort placedover doors\/ windows & a sprig in the car for protection.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nMother Earth, Mother Nature, Venus, Aphrodite, Yemaya, Astarte, Freya, Hathor, Ishtar, all Goddesses of love, passion, beauty and the Sea, and Pregnant, lusty Goddesses, Green Forest Mother; Great One of the Stars, Goddess of the Wells<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nFather Sun\/Sky, Oak King, Holly King, hur, Gods at peak power and strength.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nWren, robin, horses, cattle, satyrs, faeries, firebird, dragon, thunderbird<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nLapis lazuli, diamond, tiger\u2019s eye, all green gemstones, especially emerald and jade<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nAnise, mugwort, chamomile, rose, wild rose, oak blossoms, lily, cinquefoil, lavender, fennel, elder, mistletoe, hemp, thyme, larkspur, nettle, wisteria, vervain (verbena), St. John\u2019s wort, heartsease, rue, fern, wormwood, pine, heather, yarrow, oak & holly trees<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nHeliotrope, saffron, orange, frankincense & myrrh, wisteria, cinnamon, mint, rose, lemon, lavender, sandalwood, pine<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nNature spirit\/fey communion, planet healing, divination, love & protection magicks. The battle between Oak King, God of the waxing year & Holly King, God of the waning year (can be a ritual play), or act out scenes from the Bard\u2019s (an incarnation of Merlin) \u201cA Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream\u201d, rededication of faith, rites of inspiration.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nHoney, fresh vegetables, lemons, oranges, summer fruits, summer squash,
\npumpernickel bread, ale, carrot drinks, mead.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"