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OBOD Summer Solstice 2006 Public Ritual on Glastonbury Tor

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 02:22:23 +0000

An Obod Summer Solstice 2006 Public Ritual on Glastonbury Tor, accompanied by the music and lyrics of Paul C Newman

Duration : 0:5:29

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Ideas to celebrate the Winter Solstice

admin — Sat, 08 May 2010 03:43:09 +0000

Many Ideas to celebrate the Winter Solstice, including History of word meanings and connections to Christian, Jewish, Wiccan symbols.

Duration : 0:10:0

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Winter Solstice Procession in Sacramento California

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:12:10 +0000

This is the Sacramento Grove of the Oak’s 8th Annual Winter Solstice Procession, Wassail, Ritual and Celebration in Midtown Sacramento. Carrying an effigy of the sun on this the longest night of the year, the revelers bid goodbye to last year’s sun, honoring him by processing, singing to the neighbors, and dancing with the folk before laying the sun to rest by burning the effigy and singing of their hope for the new sun to be born in the morning that will mark the beginning of the lenthening of the days once more. Undaunted by the winter rain that fell gently, the good Pagans of the Grove brought smiles and fun to the neighborhood in honor of this most sacred night. They wish for each viewer the deep wisdom of the womb of the Goddess that these midwinter nights reflect. Blessed be.
Key words include: Druid, Wiccan, Pagan, Winter Solstice, Yule, Here We Come A Wassailing, Goddess, Sunrise, Midwinter, Holiday, Ritual, Procession, Longest Night, Holly, Ivy, Music, Singing, Drums, Lanterns, Effigy, Carols, Celtic, Lord of the Dance, Dona Nobis Pacem, Merry, Happy, Joy, Shortest Day,

Duration : 0:25:5

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Winter Solstice “Silent night, Solstice night”

admin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:37:25 +0000

Please select the high quality option otherwise it may be a little difficult to read. My video’s are made for DVD so often they lose a little quality on here.

A small tribute to the Winter Solstice. For the record, I also celebrate Christmas This video is not intented to promote a single religion, but it IS intended to encourage religions to celebrate together We don’t all have to agree, but we do all have to share the earth, it would be so much better if we could do it peacefully…

I am also dedicating this video to all the religious fanatics who are using youtube to beat the heck out of one another, in particular, the Pagans… Sorry to single you (us) out, but it breaks my heart to see Pagans making spiteful video’s against other religions, that in itself goes totally against what we stand for…

I am not usually verbal about religion, but I am almost a full cycle of making these video’s, this is seven of eight, and I have not had one nasty comment on them, which proves that if you present things nicely, and don’t force it on people, then people are nice…it doesnt matter if people don’t agree, but its lovely to share a little knowledge on a very misunderstood religion. As a Pagan, I feel that part of my duty is to show people that I am a decent, harmless person, and that the stereotype that television and Hollywood portray is so far from the truth.

It is wrong of any Pagan to try and convert anyone to their way of thinking. Many video’s are made in hate and haste, and it should be remembered that people seeking info on Paganism are watching these video’s, and often judging ALL Pagans by them!

Those that were meant to follow or understand the path will find their own way to it…

So, thats the most verbal I have ever been about religion on here, and its aimed at my own religion. Don’t get me wrong there are some beautiful Pagan video’s on youtube, thank you for those…

I wish I was better with words to put this message out, I hope it is received with the intent that it was written. Opinions are not usually my thing when it comes to religion.

Blessed Winter Solstice
Happy Christmas
and any other Winter holiday that is being celebrated….

Lisa

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YULE Winter solstice Gwyl Canol Gaeaf /|\

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:17:59 +0000

Gwyl Canol Gaeaf (Winter Solstice) Yule
Druid ar Môn
22nd DEC 2007

Holly King / Santa Claus: There are as many theories of a “historical” Santa Clause (or “Saint Nicholas”) as there are ethnic cultures. As an Keltic folk archetype however, the old man wreathed in holly is the Holly King. He represents the “waning year”, the “old year”, or the “dark half” of the year. At winter solstice the Oak King (or the Sun, or the New Year) is born, and the Holly King’s reign is over.

Mistletoe: The mistletoe was sacred to the Druids. The custom of kissing under the mistletoe may derive from the custom of enemies refraining from killing each other if they should happen to meet under its sacred branches. Presumably the custom became friendlier and friendlier with time. Other scholars say that the lusty connotations of the plant derive from the belief that the clusters of white translucent berries were drops of the God’s (or the Oak King’s) semen. The Oak King takes the place of the Holly King, and rules the waxing year, or the “New Year

Candles: The extinguishing of candles at winter solstice rituals (including Amaltheia’s) represents the deep darkness of the longest night. Their relighting shows us that the light will return to us. In the moments of total darkness, we are “between the worlds”: between the old year’s death and the new year’s conception. Yule Log:
The word “yule” is from the Saxon word for “wheel”. The Yule Log,O.E. geol, geola “Christmas Day, Christmastide,” from O.N. jol (pl.), a heathen feast, later taken over by Christianity, of unknown origin. The O.E. (Anglian) cognate giuli was the Anglo-Saxons’ name for a two-month midwinter season corresponding to Roman December and January, a time of important feasts but not itself a festival.
Burned at Midwinter, is a magical bridge between one year and the next. The fire under the Yule log is lit with a piece of last year’s Yule Log, symbolizing the continuity of the cycles of life. The ashes of the Yule log were scattered on the fields to ensure fertility

WEB PAGE TO KATE

http://www.witchcraft.org/kate.htm

LINK TO LISTEN TO
Emma Restall Orr, Joint Chief Druid of the British Druid Order; Kate West, a Wiccan High Priest of the Hearth of Hecate and Richard Thomas, an Anglican priest discuss modern Paganism.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/paganism/holydays/autumnequinox.shtml

PAGAN WICCA LINKS FROM THE BBC

http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/searc…

YEAR CHART YOU CAN PRINT
The Pagan seasonal cycle is often called the Wheel of the Year. Almost all Pagans celebrate a cycle of eight festivals, which are spaced every six or seven weeks through the year and divide the wheel into eight segments.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/paganism/

Duration : 0:2:54

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PaGaian Winter Solstice 2009

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:13:23 +0000

at Her PaGaian MoonCourt, Bru-na-BigTree, Blue Mountains, NSW Australia. The Poetry is largely from the book “PaGaian Cosmology” available on-line at http://pagaian.org.

I acknowledge the work and inspiration of Starhawk, Thomas Berry, Brian Swimme and Connie Barlow, in this composition. The name “Tiamat” (meaning “Goddess Mother”) used for the supernova that birthed our Solar system, was the name given to Her by Thomas Berry (see his book, co-authored with Brian Swimme, “The Universe Story”), though the celebration of Tiamat in Winter Solstice ritual was inspired by Connie Barlow – in her book “Green Space, Green Time”. Tiamat is originally the name of the ancient Babylonian Goddess – and I also tell something of her story in “PaGaian Cosmology” p.73-74.

The music “Mundus Vergens” by Pascal Languirand, from his CD “Gregorian Waves” is used with his permission: http://www.myspace.com/pascallanguirand

Duration : 0:3:8

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