Happy Solstice!
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 10:06 pm
here's to the return of the sun!
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Happy Solstice!
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 10:39 pm
All guns blazing salute to that sentiment! Get thee behind me, Winter!
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 2:43 am
Here's to longer days and shorter shadows.
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 4:44 am
Drink spilled, let's see some sun!!
-Rench
PS: weird look from neighbor when he's clearing off his car and I'm spilling Jack on the road at 05:30.
-Rench
PS: weird look from neighbor when he's clearing off his car and I'm spilling Jack on the road at 05:30.
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:36 am
Here's one of my fave pagan bands. We were going to see them in Jan., but the money's gone now. We're holding out for Paganfest in the summer.
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Happy Solstice!
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Happy Solstice!
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 8:06 am
Pretty good, redneck. What? Watching the entire series of Metalocalypse in 2 days must have done something to me.
Happy Solstice!
Happy Solstice!
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:33 am
already did my part on that front.BackDoorBarbie wrote:While the sun is great and all, don't you mean- happy birthday jeager?
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:58 am
Long live the Oak King!
"The Holly King, represents the Death aspect of the God at this time of year; and the Oak King, represents the opposite aspect of Rebirth (these roles are reversed at Midsummer). This can be likened to the Divine Child's birth. The myth of the Holly King/Oak King probably originated from the Druids to whom these two trees were highly sacred. The Oak King (God of the Waxing Year) kills the Holly King (God of the Waning Year) at Yule (the Winter Solstice). The Oak King then reigns supreme until Litha (the Summer Solstice) when the two battle again, this time with the Holly King victorious. Examples of the Holly King's image can be seen in our modern Santa Claus."
"The Holly King, represents the Death aspect of the God at this time of year; and the Oak King, represents the opposite aspect of Rebirth (these roles are reversed at Midsummer). This can be likened to the Divine Child's birth. The myth of the Holly King/Oak King probably originated from the Druids to whom these two trees were highly sacred. The Oak King (God of the Waxing Year) kills the Holly King (God of the Waning Year) at Yule (the Winter Solstice). The Oak King then reigns supreme until Litha (the Summer Solstice) when the two battle again, this time with the Holly King victorious. Examples of the Holly King's image can be seen in our modern Santa Claus."
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:43 pm
]BackDoorBarbie wrote:While the sun is great and all, don't you mean- happy birthday jeager?
Or rather, Happy Birfday BDB?
Offering to the Moto Gods made. Given the luck we've had this past year, I figure we could use a little additional luck.
Cheers, y'all, and here's to the coming Spring!
--Jaeger
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:51 pm
Yay! Sun! I like! 
Cold outside. Dark. Snow. Slush. No sun. No sun make sad. Sun good! Like sun!!
Cold outside. Dark. Snow. Slush. No sun. No sun make sad. Sun good! Like sun!!
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 4:09 pm
Happy Solstice!
I miss my good friend Bear this time of year - we used to hold a solstice ceremony at his house and all received blessings for our health and safety during the winter months.
This was one of his stories.
How the Christmas Tree Came to Be
Yona Equa
Big Bear of the Cherokee
(copyrighted by Cherokee Tribe)
The world as we now know it was created on the Full Moon of the Flower Moon - the month that is now called April - and as the days passed the plants grew and bloomed. The temperature got warmer and warmer for four moons, and then things began to cool down. Each moon was cooler than the last until on the eighth Full Moon after the world was created, it was so cold that the water in the puddles and ponds froze. Even the lakes froze and no water could be found to drink except in the fastest streams. It became even colder and the raindrops froze into strange and beautiful white crystals and laid on the ground, covering everything. The animals named these frozen raindrops unatsi and named the time n˚Òda unatsi - The Snow Moon
When the snow fell all the animals looked for shelter and found that if they huddled together in the smaller caves they could keep the small spaces warm with their exhaled breath. But most of the plants and grasses they normally ate had turned brown and died, and snow covered everything, so very little could be found to eat and they were all hungry.
Each day the animals tried to go out to look for food, and by doing this they discovered another difference between them. It was difficult for Awi (the deer) to walk in the snow because his hooves sank deep into it, while Tsitstu (the rabbit) found that his paws were perfectly suited for walking on top of the snow and the thick fur he had on them kept them warm and kept the snow from building up between his toes.
The animals held a council and discussed this, and the rabbit and his wife volunteered to go out and scout for all of them and come back and tell the others if they found any food. They did this each day, but found almost nothing that was edible, and soon the animals began to fear that they would starve to death.
And - as if that was not enough - with each day that passed, Grandfather Moon got thinner and thinner until finally, on the 14th day after Full Moon, he disappeared completely from the sky. The animals were very upset about this because Grandfather Moon was their protector and their guide.
That night, when rabbit and his wife went out to look for food, a strange ball of light appeared in front of them. They followed it as it led them through the forest to a place no animal had ever been before. The ball of light led rabbit and his wife to a small evergreen tree and they watched as it settled on one of the tree’s seed cones. Soon other balls of light came through the forest and they also led animals to the tree. In a short while the tree was circled by various animals, all of them staring in amazement at the tiny balls of light and the small tree.
The rabbit, always mischievous, as is his nature, took a bite of one of the leaves of the tree and found that it could be eaten.
"Look here!" he said. "This tree is still alive and healthy! Everything is not dead! We will not starve! The lights have led us to a reason to hope!"
The other animals heard this and those who ate leaves began eating the leaves of that small tree and the other similar trees nearby. Some ate the seed cones. The animals who did not eat leaves found other animals to eat, and because they had been nourished by the leaves and seed cones, they provided nourishment for the predators.
And even today, in these modern times, if you are in the mountains, and you watch very carefully, you may see some little balls of light floating around - those balls the Unega call "St. Elmo's fire" - and if you follow one of these balls, it might lead you to a green tree that will give you a reason to hope for better times.
I miss my good friend Bear this time of year - we used to hold a solstice ceremony at his house and all received blessings for our health and safety during the winter months.
This was one of his stories.
How the Christmas Tree Came to Be
Yona Equa
Big Bear of the Cherokee
(copyrighted by Cherokee Tribe)
The world as we now know it was created on the Full Moon of the Flower Moon - the month that is now called April - and as the days passed the plants grew and bloomed. The temperature got warmer and warmer for four moons, and then things began to cool down. Each moon was cooler than the last until on the eighth Full Moon after the world was created, it was so cold that the water in the puddles and ponds froze. Even the lakes froze and no water could be found to drink except in the fastest streams. It became even colder and the raindrops froze into strange and beautiful white crystals and laid on the ground, covering everything. The animals named these frozen raindrops unatsi and named the time n˚Òda unatsi - The Snow Moon
When the snow fell all the animals looked for shelter and found that if they huddled together in the smaller caves they could keep the small spaces warm with their exhaled breath. But most of the plants and grasses they normally ate had turned brown and died, and snow covered everything, so very little could be found to eat and they were all hungry.
Each day the animals tried to go out to look for food, and by doing this they discovered another difference between them. It was difficult for Awi (the deer) to walk in the snow because his hooves sank deep into it, while Tsitstu (the rabbit) found that his paws were perfectly suited for walking on top of the snow and the thick fur he had on them kept them warm and kept the snow from building up between his toes.
The animals held a council and discussed this, and the rabbit and his wife volunteered to go out and scout for all of them and come back and tell the others if they found any food. They did this each day, but found almost nothing that was edible, and soon the animals began to fear that they would starve to death.
And - as if that was not enough - with each day that passed, Grandfather Moon got thinner and thinner until finally, on the 14th day after Full Moon, he disappeared completely from the sky. The animals were very upset about this because Grandfather Moon was their protector and their guide.
That night, when rabbit and his wife went out to look for food, a strange ball of light appeared in front of them. They followed it as it led them through the forest to a place no animal had ever been before. The ball of light led rabbit and his wife to a small evergreen tree and they watched as it settled on one of the tree’s seed cones. Soon other balls of light came through the forest and they also led animals to the tree. In a short while the tree was circled by various animals, all of them staring in amazement at the tiny balls of light and the small tree.
The rabbit, always mischievous, as is his nature, took a bite of one of the leaves of the tree and found that it could be eaten.
"Look here!" he said. "This tree is still alive and healthy! Everything is not dead! We will not starve! The lights have led us to a reason to hope!"
The other animals heard this and those who ate leaves began eating the leaves of that small tree and the other similar trees nearby. Some ate the seed cones. The animals who did not eat leaves found other animals to eat, and because they had been nourished by the leaves and seed cones, they provided nourishment for the predators.
And even today, in these modern times, if you are in the mountains, and you watch very carefully, you may see some little balls of light floating around - those balls the Unega call "St. Elmo's fire" - and if you follow one of these balls, it might lead you to a green tree that will give you a reason to hope for better times.