Monday, June 22, 2009

Summer Solstice

On Midsummer Day the Earth bows low before the Sun, sweeping in gracious curtsy before her Lord and Sovereign as they celebrate together their Summer Solstice.

She proudly presents her sweet grasses, pure waters, great trees and precious flowers to her master in thanksgiving for protection during the winter just past, and for passage through a cold and windy spring. The Sun, clearly pleased, bestows benediction upon his bride and beckons her to rise and fulfill her destiny. Joyfully, the Earth turns in stately pirouette, as in a waltz, slowly lifting and slowly turning, rising and gracefully whirling and spinning into the days and nights of creation and celebration which lie ahead.

For the ceremony, Earth has prepared a soft breeze filled with the song of birds, and spun together upon the air the familiar smells of warm earth and flowing water - those precious treasures forever denied her lord; thus presenting the Sun’s own Fire back to it, now transformed into Life. In the warm blue afternoon sky, the Honey Moon, three-quarters full, sails high above the unexpected hoot of an owl.

Midsummer Evening slowly rises from under the flowers like a great sea, lifting and floating the petals and leaves on its soft darkness - this happy night will be rich in singing and dancing; it will be filled with fairies and devas, and the song of the mockingbird will charm the silver moonbeams. Ah, what magic lies right before our eyes! Will it be on TV? No? Oh, why not?