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How a Hobbit Would Celebrate the Summer Solstice

June 20, 2017 John Halstead Climate Change, fire, Frodo, global warming, hobbits, J.R.R. Tolkien, light, litha, Lord of the Rings, Midsummer, Natural Pagans, pagan, Sauron, Scourging of the Shire, Shadow, shadows, Shire, The Allergic Pagan, The Hobbit, Wheel of the Year

When we light our solstice fire this year, I will be thinking of shadows. I will be thinking of ruined landscapes. And I will be thinking of Hobbits. Little people who took up farm tools and kitchen implements and drove out the shadow of desolation from their homes.

Worshiping the Dark at the Summer Solstice

June 2, 2017 John Halstead balance, dark, dark child, Darkness, light, litha, Natural Pagans, summer solstice, The Allergic Pagan

Neo-Paganism is all about balance. It is about bringing opposites together into harmony. If we celebrate the birth of the Sun Child on the longest night, what else would be celebrate on the longest day but the birth of the Dark Child from his mother, the Goddess of the Sun?