Summer Solstice Open Rituals And Events

Midsummer - or the Summer Solstice - is a magical time of day, so the days are at their trace. Pagans approve the power of the sun at its strongest, on June 20, with rituals, partying, feasting and fun.This day offer are masses of Summer Solstice partying despoil place finished the weekend of June 19 and 20, and at home Monday June 21. Taking part in are exactly a few that are within lay out of London:18-21 June; Pendle Witch Camp. Souk in Pendle, Lancashire, with association and workshops. Tickets are lb30. For greater put down and to book tickets visit http://www.penwitchcamp.co.uk/default.aspSaturday, 19 June; Transport and At once Gorsedd Summer Solstice Check at Avebury stone circle, in Wiltshire. Druidic ceremony to approve the Summer Sun Remain standing. Convene at the Red Lion Pub from twelve noon for the ceremony disk-shaped 1.30pm. Aid organization of music, phone call, verbal communication, cake and mead are function.Saturday 19 June; Lose your footing of Avebury Shingle. Transport trip of the stones at the summer solstice. This is a guided knock around disk-shaped the stones and a odds to be idle with earth energies and divine a sacred power focus. Convene at 2pm at The Henge Vent, Avebury, Wiltshire. The setting lasts one hour. For greater put down, visit http://www.theaveburyexperience.co.uk/events.html19 June; Holy Hart Midsummer Meeting. Summer Solstice ritual to honour the Stag and the Sun at Bedfords Cafeteria, Romford, Essex, from twelve noon to 5pm. Rush includes beating circle and open ritual. Transportation food for picnic. For greater information and to book tickets, visit http://www.sacredhart.350.com/msgpage.htmSaturday, 19 June; Hilly Fields Midsummer Fayre. Fayre run by the join community every day counter to the stone circle at Hilly Fields, Brockley, SE4 1QA (pictured treat). Nonetheless this is not a moral pagan setting, it has a put the finishing touches to manner and is really thoughtful - and everyplace also in London has a celebration right counter to a stone circle? It runs from twelve noon - 5pm. For greater put down visit http://www.brockley.com/brocsoc/ Decipher greater about Hilly Fields stone circle at http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2008/06/hilly-fields-stone-circle.htmlSunday 20 June; Summer Solstice Performance at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk. Dr Sam Newton wish be bending a performance followed by feast and a sunset trip of the money mounds to approve midsummer. It runs from 7pm - 10pm. The arraign is lb28 and prebooking is essential. Email suttonhoo@nationaltrust.org.uk or entitlement 01394 389700.Sunday, 20 June; Summer Solstice on Primrose Come up with a state-owned handfasting, starting at 12.30pm and leave-taking on until 3pm. This is a odds to approve Alban Heruin. Convene at The Hawthorne Grove on top of Primrose Come up, Regents Cafeteria Rd, London. The ritual wish be conducted by Jay the Convert, Druid of Wormwood Scrubbs, of the Careless Tinkle of Druids. Afterwards offer wish be a tie in the Washington Pub, 50 Englands Lane, London NW3 4YD. Interest bring food and sophistication to slice all the rage the ritual.Sunday, 20 June - Monday 21 June; Stonehenge, the 5,000-year-old megalithic statuette on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, is the most pronounced place in England to approve the solstices. Gate is normally unambiguous little English Inheritance, which manages the site, is exactly to allot what it calls "managed open front door" to Stonehenge for the Summer Solstice, from disk-shaped 8.30pm on Sunday 20 June until prematurely crack of dawn on Monday 21 June. Impart wish be a one-night free celebration usable the stones. For put down about front door to the stones, visit http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/stonehenge/explore/summer-solstice-2010/ For greater put down of the celebration, visit http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/stonehenge/2010/If you delight to approve midsummer in your own way, inside are some inspiration on how to approve the Summer Solstice that I posted in previous years:http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2009/06/doing-your-own-solstice-thing.htmlhttp://www.badwitch.co.uk/2008/06/midsummer-and-solstice.htmlhttp://www.badwitch.co.uk/2008/06/visualisation-on-element-of-fire.html