Alban Hefin/Summer Solstice (3-4 pm)

Name: Alban Hefin/Summer Solstice (3-4 pm)
Start: 2024-06-23T15:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-06-23T16:00:00-07:00
Location: Greenlake Druid Grove

Schedule

Sun Jun 23 2024 at 03:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Greenlake Druid Grove | Seattle, WA

Please join the Greenlake Grove outside at north Greenlake to celebrate the rite of Alban Hefin. All those of good intention are welcome, regardless of experience or affiliation.
From the order of Bards Ovates and Druids:
“Druidry has a great respect and reverence for places that are ‘in between’ worlds. The seashore is one such place, where the three realms of Earth, Sea and Sky meet. There is great power in places such as these. It is the time of greatest light when the Solar God is crowned by the Goddess as the King of Summer. It also brings some sadness because from now until Alban Arthan, the Sun’s strength is declining and we have entered the waning year. For some this is the time of the Dark Twin, or Holly King, who is born and will take his crown at Alban Arthan. Of all the festivals Druidry is mostly associated with Alban Hefin. The wonderful white-robed figures filmed at the dawn rituals at Stonehenge are testament to this. However, to many Druids it is the turning seasons and the cycle of life, death and rebirth – reflected in the Wheel of the Year in its completeness – which are significant.”
https://druidry.org/druid-way/teaching-and-practice/druid-festivals/summer-solstice-alban-hefin
LOCATION IS AT NORTH END OF GREENLAKE:
* Near Stone Avenue North & West Green Lake Drive North.
* South of the parking lot.
* East of the tennis courts (on the other side of the Greenlake Trail).
* Find the west side of the parking lot, and then walk south--and then left--up the small hill into the oak grove.
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You may bring a poem, song or story for after and food or drink. Looking forward to seeing you there.
With the blessings of the Oak, Yew, and Silver Birch! - Ruth Oskolkoff