It's time for dreaming again and the Summer Solstice has never let me down . Every June for the past few years I have gathered with my soul sisters and opened the channel to endless dreams. The rituals under the summer sky is always the same. We adorn ourselves with flowers and cloud the air with sage. Herbs are tied into baskets and sprinkled into the bonfire. There is always a fire, no matter how warm this first night of summer. Dream boards are created, letters are written, and there is a music score as twilight sets in. Every year the Solstice becomes just a little more lovely than the next.
The most important ritual is letting go of that which doesn't serve us anymore. Relationships which have become toxic, decisions that we are unhappy with, doubts, worry, and fears, especially fears Letting go is something that is taken seriously, for we truly believe in cherishing all things in our life; even those things which cause us endless turmoil. This a time for unmasking and releasing anything that creates obstacles which prevent us from moving forward. What we set free into the fire fueled by the summer breeze is released without malice or condemnation. We simply let go.
Letting go, allows us to open the door for allowing enchantment in. Magic is whatever we desire in secret, at night, with the door closed. The things we whisper to ourselves because we unsure that we are able or ready to accept radical transformations in our lives.At times it seems unthinkable that we could allow the desired but unknown in. But in this circle of women, with the stars on our side,we open our lives to joy, pleasure, and passion. As darkness finally descends on the first night of Summer, we see each other by the glow of stars, and the brilliant night sky. We have dared to dream. The season ahead will respond. Where are dreams have taken us,will be shared on a cold December night when the Winter Solstice beckons us. to gather again.
