Ebook: Celebrate the solstice: honoring the Earth's seasonal rhythms through festival and ceremony

CELEBRATE the SOLSTICE: Honoring the Earth's Seasonal Rhythms through Festival and Ceremony; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; FOREWORD; PART ONE: Earth Rhythms; CHAPTER 1: The Power of Festivals; CHAPTER 2: What Is a Solstice?; Equinoxes and Quarter Days; The Precession of the Equinoxes; PART TWO: The Solstice Tradition; CHAPTER 3: The First Solstice Festivals; Paleolithic and Neolithic Europe; The View from Earth's Womb; Rings of Stone; CHAPTER 4: Celebrations of Sun and Earth in the Ancient Near East; Mesopotamia; Canaanites and Hebrews.;This book is an accessible, engaging tool to help people enrich their lives through the observance of ancient, astronomically determined Earth festivals. It assists us to recover an experience that had deep meaning for the ancients and that is now increasingly relevant to a world facing environmental challlenges. Seasonal festivals are not meant to be cultural relics. They are joyous, fun, mischievous, profound, life-affirming events that connect us deeply with the Earth, the heavens, and the wellspring of being within us. This book encourages us to undertake full-bodied, ecstatic seasona.