The Winter’s Solstice

December 30, 2007 at 2:35:53 p.m.

In the Northern Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice occurs on December 22, 2007 at 1:08 AM EST; and at 6:08 AM UT (Universal Time).

In all the mystical schools of this planet, this marks the most important day of the year…the birthday of planet Earth. It is the closing of the current cycle and the beginning of the new. It has always been celebrated with the highest forms of recognition and in the most glorious raiment’s imaginable. As you might assume, it was a precursor of what the Christian religion adopted as Christ-mass.

Putting yourself into the flow of the earth’s harmony at the Winter
Solstice can be an important exercise that will assist you throughout the next twelve months. If you have ever attended one of our Solstice
ceremonies, then try to reenact what you remember from it. If not, then take time on this very important day to do the following:

Remove yourself completely from the world, its noise and demands.

Sit quietly and let your physical senses flow outward until you feel calm and empty.

Think of the Earth by thinking of Nature. Feel yourself in attachment to Nature, to its vegetation and its animals and the flow of its waters and the strength of its rocks and mountains.

Release everyone who has come into your life this year so that they are free to move in whatever direction they so choose.

And then, one by one, reintroduce your senses…first, touch, then smell, then taste, then hearing and lastly sight. At this point light a single candle and let its radiance bathe across your face.

Lastly, remind yourself that you are of the Universal Family. Your position here is exactly what it is supposed to be and that your role is as important and singularly needed as that of any element of the Infinite Whole.

Have a warm, loving and fulfilling Winter Solstice and the most enjoyable and exciting experiences possible in the month’s ahead.

Gregge Tiffen