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SUMMER SOLSTICE / LITHA
Wheel of the year / Pagan sabbat art

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LITHA / SUMMER SOLSTICE

TRADITIONAL DATES : Northern Hem: June 21 - 22 . Southern Hem: Dec 21 - 22 .
Astrological dates vary annually.

LITHA: SOME KEY POINTS:

Midsummer / Longest Day of the year.
A time to honour and celebrate the abundance of daylight and sunshine. Communities have long used bonfires, music, dance and outdoor festivals of both religious and secular considerations to celebrate the Midsummer Solstice.
In some neo Pagan practices it is believed that this holiday represents the highest ascendancy of masculine divinity.
Midsummer is a time at which summer reaches its height and is the time of greatest strength but it is considered to be a turning point as the sun begins its decline from this day as the wheel of the year turns.

Arguably the most important festival of Druidic traditions, due to the great focus on the sun and its light as a symbol of divine inspiration. Druid groups frequently celebrate this event at Stonehenge.