Summer Solstice Part 2

Last night, Saturday, I drove up to the Parowan Gap sacred site to do my solstice ceremony as the sun was going down.  Today, Sunday, is listed as the actual event with even an announcement in our local paper, so I thought I would have the place to myself.  Not so, as there were a lot of people there spread around near their campers and on folding camp chairs.  Not a problem, as that area is quite large with room for everyone.

My first order of business was to find a place to bury the medicine bundle that I had prepared earlier in the day.  I do this for every Summer Solstice to honor the life giving light of our Sun, and to call in the monsoon rains.  The native tribes in the southwest did this also, as they were dry land farmers that depended on the seasonal rains to water their crops. 

On my wandering to find a suitable spot, I stopped at a curious place that I found last year.  I didn’t know what this was until I looked it up when I got home.  Turns out that this is a geocache that people find using GPS.  There are millions of these all over the world.  It is like a treasure hunting game where people leave items in the container at that location and keep track of where they find these.  Fun! It looks like there is an orb in the pink area at the 3 o'clock position in this first photo.

I proceeded to bury my medicine bundle under a juniper tree, and then waited for the sun to go down.  A party atmosphere was happening, with late comers driving up, friends greeting friends, and children having a good time.  I also took the opportunity to do some sun gazing as I called the energy of the sun into my body.  I asked to be ignited on every level, physical and spiritual.  BTW—apparently the half hour before the sun sets is a good time to do this on any day. 

Here is the progression of the solstice sunset.  It has been windy here this week, with a lot of dust blowing around, and with a forest fire west of Cedar City, so the sunset was orangey

If you would still like to do a ceremony, it is not too late.  With the 5 day solstice window, you have at least until Tuesday.  Use this opportunity to ignite any aspect of your life that needs this energy!  I will be doing my bowl burning tonight to keep the energy going.