A fellow traveller wrote to tell me and others about her particular celebration. I encourage anyone who has also followed along with us to tell me about it. I'm sure we would love to read about it.

Thanks Cara!
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I detailed the Heliogenna festival that I celebrated during the Solstice. I held a 3 day celebration. My write up isn't that coherent or stunning and I don't write out all of the rituals, etc. But it is what I did and I can say that I will be doing this every year! What a wonderful festival, full of meaning. I'm posting it on here (mostly) because I was able to get a small group together for this celebration and also because I was able to add to my Helios altar.

Day 1 - Sunset
http://snowcalla.livejournal.com/239542.html

Day 2- Night...the Plan
http://snowcalla.livejournal.com/239854.html

Day 2 - Night - What actually happened.
http://snowcalla.livejournal.com/240350.html

Day 3 - Sunrise
http://snowcalla.livejournal.com/240871.html

The flow of this festival - with the time of year - was dead on. Loved it! I made some changes to it, but most of it has been stolen right from Hector. Next year I would do it as a 2 day festival...with Sunset being celebrated on the day before the Solstice, Night during the actual night, and Sunrise the next morning. They are called that, why not celebrate them during their name-sakes? Also...I thought Hekate and Hermes fit in well during Night since that is the Solstice and a time of transition, not really an end. And I honored the Protogonoi during the sunrise as that is about beginnings, hope and rebirth - it seemed to make more sense to me to honor them then.

Anyway...hope you don't mind me sharing this.