The Spiraling Sun: A Winter Solstice Spiral Liturgy

by Jan Avende

Many winter holidays center around the Winter Solstice. Most of these have some focus on lights in the dark, renewal, or the gifts of the season. In this book, Rev. Avende offers a modern Pagan liturgy, based on ADF's Core Order of Ritual, to help families (especially those with small children) and solitary Pagans recognize the changes in our shared cosmos. As the world turns toward its darkest, a spiral of light warms our lives and brings us new hope with the coming rebirth of the sun on the Solstice. The basic outline for the liturgy is focusing on the ideas of Storm, Water, and Fire. This allows the liturgy to move from dark to light as we progress closer to the solstice. There will be more and more candles lit each day to combat the increasing darkness, up until the Sun is honored on the final day when the nights begin growing shorter again. An outline of spirits and a full ritual for each day, beginning on December 1st and running through December 21st ( adjustable to account for the date the Winter Solstice actually arrives), is included.

61 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 25, 2018