<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I am liking this conversation. And it is reminding me of the importance and power of ritual and symbol.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sarah <br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jun 21, 2017, at 5:34 PM, via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font color="black" size="2" face="arial">
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<div id="AOLMsgPart_2_4156c990-91b4-4c1b-b8f8-bad400b2a964"><font color="black" size="2" face="arial">The following is part of a Wiccan ritual from Starhawk's book, <b>Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess. </b>The Sun King was born on the winter solstice.</font></div>
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<div id="AOLMsgPart_2_4156c990-91b4-4c1b-b8f8-bad400b2a964"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"Now on this longest day, light triumphs, and yet begins the decline into dark. The Sun King grown embraces the Queen of Summer in the love that is death because it is so complete that all dissolves into the single song of ecstasy that moves the worlds. So the Lord of Light dies to Himself, and sets sail across the dark seas of time, searching for the isle of light that is rebirth. We turn the Wheel and share his fate for we have planted the seeds of our own changes, and to grow we must accept even the passing of the sun."</span></div>
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<div id="AOLMsgPart_2_4156c990-91b4-4c1b-b8f8-bad400b2a964"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I thought about John's question of rites and celebrations appropriate to a dispersed body.Why don't we all watch the sunset today' sing a so</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial; font-size: small;">ng of "Those Who Care" and consider that the sun in each time zone likely shines on someone impacted by some aspect of OE/ICA's work</span></div>
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<div id="AOLMsgPart_2_4156c990-91b4-4c1b-b8f8-bad400b2a964"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial; font-size: small;">I suspect that we, with our background, bring wisdom, light and a larger context to whatever groups we participate in. The group that meets at my house on the new moon each month will celebrate the solstice Saturday.</span></div>
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<div id="AOLMsgPart_2_4156c990-91b4-4c1b-b8f8-bad400b2a964"><font color="black" size="2" face="arial">Blessed be,</font></div>
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<div id="AOLMsgPart_2_4156c990-91b4-4c1b-b8f8-bad400b2a964"><font color="black" size="2" face="arial">Jann<br>
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From: Margaret Aiseayew via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>><br>
To: 'Order Ecumenical Community' <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>><br>
Sent: Tue, Jun 20, 2017 6:48 pm<br>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal">John asked this question:</div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal">What rites and celebrations are appropriate to a dispersed body?</div>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal">I have to wonder if in honor of the one planet on which we live, we might should celebrate, each in our own way, the solstices and equinoxes.</div>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal">If you can think of nothing to ponder in your celebration, consider that the music of the hymn “For All the Saints” is titled Sine Nomine (Latin for without a name). It always enhances for me the mystery of my many colleagues around the world and all the change they foment.</div>
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