Winter solstice

Stonehenge. One of Great Britain’s most well-known and ancient landmarks, this roughly circular arrangement of stones is visited by countless tourists each year. So well-known is Stonehenge in fact, that the geography and culture of the United Kingdom can no longer be discussed without at least a passing mention of the landmark. It is safe to say that Stonehenge has deeply rooted itself within Britain’s history and identity and yet, despite how ostensibly important it is, it is interesting to…

the amount of light in the sky increase an average of about 6% every year. Suddenly our animals have not been able to adapt to their normal habitats for several billion year due to light affects, which means earth ecology would collapse. This winter solstice, as we cheer the days gradual movement back toward ight, let us also remember the irreplaceable value of darkness.Yet all over the world,our nights are growing over brighter. All life is evolved around the steady rhythm of bright days and…

cultures in the middle ages. The significance of such tradition is basically with the iul or the wheel, which signifies the wheel of the year. Other cultures such as the Druids would even bless a lot and keep it burning for 12 days during the winter solstice while a part of the log was kept for the following year. Some other customs were primarily developed as part of the Christian tradition and belief. Mince pies was one of them. They were based in oblong casing representing Jesus’s crib and…

essence of a God and preserved it forever. The Circular Mound Altar is a 3 level marble Altar used during the Qing and Ming dynasties to pray for rain during droughts. During its religious use emperors would offer a sacrifice to Heaven on the Winter Solstice. Commonly the animal sacrificed was a bull which was set on fire as an act of prosperity. This would be a practise to pray that everything will be good in the future. The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest consists of 2 parts which are The Hall…

found inside the bladder, so if the bladder was honored and returned to the sea, then the animal's spirit would find a new body.” (firstpeopleofcanada) The annual bladder festival held every winter and marked the opening of the ceremonial season. When the sun sat down on the horizon during the winter solstice families would take and inflate the bladders of seals from the previous hunting year and bring them to the qasgiq (ceremonial house) women, in general, were not allowed into the qasgiq…

What I Know Before beginning the research process, my knowledge on witchcraft, Wicca, and Paganism was very limited. I gathered that witchcraft is part of Wicca and that Wicca is part of Paganism. I had no knowledge on witchcraft at all. I struggled to separate fact from fiction regarding the practice of witchcraft. I was familiar with caricatures and fictional portrayals of witches and wizards like Hocus Pocus and Harry Potter, but I knew not to rely on those inaccurate representations of the…

Contributions in Science & Writing (Laura Bandi) Science The Maya was one of the three ancient civilizations attributed to separately establishing the subject area of mathematics (Karam). The Mayans developed a vigesimal numerical system, meaning it was based on the number 20, most experts believe this is because humans have ten fingers and ten toes (“Maya Arts”). The main reason scholars believe the Maya used a base-20 system was to do calculations for their calendar system (Arellano 3).…

All around Harley was talk of Olympus. "Attention everyone!" Mr. D called as he stood at the head of the tables. The pavilion was silent was he spoke. "We will be taking our annual trip to Olympus for the Winter Solstice, but we will be doing something different. Usually we take the long time campers, but this year all campers will go." At this all of the cabins cheered and Harley was excited, hearing about Olympus from Annabeth. The cabins went back, talking…

This is all shown by the physical evidence uncovered along the Nile Valley and nearby oases. These excavations were carried out by committed Egyptologists. Many of the findings revealed by these meticulous researchers can be categorized by their differing functions. Papyri consists of astrological/religious writings. There were coffin with texts of the Middle Kingdom and the various religious books of the New Kingdom Some individual dates found in other documents might be relevant to this…

Wicca is the second-fastest-growing religion in the United States with the first being Islam. When we here Wicca we usually think of straight up black magic but there is much more to Wicca then magic. Wicca means “wise ones” or “to bend or shape”. Wicca is a predominantly Western movement whose followers practice witchcraft and nature worship. The people involved in Wicca see themselves as a religion of pre-Christian traditions of Northern and Western Europe. The origins of the ancient Wicca…