This page is part of “Creating a New Positive Religion or Spiritual Tradition”.
This is still a DRAFT.
The four solar holidays
We mark four days on fixed dates each year:
- The longest day of the year (the summer solstice)
- The shortest day of the year (the winter solstice)
- The two days of equal day and night (the spring and autumn equinoxes)
Each holiday follows the real season where it is celebrated. In the Southern Hemisphere the seasons are reversed, so groups there celebrate the same holidays half a year apart: for example, the shortest day of the year falls there in June.
All four holidays share content that connects us to nature, to the world, and to our planet: our place in the solar system, our place in the universe, and our being part of nature.
In addition, each of these days has content of its own. The themes below are only suggestions: each group chooses for itself, and designs its own content and activities.
The shortest day of the year
Like Christmas, which is celebrated near it, the shortest day of the year symbolizes the passage from darkness to light: from ignorance to knowledge, from war to peace, from evil to good.
The longest day of the year
Fullness and abundance: a celebration of life and of joy, and of going out into the world to act and to contribute, while the light and the energy are at their peak.
The spring equinox
Renewal and growth: new beginnings, personal development, and setting intentions for the coming year.
The autumn equinox
Harvest and gratitude: reflecting on the past year, balance, letting go, and repairing relationships. (It also happens to fall near the season of Yom Kippur and Sukkot.)
How each group celebrates
We will offer a menu of suggested content and activities for each holiday. But each Lumessianity group chooses what it wants to do, and creates its celebration together, through co-creation.