Litha: Creating New Pagan Family Traditions
By Jodi Lee
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Also known as Midsummer, Summer Solstice and Alban Hefin, Litha generally falls in the third week of June, usually between the 17 and 23 of the month. It is the time of the longest day of the year – after this, each day becomes progressively shorter until Yule – the longest night of the year.
Traditionally, this is a great time to harvest wild or cultivated young herbs to stock your magickal pantry. Young plants have a great energy, and are far more likely to recover quickly from a small harvesting. One must request the permission of the Goddess and of the spirit of the plant itself. Gently take hold of the plant or branch, and politely ask if the spirit will share its bounty. You’ll know, trust me, if you receive permission.
Jodi Lee
A freelance editor and occasional writer, Jodi Lee has spent her entire life on the Canadian Prairies, which she credits for her over-active imagination. There could very well be a mosquito with a zombie virus just around the next corner!Her fiction has appeared in Night to Dawn, Nocturnal Ooze and Necrotic Tissue, as well as numerous anthologies from several publishers. Her non-fiction has found many and varying outlets over the past decade.After turning over the keys of Belfire Press to Bailey Hunter at Dark Recesses Press in 2017, Jodi has returned to writing non-fiction and is currently working on updating the Creating New Pagan Family Traditions series.
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Litha - Jodi Lee
Litha
Creating New Pagan Family Traditions
by
Jodi Lee
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Copyright © 2012 Jodi Lee, Glas Celli
Cover & Interior design © 2012 Jodi Lee
Llew Llaw Gyffes © 2009-2012 Rhiannon Martindale-Wetherup
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ISBN: 978-1-926912-92-9
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Table of Contents
General Information
Correspondences
Sample Ritual
Litha Meal
- Recipes
Activities
- Crafts
- Story Time
- Coloring Pages
- Puzzles
- Answer Key
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Litha
General Information
Also known as Midsummer, Summer Solstice and Alban Hefin, Litha generally falls in the third week of June, usually between the 17 and 23 of the month. It is the time of the longest day of the year – after this, each day becomes progressively shorter until Yule – the longest night of the year.