{"id":25342,"date":"2015-12-23T19:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T19:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=25342"},"modified":"2015-12-23T19:02:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T19:02:44","slug":"the-solstice-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/12\/the-solstice-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"The solstice fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That ebony sky<br \/>\nWelcomes the light<br \/>\nThe winter solstice<br \/>\nInvites the light<br \/>\nLets start a fire<br \/>\nWith some old dead wood<br \/>\nLets dedicate<br \/>\nInfinite light<br \/>\nWhich we should<\/p>\n<p>Be coming soon<br \/>\nTo bless the land<br \/>\nAn in the fire<br \/>\nLets understand<br \/>\nThere are dreams to be had<br \/>\nWe can, feel the glow<br \/>\nThe tales of the forest<br \/>\nFrom long long ago<\/p>\n<p>The blessed branches<br \/>\nDrank in the air<br \/>\nSupped up the raindrops<br \/>\nThat often fell there<br \/>\nThat cocktail of nature<br \/>\nWhere wild men have trod<br \/>\nWhere the fox and the rabbit<br \/>\nPrayed to their god<\/p>\n<p>Watch as the flames<br \/>\nFlicker brightly and high<br \/>\nConsuming the log<br \/>\nAnd parts of the sky<br \/>\nAll those rings  from the years<br \/>\nIt had struggled to be<br \/>\nHigher than most<br \/>\nThis wonderful tree<\/p>\n<p>And now in our fire<br \/>\nIts burns very bright<br \/>\nAnd soon \u0175e shall see it<br \/>\nThe majestic light<br \/>\nThe aroma of  fruits<br \/>\nThe colour the flame<br \/>\nAnd the  dreams to enhance mine<br \/>\nYou got it the same<\/p>\n<p>Yes I &#8216;m alone<br \/>\nDreaming and faces I see<br \/>\ni have sown<br \/>\nSeeds in my consciousness<br \/>\nSo profoundly<br \/>\nVisualisation<br \/>\nIts coming its here<br \/>\nComplete devotion<br \/>\nAnd yuletide cheer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That ebony sky Welcomes the light The winter solstice Invites the light Lets start a fire With some old dead wood Lets dedicate Infinite light Which we should Be coming soon To bless the land An in the fire Lets &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/12\/the-solstice-fire\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-sabbats-and-the-old-craft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25342"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25344,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25342\/revisions\/25344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}