{"id":31021,"date":"2016-12-14T18:03:48","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T18:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=31021"},"modified":"2016-12-15T08:58:37","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T08:58:37","slug":"yule-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/12\/yule-4\/","title":{"rendered":"YULE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WIth the bluestones from the Preseli Hills<br \/>\nAnd sarsons what we now see<br \/>\nIn concentric order<br \/>\nAn observatory<br \/>\nA temple to the sun<br \/>\nA neolithic monument<br \/>\nAnd today we are all here<br \/>\nThe cotswold order of druids<br \/>\nAll decked out in druid gear<\/p>\n<p>Look around you the ancestors<br \/>\nLike to congregate<br \/>\nThey hide behind the sarson stones<br \/>\nWhose hand are you holding  mate!<br \/>\nIsolated up here close to the 303<br \/>\nWhere there is always lots of traffic<br \/>\nAnd many a family<br \/>\nwill cast their eyes<br \/>\nTowards us<br \/>\nAs they drive on by<br \/>\nCan you feel their energy<br \/>\nA lot of it is close by<\/p>\n<p>HOw many souls have stood here<br \/>\nAnd within the circle they<br \/>\nFelt a true affinity<br \/>\nWith times  gone by and would say<br \/>\nA feeling of intensity<br \/>\nIs welling up inside<br \/>\nAll part of something special<br \/>\nWhich can never be denied<\/p>\n<p>Today some initiations<br \/>\nMore members come to be<br \/>\nWe all are  very fortunate<br \/>\nTo feel the sublimity<br \/>\nOf being part of history<br \/>\nAnd feeling its great weight<br \/>\nTo each there is the privelege<br \/>\nOn This very special date<\/p>\n<p>Yule the coming of the sun<br \/>\nAnd probably ice and snow<br \/>\nAnd an indivisible well-knit crowd<br \/>\nWho may feel the stonehenge glow<br \/>\nKnowing we are part of something<br \/>\nMoney cannot buy<br \/>\nThe grand order of druids<br \/>\nWhose assemblage does apply<\/p>\n<p>Our focus which is guidance<br \/>\nAn embodiment of soul<br \/>\nAlways accomodating<br \/>\nIn whatever role<br \/>\nWe are truly blessed to see you<br \/>\nFor posterity We know<br \/>\nIs auspicious and this  season<br \/>\nOf YULE just feel the glow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WIth the bluestones from the Preseli Hills And sarsons what we now see In concentric order An observatory A temple to the sun A neolithic monument And today we are all here The cotswold order of druids All decked out &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/12\/yule-4\/\">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-31021","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\/31021","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=31021"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31023,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31021\/revisions\/31023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}