{"id":43317,"date":"2019-12-02T16:18:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T16:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=43317"},"modified":"2019-12-03T12:44:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T12:44:44","slug":"yule-at-the-ancient-henge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/12\/yule-at-the-ancient-henge\/","title":{"rendered":"Yule at the ancient henge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are witness to the ancientness<br \/>\nThat encompasses the soul<br \/>\nThe unique hues of Autumns past<br \/>\nJust memories that roll<br \/>\nForward like the passing clouds<br \/>\nLess colourful its true<br \/>\nA mantle of slate grey above<br \/>\nFor Winters here and we all do<br \/>\nFeel the sodden ground beneath our feet<br \/>\nThe frosty air<br \/>\nOur priestly caste<br \/>\nAs winters blast<br \/>\nOur druidry we share<\/p>\n<p>The golden light of mistletoe<br \/>\nThe vermillion berries red<br \/>\nThe palest green of ivy<br \/>\nWe see it overhead<br \/>\nWe are living with the remote past<br \/>\nOn megalithic stone we feed<br \/>\nLife forever sacred<br \/>\nHeaven is the earths great deed<\/p>\n<p>Cyclical its endlessly<br \/>\nTurning the great wheel<br \/>\nDeath regeneration and re birth<br \/>\nIts all for real<br \/>\nThe sun ofcourse the life force<br \/>\nThe human cycle we<br \/>\nWholesome as the day is long<br \/>\nOnto eternity<\/p>\n<p>Here in this stone henge ritual<br \/>\nThe ancestral spirits rise<br \/>\nEndowed with all the energy<br \/>\nComing from the skies<br \/>\nAcross a sacred landscape the sanctity is<br \/>\nwhere<br \/>\nAll the precious geomancy<br \/>\nOf it please be<br \/>\naware<\/p>\n<p>Feel the joy of gathering<br \/>\nThe warmth of being here<br \/>\nOf holding to the future<br \/>\nWhilst standing where its clear<br \/>\nAncestors have stood before us<br \/>\nHave fallen and with grace<br \/>\nCome and join our fellowship<br \/>\nTogether as we face<\/p>\n<p>Each other theres a reverence<br \/>\nFor this great earth<br \/>\nWe share<br \/>\nThe love for a<br \/>\nOne another<br \/>\nOfcourse all of us care<br \/>\nWe breathe and stand together<br \/>\nAs druids we all know<br \/>\nLike bold enobled groves of stalwart trees<br \/>\nWe know   we glow<\/p>\n<p>Rising like a heavenly mist out into beyond<br \/>\nFreeing the immortal<br \/>\nAnd sharing of our bond<br \/>\nGrounded in the physical<br \/>\nEnduring every way<br \/>\nthe love of one another<br \/>\nAnd the world at large<br \/>\nToday.<\/p>\n<p>To be read by the BARD at the stonehenge circle soon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are witness to the ancientness That encompasses the soul The unique hues of Autumns past Just memories that roll Forward like the passing clouds Less colourful its true A mantle of slate grey above For Winters here and we &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/12\/yule-at-the-ancient-henge\/\">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":[229,316,200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dumbed-down-and-ghoulish","category-forests-and-wild-places","category-the-sabbats-and-the-old-craft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43317","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=43317"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43325,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43317\/revisions\/43325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}