Well, I figured I would take advantage of the fact that I seem to be in the mood to be on Tribe (this does not happen often). For those of you that do not know what the theme is this year, it is Norse. Now this in and of itself does not seem like a big deal but in some ways it is, at least to me. When I was a little girl many, many moons ago, I would go to my fathers parents house and my grandad would sit under the willow tree in their back yard with me and he would say "now remember not tell this to your dad because he does not understand why I pass this on to you." With that said, he would proceed to tell me our histories and myths in the only language he knew to pass it on to me in. In this fashion I learned my heratige in Norwegian. To this day, I hear his voice in my head although I now longer remember the exact words and I truly would not trust my pronunciation if I could. What I do remember is the meaning or the stories and I remember the power of this. He passed on to me how his family, my family, used to celebrate each of the spokes of the wheel and I have been called upon to share this with our community. That is what main ritual this year is based on. Ritual will be less about what many of us have learned to be magick but rather the magick of celebration and in this case, the celebration of the Sun Lady Sunna and the Bright One Lord Baldr. The more conventional magick will be found in opening and closing rituals as the past, present, and future unfold.

We have learned much over the years and traveled much in our rituals at Sunfest. This year, no less than others as we celebrate the Summer Solstice in a Norse perspective. I truly look forward to seeing all of you there!

Tina of Hawthorn Circle