June 23 is arriving. Bonfires will burn everywhere. Theyīll tell you itīs St. Johnīs Eve. Well, itīs solstice time. This was the most popular and extended fire festival in most of ancient Europe.
June 20, 2007 (Press Release) --
Watch out!!! June 23 is arriving. All of a sudden and a lot of bonfires will burn everywhere. Theyīll tell you itīs St. Johnīs Eve. Actually itīs solstice time. This was the most popular and extended fire festival in most of ancient Europe.
You have heard all about witchcraft. Well, this was bone-craft. Celts celebrated Midsummer burning cattle bones. They said they were great for averting diseases, evil-eye, bad spirits and all kind of bad vibes. The ashes granted you fertility, good crops and, of course, a wonderful time for celebrating. Wanting to get married? A Bohemian girl who visited nine fires that night was sure to marry within a year. Yes, but in France, both in Bretagne and in Berry, she also needed to dance in front of the fires. Couples jumped over the fire to get children and to ensure fidelity. People from the villages always asked some old folks to see through the fire and smoke. Then they could tell how things would go during the year.
It was womenīs time, above all. Prehistoric European women had an astonishing high status, as described by J.F. del Giorgio in The Oldest Europeans: Who are we? Where do we come from? What made European women different? Then patriarchal Indo-European invaders came from the East. They slaved women and suppressed solstice celebrations. Good Queen Elizabeth I from England discouraged any official interference with the festivities. It seems she knew something about womenīs rights in a manīs world.
You have heard all about witchcraft. Well, this was bone-craft. Celts celebrated Midsummer burning cattle bones. They said they were great for averting diseases, evil-eye, bad spirits and all kind of bad vibes. The ashes granted you fertility, good crops and, of course, a wonderful time for celebrating. Wanting to get married? A Bohemian girl who visited nine fires that night was sure to marry within a year. Yes, but in France, both in Bretagne and in Berry, she also needed to dance in front of the fires. Couples jumped over the fire to get children and to ensure fidelity. People from the villages always asked some old folks to see through the fire and smoke. Then they could tell how things would go during the year.
It was womenīs time, above all. Prehistoric European women had an astonishing high status, as described by J.F. del Giorgio in The Oldest Europeans: Who are we? Where do we come from? What made European women different? Then patriarchal Indo-European invaders came from the East. They slaved women and suppressed solstice celebrations. Good Queen Elizabeth I from England discouraged any official interference with the festivities. It seems she knew something about womenīs rights in a manīs world.
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