Solstice on the 21 of December

Subject: RE: Solstice folklore
From: Felipa
Date: 12 Jan 22 - 04:24 PM

a friend sent me a link to some short Jewish Winter Solstice Tales and although we are now between solstices, I thought I'd best share the link now while I have it to hand.
https://telshemesh.org/tevet/jewish_winter_solstice_tales.html

I read on the homepage that Tel Shemesh means "Hill of the sun" and that it "is a web resource for those who are attempting to integrate Jewish faith and practice with earth-based beliefs and ways of living. Tel Shemesh provides writings, rituals, songs, prayers, and myths that integrate Jewish texts with earth-based images like the Divine feminine and the sacred earth, in order to promote an inclusive vision of a Judaism entwined with nature and with all life."

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: GUEST,Tony
Date: 22 Dec 12 - 12:32 PM

For many people the end of the Mayan calendar suggested not the end of the world, but rather the end of an old era of trouble and strife and the beginning of a new era of peace and harmony.

Turn Of The Century
by J Fred Knobloch & Dan Tylor
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, "Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Vol. 2" 1989

There'll be flyin' boats and condos with moats
Cultivated oceans; floatin' cities in the sky
Livin' underneath our bubble; no more toil and trouble
Singin' 'bout that sweet old by and by

We'll all have lots of money that we won't have to spend
You'll be given everything and everyone's your friend
Hangin' out together in picture-perfect weather
This time 'round the party never ends

We won't have no TV preachers to ask how much we gave
We won't need no TV preachers; see, by then, we'll all be saved
No more fightin' for our country; no child will go hungry
We'll be smilin' from the cradle to the grave

CHORUS:
Hallelujah! I can't wait to see it
Hallelujah! Come on and go with me
Let me show you just how great life's gonna be
At the turn, at the turn of the century

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: Haruo
Date: 22 Dec 12 - 11:05 AM

Since this is not a BS thread, anybody got any good new Solstice songs (or songs about planetary alignments or songs about the Mayan calendars)?

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: Haruo
Date: 22 Dec 12 - 02:40 AM

21 minutes to go here. When the world ends on a particular date, at a particular time, does it end in time-zone-sized wedges around the globe until the whole green and blue grapefruit has disappeared?

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: Crowhugger
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 09:27 PM

Happy grandpa-ing, Joe! And happy solstice everyone...

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 08:52 PM

Congratulations, Joe! That is wonderful! She'll be one lucky girl!

Whether or not the planets in our solar system or the stars in our universe are aligned, Happy Winter Solstice, Skarpi and Everyone!

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 06:37 PM

Congratulations on your grandchild, Joe.

Just FTR, it's still 21st Dec in Caracol (center of Mayan civilisation) , and will be for the next 6 plus hours, so there is still plenty of time for the comet to hit ...

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: Joe Offer
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 05:33 PM

What's the joke I heard about all the people predicting the end of the world like there's no tomorrow?
Now it's cold and windy and rainy, so I'm sure glad we had our solstice bonfire under the stars last night. It was such a lovely evening.
I'm off to Sacramento to celebrate my son's adopting a daughter. That makes me a grandfather for the first time!
-Joe-

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: GUEST,Jim Knowledge
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 10:45 AM

I `ad that astro-ologer in my cab yesterday morning. I once saw him reading palms in the interval when we did that Singers Club in London. `e told Bob Davenport that `e was going on a long journey but I know `ed `eard that Bob was booked up in Newcastle in the week.
`e said, "Morning Jim, could you take me up to `yde Park, please. We`re `aving a winding up Solstice meeting".
I said, "What`s up then, Jupiter?. Winding up?. You all on the cusp or something?"
`e said, "Nah Jim. It`s the Mayan calender. Its finishes on the 21st. We`re all for the chop tomorrow. I assume I get a free ride?"
I said, " Look `ere Jupe. First you pay for the fare, and second, all that happened in South America those many years ago was that the geezer writing it down ran out of chalk!!"

Whaddam I Like??

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: Haruo
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 10:24 AM

Looks like Saturn and Venus are aligned, and Mercury nearly with them. Also Neptune and Mars come close (to each other and to Mercury, not to the other two or the sun). And I note with joy that Pluto has not been expunged from Guest999's map. I really felt for the old snowball when I heard it had been demoted.

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: treewind
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 10:19 AM

We'll be doing it with Old Glory Molly at the Geldeston Locks Inn on the Norfolk side of the River Waveney. These pictures (from 2006) should give you some idea of what it will be like.

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: GUEST,sciencegeek
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 10:13 AM

well, kendall, the battered west coast is still here... we have more to fear from global warming than the usual chicken little sky is falling, earth is ending BS.

And I do agree that nobody here drank the coolaid...

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: skarpi
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 07:07 AM

naked around the brrrr i think some ones thing will drop off ....
here at the least ...

well I am here ....

all the best Skarpi

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: kendall
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 07:05 AM

I'll bet there is not one person on the mudcat who believes that the world will end today.

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 05:52 AM

I'm still here on the 21st - assume the rest of you are too though its only am gmt.
You are welcome at a Survivors Session tomorrow, namely the Darlington Mummers Solstice Singaround

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: Joe Offer
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 11:18 PM

Well, we had a bonfire to celebrate Solstice. My wife suggested dancing naked around the bonfire, but I declined.
It's too damn Cooooooold!

Summer Solstice? Well, maybe. Guess I'd better start losing weight....


Happy Solstice, everyone!

-Joe-

Subject: RE: Folklore: Winter Solstice
From: GUEST,Ebor_Fiddler (Well-known pedant)
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 08:14 PM

I idly wonder if they will get to do their gig before the world ends?

Subject: RE: Folklore: Winter Solstice
From: GUEST,CS
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 06:33 PM

Linky for 2nd youtube:

Winter Solstice at Stonehenge

Subject: Folklore: Winter Solstice
From: GUEST,CS
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 06:27 PM

Tomorrow - not sure about the GMT, is Winter Solstice 2012.

We'll be getting the evergreens in and lighting candles as well as having a minor feasty. If possible we'll light a small fire in the garden too.

I rather like this Tull album, albeit it's not one of their best:
Jethro tull - Solstice Bells

A modern re-imagined Solstice tradition:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7oex-Z1Gkg

Modern Meets Ancient Folklore - Winter Solstice 2012:
Winter Solstice 2012 - What Will Happen!

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 19 Dec 12 - 11:09 AM

Dec 21st (and later) weather forecast

Cheers
Nigel

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: GUEST,999
Date: 19 Dec 12 - 11:04 AM

Yeah, have a great 21st. No matter whatcha see, this is the way it will be.

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: Keith A of Hertford
Date: 19 Dec 12 - 09:24 AM

The sun aligns with galactic centre every year.

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: skarpi
Date: 19 Dec 12 - 08:19 AM

what ever Rob , still there is a map from Nasa showing the line up ...
have fun at the Party

and they don´t lie do they ......or do they ....

Maeve I write to you later today ...

the shortest day of the year is about to come ..jubbyyy :=) ...


all the best Skarpi

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: maeve
Date: 19 Dec 12 - 05:33 AM

Thank you, Skarpi. I hope you are feeling better now. Happy Solstice to you! Enjoy beautiful Iceland.

Subject: RE: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: Rob Naylor
Date: 19 Dec 12 - 05:28 AM

There's only one star in the solar system....the sun!

There are no planetary alignments (other than the annual alignment between the sun, the earth and the approximate centre of the galaxy that occurs every December). Various planetary alignments occurred in 1962, 1982 and 2000 but there's nothing of any significance over the next couple of decades, and even if there was it would have no noticable effect on the earth.

I'm planning to go to a party on 22nd, myself!

Subject: Solstice on the 21 of December
From: skarpi
Date: 19 Dec 12 - 02:02 AM

well all , have a great day on the 21 solstice ....

they say that almost all the stars in our solar system will be in one line to our sun ...special day ehh ....

what ever happens ( if ) ..

All my best to all my friends ...

Skarpi Iceland .