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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4394052f-8f76-4b39-9a1c-315cbc91ad66/D60046F9-94D4-497F-A94C-4BCAA12883F3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.religioustolerance.org/summer_solstice.htm" href="http://www.religioustolerance.org/summer_solstice.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.religioustolerance.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.religioustolerance.org/summer_solstice.htm"><H3>Midsummer celebrations in ancient and modern times:</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.religioustolerance.org/summer_solstice.htm"><LI value="0"><B>Ancient Celts:</B> Druids, the priestly/professional/diplomatic corps in Celtic countries, celebrated Alban Heruin ("<I>Light of the Shore</I>"). It was midway between the spring Equinox (Alban Eiler; "<I>Light of the Earth</I>") and the fall Equinox (Alban Elfed; "<I>Light of the Water</I>"). "<I>This midsummer festival celebrates the apex of Light, sometimes symbolized in the crowning of the Oak King, God of the waxing year. At his crowning, the Oak King falls to his darker aspect, the Holly King, God of the waning year...</I>" <SUB><B>13</B> </SUB>The days following Alban Heruin form the waning part of the year because the days become shorter. </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.religioustolerance.org/summer_solstice.htm"><LI value="0"><B>Ancient Gaul:</B> The Midsummer celebration was called <I>Feast of Epona,</I> named after a mare goddess who personified fertility, sovereignty and agriculture. She was portrayed as a woman riding a mare. </LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D60046F9-94D4-497F-A94C-4BCAA12883F3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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