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12/22/2008
11:52:02 am EST
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A Solstice Tribute, Shorter Than the Day Is Long
Author: Cara Buckley Source: New York Times
Title: A SOLSTICE TRIBUTE, SHORTER THAN THE DAY IS LONG
Sunday morning was a nasty time to be out and about in New York, with cold rain falling hard, but the predawn hours were worse. Sleet was blowing at just the right angle to find its way into tightly drawn hoods and mittens, and yet 17 people got out of bed anyway, all with the same thought:
“I shall go stand in the middle of an intersection in Brooklyn and bang on a drum.”
The occasion was the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. It was a moment of great importance to ancient pagans, and to a set of spiritually inclined people intent on connecting with Mother Earth through the asphalt of New York. Sunday’s ceremony in Brooklyn was convened at Grand Army Plaza, at the mouth of Prospect Park. It was led by Donna Henes, also known as Mama Donna, a self-styled urban shaman and provider of “ritual services” that include weddings, funerals, house and office blessings and energy cleansings.
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