The Winter Solstice is the most universally celebrated of all seasonal festivals in the northern countries.
Presenter: To introduce the Winter Solstice ceremony at Eugene’s First Christian Church, Pagan elder Oberon Zell-Ravenheart.
Oberon Zell-Ravenheart: As the great wheel of the year turns another cycle, we come around again to Winter Solstice—the longest, darkest, coldest night of the year—after which the sun begins its return.
The Norse called it Jól, meaning wheel. This is the most universally celebrated of all seasonal festivals in the northern countries, commemorating the rebirth of the infant son from the womb of night…