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Summer Solstice : AN INTENTION SETTING RITUAL

WISDOM & SELF-GROWTH
BY CRYSTAL COCKERHAM

As far back as archeologists and anthropologists go , there is evidence that supports the observance of the solstices and equinoxes from standing stones and building structures to petroglyphs across the globe .

Why ? Because they marked the passage of time by the moon and the stars . This helped them establish idyllic growing seasons for crops , when to plant , tend , and harvest , by

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