ЧЕСТИТ ЕНЬОВДЕН! //HAPPY ENIOVDEN (Midsummer’s Day)!
„Еньовден”
– езически, магически и лечителски празник. Когато цветята и билките
имат целебна сила и омаен аромат, а водата се превръща в „жива”. Това е
нощта на самодивите, вещиците и всички невидими сили, които черпят
енергия от земята и природата. Празник на езическото в нас, на смелото,
дръзкото, вълшебното, приказното.
Всички славяни имат подобен летен
празник, който сваля срама, страха и заличава границите между небето и
земята за едно денонощие.
Честит Еньовден, славяни и славянки!
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Eniovden (Midsummer’s Day) the most magical tradition during the Summer! On Midsummer’s Day, people worshiped the sun!
Eniovden (Еньовден Enio’s Day, or Midsummer’s Day), celebrated on
June 24, coincides with the Eastern Orthodox Feast of St. John the
Baptist, celebrating his birth. Born six months prior to Jesus, John
proclaimed a message of repentance as he paved the way for the Savior.
In terms of its pagan roots, however, Eniovden is a celebration of the
summer solstice. In Bulgarian mythology, the Sun (a male deity), along
with his twin, the Moon (a female deity), were created when the sky and
earth merged. Both light sources played prominent roles in the beliefs
of the Thracians, but on the summer solstice, or Midsummer’s Day, people
worshiped the sun.
For the Thracians, seasons were divided into winter and summer. On the
solstice, the sun had completed its exhaustive journey to summer and was
now at its highest point in the sky and shone the longest. It bathed in
water sources while it rested, then shook itself, covering the land
with dew. At last refreshed, the sun played or danced three times in the
sky before it began its return journey toward the next winter season.
On the solstice, Thracian kings performed immortality rites, symbolizing
the marriage between the Sun and the Earth (a female deity). The
ceremony included a ritual bath, after which, the king passed through a
stone arch (the womb of the Great Goddess) as the sun penetrated it.
This rite at the gateway to the afterlife brought about the king’s
conception and re-birth.
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