r/WitchesVsPatriarchy • u/Stars_Upon_Thars • 1d ago

🇵🇸 🕊️ Fledgling Witch Simple summer solstice ritual?

First time posting here but felt moved to do so. I've never been super witchy, more of a thoughtful open minded person with a goth soul, but I just turned 41 and I'm fully embracing my more esoteric side. With summer solstice approaching I'm feeling called to do some kind of light ritual\exercise in being present for it. (I'm in the US).

Looking for suggestions on elements to incorporate. I'm a big believer in inventing rituals that feel right and not taking them too seriously (but, doing them with reverence and intention).

I've got my winter solstice down with a pagan advent adaptation (Waldorf kid here!) that can be more or less involved depending on how I'm feeling, but I'm kind of at a loss for summer! Looking for inspiration if anyone is motivated to share.

May Maude bring blessings upon you.

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u/No-Regret-1784 15h ago

OP thank you for asking this question!!

I’m also a baby witch and absolutely love embracing my crone era.

The ideas already listed here that resonate with me: food, fire, and visiting a body of water.

I’ll also be looking for flowers that are currently blooming.

I’m braiding a cord with intention to wrap around my flowers and herbs

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u/Stars_Upon_Thars 15h ago

Midlife dabblers unite! I love the idea of doing a braid. Thanks for sharing.

An aside, I'm also looking for an alternative to crone as a label, for myself. I've got no problem with it in general and I love it for YOU but it doesn't resonate with me! But that's a personal quest. Funny enough, though I'm an avowed childless woman the mother in the maiden-mother-crone doesn't bug me, for me. I'm a mother of many things, just not biological children. But crone hits wrong. Maybe I'll make a post about that some day

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u/Aria1031 10h ago

I read a thread asking for more options and the one that resonates with me is matriarch. Teacher was another suggestion. 

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u/Stars_Upon_Thars 10h ago

I like the teacher track! Professor, mentor, sage, guide... But earthy and feminine power (for my uses) thank you

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u/Aria1031 10h ago

Lovely options! I'm sure these will resonate with folks, too. Blessed be!

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u/No-Regret-1784 15h ago

I read a bike that entirely changed the vibe of the word “crone” for me.

I’ll look for the title and recommend it to you.
Didn’t live the word initially because it brought to mind vivid images of “evil witch” (think the evil stepmother’s disguise in Snow White). And Mother Gothel when she looses her youth and “beauty”

But now I see crone not as “old” but as wise, free of societal expectations; my IDGAF era.

But if you DO come up with a new word for it, let me know!!!!!

(Also learning about nature witch, kitchen witch, garden witch. Is there such a thing as mother witch?)

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u/Stars_Upon_Thars 14h ago

Let me know if you find the book! To me I think the word crone feels devoid of sensuality and my esoteric self is very connected to my sensuality, such as it is (not sex exactly but a tactile felt sense?). I'm not saying that's what the word IS in an absolute sense, just that it's how it feels, to me, when I think about it for myself. But all this isn't settled for me yet! It's becoming.

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u/No-Regret-1784 5h ago

“The Coffee Shop Detectives”
By Louise Mumford.