Quote:A stunning visual journey through the ancient sites, traditions, and myths of the winter solstice to discover their spiritual meaning and relevance today. Did you know that winter solstice was the most celebrated religious occasion in ancient history and still is even now? In this video, I explore the celebration of winter solstice throughout history. Watch the winter solstice sun rise along the grand avenue of Karnak in Egypt, the largest temple complex in the world. View a beam of solstice sunlight enter the hidden inner chamber of the giant megalithic mound site of Newgrange in Ireland. Travel through these and tens of other ancient sites from around the world, while learning about the ancient symbolic meaning they had to their builders. I also look at the deeper spiritual meaning of Christmas, the world’s biggest celebration held at the winter solstice. The winter solstice was the largest religious occasion in ancient times, and still is now. Many ancient cultures throughout the world venerated the sun at the winter solstice. Millions still honor it according to their ancient traditions, and billions celebrate Christmas at the time of winter solstice, although its deeper significance has largely been lost. Why is the winter solstice such an important event and what is its spiritual meaning? I explain how winter solstice was an important part of an ancient religion of the sun that spread to different parts of the world in prehistory.
NOTE ABOUT ATTRIBUTING OUR WORK The information in this video is the culmination of years of work and research. It contains our unique interpretations of ancient sites and traditions. If you like it and want to share it, do not plagiarize it! Please share the video, and give us due credit as the source. This video is part of a series about the spiritual meaning of the solstices and equinoxes.
You can watch the other videos in this series here:
Winter solstice:• The Deeper, Spiritual Meaning of the ...
Spring equinox:
Summer solstice:
Autumn equinox:
My website https://sakrosawel.com/
My husband’s book (which I helped co-author) which discusses the spiritual meaning of the winter solstice and ancient sites aligned to it in detail, as well as how to celebrate it:
Ancient Solstice https://sakrosawel.com/ancient-solstice/
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
- Bertrand Russell