A pilgrimage is a journey or search of moral or spiritual
significance. Typically, it is a journey to a shrine or other location of
importance to a person's beliefs and faith.
Stonehenge, Wiltshire is
the most popular place for Pagans and Druids to celebrate the longest
day because it famously aligns to the solstices. The rising sun
only reaches the middle of the stones one day of the year when it shines on the
central altar. Journeying to Stonehenge at the
Summer Solstice is a pilgrimage spiritual significance as a tourist
or reveler.
It's an ad hoc celebration that brings
together England's New Age Tribes (neo-druids, neo-pagans, Wiccans) with
ordinary families, tourists, travelers and party people - 1000's of them!
For many the impulse to arrive at Stonehenge in time for the Solstice is a little like all those people drawn to the strange rock in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. It's akin to a spiritual experience.
For many the impulse to arrive at Stonehenge in time for the Solstice is a little like all those people drawn to the strange rock in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. It's akin to a spiritual experience.
Cross it off your bucket list this year. Join an organised Solstice tour and take the hassle out of trying doing it yourself
The Stonehenge Tourist Blog
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