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Wiccan celebration of summer solstice is a reminder that change, as expressed in nature, is inevitable

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par Helen A. Berger, Affliate Scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University

Summer solstice, a time when the northern hemisphere will experience the maximum hours of sunlight, takes place on June 21 – and will be celebrated by followers of Wicca, a form of contemporary Paganism, with a holiday known as Litha.

On this day the North Pole is at its greatest tilt toward the sun, creating the longest day and the official beginning of summer. As a sociologist of religion whose research has focused on contemporary…

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