Light in the Darkness
By Frederick Dixon: The winter solstice is upon us, the shortest day in the depths of the coldest, darkest, wettest time. With what dread our ancestors would have watched the slow decline of their living God, the sun. With what joy they would have welcomed his return to life and health as the days began to lengthen after the solstice! A joy breaking out in feasting, drinking, merrymaking, in the lighting of fires to reach…