Celebrating Summer Solstice 2022 at the Paracelsus Centre
Summer Solstice – already more than a week has passed by. Like in previous years, we wanted to celebrate the beginning of summer at the Paracelsus centre and start with a solstice fire ritual on the mountain ridge near the Etzel Pass at a place with a grand view towards Einsiedeln, the surrounding mountains and, on the other side, the Zurich lake.
You find in the following some impressions – but please see also the report of the “Anima” team about their visit to the Paracelsus centre end of May at the end of this blogpost.
During the fire ritual, there was very sublime ambiance and we could feel the presence of the Devas, subtile intelligences. At the very end of the ritual, a short spray of raindrops gave us their blessing touch for 1-2 minutes.
Around the solstice time of the entrance of the Sun into Cancer, we did a meditation in alignment with the many groups celebrating solstice globally. Afterwards we went down into the valley to the Paracelsus centre, where we prepared a little altar and aligned to the solstice energies with some mantram chanting and reading a text on the importance of summer solstice.
We had brought a copy of the painting of Nicholas Roerich ‘Song of Shambala’ for relating to the Shambala energy together with those of Paracelsus, the great Master, alchemist and fire philosopher.
In the afternoon, we did a walk in the surrounding and down to the Sihl river flowing through the valley.
We concluded the celebration with some exchange and the evening meditation. Since the direct road to Einsiedeln for the way back was closed due to repair, we had to make a little detour which brought us along the Sihl lake – and gave an excellent close with a foot bath.
The next morning, at the monthly Zoom exchange with the Anima team, they told about their experiences at the Paracelsus centre during their visit around May Call (29 May) to do some videos. I would like to share here the inspiring text they wrote about their visit:
Four WTT members from Argentina, Belgium and Spain felt the call to visit Paracelsus House in Switzerland. One of us came from Bristol (England) by plane, another one also from Bristol by car via Brussels (more than 1.200 km overcoming a long blockage in the Eurotunnel) and the last two of us by car from Barcelona covering about 2.200 km including both ways in an interval of 60 hours.
The effort was worth by far. From the moment when stepped in the Paracelsus House we felt an extraordinary embracing and welcoming sense of peace. A silence, not only external, but above all subtle.
This small group received the cooperation of a non-WTT member living in Zurich who joined the work. Those 5 people performed a ritual regarding to each element: a fire ritual in a safe place near a water stream that goes to river Sihl, a water ritual in the house, a ritual for the air on the top of a mountain and a silent ritual about the earth on the crypt of Einsiedeln Abbey with the presence of the Black Madonna.
In all these places we could feel the presence of the mother nature that rules over the valley and was the background force that allowed Paracelsus to connect with the elements and the elementals.
We also felt that to visit Paracelsus house, inner fire and will must be activated. The presence of Paracelsus energy is sublime, but silent and concealed and it is bestowed to those who do the required work and approach in poise, with simplicity and humbleness. At the end we understood that it was not only an experience but also a test of readiness and will.
As a result of the visit, as members of ANIMA team (a communication project that intends to spread useful wisdom), the group produced several videos about the life of Paracelsus, the energy of the valley, the meaning of alchemy and the group of fire philosophers. The videos will be publishing once a week during the next 3 months.
You can find the Spanish videos with English subtitles in this channel. And the English videos in this channel (one video, others under production).
Before arriving there
