{"id":250,"date":"2021-06-23T01:12:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T00:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/?p=250"},"modified":"2024-06-24T00:31:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T23:31:49","slug":"noche-de-san-juan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2021\/06\/23\/noche-de-san-juan\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint John\u00b4s Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the night of June 23rd, many towns and villages across Spain celebrate Saint John\u00b4s Eve. It\u00b4s the Christian version of the summer solstice celebration in the northern hemisphere, and like many other ancestral festivals, involves fire as its crucial element.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I personally haven\u00b4t had the pleasure of enjoying a big bonfire celebration at the beach (my hometown doesn\u00b4t officially celebrate St. John, and also we\u00b4re not close to the seaside), although I do remember getting together with friends to mark that night in our own way\u2026 One year we even had a queimada<\/em> with its incantation spell and everything, thanks to V\u00edctor, our Galician mate :-)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, we had our own mini version of the bonfire, improvised in a bowl or an ashtray, over which we jumped three times in order to attract good luck. And in that mini bonfire, we used to burn a piece of paper, which if I remember correctly, had three things written on it: something we were grateful for, something we no longer wanted in our life, and something we did want to happen to us or receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a magic night, full of possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I always liked the idea of taking this opportunity to reflect a little on our life: evaluate where we are, decide what we want, and perform a ritual so that we can feel the magic of change. The thing is that sometimes we forget that this magic is not only in the \u201cuniverse\u201d, in that abstract concept at which we throw all our wishes\u2026 this magic is also inside of us, because we are the centre of our own universe. So writing down our wishes as one writes a letter to Santa is not enough, we also need to do our part for the whole thing to work :-) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year I suggest that you do a little extra reflecting in front of the bonfire, and write down four things instead of three: something you are grateful for, something you no longer want in your life, something you do want to happen to you or receive, and something you\u00b4re going to start doing now to contribute to your desired change.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

La noche del 23 de junio se celebra en muchos pueblos espa\u00f1oles la Noche de San Juan. Es la versi\u00f3n cristiana de la celebraci\u00f3n del solsticio de verano en el hemisferio norte, y como en muchas otras celebraciones ancestrales, tiene al fuego como protagonista. 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