Gylden Community is a magickal and spiritual group. We support, promote and organise pagan events within the Surrey, Hampshire, Sussex and Berkshire areas. It's a place for all those who feel drawn to nature-based beliefs and for meeting like-minded folk. You’ll find us at spiritual events throughout Southern England, celebrating sabbats, publishing regular magickal help and having lots of laughter at gigs, picnics and socials too.
Gylden Community is not a traditional pagan group. We link to our friends in Basingstoke, Portsmouth, Bracknell, Farnham and anywhere else that hosts magickal or spiritual groups. We visit to share fellowship – and they can visit us too.
As a pagan library, we share knowledge and experience with others, not only via monthly publications or online files, but also at themed discussions or fayres where we can put aside time to show others what each of us can do or have learned along our specific pathways.
Gylden Community works with Guildford & Godalming Interfaith Forum, Woking Action for Peace and other Interfaith bodies to promote spiritual tolerance. We raise funds for charity whenever possible via our presence at public fayres, including Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice and Step By Step charities.
Our regular monthly magazine is also on: www.facebook.com/groups/gyldenpaganfellowship/
Our July 2024 issue includes the following features:
Visit our Gylden Magick magazine archives for past issues.
Pagan/ spiritual groups in the Gylden Community area - all are listed on meet-up or Facebook.
Arun Traditional Witchcraft (Arundel)
Association of Sussex Pagans
Basingstoke Pagan Circle
Basingstoke Pagan Moots
Berkshire Witches & Wiccans
Blackthorn Witchcraft UK (Havant)
The Circle of Ankerwycke (Staines)
CoA Southampton Witches
Colours of the Oak Moot (Bracknell)
Crawley and Horsham Pagan Moot
Godalming and Villages Moot
Guildford Mantra Meditation
Guardians of the Grove (Chichester)
Hampshire Pagans for Environmental Change (Southampton)
Horndean Positive Living Group
Horsham and West Sussex Pagans
Moon Rituals Portsmouth
North Surrey Pagan Circle (Weybridge)
Pagan Federation South Central
Reading Berkshire Pagans
Rollright Circle of Friends (Chipping Norton)
Rowan & Thorn Druid Grove (Alton)
Seasons of Albion Moot (Farnham)
The Witches' Inn (Redhill)
University of Portsmouth Pagan and Spiritual Society
University of Southampton Pagan & Witchcraft Society
Worthing Pagan Moot
Here are some current issues of our monthly magazine for you to read or download.
Here is a list of past issues of Gylden Magick for you to browse.
Here is a list of past issues of Gylden Magick for you to browse.
Here is a list of past issues of Gylden Magick for you to browse.
Here is a list of past issues of Gylden Magick for you to browse.
Here is a list of past issues of Gylden Magick for you to browse.
Here is a current list of monthly magazines - all are free to download
The name for the Summer Solstice in Druidry is Alban Hefin, which means The Light of the Shore. A seashore is a good example of a place, where the three realms of earth, sea and sky are all one. This is the time of the longest day, the maximum amount of daylight and from 20 June, the hours of light decline until the Winter Solstice on 21 December. In astronomical terms, the summer solstice is the moment in time when the Earth's tilt towards the Sun is at its maximum and the Sun reaches its highest position in the sky.
For many non-pagans, the idea of solstice evokes the image of Stonehenge and people greeting the dawn. In fact, the solstice starts at sunset on 19 June and ends at sunset on 20 June. However, no doubt there will be many pagan worshippers at Solstice dawn at Stonehenge, Avebury, the Rollright Stones, Callanish, the Ring of Brodgar, Ben Nevis and Anglesey.
In Eastern Europe (Russia, Ukraine and Belarus), the summer solstice is marked by Kupala Night – an ancient celebration of the pre-Christian Eastern Slavs. This event might include young women weaving wreaths (trying to tell their fortunes about future marriages), setting these wreaths afloat in the quest for happiness and wealth, and couples jump over a bonfire in a bid for their future togetherness.
And there are many summer solstice traditions to be found around the UK.
Many summer solstice celebrations occur around the Gylden area – from Basingstoke to Reading & from Southampton to Haywards Heath. Actually, as we’ve referred to the goddess, Áine, here’s a prayer for her at sunset on the solstice day.
The longest day is over,
As the sun sinks slowly away.
At dawn, we greeted and honoured you,
Celebrating your light over the land.
You make crops grow and bloom,
And your heat warms the earth -
You are the bringer of life for us all.
Now the darkness starts once again,
A minute more of night each day,
Until we celebrate your rebirth at Yule.
Radiant Aine*, we ask for your blessings
At your festival of Midsummer –
Help us to experience true joy and divinity.
May the goddess of love and light,
Bring us the sun’s power during every day and,
Throughout the remainder of our lives.
So, mote it be.
* Aine = Aw-neh
© 2024, Written by Gylden Fellowship
Blessings for Alban Hefin
All these articles are free - we hope you find them helpful on your path. All have been written and revised by members of Gylden Community.
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DownloadWitch-hunts (pdf)
DownloadCeltic art overview (pdf)
DownloadThe Wild Hunt (pdf)
DownloadThe Cottingley fae (pdf)
DownloadIn-depth bulletins on all aspects of magickal practice - all free for you to download
Longer articles that apply to all aspects of paganism - again, all free for you to download
Here is some guidance from our Gylden River LRC Healing units. Most of this advice is easy to follow, but please contact us if something is not clear. Oh yes, you can find our Natural Healing stand or admins at Wandering Witches' Fayres and Godalming Spirit Fayres each year. If you would like to have one of our remedies, eg comfrey massage oil, herbal teabags, calendula salve, anti-cough juice, etc, please let us know in advance and we can reserve it for you.
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