Wishing you all a blessed solstice, as we come to the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and winter solstice in the Southern.
I always find myself reflecting in these times on my personal inner journey, and how it feels connected to the cycles of the seasons. Each one feels like a deepening, as I and all those learning from life, deepen in our understanding, absorbing the lessons of the last 3 months.
The light of midsummer is a powerful reminder of the Source as the great origin and return destination of all beings—that great goal shining upon us. The darkness of midwinter is a reminder of the darkness each of us carry within, yet containing the hope of spiritual renewal if we can overcome and learn from it wisely.
Here are the quick links to the videos I have done (with the help of the team at the publisher) on the spiritual meaning of both the summer solstice and winter solstice.
An update on what we’re working on: Mark and I are continuing to finish the large re-write of our book Ancient Solstice. I’ve also begun working on an update to my book The Ancient Religion of the Sun; right now I am re-writing the chapter about Jesus and his connection to the religion of the sun with a lot of new information. Then we plan to move on to completing three new books. One of them will be large, but is mostly written already. It will be followed by two small books. Once these are done, our work on books will be largely complete, and I plan to focus on videos.
There is also a small team working in the background on the religionofthesun.com website, which is going to get a big update.
Thank you as always for your continued support, we couldn’t do any of this without it.
Blessed solstice
Greetings everyone.
I didn’t know where else to post this so I figured this was a suitable place as any.
During the Winter Solstice period here in Australia, I randomly found a Hungarian animated film called Feherlofia (Son of the White Mare) which is based on a Hungarian folk tale of the same name.
The story is rich in symbolism including a solar hero who descends into the underworld to defeat dragons. I found it quite extraordinary and worth watching. People often assume that the director of this film was under the influence of Psychedlic drugs due to the strange nature of it, but apparently the director was inspired only by folk stories and his own dreams.
Thank you Lara for the solstice wishes and for the update on what you are working on. It is a huge task to revive humanity’s heritage, the invaluable solar knowledge and the experiences of many courageous people who faced and overcame internal and external challenges to acquire it, and who passed it on for others as a guide. Without ongoing efforts, such knowledge is gradually eaten away by time and destroyed by darkness. And so it seems to be on a personal level too, with gradual small gains on the path towards the Spiritual Sun, and falls when efforts diminish.
Thank you everyone for the wishes, inspiring comments, and for sharing your experiences and observations. This solstice has gifted me with increased lucidity at night, as well as a relentless and intensified opposition to being awake and aware.
I wish us all much inner strength and perseverance in continuously reigniting the light within.
I can relate to your insights and experiences, Slawek.
I also found as time goes on i feel im expected to overcome more challenging situations. Its like walking along and there’s a huge something to cross over and once I do that I see another bigger all around. Then trying this way, another way, then it grows somehow and I come to a point of no way I can do this. . A point of total collapse.. then the light quickly finds its way in.
It seems all this is needed to unfold in order to unearth a fraction of an ego state that needs to be dealt with. Then the connection grows stronger and im seeing and experiencing the subtle communication all around me.
I feel humility is found in exactly those places, hidden suffering that is waiting to spread its message.
Thank you Lara, Mark and to the teams that make all of this possible, especially the upcoming books.
There is so much hidden information which you are bringing to the light.
All the best…
I really like this emphasis on compassion, Lara. Its beautiful wave is spreading and i can feel how it affects us all. Any action or decision we make it ripples out, as Olga has mentioned too, creating an invisible energy that has the power to support, or not ,the growth of us and others.
I found that when im more compassionate toward myself I am able to extend that to others. And it kind of comes back around and it seems it’s being fed and so it grows stronger.
I see how this energy of compassion is growing in the world also and from what im seeing its source is from above. They are intervening, changing directions and many are responding..
Hi Everyone,
Wasn’t sure where to post this information so putting it here for now. Lara mentioned that more information on Jesus is being added in the new edition of The Ancient Religion of the Sun, which I’m sure we’re all looking forward to, and thought to post this short doco (approx. 13 mins) on the early years of Jesus according to Ethiopian tradition. It is an overview, but it goes on about the formative years of Jesus and how the people of Ethiopia knew him to be of Divine origin. It also presents the Ethiopian bible as having more books (88 of them) and includes the book of Enoch, the infancy gospels or formative years of Jesus.
Here is the link if anyone is interested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00B63rij1-E
Thanks Dimi for bringing this up. I heard about the Ethiopian Bible and its many books, will check it out.
Hi Lucia and Akira,
I’ve been looking into this a bit myself, and at times unsure about what I am uncovering – important to find ways to verify content, but can be tricky. For instance, there seems to be a bit of controversy around the Book of Enoch, and its authenticity, that it was not written by Enoch but by someone else with that name. Have you come across this in your research at all?
I know what you mean Akira, I’m starting to question the AI generated videos more and more as I go along. The voice/style usually is the giveaway, and – I agree – the lack of referencing. Perhaps this video was relying on the ‘reputation’ of the Ethiopian Bible as being quite old and trying to draw people to its tradition. There are so many western versions of the New Testament and this one is somewhat different. I’ve been exploring this a bit more over time.
Thanks Dimi,
I had a brief look at the video, but also at other content on that YouTube channel.
For me Ai imagery can give nice artistic visuals, and Ai voice is convenient, but when the content/script itself is also Ai generated, and when there are no references given at all – then, even with good intentions, it eventually weakens foundations of truth. Like that channel with fake generated NDE’s.
A thing that happens for example is that two bits of info are blended and made to support one thing.
A question is also what sources are used (what Ai drew from the general knowlege on the internet currently, but then it’s limited to that. Whereas real research can move things forward in new areas.)
I’m personally very interested in uncovering lost African spirituality and history. And (a bit like mentioned in relation to Japan where many feel there is something) there is a desire for it, but it’s essential to base it on reality and not wishfully generating it.
Just thought to mention that.
In terms of the lost years of Jesus I also stumbled across an early 20th century ‘account’ a few months back, not sure how reliable it is, but it was an interesting read.
I wish everyone Peace, Light, and Love! May the light of the Spiritual Sun and the Solstice shine and help us through the next months and humanity.
Lara, thank you for your update. I’m looking forward to it and studying your books close to a spiritual place around the UK, as I love to do with my breaks, is a true inspiration :))
Lara, Mark and the team in the background, you have my love and support
Belated solstice wishes everyone! Hope everyone did even a small something, or felt stopped in their tracks in some way from a connection to the solstice sun. It’s always wonderful to reconnect to the beautiful story of awakening the sun provides us right above our heads. Alex and I went to find the sunrise at local view points over the solstice. We were blessed with beautiful weather and an actual view of the sun. We sat in fields of long summer grass and saw the sweetest young deer one morning, it almost seemed like it was dancing around for us in pure joy. Its little antlers looked like a crown and I’m sure I caught a glimpse of fairies riding on its back!
Great to hear all the updates, thank you, Lara!
This year’s celebrations felt like fulfilling a duty, something urgent given the current state of the world and ongoing conflicts. It felt as though, in this challenging era we live in, the Light force has a crucial role to play, but it must be invited and actively applied.
Thanks everyone, wishing you all the best!
Blessed solstice to everyone.
How accurate is the deepening part of your title, Lara.
Thank you so much for the exciting updates and for your continuous effort and dedication in designing how you want to re-present The Religion of the Sun to the World. I recently started reading your book again, and the Jesus chapter is what I always read first. This time around, I’ve been feeling your book as a fairy tale that tells the story of humanity. I think I didn’t appreciate it this much before. Your book is a massive achievement, an incredible work of research presented in digestible writing, and it feels very light and warming; an invaluable gift to humanity. I look forward to the updated version whenever it arrives, as well as the other books and updates.
I also have to extend my gratitude to everyone who gave me words of encouragement in my previous comments. I really needed it, and it has helped me put into perspective my way of living in what has been a difficult struggle in trying to get back up. You guys are amazing.
Lastly, but not least, I extend my prayers and blessings to Michael. I wish from the bottom of my heart that you are recovering and can participate in these discussions with your unique energy soon. May the light of The Sacred Sun shine over you, bringing you healing and solace.
God bless.
Wishing everyone much peace and light during this Solstice time. I hope everyone has had the opportunity to take time out to focus on the Solstice and that you receive whatever it is that you most need from it.
Lara, I similarly find that the events of the season start to make more sense at these times and the lessons learned come into focus. Thanks very much for the updates, and for all that you and Mark are doing. I look forward to reading the revised books and to the new ones to come. I wish you both all the best as you continue your work on these life-changing books.
This Winter Solstice has been an interesting one for me. Work has been very chaotic and it’s been a real challenge to try and salvage what energies I can from the day to be put towards practices in the evening. I have the good fortune to be able to work from home so at the end of each day I usually went straight into the forest at the end of my street and tried to soak in as much of these mystical energies as possible. Spending these late afternoons/early evenings in the forest during sunset has been a real joy for me and it really felt like a much needed nourishment after so much intellectual work through the day. The forest (or bush in Australia) has a very mystical feeling at this time of day. I usually had the company of local wildlife including the beautiful song of the Currawong to share the sunset with.
In the days leading up to the Solstice, I regret that my focus was not what it should or could have been. Unfortunately I was often distracted with global events which caused a lot of sadness and emotional turmoil, especially when I heard the terrible news of the recent attacks in West Asia. At times I was able to separate myself from these emotions but there were definitely times where I found myself immersed in terrible lower emotions of fear and rage.
The morning of the Solstice was a special one and I was fortunate enough to be able to experience a beautiful sunrise. It felt like a magical fire was ingited within a freezing fog (https://drive.proton.me/urls/HPVV2K2R20#PZvqXVg2oo4w).
I hope that I’ll be able to better prepare myself inwardly for the next solar celebration in Spring.
Wishing everyone a beautiful and magical time!
Hi Owain,
Thank you very much for sharing those beautiful pictures, the sun really looks amazing there! The bush is definitely a different landscape we are used to here (central Europe), it has a very mystical atmosphere on those pictures indeed (I saved it if you don’t mind!).
Here is a picture of our sunrise this year, the clouds were hanging so low and covering the whole sky, that I was afraid we won’t see anything, but in the end we did see a beautiful, golden shiny orb rising through a tiny cloud-free space at the bottom, but very soon, it hid behind the clouds that were hanging above it. I was thinking that it was almost a metaphor of what’s happening in the world today, with the beautiful, big and shiny Sun (of these teachings) rising, but some thick clouds hanging above it (the dangerous war-like situation that’s threatening whole world).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i3lA1ZRlj0rdH7mrYq5m-_xScjDWIyPl/view?usp=sharing
Hi Lucia,
Thanks for sharing your sunrise photos from central europe. It looks like a very beautiful place to live and commune with the Divine through nature. Those pine forests must have a very mystical feeling to them.
Wishing everyone a wonderful spiritual solstice ☀️
Thank you Lara for the update – they are really great news ✨
Thanks everyone for keeping the knowledge about the Light alive !
All the very best to all here through the Solstice. Strength esspecially to those in the southern part of the world during the winter solstice that you may grow your connection to the divine and apply this re-emerging ancient wisdom. Thank you Lara & Mark and all those that help nurture this.
Thank you Lara for your wishes!!
I also wish everyone a very inspiring solstice with a deep impact on the soul!!
I also wish Peace to everyone and everywhere in the world, in these difficult times!!
Lara, it’s astonishing for me how many books you, Mark and your team work on!! It’s a tremendous task!! I wish you all the best and strength!!
The site “the Religion of The Sun” is very good, helpful and inspiring!! I loved the questions and the answers!! So, I can understand deeper what is the point and the overall of “the Religion of The Sun”
It answers some questions that I haven’t posed to myself and it is astonishing and welcomed itself!!
Thank you very much!
Thanks, Lara! I also wish you, Mark and everyone here a powerful moment of stillness that leads to a deeper connection with the source.
It’s interesting how many people have reported on having gone or are going through difficulties at this time. I’m also just coming out of a really tough boot camp (that’s the only way I could understand what’s been happening). And it’s in relation to the toughness of having to deal with the physical body and still grasping for clarity at the same time. It reminded me of the symbolism of this time here in the northern hemisphere where the sun is at its highest level above us, above the physical, being able to shine brighter than before as it has risen above the physical matter (the body) and entering the selfless constellation of cancer.
Just like us here, when we’re able to rise above our physical circumstances we are able to shine brighter for the world. That’s been the theme of this heavy training for me. And indeed it brought me to a deeper understanding of the importance of practising conscious suffering. It may seem a bit insensitive given the current circumstances but that’s been my lesson for this time and I wanted to share it as maybe someone else could relate to it.
It’s a beautiful way of putting it Tina. “Rising above our circumstances….to shine brighter for the world”. It’s amazing to think that when we are struggling, what we overcome, can not only impact and change the environment and our outlook, but also becomes an addition of light in this world, especially in these dark and heavy times. At the very least (and best) we have light accompanying us, even if it’s a gentle breeze of hope, amid the pouring storm.
I do hope your circumstances have eased up, and you are able to cope better physically and gain the clarity you are after. Happy solstice :)
Thanks, Olga for your wishes.
I’m better now and learning to preserve patience as healing takes time. Quite few miracles already happened and the guidance is nothing what I had before.
The feeling of gratitude is overwhelming sometimes..
That sounds wonderful Tina about the miracles and guidance.,, 💖
Wishing you a continuous improvement in your health situation!
BTW, speaking of miracles and spiritual assistance, I have recently witnessed a beautiful “solstice miracle” that my friend (who is also interested in the Religion of the Sun) received over the solstice in the form of a very clear Divine guidance, which really warmed my heart, as I wished her for a long time some help with this, but could not imagine how…
The Divine is real, if we put some sincere efforts in… Also, it seems to always come unexpectedly. 🌞
Thanks, Lucia!
Its really nice to read about your friend that has received the divine guidance, and even more so that it happened at the Solstice time. Im also very pleased for her. She definitely made an impact on my life by just being who she is.
I wish her much divine connection, inspiration and wisdom in her movement towards the spiritual sun!
Tina, I am so happy to hear you are better and filled with gratitude for the miracles you’ve received🩷How special to read your experience, it gives me goosebumps knowing you were helped in such a positive and uplifting way.
Thank you also both, Lucia and Tina for the reminder towards the gift of divine guidance. How incredible it would be to lock in this relationship into our everyday life. When I am not sure where to start, I know gratitude is a good place.
Happy solstice! Hope everyone is having a nice and peaceful time. Thanks for the updates, Lara.
Have a blessed Solstice everyone! 💛🙏💜
A deepening, yes it does feel like that, like things I’ve been experiencing come to a head. Reflecting on the last months, things that were nebulous and hidden are becoming more clear, just as the light reaches it’s maximum, and the start of something new stretches ahead. Much of it has been around job stuff, which has been particularly intense of late, but also learning to run my own business, make time for it, and understand its purpose in my life.
I was sitting in the garden earlier today, all kinds of life around, bugs, birds, billions of cells in my own body seemingly alive… it felt strange to be separate from that, as if I’m in a little bubble unable to touch the beings around me, just a tiny sliver of consciousness cut off from life. I’ve been thinking about the source, something you’ve brought up often more recently, as well as something that shows up in OBEs quite often. How do you think one can go about connecting with the source? How does one connect with life itself, with something much larger than the words that describe it? Being in the moment? Prayer? It’s something I’d like to learn and understand better.
I got a bit of an answer to my own question. For several nights I’ve used it as my dream incubation question, and I was given a very simple image (probably because I was tired and wouldn’t remember much :) )
It was myself connected to 4 other things by something like ribbons, and I and the things were something like points of light. 4 being the material world, I understood it to mean arranging things in the material world to orient around the source/spiritual. Watching the sunset today with a friend, I realized the 2nd part of it that I initially missed…
Some weeks ago I had a dream of “the 4 things to do to fail in any endeavor”, the implication being that if you don’t do them, you might succeed. Unfortunately I didn’t remember them, so I set about figuring out what they were, and I came up with: “1. no goal, 2. no priority, 3. no plan, 4. no action”.
What dawned on me as I watched the sunset was that the 4 things also had to do with this, in other words, having a goal, priorities, plan, and actions around connecting with the source.
Some things are so simple and easily seen in hindsight. If anyone told me this, I’d say “well that’s very obvious!,” and yet it takes a lot to even be able to ask the right question. I often wonder how much is right in front of my face if I could only see it. I hope I get better at seeing those things!
Happy Solstice Mark and Lara and Everyone, Thanks for the Updates on how the books are coming along.
Hope the Light from the Spiritual Sun gives all much Inspiration and Strength.
Thanks Lara – wishing you, Mark, and everyone reading this a peaceful and reflective solstice and all the best in the coming quarter.
Thanks for the inspiring words Lara and everyone for their thoughtful comments and wishes. Wishing you, Mark, and everyone here an inspiring Solstice time 🌞
Thank you Lara for your thoughtful message and update, and to you and Mark for all your continuing efforts to increase the world’s spiritual understanding.
Looking forward to reading the new version of Ancient Solstice once it is ready. I’m sure it will make these times even more meaningful.
Wishing you and Mark and everyone here an insightful and reflective solstice time. May we all grow in understanding closer to the light!
Wishing everyone a wonderful solstice time on behalf of the Sura Ondrunar Publishing team, and we hope it brings everyone much joy and spiritual inspiration. We also want to acknowledge all the people who donate to and support us, especially over the last 3 months. This support helps us to continue doing the ongoing administrative and legal work of publishing behind the scenes, and as Lara mentioned we’ve also started work on planning a major overhaul of the religionofthesun.com website. Thank you for all the generosity, we really appreciate it
Dear Mark and Lara, thank you for your continuous work to bring more light of a genuine spirituality to the world, looking forward to your new works and the development of this project of reviving the ancient Solar Religion.
Have a wonderful solstice time!
@Michael I read about you being unwell, may you recover well and soon, it is all in God’s hands, our power is vital yet finite, the Divine force is not always there, yet unlimited.
Happy Solstice Time, everyone!
It’s curious that this time of year (summer solstice here in the USA) can be so uplifting. In an initially subtle (couple of weeks back), but now quite tangible way, I’ve felt more and more inner strength and inspiration and remembrance of the “great goal shining upon us,” as you put it, Lara. I hope the light of the Sun blesses and gives strength to everyone!
Thanks for the update, Lara. I wish you, Mark, and the team all the best in the new books and projects!
Happy Solstice everyone!
Thank you Lara and Mark and the team at Sakro Sawel for making it possible to connect on this platform, in this special way.
May this solstice make it possible to deepen our spiritual connection with the Source, the spiritual sun, with our Being; and may it bring deeper insights and understanding
Lots of projects underway Lara. Lots’ to look forward to. Thank you for the update
Thank you Dimi. Nicely put “May this solstice make it possible to deepen our spiritual connection with the Source, the spiritual sun, with our Being.” I really feel in many ways that that’s what these times can be for.
Thank you for your message Lara, it really invoked a feeling of inspiration for me, especially reading about your planned updates and the work on the website! I have been checking that website here and there, if by chance something didn’t move there 😉. Now it seems to me that if something does move there, it will be a big move!
Wishing both you and Mark a lot of strength in the important and groundbreaking work you are carrying out for humanity, and beautiful solstice time to you and everyone here. 🌞
Thank you Lara, wishing you and Mark, and everyone in this beautiful community a loving and inwardly strengthening solstice. Its an amazing thing to deepen our experience, and always find the new in things we thought we knew. Like a babe grasping and absorbing the miracles of life for the first time.
Happy Solstice! I can feel the power of the Summer Solstice. It feels like an intense light is burning through me and exposing hidden shadows. I have been given the opportunity to see what I haven’t seen before and I’m very grateful to the Sun for this even though it is painful. I’m fortunate to live near Aztalan and the site brings a lot of peace to my restless mind. I look forward to the books and videos and I’m grateful for all that you have published already.
Thank you Lara for your wishes and for the update.
Reminding and highlighting the deeper meaning of this spriritual and powerful event of the year, gives strength and encourages me. deeply.
Wishing you, Mark and everyone a magical and unique Silistice.
May the light of the Sun, at these sacred times, guide everyone towards the source.
Thank you for those words Lara. That goal, and to hold on to that hope no matter what.
Wishing everyone a time of beautiful focus, lots of time spent in the present moment, strength and all that we most need.
Happy solstice to everyone 🌻
Wish everyone a blessed Solstice! 🌞 May the light of the Spiritual Sun continue to guide and shine upon each of us, and lead us along the path
Thanks a lot Lara. It’s exciting to know that big updates and new books are on the way.
Wishing you and Mark a time of great light, peace and rejuvenation, to give you strength for the work that is ahead.
May we all feel the light of the Sun deep within us, to give each of us whatever we need at this time, to move closer towards the source.
May souls in the world that lost their way find it back to the light of the sun, through its great mercy, at this solstice time. May the religion of the sun bring back that lost hope and reach many.
Happy solstice!
Happy solstice Lara, Mark and everyone ☀️
Wishing everyone a very meaningful solstice time and a continuously deepening connection with the source.
Thanks for the update on the books, lots to look forwards to!
Happy Solstice, everyone!
Thank you for the exciting updates, Lara. Looking forward to the books and new website.