Summer is at its fullest ripeness. In Ruca Kreis the garden carries the weight and beauty of this season: the dense foliage, the long evenings, the light that is beginning slowly to withdraw. In this moment the circle pauses.
This ceremony is dedicated to holding — to the conscious sustaining of ceremonial presence across the year. It is not about a single experience but about the rhythm: the commitment to return, to light the fire, to open the circle. The four directions are honoured again, and the community reaffirms its connection with one another and with the place.
Each ceremony builds on the one before. By August the fire is already a familiar companion — and its teachings go deeper