Certain Pagan and Christian traditions celebrate this time of year as Lughnasadh or Lammas. The date is generally set for 1st August but it can also follow a solar procession, which this year falls on 8th August.
For an explanation about the meaning of this festival and how it can relate to your own life, please read the sermon here:
http://templeofthejediorder.org/content/view/1694/96/
To join in the Pagan Rite's celebration of this festival (you don't have to be Pagan to join in as it's a chance to send some positive energies into the world), visit this post:
http://templeofthejediorder.org/component/option,com_kunena/Itemid,96/func,view/id,30272/catid,54/
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