11 min read Solar Summer

Solar Summer + New Moon (Occult): Walpurgisnacht

A massive bonfire: orange and yellow flames on a large pile of brush. It sits on the shore of a lake at dusk.
A bonfire in Sweden for Walpurgisnacht (or as would be said there, Valborgsmässoafton).

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Fey Hart

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