Summer welcomed with songs and prayers

Summer welcomed with songs and prayers

Early Saturday, the morning after the summer solstice, a group of nearly 20 people gathered to greet the new season with songs, rituals, prayers and blessings. The Native American-inspired ceremony, held under the branches of a massive pine tree in a remote spot inside Gate 11, was led by Village resident Zahir Movius, a healer, astrologer, yoga instructor, mystic and shaman. A group gathers under an old pine tree for a summer solstice celebrati…