The winter solstice of 2012 conjures up many prophetic tales of doom and gloom, spiritual ascension, or what not. Some might call it the Sorcerers Solstice as it announces the rebirth of the sun. The first phase of a new cycle which repeats itself every 13th moon. The worship of solstices is not new, the Egyptians and the MesoAmerican and several other ancient cultures built great monuments to praise the coming spirit of the light of the rays of the sun on that December morning.
In Ireland, in the United Kingdom, the megalithic NewGrange passage tomb is a shrine to the winter solstice.
Every year between the 19th and the 23rd of December a spectacular light show illuminates the interior of the NewGrange passage. This light show hosted by the suns rays is only 17 minutes in duration with a peek on December 21th.
Why is the Ireland Winter Solstice any different than those of any other ancient or modern culture?
The magic of Merlin the Magician, Seer to King Aurelius of Ambrosius, makes the Ireland site an esoteric treasure. The mystical magic of the NewGrange tombs was captured in the writings of Geoffrey MonMouth in the 12th century when he recalls a time when Merlin stole the Great Giants treasured ring and moved it to the neighbouring island kingdom of his king. The rings are now Stonehenge. The Wizard Merlin was able to accomplish this through his mastery of kinetic metaphysical knowledge.
OK, granted it is a farfetched story, one that brings out the child in me, wanting to turn the page and see where the story goes.
In a perfect world i would have a flight reserved for Ireland for the December 2012 Winter Solstice. To add to the mood i would bring along my MP3 or any instrument capable of receiving radio signals, just in case some strange solar flare energy disrupts the regular signals, so that i could listen to Georges Noory on Coast to Coast AM and his guests during those few weeks. Heck, i might even be lucky to pick up a few other alien frequencies while there. Hopefully these signals won't occur while i am meditating, with the use of my binaural beat tapes of course, and disrupt my path of enlightenment which i sense at this point(2012) will have me one session away from complete spiritual ascension, from being to being spiritual; my Spiritual Man Journey complete. Maybe the underground world of Michael Tsarions' Atlantean realm will open up through some strange series of events, somewhat on the same frequency as the Burmuda Triangle quantum timeshift proportion.

And maybe, i'll just stay home and watch another four hours of the Simpsons. Weather permitting of course, as i already lose my satelite signal when there is just a drizzle coming down.

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Reference
Ancient World
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Lunar Cycle
Here is a research article from University of Toronto, Canada, Professor Irv Broomberg. It is a comparative study of correlations between the moon cycles and several calendars which concludes a moon cycle of 29.53xxxxx days.

Selected monuments in County Meath