The Longest Night: Winter Solstice Ritual Set
A winter solstice ritual set: a tall ivory pillar, rosemary incense, a labradorite stone and a pressed-flower notebook
On 21 December the sun sets in London at 15:53 and does not rise again until 08:04: more than 16 hours of dark, the longest night of the year. One tall candle is lit at dusk, a stick of rosemary burns beside it, and the grey stone in your hand turns blue when the flame catches it.
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A winter solstice ritual set: a tall ivory pillar, rosemary incense, a labradorite stone and a pressed-flower notebook
On 21 December the sun sets in London at 15:53 and does not rise again until 08:04: more than 16 hours of dark, the longest night of the year. One tall candle is lit at dusk, a stick of rosemary burns beside it, and the grey stone in your hand turns blue when the flame catches it.
The Longest Night: Winter Solstice Ritual Set
The Longest Night: Winter Solstice Ritual Set is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
About this product
A small ritual
- At sunset on 21 December (15:53 in London, 15:54 in Berlin, 16:42 in Rome), stand the pillar on a heatproof plate and light it, then one stick of rosemary in the wooden holder.
- Sit with it for an hour: no screens, the labradorite in your hand. Write one line in the notebook about what you want to carry into the lighter half of the year.
- Put the candle out before you sleep, never leave it burning overnight, and light it again at sunrise.
What's inside
- One ivory pillar candle, 80 x 200 mm, about 90 hours of burning.
- One 15 g box of Satya rosemary incense sticks, rolled by hand in India.
- One plain mango-wood incense holder, 12 cm across, for sticks or cones.
- One polished labradorite palm stone from Madagascar, 3.5 to 6 cm; each one differs.
- One lokta notebook, 15 x 12 cm, 45 leaves, its cover pressed with real flowers and leaves.
The pieces arrive together in one parcel. They are not gift-wrapped.
Labradorite's play of colour has its own name, labradorescence, after Labrador in Canada, where the stone was first described in the 1770s. Turn it slowly under the flame and the colour comes and goes with the angle.
Material
Paraffin Wax, Bamboo, Incense, Mango Wood, Paper
Scent family
Herbal