Our Story - Solstice Burn 2024

CoB Summer Solstice Burn with We Don't Know What This Is, Hackney Marshes, 2024. Photo by Tom Price.

CoB Summer Solstice Burn with We Don't Know What This Is Hackney Marshes, 2024. Photo by Tom Price.

CoB Summer Solstice Burn with We Don't Know What This Is Hackney Marshes, 2024. Priests Sarah Kershaw and Rob Burnham. Photo by Tom Price.

CoB's Summer Solstice Burn 2024

As part of the We Don't Know What This Is (WDKWTI) event Church of Burn's inaugural Solstice Burn took place at sunrise on June 19th, 2024, on Hackney Marshes. WDKWTI gather on Hackney Marshes in London on Solstices and Equinoxes. Their invitation states "All Humans welcome. Bring your thing". Engagement with Ritual, Art and Creative activities is encouraged.

A quieter and much smaller scale Ritual than our usual offering, it was nevertheless a significant and moving experience for both Priests and Congregation. A glorious mid-summer sunrise over the misty marshes anchored the Ritual to the moment while simultaneously resonating with the Sacrifices of our ancestors. It was a portentous, spell-binding and exhilarating return for CoB after a fallow 2023. Entries totalling £100 and $5 were made in The Record of Burn.