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The Esoteric Significance of the Summer and Winter Solstices The summer solstice occurs during summer. This is the June solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the December solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. Depending on the shift of the calendar, the summer solstice occurs sometime between June 20 and June 22 in the Northern Hemisphere and between December 20 and December 23 in the Southern Hemisphere. The same dates in the opposite hemisphere are referred to as the winter solstice. Solstice is derived from the Latin words sol (Sun) and sistere (to stand still). Summer Solstice is the celebration of the birth of the body on earth. It is the time of our spiritual initiation and change, for a renewed life experiences to attain perfection in oneness with God. Ancient Philosophers Beginning with Pythagoras, then Plato, then the neo-platonists, Numenius, Macrobius, Proclus, and Porphyry, the concept of the immortality of the soul teaching was passed on to the Greeks ...