Winter Solstice

There comes a point when the relentless march of the sunrise and the sunset stops and after 2 or 3 days the sun starts moving back along the horizon.

That point is called the solstice. The word means literally 'the sun stands still.' That's what Stonehenge was built to celebrate. The shamans of the day would have called the most important community leaders to a ritual to celebrate the continuing cycles of nature.

'We're going round one more time. There will be a spring. There will be a sowing. There will be a harvest, life will go on."