Happy Enlight 2012

6 of January, is the last day of the holidays of Christmas and New year. It is the day were the Christian church celebrates the baptism-in water and spirit- of Jesus Christ. In Greece we call it day of the Holy Spirit or of "the Lights" (Enlightment), since the Holy Spirit came from Heavens down on Jesus head in the form of a dove made of light. It is also called "the Appearance", this of the son of God to Humanity, or "the Emergence" this of Jesus Christ from the waters of river Jordan. It is widely known that Christian holidays took the place of the ancient ones, like Christmas on the celebration of Winter Solstice(celebrated as Saturnalia in ancient Rome). In ancient Egypt the mystics celebrated the birth of Cronos (the Latin Saturn) from the waters of the Nile (from Cronos comes Chronos which in Greek means Time or Year). This was only one of the "pagan" days of "Light/Appearance". In the western Christian church this day is connected with the 3 wizards, aknowledging him as Son of God. in Greece the day of the Holy Spirit is celebrated as an excorcism, the victory of Divine into Human upon the dark "negative" energies. As a photographer, i feel very connected with this day of Light (more with the essence of its symbols than the symbols themselves), thus i choose today to send my wishes to everybody. And for this i choose one of the pictures i made in 2012. It is one that comes from another celebration of Light. 24th of June, the day of summer Solstice. At the dusk of this day fires are lighted on the streets all over Greece and people jump over them through the night, celebrating life and fertility. This picture was shot in the area of Athens called Plato's Academy. My beloved friends, if this is the time to jump jump through the fire, then let's just go for it! Let's do it in a Divine way, with strength and grace, like a drop of water ready to melt into the ocean! Enjoy! Live!