A somewhat verbose comment on Mogh's opening remarks.

Agreed that it's doubtful that white robes were the mode of dress among the Draoithe. Yes, the group that leads the Stonehenge Summer Soltice rites now does wear white robes, as well as matching white tennis shoes the last time I saw them, and it's doubtful that's authentic either!

Does it really matter though, what the celebrants wore originally or are wearing now? The important thing is that the site is still being used to celebrate the solar festival. Sure, the celebrations had a bad rep for awhile, which caused the local authorities to tighten security. That phase looks like its passing now. Rather to see some sort of energy flowing there than see the site sit idle, or become a roped-off "landmark." It could be argued that the current Stonehenge crowd's energy isn't exactly like the days of old, for better or for worse (probably for worse). Considering how ancient this site is, however, I imagine it has been the venue for a lot of different types of activities down through the ages. We'll probably never know!

My opinion is - so what if they wear white robes? It's what they do that matters, and simply that they are doing something at Stonehenge at Solstice. The only thing we can be sure of is that the stone circle was set up to greet the Sun on the longest day. People are still carrying on that tradition, even if perhaps not in the way it might have been done ages ago.

This is the 21st century. Spirituality (or call it what you will) has to adapt to the age in which it is practiced in order to survive. Just the fact that the site is still in use is awesome to me, white robes, tennis shoes and all.