STEPHEN SYLVANIE / SPECIAL TO THE SUN
Priestess in training Melissa Ameika, left, bows to Sherry Watts after smudging her with sage, blessing her before she crosses a bridge leading to a small temple during a Wiccan celebration of Litha, honoring the summer solstice on Saturday evening in the desert near Indian Springs.
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