http://www.metafilter.com/tags/neopagan Posts tagged with 'neopagan' at MetaFilter. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 09:59:50 -0800 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 09:59:50 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/46278/Rocking%2DHaloween%2DOld%2DSchool <a href="http://www.neopagan.net/Halloween-Origins.html">Anocht Oidhche Shamhna!</a> <b>(Happy New Year!) </b> Samhain (pronounced Sow-en) or Samhuinn (also pronounced Sow-en I guess) "<i>was (and is) considered a very magical time, when the dead walk among the living and the veils between past, present and future may be lifted in prophecy and divination.</i>" It's also a good candidate for the most important historical holiday in the European pagan calendar. <br><br> <a href="http://www.neopagan.net">Isaac Bonewitz's Neopagan.net</a> has a few pages about the <a href="http://www.neopagan.net/Halloween-Origins.html">history</a> and <a href="http://www.neopagan.net/Halloween-Lies.html">misconceptions &amp; lies</a> about All Hallows Eve from the <a href="http://www.neopagan.net/PaganDefs.html">neo-pagan</a> perspective . Concerned that he's trying to get you join some loony cult of tree huggers? While you're there, run Mr. Bonewitz through his own <a href="http://www.neopagan.net/ABCDEF.html ">Cult Danger Evaluation Frame</a> and see if you're still scared. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.46278 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 09:59:50 -0800 halloween Haloween neopagan samhain Shamhna illovich