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Anocht Oidhche Shamhna! (Happy New Year!) Samhain (pronounced Sow-en) or Samhuinn (also pronounced Sow-en I guess) "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." It's also a good candidate for the most important historical holiday in the European pagan calendar.
Isaac Bonewitz's Neopagan.net has a few pages about the history and misconceptions & lies about All Hallows Eve from the neo-pagan 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 Cult Danger Evaluation Frame and see if you're still scared.
posted by illovich
on Oct 31, 2005 -
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For some, Halloween can mean candy, treats, and tricks. For others, Samhain
can be an important
religious holiday. The Witch's
Sabbats are the calendar of pagans, where the celebration of time is
underway. There are more rituals then
could all be linked. Some prefer
solitude, while some
prefer groups.
There is a
Christian understanding of the correlation between Pagan holidays and
Christian holidays. But then some people
pull the old
Bible out. And then some people just
miss
the point entirely.
posted by benjh
on Oct 22, 2002 -
28 comments