Samhain: A very Happy Samhain to all my friends here. I hope your harvest has been bountiful and you have fuel for winter. The Sun God dies tonight, he will be reborn at Yule. Have a...

shagbat Loc: London

A very Happy Samhain to all my friends here.
I hope your harvest has been bountiful and you have fuel for winter.
The Sun God dies tonight, he will be reborn at Yule.
Have a great time everyone.

green Loc: 22.1749611,-159.646704,20

wait what?

shagbat Loc: London

green wrote:

wait what?

Tonight is when the distance between the 2 worlds is closest and we can speak to our deceased.

green Loc: 22.1749611,-159.646704,20

shagbat wrote:

Tonight is when the distance between the 2 worlds is closest and we can speak to our deceased.

is this wiccan or pagan? sounds pretty cool!

shagbat Loc: London

green wrote:

is this wiccan or pagan? sounds pretty cool!

It is part of both Green, Gaelic, it was the forerunner of Halloween (or All Hallows) Halloween was taken to america by Celtic Irish and has since been expanded and pimped up to what it is today. It most certainly preceded cristianity.

green Loc: 22.1749611,-159.646704,20

shagbat wrote:

It is part of both Green, Gaelic, it was the forerunner of Halloween (or All Hallows) Halloween was taken to america by Celtic Irish and has since been expanded and pimped up to what it is today. It most certainly preceded cristianity.

did the Gaelic's also do Easter? (Oester) ...another holiday, properly pimped up by America.

shagbat Loc: London

green wrote:

did the Gaelic's also do Easter? (Oester) ...another holiday, properly pimped up by America.

Of course, it was Ostara, (there are varied spellings for most Pagan words) and Yule became xmas.
America also 'created' Mother's Day etc. It is so people spend money thro' guilt!

green Loc: 22.1749611,-159.646704,20

shagbat wrote:

Of course, it was Ostara, (there are varied spellings for most Pagan words) and Yule became xmas.
America also 'created' Mother's Day etc. It is so people spend money thro' guilt!

I think the pagans created half the holidays... and Hallmark created the rest.

shagbat Loc: London

green wrote:

I think the pagans created half the holidays... and Hallmark created the rest.

I think you are only correct!
Cristianity had to adapt somewhat, so they took over Pagan festivals, just as in Africa, where they had to accept the people's beliefs in their own GodS.

shagbat Loc: London

ken hubert wrote:

What garbage.

Coming from a 'cristian', don't make me laugh!

McKinneyMike Loc: Texas

shagbat wrote:

A very Happy Samhain to all my friends here.
I hope your harvest has been bountiful and you have fuel for winter.
The Sun God dies tonight, he will be reborn at Yule.
Have a great time everyone.

What is the Gaelic meaning of Samhain? Ireland is one of the coolest places I have ever visited. The people are extremely friendly and kind to strangers one and all.

shagbat Loc: London

McKinneyMike wrote:

What is the Gaelic meaning of Samhain? Ireland is one of the coolest places I have ever visited. The people are extremely friendly and kind to strangers one and all.

It was the Celtic Pagan origin of Halloween (or All Hallows) Mike.
You are right about the 'Paddies' wonderful, hospitable, comical and friendly people and a beautiful country too.

GeorgeH Loc: Jonesboro, GA

Thanks for the info! I'll have to look in my copy of Frazer's The Golden Bough to see if Samhain is covered.

Its really sad that so many Christian denominations have ignored the Christian aspect of Halloween. This gives the history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

shagbat Loc: London

GeorgeH wrote:

Thanks for the info! I'll have to look in my copy of Frazer's The Golden Bough to see if Samhain is covered.

Its really sad that so many Christian denominations have ignored the Christian aspect of Halloween. This gives the history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

Thank you George, I hadn't heard of the Golden Bough, very interesting.

GeorgeH Loc: Jonesboro, GA

The book has been around quite a while http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Bough It should remind us of the richness of cultures other than our own, other than Judeo/Christian, and of the ancient sources of much of today's culture.