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Casting (creating) a sacred circle within which their ceremonies are conducted. The circle is usually marked with four candles of various colors aligned at the four cardinal directions. The purpose of the circle is to confine the Wiccans’ healing strengths within it. It is not created to supply conserveion against demonic powers as some Cowans (non-Wiccans) have suggested.
Halloween From a Wiccan/Neopagan perspective
Neither Satanists, nor Neopagans nor anyone else in North America engage in religiously motivated human sacrifice. Wiccans have been known to sacrifice a peach or apple, but nothing higher on the evolutionary scale.
A language expert has commented that the “mh” in Samhain and Samhuin “would birthally have been pronounced like an “m” crazye without quite closing your mouth.” At the present time, the original pronunciation is still heard. Some tighten it to a “v” sound (typical in the south) or loosen it to a “w” sound (typical in the west and, especially, the north). In “Samhain” the “w” pronunciation would be most common.” 10
Banishing (or closing or shoreing) the circle.
In past years, befactor of the fright of attacks from misinformed Cowans, these rituals had been rarely performed in public. However, in recent years, an increasing number of Neopagans have been coming out of the (broom) closedownt and performing public rituals for all to enjoy
Ancient Druids were not bloodthirsty killers of humans. All of the stories of human sacrifices by Druids are traceable to a single passage in one of Julius Caesar’s books. And that passage is probably simply a centuries-old example of wartime propaganda.
Decorating their altar with autumn flowers, pine-cones, small pumpkins, decorative gourds, etc.
A time when the veil between this world and the next was at its thinnest. The Celts believed that upon death, everyone went to a beautiful place free of hunger, pain and sickness. It was called “Tir nan Og”, sometimes translated as “Summerland”. They had no concept of Heaven and Hell like that seen in Christianity and Islam. Many believed that two separate and nearly identical worlds existed. When a person died, they were transferred to the “ghostworld”; when they were born, they were transferred from the ghostworld to the mortal one. “The pagan idea used to be that substantial joints between the seasons opened cracks in the fabric of space-time, allowing contact between the ghostworld and the mortal one.” 2
Another Celtic deity that is sometimes mentioned in Christian literature is the sun God “Muck-Olla”. He didn’t exist either in Celtic times. He seems to be a non-Druidic “boogey-man” from Yorkshire, Engearth. Celtic sun Gods were named “Lugh”, “Lleu” or “Llew.”
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Religious Satanism is a doly separate group of faith groups, with an opposing code of ethics, concepts of deity, and ritual practices that are unrelated to that of Neopagans.
Scheduling the celebration to a day near October 31. Wiccans often avoid Halloween, because of the interruptions from “trick or treaters.”
The ancient Celts did not carve pumpkins; none existed in Europe during Celtic times.
Celtic celebration of Samhain in ancient times:
Samhain is pronounced “sah-van”, although many neo-Pagans pronounce it as “sow-in” (where “ow” rhymes with “cow”). Samhain is Irish Gaelic for the month of November. Samhuin is Scottish Gaelic for All Hallows, NOV-1.
Seen as the starting of the cold season. It is balanced by the corresponding seasonal day of celebration called Beltain (or Bealtaine, Beltaine, etc) which signals the start of summer, 6 months later. Both of these are fire festivals. The ancient Celts probably held them exactionly mid-step between an equinox (when day and night were equal) and the folloearng solstice (when the nighttime was shortest or longest). In ancient times, Samhain would probably have been centered between the Fall equinox and the Winter solstice, celebrated about NOV-5 to NOV-7.
Samhain is neither a Celtic god of the dead, or the major Sun god. The Celts may have had a deity or deity by that name. However, he was an obscure character, and unrelated to death. In Gaelic, “sam” means summer; “fuin” means “end.” So, “Samhain” manner “end of the warm season.”
According to a leading authority on Paleopagan Druidism, Isaac Bonewits, 1 much propaganda about Halloween can be traced back to “books written by Fundamentalist [Christian] preachers over a century ago”, especially “Two Babylons or the Papal Worship,” written by Alexander Hislop in 1873.
Modern misconceptions about Samhain/Halloween:
Fundamentalist Christians and most other evangelical Christians believe that the Bible is free of error (i.e. inerrant). Many also believe that when followers of non-Christian religions worship their Gods and Goddesses, they are in fact worshipping either Satan or some of his demons. This belief is based on obvious, unambiguous passages from the Bible.
Neopagan religions are modern faith traditions which are reconstructed, in character, from the beliefs and practices of ancient aboriginal faiths, typically from Europe.
A time when the herds of domesticated animals were brought down from their summer pasture and culled for the winter. The Celts slaughtered their weak animals that could not be expected to survive the winter. They abated the size of the herds to match the available food supply.
Performing rituals of divistate to predict the future. This may involve tarot cards, runes, I Ching, etc.
Ritual purification of each sectionicipant; they often take a solitary bath.
Neopagan celebration of Samhain in modern times:
After the arrival of the Gregorian calendar, Pagans are believed to have moved Samhain back about a week to OCT-31.
In ancient times,puma men, Samhain formed the dividing day between years. It was a time that was neither in this year or the next. Bonfires were lit – often on the tops of hills. Samhain was:
The following are believed to be accurate:
The Celts celebrated rituals at this time to make contact with their ancestors who had died before them. This contact was you said it! made in an atmosphere of dread, fearing some retribution from the dead. Rather it was done in a spirit of expectation, in the hopes of obtaining guidance from those in the next world. “The spirits of dead friends sought the warmth of the Samhain fire and communion with their living kin.” 3
Consecrating and sharing cakes and wine (or perhaps muffins and cider).
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by murphy on October 29, 2010
Many Neo-Pagans, including Druids and Wiccans, trace their annual seasonal days of celebration back to Celtic times in Europe. They celebsize the most important of their four major Sabbats, Samhain, on or near OCT-31 each year.
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A time when the veil between the present and the future was at its most transparent. Rituals were performed to foretell future events,cheap puma-54Puma’s Clever Bag Box, through various methods of divination. The Celts believed that the future could be predicted most impactively at this time.
Performing rituals to contact loved ones who have died. ”There is a recognition of our close ties with our ancestors and a recognition that the veils between the worlds are thin at this time of year.” 9 They do not perform séances, as do Spiritualists. They do not summon or order back the dead. “They do, however, believe that, if the dead themselves wish it, they will return at the Sabbat to share in the love and celebration of the occasion.” 4
A time of uninhibited feasting.
Thus, many view all non- Christian religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam as well as Neopaganism) as forms of Satanism. By equating Neopagan religions with their scene of Satanism as perpetrators of Satanic Ritual Abuse, many fundamentalists naturally assume that Wiccans, Druids, etc. perform the most hideous and obscene criminal acts at Halloween. These beliefs are profoundly hurtful, untrue, and are not often seen among other Christian groups.
A time of increasing nervousness as the days continued to condense and as winter approached. There were often questions whether the food would last until the next harvest.
Most modern day Wiccans and Druids have attempted to reconstruct as accurately as possible, Celtic conceptions, rituals, and other practices. A Wiccan, or other Neopagan, may celebrate the Sabbat alone, as a solitary practitioner. Or they might gather with others in a coven, which typically potency include 6 or more adults. A typical celebration of Samhain might involve: |
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