Samhain -- Hallowe'en
Tags: Nature
Samhain is held at the Hunter's Moon near November 1. This year it falls on October 14, not on Hallowe'en or All Hallows Eve, the traditional Catholic holiday. Hunter's Moon: October 14, 2008.
This time of year is considered the time when the veil between the worlds is thinnest. One can communicate with departed loved ones or help those who need it with their transitions into the spiritual realm. It is a time to burn the phallic symbol erected long ago on Beltane, preparing it for the hearth fire present with the Yule log in December.
Any ashes from the fires can be plowed back into the fields, again to help the earth regain her fertility after having proferred her human stewards such wonderful bounty during the growing season. Many consider this festival the lunar new year. It is an air festival.
Beltane -- May Day or May 1. Beltane has been traditionally celebrated on May Day but more accurately in the Wiccan calendar, look to celebrate this festival on the full moon closest to May 1. This holiday commemorates when farmers led their cattle from winter shelter to the summer pasture. Often the cattle were driven between two fires to purify them. Current celebrations include the erecting of a phallic symbol and dancing around it to promote fertility in the fields. It is a fire festival.
http://www.wicca.org/calendar/events.html
Herb is going to be one busy or sorry scarecrow in '09.
Samhain is held at the Hunter's Moon near November 1. This year it falls on October 14, not on Hallowe'en or All Hallows Eve, the traditional Catholic holiday. Hunter's Moon: October 14, 2008.
This time of year is considered the time when the veil between the worlds is thinnest. One can communicate with departed loved ones or help those who need it with their transitions into the spiritual realm. It is a time to burn the phallic symbol erected long ago on Beltane, preparing it for the hearth fire present with the Yule log in December.
Any ashes from the fires can be plowed back into the fields, again to help the earth regain her fertility after having proferred her human stewards such wonderful bounty during the growing season. Many consider this festival the lunar new year. It is an air festival.
Beltane -- May Day or May 1. Beltane has been traditionally celebrated on May Day but more accurately in the Wiccan calendar, look to celebrate this festival on the full moon closest to May 1. This holiday commemorates when farmers led their cattle from winter shelter to the summer pasture. Often the cattle were driven between two fires to purify them. Current celebrations include the erecting of a phallic symbol and dancing around it to promote fertility in the fields. It is a fire festival.
http://www.wicca.org/calendar/events.html
Herb is going to be one busy or sorry scarecrow in '09.