Sunshine
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February 20th, 2007, 08:27 PM
Quoting hermanntrude
Yep, a great big penis ^.^ And typically the dancing includes tying pretty ribbons around it.
maypole dancing is very common in england, every village has a may queen and a maypole. Apparently the maypole is a phallic symbol, which would shock many of the ultra-conservative mothers who force their daughters to dance around it in frilly dresses
Super Genius
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February 20th, 2007, 08:42 PM
I come at it from a more mundane point of view. It's the first day of spring. I start to think about lawn care and planting some new shrubs around the house, getting my motorcycle out or maybe go fishing. Hopefully weather cooperates and it is springlike. My b-day is the 24 so might combine all together. Plus my Anglican step-mum will have an Easter dinner for the family. As I now cook I might think about having it at my place. Family celebration, christian or pagan celebration, no difference. Time think about new beginnings.
Could be thought of as a pagan new year. I am nearly as "devout" as some pagans. Am thinking Tam has big plans maybe.
I come at it from a more mundane point of view. It's the first day of spring. I start to think about lawn care and planting some new shrubs around the house, getting my motorcycle out or maybe go fishing. Hopefully weather cooperates and it is springlike. My b-day is the 24 so might combine all together. Plus my Anglican step-mum will have an Easter dinner for the family. As I now cook I might think about having it at my place. Family celebration, christian or pagan celebration, no difference. Time think about new beginnings.
Could be thought of as a pagan new year. I am nearly as "devout" as some pagans. Am thinking Tam has big plans maybe.
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February 20th, 2007, 09:03 PM
if anyone's looking for someone to 'celebrate' with, call me
if anyone's looking for someone to 'celebrate' with, call me
Sunshine
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February 20th, 2007, 09:06 PM
*giggle*
Quoting hermanntrude
You got a number I can reach you at?
if anyone's looking for someone to 'celebrate' with, call me
*giggle*
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February 20th, 2007, 09:11 PM
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February 21st, 2007, 10:32 PM
Yes Tam has big plans but I wont be doing circle
Sis leaves Saturday night I'll post some things then.
I get free calling to canada.......so dont put it out into the universe unless you MEAN it!
Yes Tam has big plans but I wont be doing circle
Sis leaves Saturday night I'll post some things then.I get free calling to canada.......so dont put it out into the universe unless you MEAN it!
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February 21st, 2007, 10:36 PM
And you my friend are anything BUT mundane! Your thoughts are of new beginnings and fertility 
VERY Pagan indeed!
Quoting RomSpaceKnight
New Year was Samhain
I come at it from a more mundane point of view. It's the first day of spring. I start to think about lawn care and planting some new shrubs around the house, getting my motorcycle out or maybe go fishing. Hopefully weather cooperates and it is springlike. My b-day is the 24 so might combine all together. Plus my Anglican step-mum will have an Easter dinner for the family. As I now cook I might think about having it at my place. Family celebration, christian or pagan celebration, no difference. Time think about new beginnings.
Could be thought of as a pagan new year. I am nearly as "devout" as some pagans. Am thinking Tam has big plans maybe.
Could be thought of as a pagan new year. I am nearly as "devout" as some pagans. Am thinking Tam has big plans maybe.
And you my friend are anything BUT mundane! Your thoughts are of new beginnings and fertility VERY Pagan indeed! 
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February 22nd, 2007, 12:05 AM
Beltain is my fav too
Quote:
Samhain - Wiccan New Year
By Kestra Imani
Samhain is coming up fast! While most of us know Samhain as Halloween, what is this Wiccan Sabbat really about? What ways are best to celebrate the Sabbat? What special things should one do for Samhain? Why is Samhain so utterly cool? Read on, gentle reader
Samhain is usually pronounced "Sow'an," and is from the Celtic "Samhuinn" which means "summer's end." It is one of the doorways of the Celtic year - divided into light and dark, Beltane being the "light." It is the final harvest of the year, and thanks are given for the year's bounty
By Kestra Imani
Samhain is coming up fast! While most of us know Samhain as Halloween, what is this Wiccan Sabbat really about? What ways are best to celebrate the Sabbat? What special things should one do for Samhain? Why is Samhain so utterly cool? Read on, gentle reader
Samhain is usually pronounced "Sow'an," and is from the Celtic "Samhuinn" which means "summer's end." It is one of the doorways of the Celtic year - divided into light and dark, Beltane being the "light." It is the final harvest of the year, and thanks are given for the year's bounty
Beltain is my fav too
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February 22nd, 2007, 12:14 AM
http://www.homestead.com/englishheat...nheritage.html
I've always thought of myself as an Anglo-saxon. The family name is Norman, my mum's family is rooted in the old Northumbria now Yorkshire area and my dad's dad was from Cornwall then Wessex area. Mum's ancestors more likely to be Dane or Viking. Probably a romantic version of family tree. Mum's family name seems ti indicate an Irish background yet I've never heard of any Irish connection. They were fisherman on the North Sea and that sort of thing has a tendency to go back for generations.
Just goes to show the difference that eclectic not so well defined spiritual paths such as neo-paganism, Wicca and other pagan paths have. Maybe should not include Wicca it does have a hierarchy of sorts. Same for the norse Astaru. May take another 1500 years to get it straight. If religion of any sort survives that long.
Quoting selfactivated
I am incorrect but my references have the 24th of Dec as a New Year. The 21st is the start of the 12 days of Yule with the 24th as New year and the whole thing ending on the twelve night of the 1st or 2nd of January. I am referencing Anglo-saxon heathenry not Wiccan or Celtic sources. New Year was Samhain And you my friend are anything BUT mundane! Your thoughts are of new beginnings and fertility VERY Pagan indeed!
And you my friend are anything BUT mundane! Your thoughts are of new beginnings and fertility VERY Pagan indeed! http://www.homestead.com/englishheat...nheritage.html
I've always thought of myself as an Anglo-saxon. The family name is Norman, my mum's family is rooted in the old Northumbria now Yorkshire area and my dad's dad was from Cornwall then Wessex area. Mum's ancestors more likely to be Dane or Viking. Probably a romantic version of family tree. Mum's family name seems ti indicate an Irish background yet I've never heard of any Irish connection. They were fisherman on the North Sea and that sort of thing has a tendency to go back for generations.
Just goes to show the difference that eclectic not so well defined spiritual paths such as neo-paganism, Wicca and other pagan paths have. Maybe should not include Wicca it does have a hierarchy of sorts. Same for the norse Astaru. May take another 1500 years to get it straight. If religion of any sort survives that long.
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February 22nd, 2007, 12:46 AM
The whole problem for most people is that they cant understand we dont have a rule book to follow or a pat ceramony to create. Each ceramony is different each chant made off the cuff. Even our Books of Shadows are personal like Diaries are personal and unique. There are 8 spokes to the wheel of the year and not one is more important than the other.
Quoting sanctus
Would pagans gather for the celebration? Is it a big day in the pagan season, like our Easter? Easter, as you know, is the biggest Christian feast. Would this be the same in your faith group?
The whole problem for most people is that they cant understand we dont have a rule book to follow or a pat ceramony to create. Each ceramony is different each chant made off the cuff. Even our Books of Shadows are personal like Diaries are personal and unique. There are 8 spokes to the wheel of the year and not one is more important than the other.
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February 22nd, 2007, 12:48 AM
Quoting RomSpaceKnight
Im sorry Love I didnt mean any disrespect.
I am incorrect but my references have the 24th of Dec as a New Year. The 21st is the start of the 12 days of Yule with the 24th as New year and the whole thing ending on the twelve night of the 1st or 2nd of January. I am referencing Anglo-saxon heathenry not Wiccan or Celtic sources.
http://www.homestead.com/englishheat...nheritage.html
I've always thought of myself as an Anglo-saxon. The family name is Norman, my mum's family is rooted in the old Northumbria now Yorkshire area and my dad's dad was from Cornwall then Wessex area. Mum's ancestors more likely to be Dane or Viking. Probably a romantic version of family tree. Mum's family name seems ti indicate an Irish background yet I've never heard of any Irish connection. They were fisherman on the North Sea and that sort of thing has a tendency to go back for generations.
Just goes to show the difference that eclectic not so well defined spiritual paths such as neo-paganism, Wicca and other pagan paths have. Maybe should not include Wicca it does have a hierarchy of sorts. Same for the norse Astaru. May take another 1500 years to get it straight. If religion of any sort survives that long.
http://www.homestead.com/englishheat...nheritage.html
I've always thought of myself as an Anglo-saxon. The family name is Norman, my mum's family is rooted in the old Northumbria now Yorkshire area and my dad's dad was from Cornwall then Wessex area. Mum's ancestors more likely to be Dane or Viking. Probably a romantic version of family tree. Mum's family name seems ti indicate an Irish background yet I've never heard of any Irish connection. They were fisherman on the North Sea and that sort of thing has a tendency to go back for generations.
Just goes to show the difference that eclectic not so well defined spiritual paths such as neo-paganism, Wicca and other pagan paths have. Maybe should not include Wicca it does have a hierarchy of sorts. Same for the norse Astaru. May take another 1500 years to get it straight. If religion of any sort survives that long.
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February 22nd, 2007, 02:44 AM
I was posting inbetween a conversation with my Bro in law and didnt put across my meaning very clearly or tactfully and for that I am sorry. He has one foot in Catholicism and the other in oriental teachings and our conversations get very confussing and intense LOL He's a cradle Catholic and a Seeker. I think we wrap ourselves up to tight in labels. I AM. I just want to BE. Its just that simple why do we make it so complicated?
Quoting RomSpaceKnight
Good
None taken. None what so ever. Never crossed my mind.
I was posting inbetween a conversation with my Bro in law and didnt put across my meaning very clearly or tactfully and for that I am sorry. He has one foot in Catholicism and the other in oriental teachings and our conversations get very confussing and intense LOL He's a cradle Catholic and a Seeker. I think we wrap ourselves up to tight in labels. I AM. I just want to BE. Its just that simple why do we make it so complicated? Time Out
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March 8th, 2007, 02:17 AM
A few months back I had a Journey session and within it I had a vision. The Goddess came to me as the crone on a cliff. Bear was with her. She sat before an evening fire and leaned back upon her (bears) great tummy. Her eyes sparkled with the play of the fire and I asked her the question that was within my heart. "When will he be healed?" (My sweet friend in England that had the stroke last september) She smiled at me and said, (throwing out her arms) When the daisies bloome. (as she said it there were daisies everywhere) I felt the flame in my heart leap with hope. My friend has been away along time and I miss our talks. We share the same greif and he's my dearest friend. I trust my Goddess and I knew then what I was to do and when. Ive bought 20 packages of daisy seeds and at Ostara I'll give them to the circle to plant. Ive already planted mine in pots in my home. Idid so on full moon.
Ostara is about rebirth, rebirth of hopes and dreams, rebirth of souls, rebirth of faith.
A few months back I had a Journey session and within it I had a vision. The Goddess came to me as the crone on a cliff. Bear was with her. She sat before an evening fire and leaned back upon her (bears) great tummy. Her eyes sparkled with the play of the fire and I asked her the question that was within my heart. "When will he be healed?" (My sweet friend in England that had the stroke last september) She smiled at me and said, (throwing out her arms) When the daisies bloome. (as she said it there were daisies everywhere) I felt the flame in my heart leap with hope. My friend has been away along time and I miss our talks. We share the same greif and he's my dearest friend. I trust my Goddess and I knew then what I was to do and when. Ive bought 20 packages of daisy seeds and at Ostara I'll give them to the circle to plant. Ive already planted mine in pots in my home. Idid so on full moon.
Ostara is about rebirth, rebirth of hopes and dreams, rebirth of souls, rebirth of faith.
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March 8th, 2007, 02:32 AM
Was going to go to my first Eostre ritual but now have two conflicts. One of my best friends, golf buddy and hair dresser is turning 25. A bunch of us are meeting at the Elephant and Castle to celebrate her b-day on the 17th. The next day a family friend is graduating from college. She's 21 and is passing as a Dental Tech. Known her and her family forever. Bounced her on my knee for horsie rides. Proud of her. She's managed to break out of the welfare/mother's allowance cycle as a young single mum. Her mum passed away from cancer 2 years ago and her father is a wife beating loser. I'm so proud of her. Her older sister is also graduating in Accountancy.
Was going to go to my first Eostre ritual but now have two conflicts. One of my best friends, golf buddy and hair dresser is turning 25. A bunch of us are meeting at the Elephant and Castle to celebrate her b-day on the 17th. The next day a family friend is graduating from college. She's 21 and is passing as a Dental Tech. Known her and her family forever. Bounced her on my knee for horsie rides. Proud of her. She's managed to break out of the welfare/mother's allowance cycle as a young single mum. Her mum passed away from cancer 2 years ago and her father is a wife beating loser. I'm so proud of her. Her older sister is also graduating in Accountancy.
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March 8th, 2007, 02:35 AM
Quoting RomSpaceKnight
Ostara comes every year Love.........That girlie needs you.
Was going to go to my first Eostre ritual but now have two conflicts. One of my best friends, golf buddy and hair dresser is turning 25. A bunch of us are meeting at the Elephant and Castle to celebrate her b-day on the 17th. The next day a family friend is graduating from college. She's 21 and is passing as a Dental Tech. Known her and her family forever. Bounced her on my knee for horsie rides. Proud of her. She's managed to break out of the welfare/mother's allowance cycle as a young single mum. Her mum passed away from cancer 2 years ago and her father is a wife beating loser. I'm so proud of her. Her older sister is also graduating in Accountancy.
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March 9th, 2007, 10:02 PM
Did you decide Love?
Did you decide Love?
