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 Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 8:05 pm
This is the first year that my roommate and I can openly celebrate Samhain and I was wondering if anybody could give me some ideas of what to do for our celebration.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 8:13 pm
The "Gatherings" subforum will have some ideas for you closer to the time. See also this thread if you are a Wicca-flavoured ENP.
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Sanguina Cruenta Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:45 am
Bear in mind that Samhain is not a celebration. It is a solemn remembrance of the Beloved Dead, our friends and family who have passed before us. We are honouring their memory during a time where a liminal state is more easily achieved - where the boundaries between the land of the dead and the land of the living are thinner.
As San noted, there's a thread here in the guild that might help you.
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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:23 pm
Morgandria Bear in mind that Samhain is not a celebration. It is a solemn remembrance of the Beloved Dead, our friends and family who have passed before us. We are honouring their memory during a time where a liminal state is more easily achieved - where the boundaries between the land of the dead and the land of the living are thinner. As San noted, there's a thread here in the guild that might help you. Wasn't it also the Pagan new year for some?
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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 2:14 pm
Azareas Aquarinus Wasn't it also the Pagan new year for some? That's what the thread says.
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 8:57 am
Azareas Aquarinus Wasn't it also the Pagan new year for some? While some do consider it to be the "new year", I typically don't see it that way. With secular holidays - like "New Year's Eve" and "New Year's Day" - it's more about a specific moment - that transition from 11:59pm of the old year, to 00:00 of the new one. While there are specific events that are honored as well, I think there are also more "seasonal"/cyclical aspects to the Sabbats as well. So while I do see Samhain as an ending of the old year, for me that transitional moment is a bit longer, and I don't really see the "new year" staring until the rebirth at Yule. That's just my personal view though, don't know if it's something that is shared by any one else.
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Sanguina Cruenta Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:25 am
too2sweet Azareas Aquarinus Wasn't it also the Pagan new year for some? While some do consider it to be the "new year", I typically don't see it that way. With secular holidays - like "New Year's Eve" and "New Year's Day" - it's more about a specific moment - that transition from 11:59pm of the old year, to 00:00 of the new one. While there are specific events that are honored as well, I think there are also more "seasonal"/cyclical aspects to the Sabbats as well. So while I do see Samhain as an ending of the old year, for me that transitional moment is a bit longer, and I don't really see the "new year" staring until the rebirth at Yule. That's just my personal view though, don't know if it's something that is shared by any one else. I have similar thoughts regarding the new year 3nodding
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 2:45 pm
too2sweet Azareas Aquarinus Wasn't it also the Pagan new year for some? While some do consider it to be the "new year", I typically don't see it that way. With secular holidays - like "New Year's Eve" and "New Year's Day" - it's more about a specific moment - that transition from 11:59pm of the old year, to 00:00 of the new one. While there are specific events that are honored as well, I think there are also more "seasonal"/cyclical aspects to the Sabbats as well. So while I do see Samhain as an ending of the old year, for me that transitional moment is a bit longer, and I don't really see the "new year" staring until the rebirth at Yule. That's just my personal view though, don't know if it's something that is shared by any one else. Ah, I see. I just see it the start of the wheel turning all over again, and the year starting afresh.
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 3:46 pm
Azareas Aquarinus too2sweet Azareas Aquarinus Wasn't it also the Pagan new year for some? While some do consider it to be the "new year", I typically don't see it that way. With secular holidays - like "New Year's Eve" and "New Year's Day" - it's more about a specific moment - that transition from 11:59pm of the old year, to 00:00 of the new one. While there are specific events that are honored as well, I think there are also more "seasonal"/cyclical aspects to the Sabbats as well. So while I do see Samhain as an ending of the old year, for me that transitional moment is a bit longer, and I don't really see the "new year" staring until the rebirth at Yule. That's just my personal view though, don't know if it's something that is shared by any one else. Ah, I see. I just see it the start of the wheel turning all over again, and the year starting afresh. I have a hard time seeing the year starting "fresh" when everything around me is either going into hibernation and/or dying off for the winter.
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:38 am
too2sweet Azareas Aquarinus too2sweet Azareas Aquarinus Wasn't it also the Pagan new year for some? While some do consider it to be the "new year", I typically don't see it that way. With secular holidays - like "New Year's Eve" and "New Year's Day" - it's more about a specific moment - that transition from 11:59pm of the old year, to 00:00 of the new one. While there are specific events that are honored as well, I think there are also more "seasonal"/cyclical aspects to the Sabbats as well. So while I do see Samhain as an ending of the old year, for me that transitional moment is a bit longer, and I don't really see the "new year" staring until the rebirth at Yule. That's just my personal view though, don't know if it's something that is shared by any one else. Ah, I see. I just see it the start of the wheel turning all over again, and the year starting afresh. I have a hard time seeing the year starting "fresh" when everything around me is either going into hibernation and/or dying off for the winter. I kind of understand, since I kept thinking: Yule seems like the new year, because it's the celebration of light returning. The earth can't go without the sun.
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