Celtic New Year
Fri, 2008-10-31 10:52
#1
N.Beltov
Celtic New Year
Fri, 2008-10-31 10:52
#2
N.Beltov
Fri, 2008-10-31 19:04
#3
I'm way ahead of you Beltov. I snagged one of those pesky trick-or-treater kids tonight, carried her into the back yard, cut out her heart with a dull stone, and burnt the rest of her body on the barbeque while having a couple of pints of Guinness and listening to "The Commitments" soundtrack.
Fri, 2008-10-31 20:07
#4
Interesting. I understood that the origins of Samhain were as the Celtic Reconstructionists had it, and although they attempt to be as faithfull to fact as possible, records are, well, scant.
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Reconstructionist_Paganism]Seems reasonable enough, for a resurected religion.....[/url]
I have a ring with the triple spiral symbol, and when Rebecca West and I got serious, I bought one for her, too.
When we combine them in the moon light, they take on the look of two rings with a triple spiral symbol.
What, you were expecting magic? That would be silly.
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Fri, 2008-10-31 20:48
#5
My coffee cup, which I bought in Breizh, has a triskell on it.
The coffee's usually pretty good, but not what I'd call magic though.
[img]http://www.clker.com/cliparts/0/1/7/6/11949839511615444358celtic_triskel...
[ 31 October 2008: Message edited by: al-Qa'bong ]
Sat, 2008-11-01 14:11
#6
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
silly (dial.) deserving of pity XV; †weakly; †simple, ignorant; feeble-minded, foolish XVI. Later form of seely (orig.) HAPPY, BLESSED:- OE. *sжliġ (as in unsж̄liġ unhappy, sж̄liġlīċe, adv.) and ġesж̄liġ, corr. to OS., OHG. sālig (Du. zalig, G. selig) :- WGmc. *sж̄līʒa, f. *sж̄liluck, happiness (OE. sж̄el), sb. f. Gmc. base repr. also by ON. sж̄ll happy, Goth. sēls good, and abstr. sb. OE. sж̄lō.
A Seely Samhain tide to all.
Sat, 2008-11-01 20:29
#7
I'm listening to "the Spaceman" on CFMJ right now.
[url=http://cfmjam.corusradionetwork.com/shared/player/Default.aspx?id=cfmjam...
He just said that the Druids rule the world, and used our observance of the Druid New Year (Hallowe'en) as proof.
Apparently the marketing of Hallowe'en is a bust in France (even in [url=http://www.mkzdk.org/carnac/claw.html]Carnac[/url]!) this year. People there just aren't interested.
Sun, 2008-11-02 07:18
#8
The moment seems to have passed, but I got a couple of complaints about the second post in the thread this morning. I know it was meant as a joke, but in future, let's think twice before posting graphic descriptions of killing little girls on babble, even as a joke, okay?
Sun, 2008-11-02 08:22
#9
OK, but nobody'd better start a thread on Aztec Easter.
Sun, 2008-11-02 14:31
#10
Oh M. Bong those special needs people, those who lack a sense of humour.
Have you counted how many Bongettes you have left? Some of those costumes.........