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2 thoughts on “Pagan Police May Take Hallowe’en and Summer Solstice Off Work”
The only thing “strange” about this story is that it didn’t happen years ago. Over the past half a century, Wicca and Neopaganism have grown into a thriving and mature religious movement grounded in reverence for the Earth and for the Old Gods of pre-Christian Europe. The eight religious holidays are the solstices, equinoxes, and cross-quarter points that mark the turning of the wheel of the year. Celebrating them honors the cycles of life–birth, death, and rebirth–that are present in all of nature.
Makes sense. I like that the holidays are tied to real celestial events. This would have been more important in the past when we were mostly farmers and perhaps before we had good calendars… but even now, it makes sense to me that we should be connected to the seasons in a celebratory way.
The only thing “strange” about this story is that it didn’t happen years ago. Over the past half a century, Wicca and Neopaganism have grown into a thriving and mature religious movement grounded in reverence for the Earth and for the Old Gods of pre-Christian Europe. The eight religious holidays are the solstices, equinoxes, and cross-quarter points that mark the turning of the wheel of the year. Celebrating them honors the cycles of life–birth, death, and rebirth–that are present in all of nature.
Makes sense. I like that the holidays are tied to real celestial events. This would have been more important in the past when we were mostly farmers and perhaps before we had good calendars… but even now, it makes sense to me that we should be connected to the seasons in a celebratory way.