When it’s really cold and horrible out, my spouse and I walk the shopping mall near where we live. I noticed the other day that swimsuits are already out and the darker colors of winter clothing have given way to the pastels and soft fabrics of this year’s spring collections. It’s a funny thing to…
Tag: ancestral veneration
One perspective common to most of the belief systems that fall under the umbrella term of Paganism is a desire to connect more fully with the natural world. There’s a recognition among most Pagans that Western culture, as a whole, has slipped too far from the cycle of the seasons and the interconnected web of…
The pagan year ends on Oct. 31 at Samhain (pronounced sow-ehn). Samhain is the old Celtic name for this holiday and the one we continue to use today. As a belief system connected to an agrarian calendar, our year reflects natural cycles. All around us, the trees are in the middle of their annual transition…
The Wheel of the Year has turned once more. Samhain is past and the days grow shorter and darker till Yuletide reaches us. This is the season of shadow and quiet, of the inward spiral. I think of the time from mid-October till Yule as Veil Season. Although many people focus their Ancestral work specifically…