by Dr. L. L. Martello.
Questions and Answers.
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Q. To the same extent are the superior feast-days of Witches? May perhaps you construct me supervisor about the origin of Halloween?
A. Highest Anglo-American covens extol the following holy days. The four superior ones are Oimelc or Candlemas on February 2; May Eve, Beltane, or Walpurgisnacht on April 30; Lammas on July 31 or Honored 1; and of course Halloween or Samhain on October 31. The four youth Blessed Existence are the two solstices: Yule, harshly December 22; and Midsummer, harshly June 21 or 22.
The other two are the equinoxes: Chafe 20-21 for highly and the fall equinox on September 22 or 23.
The following spur help to broaden you some memorandum of the origin of Halloween: November Eve, All Hallows' Eve, the Gaelic fire spectacle of Samhain, now physically called Halloween, represents the summer's end, because the Home Idol turns during her law to the Horned God of the Dive, the transition from life to death, from an agrarian time to one of hunting, from summer to winter, from clemency to lower temperature, from light to haziness. It has been Christianized wearing All Saints' Day, a time because the souls of the exhausted travel the land and in some bags where the souls of the living for the time being button up their spirit brethren, a time for mediumship, retract of exhausted prized ones, and celebration (AS Abhorrent TO Sorrowfulness) of the dead.
The Roman Idol of fruits and seeds, Pomona, was worshipped on this day.
The stored fruits and seeds of the summer were so opened for the
celebrants. Apples and disturbed were the peak fruits. This was too the autumn yield spectacle of the Druids. They believed in the transmigration of souls and educated that Saman, the Member of the aristocracy of Departing, summoned colonize unhealthy souls who were condemned to manage the bodies of birds in the keep on twelve months. The accused believed that they might propitiate Saman by gifts and incantations, hence let-up if not eliminating their sentences. This was too the time because the Druids lit groovy bonfires in deem of Baal, a enjoy continued in Britain and Wales until recent period. In Ireland October 31 was called Oidhche Shamhna, or Vigil of Saman.
In his Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Villancey says that in Ireland the peasants assembled with clubs and sticks, "goodbye from hutch to hutch, collecting money, breadcake, drape, cheese, frogspawn, etc., for the feast, repeating verses in deem of the clear-headedness, severe preparations for the spectacle in the name of St. Columb Bring to a close, desiring them to lay pronounce the fatted calf and to bring forth the black farm animals. The good women are employed in making the griddlecake and candles; these persist are sent from hutch to hutch in the matter, and are lighted up on the (SAMAN) next day, through which they pray, or are supposed to pray, for the exhausted time of the supplier.
Every hutch abounds in the best viands they can afford: apples and disturbed are devoured in abundance; the nutshells are burnt, and from the ashes lots fantastic sound effects are foretold; cabbages are old up by the root; hemp-seed is sown by the maidens, and they acknowledgment that if they skim through back they spur see the apparition of the man intentional for their future spouse; they ornament a smock through the fire, on the precise of the feast, and sit up all night, check ed in the part of the room, for sure that his apparition spur come down the tube and turn the smock; they fling a bead of grain out of the universe, and nap it on the reel within, for sure that if they repeat the Pater Noster backwards, and skim through at the bead of grain sans, they spur so too see his sith or apparition; they dip for apples in a tub of water, and mean to bring one up in the mouth; they vanish a specialism with a cross-stick, with apples at one thing, and candles lighted at the other, and mean to use the apple, even though it is in a in circles gesture, in the lips."
Vallancey concludes that these practices are the relax of Druidism and spur never be eradicated even though the name of Saman remains. In this sharply waterway we spur see the origin of lots modern Halloween practices, such as practical joke or luxury, the Jack-o-Lantern, and apple bobbing. In the coral reef of Lewis the name Shamhna, or Saman, was called Shony. One lyricist in turn out described "AN Archaic Shape At home TO Price TO A SEA-GOD, CALLED SHONY, AT HALLOWTIDE." The supposed Christian residents would decide on at the Cathedral of St. Mulvay, each residence bringing food and malt which was brewed wearing ale. They chose one of themselves to travel wearing the sea at night up to his waist. He so poured out a cup of ale ability upon Shony to bless his cultivation for the coming see. "AT HIS Expand," this lyricist says,
"they all went to church, where present-day was a candle red-hot upon the altar;
and so standing unsaid for a abruptly time, one of them gave a gesture, at which the candle was put out, and hurriedly all of them went to the fields, where they hack a-drinking ale, and passed on the rest of the night in dancing and singing. The ministers in Lewis told me they passed on several years through they might sweetener the rough-edged nation to abrasion this half-baked feature of superstition."
The name Saman shows specifics of Druidism in the Irish. Unlike word, the name of a try, is "LAMBSWOOL." It is ended from bloom roasted apples and mixing it with ale or milk. The Gentlemen's Paper for May, 1784, says,
"this is a resolute divide at a faction on Blessed Eve." Vallancey slyly traced its etymological origin because he hypothetical, "The major day of November was brilliant to the angel presiding during fruits, seeds, etc., and was in consequence named La Mas Ubhal,--that is, the day of the apple fruit,--and distinctive stately Lamasool, the English conduct stained the name to
Lambs-wool." The angel referred to of course is the Roman Idol Pomona.
Q. Are these Blessed Existence the especially via the world?
A. No. Yet, present-day are lots conventional similarities in the midst of all the pagan religions. Names, dates, and days swap according to disorder origin. For stretch, one of the Blessed Existence tranquil celebrated by lots It remarkable and some Sicilian traditions is the Lupercalia, on February 15. It has to the same degree been Christianized wearing St. Valentine's Day on Feb. 14. Let me quote from the WICA Newsletter: Archaic Roman spectacle devotion Lupercus, God of Fertility.
It was called dies februatus meaning '"day of penitence."' The Lupercal
--'wolf's grotto --a refuge on the western hill of Palatine Rise. Next-door it was the ficus ruminalis, the fig tree under which Romulus and Remus were found and nursed by a she-wolf.
The Lupercai who celebrated this twelve-monthly spectacle were ended up of the Fabian who belonged to the Sabines and the Quintilian Lupercai, the Latins. Later in deem to Julius Caesar, present-day was new the Julian Brotherhood. They sacrificed a goat. Immature neophytes were brought in. The Elder Holy woman touched their foreheads with the untried twinge. Next diverse priest wiped exposed the blood with tall story hollow wearing milk.
The feast began with the celebrants clothed solely in goat skins and ecstasy (Superlatively Trouncing) thongs ended from the especially goat hides. They ran up and down the streets of the civil grand somebody who passed them. Women came ratify to be hit by the goat-thongs, believing it high-class their own luxury.
This was too a graphic purification of the land and of the population touched. This was one of the persist Pagan rites to be given up through Christianity total conquered the authority. It is tranquil celebrated today but in modern form, sans the goat or any other kind of expenditure, but all hip skins and goat horns in a special streghe ritual."
Q. To the same extent are some of the Christian holy days that are based upon or on loan from ancient Pagan Religions?
A. You'll find lots of them discussed in this book. Yet, snappishly, modish are some of them. December 25 in ancient period was the day celebrated in deem of the sun, consecrated in such information as Mithra, Osiris, Horus, and Adonis. It was too the feast day of Bacchus, Krishna, Sakia, and others.
The legends of these Gods were the especially as colonize official to Jesus Christ by the very old Cathedral. Pope Julius I in A.D. 337 ended December 25 the official day to extol Jesus's get on your way, following large traditions who admired their founders on that date. It was too the ancient celebration of the winter solstice. There is like a dream no item in the Bible or outmoded of because Jesus Christ was untrained. All of us are tranquil paying tribute to the ancient Gods and Goddesses by the names of our days of the week.
English French Italian Spanish Foxhole GOD
Sunday Dimanche Domani Domingo Sun Mithra
Monday Lundi Lunedi Lunes Moon Diana
Tuesday Mardi Martedi Martes Mars Tiw
Wednesday Mercredi Mercoledi Miercoles Mercury Mercury
Thursday Jeudi Giovedi Jueves Jupiter Jove-Thor
Friday Vendredi Venerdi Viernes Venus Venus-Freya
Saturday Samedi Sabato Sabado Saturn Saturn
Two of the English names come from Old Saxon comparatively than Latin. Tiw's Day became Tuesday in deem of the old Teutonic deity, Tiw or Tives. Wednesday is named after the old Teutonic Norse God Wodan or Wotan. The Saxon word for day is doeg. In olden period the days were called Jove's Doeg (THURSDAY),
Mercury's Doeg (WEDNESDAY), Mar's Doef (TUESDAY), etc. Friday
was the day because the ancients lucrative tribute to Venus--the love day. Afterward Christianity became principal, Friday was no longer planned lucky--Jesus was crucified on that day; too, the released sexual rites brilliant to the love Idol Venus was planned a strong "SIN." Plus the days of our week our months are too named after the ancient deities:
January: From Latin Januarius, devotion Janus, a Roman God. He presided during the Gates of Fantasy, which the Christians succeeding assigned to St. Peter. The Anglo-Saxons called it Aefter-Yule, and prior to that Wolf-monat.
February: From Februus, diverse name for the God of purification Faunus, hence luxury. The feast was available on February 15 (SEE LUPERCALIA) and was called Februa.
March: Behind schedule Mars, God of War. Anglo-Saxons called it Hraed-monat, hefty month, or Hlyd-monat, stifling month. A stifling Chafe was an prodigy of underprivileged crops. A dry Chafe indicated a relax yield.
April: From Latin aperio "TO Bring into being," match buds. Anglo-Saxons called it Easter-monat, in deem of the Teutonic Idol of the especially name. She ruled highly and light. The Romans brilliant this month to Venus, recurrently referring to it as Mensis Veneris somewhat of Aprilis.
May: Named after Maia Majesta, ancient Roman Idol of Shoot. Intentional Vulcan's partner. Aspect up the folklore relating to the May Day celebrations, bonfires, and other rites celebrated via Europe.
June: Named after the Roman Idol Juno. Called Sear-monat by Anglo-Saxons.
Juno was Ruler of Fantasy and Bodyguard of Celebratory and ruled childbirth. June is tranquil the upper limit number one month for marriage today.
July: Initial called Quintilus, the fifth month. Old Saxons called it Maed-monat,--"mead month"--the time to decide on like for the try called mead.
August: Named after the Roman Monarch Augustus. Was later than called Sixtilis, the sixth month.
September: Named after the Latin back copy for seven, that distinctive the month in the old calender. Saxons called it Gerst-monat, barley month, as this come in was all in all gathered so.
October: From octo, theeighth month in the old calendar. Saxons named it Wyn-monat, "WINE MONTH." This was yield time, and Bacchhus and Dionysius and all the other ancient deities were admired. See Halloween senior.
November: From the ninth month in old Roman calendar. Saxons called it Blot-monat, "BLOOD MONTH." This was because the stash and farm animals were
slaughtered for food and sacrifices.
December: Named after the tenth month in the old calendar. It was
sacred to Saturn, and on December 17 the strong feast of Saturnalia began, heavy-duty several days. It coincided with the winter solstice and the Yule get through. The Anglo-Saxons called it Yule-monat, "MIDWINTER MONTH." It coincided with the winter solstice and the Yule get through. The Anglo-Saxons called it Yule-monat, "midwinter month."
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