Moon Diana Old Religion

The taking into account is an estimate from "WITCHCRAFT: THE OLD Theology"by Dr. L. L. Martello.Questions and Answers. Q. For example is the best way for one who is searching in the Old Theology to make proximity with a veritable coven? A. Subscribe to all of the Pagan and Witchcraft publications. It's easier to get into a Pagan grove which often acts as a backdoor to the Found, in the past host are Wicca-oriented in their respect and rituals. Implant out a Coven-Craft interest form issued by WICA. To purloin yours, wrap a self-addressed pressed wrap up. WICA's apartment is Fit 1B, 153 West 80 Street; New York 10024, Q. For example are the determined feast-days of Witches? May well you meander me above about the birth of Halloween?A. Furthermost Anglo-American covens stain the taking into account holy days. The four determined ones are Oimelc or Candlemas on February 2; May Eve, Beltane, or Walpurgisnacht on April 30; Lammas on July 31 or Admired 1; and of course Halloween or Samhain on October 31. The four slighter Holy Days are the two solstices: Yule, in this area December 22; and Midsummer, in this area June 21 or 22. The other two are the equinoxes: March 20-21 for get a fright and the fall equinox on September 22 or 23. The taking into account order help to bestow you some picture of the birth of Halloween: November Eve, All Hallows' Eve, the Gaelic fire saint's day of Samhain, now in general called Halloween, represents the summer's end, for instance the Terrain Divinity turns first-class her reign to the Horned God of the Respect, the transition from life to death, from an agrarian time to one of hunting, from summer to winter, from inflammation to store, from light to lifelessness. It has been Christianized into All Saints' Day, a time for instance the souls of the moved out knock around the land and in some luggage where the souls of the living momentarily link their spirit brethren, a time for mediumship, gesture of moved out appreciated ones, and celebration (as disgusting to remembrance) of the dead. The Roman Divinity of fruits and seeds, Pomona, was worshipped on this day. The stored fruits and seeds of the summer were along with opened for the celebrants. Apples and weird were the vanguard fruits. This was very the autumn understand saint's day of the Druids. They thought in the transmigration of souls and educated that Saman, the Noble of Demise, summoned colonize evil souls who were condemned to dominate the bodies of natural world in the ultimate twelve months. The accused thought that they could propitiate Saman by gifts and incantations, in this manner decrease if not eliminating their sentences. This was very the time for instance the Druids lit gargantuan bonfires in recognize of Baal, a habit continued in Britain and Wales until dead get older. 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 firewood, "separation from stash to stash, collecting money, breadcake, allot, cheese, seed, etc., for the feast, repeating verses in recognize of the ceremony, powerful measures for the saint's day in the name of St.Columb Develop, desiring them to lay departure from the subject the fatted calf and to bring forth the black traditionalist. The good women are employed in making the griddlecake and candles; these carry on are sent from stash to stash in the region, and are lighted up on the (Saman) followed by day, previously which they pray, or are supposed to pray, for the moved out personality of the source. Some stash abounds in the best viands they can afford: apples and weird are devoured in abundance; the nutshells are desperate for a drink, and from the ember host devious squeeze are foretold; cabbages are frayed up by the root; hemp-seed is sown by the maidens, and they be incorporated that if they esteem back they order see the eyesight of the man held for their select spouse; they grip a smock previously the fire, on the skin-tight of the feast, and sit up all night, camouflaged in the funny turn of the room, sure that his eyesight order come down the escape and turn the smock; they occur a ring of cord out of the deep space, and helix it on the reel within, sure that if they reiterate the Pater Noster backwards, and esteem at the ring of cord without, they order along with very see his sith or apparition; they dip for apples in a tub of water, and purpose to bring one up in the mouth; they take a contour with a cross-stick, with apples at one idea, and candles lighted at the other, and purpose to ruse the apple, despite the fact that it is in a around billboard, in the jaw." Vallancey concludes that these practices are the what's left of Druidism and order never be eradicated despite the fact that the name of Saman bulk. In this brief clearance we order see the birth of host modern Halloween practices, such a place or diplomacy, the Jack-o-Lantern, and apple bobbing. In the islet of Lewis the name Shamhna, or Saman, was called Shony. One author in detestation described "an ancient habit happening to fine to a sea-god, called Shony, at Hallowtide." The supposed Christian people would send for at the Clerical of St. Mulvay, each homewards bringing food and malt which was brewed into ale. They chose one of themselves to knock around into the sea at night up to his waist. He along with poured out a cup of ale art upon Shony to less his the social order for the coming go out with. "At his return," this author says, "they all went to church, where acquaint with was a candle furious upon the altar; and along with standing blank for a part time, on of them gave a think, at which the candle was put out, and without hesitation all of them went to the fields, where they roll out a-drinking ale, and dead the rest of the night in dancing and singing. The ministers in Lewis told me they dead out of the ordinary existence previously they could wangle the vulgar nation to desert this misaligned flaw of superstition." The name Saman shows manifestation of Druidism in the Irish. Dissimilar word, the name of a drink, is "lambswool." It is prepared from mark roasted apples and mixing it with ale or milk. The Gentlemen's Go through for May, 1784, says, "this is a permanent amount at a social gathering on Holy Eve." Vallancey cunningly traced its etymological origin for instance he alleged, "The leader day of November was zealous to the angel presiding first-class fruits, seeds, etc., and was subsequently named La Mas Ubhal,--that is, the day of the apple fruit,--and time illustrious Lamasool, the English breakfast polluted the name to Lambs-wool." The angel referred to of course is the Roman Divinity Pomona. Q. Are these Holy Days the precise over and done with the world? A. No. Except, acquaint with are host familiar similarities along with all the pagan religions. Names, dates, and days variety according to government origin. For chunk, one of the Holy Days torpid famous by host It distant and some Sicilian traditions is the Lupercalia, on February 15. It has in the past been Christianized into St. Valentine's Day on Feb. 14. Let me quote from the WICA Newsletter: Precedent Roman saint's day devotion Lupercus, God of Fullness. It was called dies februatus meaning see of compensation.' The Lupercal --'wolf's cave --a indentation on the western access ramp of Palatine Mound. Conclude it was the ficus ruminalis, the fig tree under which Romulus and Remus were found and nursed by a she-wolf. The Lupercai who famous this twelve-monthly saint's day were prepared up of the Fabian who belonged to the Sabines and the Quintilian Lupercai, the Latins. Later than in recognize to Julius Caesar, acquaint with was auxiliary the Julian Brotherhood. They sacrificed a goat. Whole neophytes were brought in. The Dignified Nun touched their foreheads with the underdone knife. As well as out of the ordinary priest wiped to a different place the blood with facial hair hollow into milk. The feast began with the celebrants upright absolutely in goatskins and delight (really hiding) thongs prepared from the precise goat hides. They ran up and down the streets of the metropolis fascinating anyone who voted for them. Women came lessen to be hit by the goat-thongs, believing it outdo their own resonance. This was very a metaphorical sanitization of the land and of the public touched. This was on of the carry on Pagan wake to be set up previously Christianity precisely subjugated the prerogative. It is torpid famous today but in modern form, without the goat or any other genial of fine, but all at home skins and goat horns in a special streghe ritual." Q. For example are some of the Christian holy days that are based upon or borrowed from ancient Pagan Religions? A. You'll find host of them discussed in this book. Except, abruptly, happening are some of them. December 25 in ancient get older was the day famous in recognize of the sun, deified in such news as Mithra, Osiris, Horus, and Adonis. It was very the feast day of Bacchus, Krishna, Sakia, and others. The legends of these Gods were the precise as colonize attributed to Jesus Christ by the first Clerical. Pope Julius I in A.D. 337 prepared December 25 the precise day to stain Jesus' birth, taking into account lifeless traditions who privileged their founders on that date. It was very the ancient celebration of the winter solstice. Grant is permission no insignificant in the Bible or shown of for instance Jesus Christ was untrained. All of us are torpid paying praise to the ancient Gods and Goddesses by the names of our days of the week. English French Italian Spanish Den 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 rather than Latin. Tiw's Day became Tuesday in recognize 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 get older the days were called Jove's Doeg (Thursday), Mercury's Doeg (Wednesday), Mar's Doef (Tuesday), etc. Friday was the day for instance the ancients remunerated praise to Venus--the love day. Just the once Christianity became current, Friday was no longer deliberate lucky --Jesus was crucified on that day; very, the absolute sexual wake zealous to the love Divinity Venus was deliberate a revered "sin." At any rate the days of our week our months are very named after the ancient deities: January: From Latin Januarius, devotion Janus, a Roman God. He presided first-class the Gates of Nirvana, which the Christians successive assigned to St. Peter. The Anglo-Saxons called it Aefter-Yule, and past to that Wolf-monat. February: From Februus, out of the ordinary name for the God of sanitization Faunus, in this manner resonance. The feast was assumed on February 15 (see Lupercalia) and was called Februa. March: Overdue Mars, God of War. Anglo-Saxons called it Hraed-monat, committed month, or Hlyd-monat, squally month. A squally March was an prodigy of ashamed crops. A dry March indicated a full of character understand. April: From Latin aperio "to open," afterward buds. Anglo-Saxons called it Easter-monat, in recognize of the Teutonic Divinity of the precise name. She ruled get a fright and light. The Romans zealous this month to Venus, often referring to it as Mensis Veneris significantly of Aprilis. May: Named after Maia Majesta, ancient Roman Divinity of Favorably. Deliberate Vulcan's companion. Show up the myths a propos the May Day partying, bonfires, and other wake famous over and done with Europe. June: Named after the Roman Divinity Juno. Called Sear-monat by Anglo-Saxons. Juno was Ruler of Nirvana and Defender of Marriage vows and ruled childbirth. June is torpid the peak special month for marriage today. July: Creatively called Quintilus, the fifth month. Old Saxons called it Maed-monat,--"mead month"--the time to send for baby for the drink called mead. August: Named after the Roman Ruler Augustus. Was bearing in mind called Sixtilis, the sixth month. September: Named after the Latin publish for seven, that time the month in the old calendar.Saxons called it Gerst-monat, barley month, as this crop was largely gathered along with. October: From octo, the eighth month in the old calendar. Saxons named it Wyn-monat, "wine month." This was understand time, and Bacchhus and Dionysius and all the other ancient deities were privileged. See Halloween added. November: From the ninth month in old Roman calendar. Saxons called it Blot-monat, "blood month." This was for instance the stock and traditionalist were slaughtered for food and sacrifices. December: Named after the tenth month in the old calendar. It was consecrated to Saturn, and on December 17 the revered feast of Saturnalia began, lasting out of the ordinary days. It coincided with the winter solstice and the Yule mature. The Anglo-Saxons called it Yule-monat, "midwinter month." It coincided with the winter solstice and the Yule mature. The Anglo-Saxons called it Yule-monat, "midwinter month."