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Brigid was a Celtic goddess whose festival was celebrated on February 1st and 2nd. Brigid’s Day, or Imbolc, …Read more
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October 31 Pagan: “a follower of a rustic or provincial religion” from the Latin pagus, meaning a rural district. The word “pagan” goes all the way back to the Greek root pagos meaning “that which is fixed”. “Fixed” as in “staying in position”, not like, your dog. After crossing the Adriatic, the Romans used the word pagus to refer to a rural district. Pagan came to mean “country-dweller”. Under Constantine, Christianity was not only tolerated, …Read more 
Vernal Equinox – on or around September 21 (Northern Hemisphere) “Blessed be, by the Lady and the Lord, on this Mea’n Fo’mhair. It is the time of the second harvest, one of fruit and wine abundance. Tonight holds equilibrium of all things. Everything is in balance with one another. God and Goddess, Life and Death, Light and Dark.” Immortal Boundaries, Aubrey Jones References to the Welsh god Mabon ap Mydron (Mabon, Son of Modron, or ‘Great Son of the Great …Read more 
July 31-August 1 Book of Hours, August Today is Lughnasadh! Not to be confused with Lasagna Day. That was July 29. Also known by its more Christian name, Lammas, aka “Loaf-mas”, Lughnasadh marked the time of year villagers would celebrate the first Harvest, on or around August 1, by baking and sharing bread from the first grain of the season. Lughnasadh is a cross-quarter day—days that fall directly between equinoxes and solstices—the others being Imbolc (Candlemas), Beltane …Read more |
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