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	Samhain - October 31st


	
		
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			Samhain&nbsp;- October 31st
			Samhain (pronounced "sow-in"... the -ow- rhymes with cow) is observed on October 31st. Also referred to as All Hallows Eve, Samhain is when the Celtic New Year is celebrated, which is why many witches choose to celebrate it as their New Year as well. Since it is the New Year, it is a time for renewal. This makes it a perfect time to evaluate your life and rid yourself of bad habits or excess emotional...]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Lughnasadh - July 31]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Lughnasadh&nbsp;- July 31st
Lughnasadh (pronounced Loo-na-saw), also referred to as Lammas, is the next holiday. It is celebrated around July 31st - August 2nd, and is the first of the three harvest Sabbats. It is when we celebrate and harvest the ripening grains; the first of a bountiful crop that will see us through the winter months. As witches we honor the first harvest and give thanks to Mother Earth for sharing Her gifts. The gathering of the first crops of the year is also a...]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Fall Equinox (Mabon) - Septembe]]></title>
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The Autumn Equinox, which is also called Mabon or Harvest Home, occurs around September 21st - 23rd. The end of Summer has officially come and we honor equal night and day. We still feel the waning presence of the sun and acknowledge the lengthening darkness to come. This is the second of the three harvest festivals and is the time when fruits and vegetables are harvested. Food is stored and prepared for winter while celebrating a time of plenty in...]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Summer Solstice (Midsummer) - June 21s]]></title>
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The Summer Solstice, also called Midsummer (and occasionally called Litha) occurs around June 21st - 23rd. The earth is midpoint on her journey around the sun. It is the first day of summer and the longest and strongest day of the year. With the Sun high in the heavens, the powers of light are readily evoked; anything that shadows your soul can be set aflame by the Sun's protective glow. Midsummer celebrates the full powers of life and the beginning...]]></description>
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Samhain (pronounced "sow-in"... the -ow- rhymes with cow) is observed on October 31st. Also referred to as All Hallows Eve, Samhain is when the Celtic New Year is celebrated, which is why many witches choose to celebrate it as their New Year as well. Since it is the New Year, it is a time for renewal. This makes it a perfect time to evaluate your life and rid yourself of bad habits or excess emotional baggage and start again with a clean slate.
During Samhain, the...]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Spring Equinox (Ostara) - March 21]]></title>
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Also called ‘Lady Day’, this is a good time to mentally ‘plant’ seeds. They can be seeds for an idea of some kind, for some kind of change, or for anything you want to have manifest in your life over the Spring and Summer.
In Slavic pagan traditions, this was believed to be a day when Death had no power over the living. In their tradition, a personification of Death was symbolically ‘killed’ by throwing him into moving water to drown. Flowers (symbols...]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Beltane - May 1st]]></title>
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The word Beltane means bel-fire (of bale-fire) which was the fire of the Celtic God Bel (whose name is traceable to the Middle Eastern God Baal - which simply means ‘Lord’). Bel-fires were lit on hilltops to celebrate the return of life and fertility to the world. It is traditional in many lands for people to jump the balefire. It was jumped to bring a husband or wife, to ensure safe travels; pregnant women even jumped it to ensure an easy delivery. Cattle were driven...]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Imbolg - February 2nd]]></title>
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Imbolg is observed around February 2nd. This is a fire festival, but the emphasis is on light rather than heat. It is during this Sabbat that we banish Winter. One of the ways to do this includes gathering all the greenery left from Yule and burning them in the Imbolg fire. Most of the customs surrounding this Sabbat are designed as acts of sympathetic magick to lure back the sun and speed up the coming of Spring.
Imbolg is also known as Candlemas (the name under...]]></description>
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The Winter Solstice, usually referred to as Yule, occurs during December 21st - 23rd. At this Sabbat, we celebrate the birth of the Sun King. In some traditions, the celebration actually begins on ‘Mother Night’ and ends twelve days later on ‘Yule Night’ (which helps explain the origin of the twelve days of Christmas). Many of the traditions from our pagan ancestors have been brought into modern day observance of this holiday, including the Christmas tree and Santa...]]></description>
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