あなた will remember Samhain from Merlin's The Darkest Hour, when the veil to the spirit world was torn. It was my birthday yesterday 31 October (no コメント please lol) also known as Halloween, but also known によって the old religions as Samhain.
Samhain
Samhain pronounced 'sow'inn') is a very important 日付 in the Pagan calendar for it marks the Feast of the Dead. Many Pagans also celebrate it as the old Celtic New 年 (although some mark this at Imbolc). It is also celebrated によって non-Pagans who call this festival Halloween.
Samhain has been celebrated in Britain for centuries and has its origin in Pagan Celtic traditions. It was the time of 年 when the veils between this world and the Otherworld were believed to be at their thinnest: when the spirits of the dead could most readily mingle with the living once again. Later, when the festival was adopted によって Christians, they celebrated it as All Hallows' Eve, followed によって All Saints Day, though it still retained elements of remembering and honouring the dead.
To most modern Pagans, while death is still the central theme of the festival this does not mean it is a morbid event. For Pagans, death is not a thing to be feared. Old age is valued for its wisdom and dying is accepted as a part of life as necessary and welcome as birth. While Pagans, like people of other faiths, always honour and 表示する respect for their dead, this is particularly marked at Samhain. Loved ones who have recently died are remembered and their spirits often invited to 登録する the living in the celebratory feast. It is also a time at which those born during the past 年 are formally welcomed into the community. As well as feasting, Pagans often celebrate Samahin with traditional games such as apple-dooking.
Death also symbolises endings and Samhain is therefore not only a time for reflecting on mortality, but also on the passing of relationships, jobs and other significant changes in life. A time for taking stock of the past and coming to terms with it, in order to 移動する on and look フォワード, 前進, 楽しみにして to the future.
Ancient Celtic celebrations
Not only did the Celts believe the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead dissolved on this night, they thought that the presence of the spirits helped their priests to make predictions about the future.
To celebrate Samhain the Druids built huge sacred bonfires. People brought harvest 食 and sacrificed 動物 to share a communal ディナー in celebration of the festival.
During the celebration the Celts wore costumes - usually animal heads and skins. They would also try and tell each other's fortunes.
After the festival they re-lit the fires in their homes from the sacred bonfire to help protect them, as well as keep them warm during the winter months.
Samhain
Samhain pronounced 'sow'inn') is a very important 日付 in the Pagan calendar for it marks the Feast of the Dead. Many Pagans also celebrate it as the old Celtic New 年 (although some mark this at Imbolc). It is also celebrated によって non-Pagans who call this festival Halloween.
Samhain has been celebrated in Britain for centuries and has its origin in Pagan Celtic traditions. It was the time of 年 when the veils between this world and the Otherworld were believed to be at their thinnest: when the spirits of the dead could most readily mingle with the living once again. Later, when the festival was adopted によって Christians, they celebrated it as All Hallows' Eve, followed によって All Saints Day, though it still retained elements of remembering and honouring the dead.
To most modern Pagans, while death is still the central theme of the festival this does not mean it is a morbid event. For Pagans, death is not a thing to be feared. Old age is valued for its wisdom and dying is accepted as a part of life as necessary and welcome as birth. While Pagans, like people of other faiths, always honour and 表示する respect for their dead, this is particularly marked at Samhain. Loved ones who have recently died are remembered and their spirits often invited to 登録する the living in the celebratory feast. It is also a time at which those born during the past 年 are formally welcomed into the community. As well as feasting, Pagans often celebrate Samahin with traditional games such as apple-dooking.
Death also symbolises endings and Samhain is therefore not only a time for reflecting on mortality, but also on the passing of relationships, jobs and other significant changes in life. A time for taking stock of the past and coming to terms with it, in order to 移動する on and look フォワード, 前進, 楽しみにして to the future.
Ancient Celtic celebrations
Not only did the Celts believe the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead dissolved on this night, they thought that the presence of the spirits helped their priests to make predictions about the future.
To celebrate Samhain the Druids built huge sacred bonfires. People brought harvest 食 and sacrificed 動物 to share a communal ディナー in celebration of the festival.
During the celebration the Celts wore costumes - usually animal heads and skins. They would also try and tell each other's fortunes.
After the festival they re-lit the fires in their homes from the sacred bonfire to help protect them, as well as keep them warm during the winter months.