small rant.

[Angyl]

I'm ticked off that I could'nt do anything for Solstice becuase I had to work all day. If the same thing happens on samhain, I'm going to start taking days off for holidays.

Do you even think they'll let me off like they do Chrisitans and Jews? I suppose I do'nt have to explain it at all.

I'm just miffed.

[summergold]

I definitely think they should. The worst part is that if you say you're Pagan, some people automatically think you're a Satanist. That ticks me off. Does your company recognize Muslim holidays?

[Angyl]

I definitely think they should. The worst part is that if you say you're Pagan, some people automatically think you're a Satanist. That ticks me off. Does your company recognize Muslim holidays?

I have no idea. I doubt it.

Yeah I try to keep it on the downlow about my religion. People make too many assumptions. Really, dude, it's pretty much like any other religion. cept Nature is a force in paganism.

I was all excited to do something too, but I walked out of my meeting at 11 p.m. yeah.

[heatherf]

Enlighten me please. What religion are you that you celebrate summer solstice?

[paiger81]

I believe Wiccans celebrate the solstice's.

[Angyl]

Enlighten me please. What religion are you that you celebrate summer solstice?


Neo-Eclectic Pagan.

[summergold]

There should be a default kind of holiday. Most religions have two to three MAJOR holidays each year. They should build those days in to time off. Everyone gets Christmas off, because apparently the Western World shuts down and cannot function (hehe even though Christmas is in December because of Yule), but if you're Christian and want Good Friday, go for it. Jewish and want Yom Kippur, have at it. You get your floating day. We actually have that here to a degree. It's a Jewish hospital and we get Yom Kippur, but we don't have to use it on that day. It floats to whichever day we want it to be as long as we use it during the time between Yom Kippur and the day after Thanksgiving.

I was all excited to do something too, but I walked out of my meeting at 11 p.m. yeah.

Ouch, that's like missing the fireworks on the fourth of July

[Mad Dawg]

You know... You don't have to be pagan to appreciate the solstices, the equinoxes and the cross-quarters. I would consider myself to be Christian, but I still either celebrate or regard as significant these old world holidays. Part of it is a realization of and sadness over Christianity's historical attempts to suppress and/or adopt as its own the old ways. Samhain was turned into Halloween, Yule was turned into Christmas, Ostara was turned into Easter, etc. Another part of it is a genuine appreciation of my own Celtic heritage.

Every Samhain I prepare a meal and set extra places at the table for everyone I love who died in the past year. The door to my home is left open to them, as was the custom ages ago. I don't actually believe any of the hocus pocus behind it. For me it is a show of respect and gratitude for the dead, and I feel that it is a beautiful and healthy expression of grief. Some people think I'm crazy for it, and others I know better than to even tell about it. I don't like being judged for what others don't understand.

[Angyl]

You know... You don't have to be pagan to appreciate the solstices, the equinoxes and the cross-quarters. I would consider myself to be Christian, but I still either celebrate or regard as significant these old world holidays. Part of it is a realization of and sadness over Christianity's historical attempts to suppress and/or adopt as its own the old ways. Samhain was turned into Halloween, Yule was turned into Christmas, Ostara was turned into Easter, etc. Another part of it is a genuine appreciation of my own Celtic heritage.

Every Samhain I prepare a meal and set extra places at the table for everyone I love who died in the past year. The door to my home is left open to them, as was the custom ages ago. I don't actually believe any of the hocus pocus behind it. For me it is a show of respect and gratitude for the dead, and I feel that it is a beautiful and healthy expression of grief. Some people think I'm crazy for it, and others I know better than to even tell about it. I don't like being judged for what others don't understand.

that's really really sweet. I jsut say a prayer, and wear black for respect.

It was such a beautiful night out too. THe moon was perfect.

[wordsmith]

I also like pagan holidays because of the Celtic connection.