Samhain question

[Shannon Outlaw]

 I came across this article about Samhain, after reading it I wanted to know if its ok to celebrate Samhain on November 1st as well??   "Halloween is one of the oldest holidays with origins going back thousands of years. The holiday we know as Halloween has had many influences from many cultures over the centuries. From the Roman's Pomona Day, to the Celtic festival of Samhain, to the Christian holidays of All Saints and All Souls Days.
Hundreds of years ago in what is now Great Britain and Northern France, lived the Celts. The Celts worshipped nature and had many gods, with the sun god as their favorite. It was "he" who commanded their work and their rest times, and who made the earth beautiful and the crops grow.   The Celts celebrated their New Year on November 1st. It was celebrated every year with a festival and marked the end of the "season of the sun" and the beginning of "the season of darkness and cold."
  On October 31st after the crops were all harvested and stored for the long winter the cooking fires in the homes would be extinguished. The Druids, the Celtic priests, would meet in the hilltop in the dark oak forest (oak trees were considered sacred). The Druids would light new fires and offer sacrifices of crops and animals. As they danced around the the fires, the season of the sun passed and the season of darkness would begin. When the morning arrived the Druids would give an ember from their fires to each family who would then take them home to start new cooking fires. These fires would keep the homes warm and free from evil spirits.
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[Priestess Atheron]

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High Priestess Atheron of the Joy of Satan Ministries
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HAIL SATAN!
HAIL ALL THE GODS OF DUAT!
HAIL ASTAROTH!
From: Shannon Outlaw <soutlaw92@...
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Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 3:49 PM
Subject: [JoyofSatan666] Samhain question

   I came across this article about Samhain, after reading it I wanted to know if its ok to celebrate Samhain on November 1st as well??   "Halloween is one of the oldest holidays with origins going back thousands of years. The holiday we know as Halloween has had many influences from many cultures over the centuries. From the Roman's Pomona Day, to the Celtic festival of Samhain, to the Christian holidays of All Saints and All Souls Days.
Hundreds of years ago in what is now Great Britain and Northern France, lived the Celts. The Celts worshipped nature and had many gods, with the sun god as their favorite. It was "he" who commanded their work and their rest times, and who made the earth beautiful and the crops grow.   The Celts celebrated their New Year on November 1st. It was celebrated every year with a festival and marked the end of the "season of the sun" and the beginning of "the season of darkness and cold."
  On October 31st after the crops were all harvested and stored for the long winter the cooking fires in the homes would be extinguished. The Druids, the Celtic priests, would meet in the hilltop in the dark oak forest (oak trees were considered sacred). The Druids would light new fires and offer sacrifices of crops and animals. As they danced around the the fires, the season of the sun passed and the season of darkness would begin. When the morning arrived the Druids would give an ember from their fires to each family who would then take them home to start new cooking fires. These fires would keep the homes warm and free from evil spirits.
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[Shannon Outlaw]

Thank you Priestess Atheron Thats EXACTLY how I plan on celebrating my Samhain. Eating sweets and such. Celebrating of the seasons. Thanks for the insight.
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Date: Monday, September 19, 2011 3:17:18 am
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From: "Priestess Atheron" <priestessatheron@...
Subject: Re: [JoyofSatan666] Samhain question

The eve of November 1 is the Druid's New Year's eve. I think our new year starts on the Spring Equinox when it is the time of light again, according to old tradition for planting crops. In Ireland, on Oct 31st, the origin of trick or treating came around because beggars went door to door asking for goods. Any house that wasn't generous was destroyed by a god named "Muck Olla".  Are you celebrating the times of light and the times of darkness, like the Celtics?
 
Personally, I celebrate Samhain by trick or treating, decorating, "tapping into my Gothic side", taking the opportunity to stock up on black candles, eating candy, dressing up, a ritual of thanksgiving, etc.
 
 I don't think that in this day and age it will be easy to start a big bon fire, pass a lit torch to each neighbor to take home and light a fire there and pick all the crops. I think maybe 'modernizing' the traditions to celebrate the end of summer, the start of winter. Instead of harvesting all your crops, you could prepare for the winter in other more 'modern' ways. Give Satan a thanksgiving ritual for the good things you went through in the summer, maybe make new goals for yourself according to the change of signs in the sky, change your meditations to harvest in other more spiritual ways. Have a big dinner, too.
 
 
 
Sources: http://www.angelfire.com/empire/serpent ... mhain.html

Sincerely,


High Priestess Atheron of the Joy of Satan Ministries
www.JoyOfSatan.com
wwww.exposingchristianity.com


HAIL SATAN!
HAIL ALL THE GODS OF DUAT!
HAIL ASTAROTH!

From: Shannon Outlaw <soutlaw92@...
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Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 3:49 PM
Subject: [JoyofSatan666] Samhain question


 
 I came across this article about Samhain, after reading it I wanted to know if its ok to celebrate Samhain on November 1st as well??
 
"Halloween is one of the oldest holidays with origins going back thousands of years. The holiday we know as Halloween has had many influences from many cultures over the centuries. From the Roman's Pomona Day, to the Celtic festival of Samhain, to the Christian holidays of All Saints and All Souls Days.

Hundreds of years ago in what is now Great Britain and Northern France, lived the Celts. The Celts worshipped nature and had many gods, with the sun god as their favorite. It was "he" who commanded their work and their rest times, and who made the earth beautiful and the crops grow.

The Celts celebrated their New Year on November 1st. It was celebrated every year with a festival and marked the end of the "season of the sun" and the beginning of "the season of darkness and cold."

 
On October 31st after the crops were all harvested and stored for the long winter the cooking fires in the homes would be extinguished. The Druids, the Celtic priests, would meet in the hilltop in the dark oak forest (oak trees were considered sacred). The Druids would light new fires and offer sacrifices of crops and animals. As they danced around the the fires, the season of the sun passed and the season of darkness would begin.
When the morning arrived the Druids would give an ember from their fires to each family who would then take them home to start new cooking fires. These fires would keep the homes warm and free from evil spirits.

 
The November 1st festival was called Samhain (pronounced "sow-en"). The festival would last for 3 days. Many people would parade in costumes made from the skins and heads of their animals. This festival would become the first Halloween.


During the first century the Romans invaded Britain. They brought with them many of their festivals and customs. One of these was the festival know as Pomona Day, named for their goddess of fruits and gardens. It was also celebrated around the 1st of November. After hundreds of years of Roman rule the customs of the Celtic's Samhain festival and the Roman Pomona Day mixed becoming 1 major fall holiday."