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Post by whollygoats on Jan 31, 2018 2:25:09 GMT
Friday, aka February 2, is occasion to celebrate the progress from midwinter (the winter Solstice) to midspring (the vernal Equinox), by noting its halfway point.
Since it is halfway between midwinter and midspring, it is thus the gateway to spring.
'Tis the season of the pregnant goddess and the Green Man....the awakening, the quickening.
For Christians, this is St. Brigid's Day...y'know, one of those days some Christians worship a pagan goddess.
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Post by Kye on Jan 31, 2018 4:12:24 GMT
Woohoo!
Let the festivities begin!
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Post by JoeP on Jan 31, 2018 8:27:03 GMT
I feel like we've done all this before.
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Post by whollygoats on Jan 31, 2018 15:40:15 GMT
I feel like we've done all this before. Yeah? I wonder why that is?
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Post by JoeP on Jan 31, 2018 16:19:19 GMT
OK campers, rise and shine!
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Post by whollygoats on Jan 31, 2018 17:23:47 GMT
Everybody has their holes dug?
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Post by robert on Jul 26, 2018 1:10:04 GMT
I love Imbolc! I used to celebrate it by climbing a hill and planting a seed.
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Post by tangent on Jul 26, 2018 14:06:25 GMT
I love Imbolc! I used to celebrate it by climbing a hill and planting a seed. Why?
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Post by robert on Jul 26, 2018 20:32:32 GMT
It is a pagan tradition to plant a seed on Imbolc in anticipation symbolically of Spring.
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Post by whollygoats on Jul 26, 2018 20:53:57 GMT
It is the 'beginning of spring' in the ancient traditions of the British Isles, with the vernal equinox being 'mid-spring'. What better reason to 'plant a seed'?
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Post by robert on Jul 27, 2018 3:11:13 GMT
Though practically it is probably not the best time to plant a seed. Hell, 'mid summer' is technically solstice and thus the 'beginning' of Spring.
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