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Originally posted by magdalena:
RIMG I do hope I would listen... but you know I would! Thanks for sharing that - I love the little bits of info that let me get to know my FFFfamily more and more!

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Originally posted by msg:
RIMG- hmmm sorry about the baptists...methodists are a little calmer( for the most part) but having grown up in Atlanta I do understand the church on every corner.

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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
Because Halloween is a filthy, hedonistic holiday that comes from the devil, didn't you know?
I'm sorry, we shouldn't be having religious rants here, but it's a bit of a sore spot of me, not only that a perfectly wonderful Pagan day of power would be seen as 'of the devil' but also how hysterical people have been getting, esspecially since... around 2000 or so. Would you say that's about right? I think that's about right.
Certain people are trying to turn this country fanatically Christian and it's working. Fight the power. Dance nekkid

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Originally posted by Smartbutdumbblonde:
By the way, how do you get your own original signature picture in the top left of your post?

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Originally posted by ChrisMoorhead:
I live in a tiny country town called Damascus in the state of Maryland.
I'd say the most oppressive institution in this town is, realistically, the High School football team, who are admittedly a bunch of shitheads.

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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
Because Halloween is a filthy, hedonistic holiday that comes from the devil, didn't you know?
I'm sorry, we shouldn't be having religious rants here, but it's a bit of a sore spot of me, not only that a perfectly wonderful Pagan day of power would be seen as 'of the devil' but also how hysterical people have been getting, esspecially since... around 2000 or so. Would you say that's about right? I think that's about right.
Certain people are trying to turn this country fanatically Christian and it's working. Fight the power. Dance nekkid


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Originally posted by rivertwin:
Ye gods, I love your signature! *huggles fellow Wiccan* Nekkid dancing is the only way to do it, isn't it?

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The term Halloween, and its older spelling Hallowe'en, is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the evening before "All Hallows' Day"[1] (also known as "All Saints' Day"). The holiday was a day of religious festivities in various northern European Pagan traditions, until Popes Gregory III and Gregory IV moved the old Christian feast of All Saints Day from May 13 to November 1. In Ireland, the name was All Hallows' Eve (often shortened to Hallow Eve), and though seldom used today, it is still a well-accepted label. The festival is also known as Samhain or Oíche Shamhna to the Irish, Calan Gaeaf to the Welsh, Allantide to the Cornish and Hop-tu-Naa to the Manx. Halloween is also called Pooky Night in some parts of Ireland, presumably named after the púca, a mischievous spirit.

Many European cultural traditions hold that Halloween is one of the liminal times of the year when spirits can make contact with the physical world and when magic is most potent (e.g. Catalan mythology about witches, Irish tales of the Sídhe).

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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
Yay! *huggles back* I actually found it in the BSR, if'n silver is more your style, check out that version: http://www.fireflyfans.net/sunroomitem.asp?i=13822
Yes, nekkid is a good way to dance. Though if I'm gonna be too enthusiastic, I have to strap up a little

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Originally posted by rivertwin:
I've been meaning to ask you, what is a dorje? You've mentioned it a couple times in reference to the items on your altar. I've never heard of that before and am curious.

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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
The dorje is a Buddhist symbol/tool. It represents 'the thunderbolt of enlightenment' and a small version can be held during meditation. I grew up with Buddhist parents, and I got my dorje when I was... about nine? Don't remember. I also own meditation balls and have a Buddha on my altar. And dragons. And I have little statues of totems of mine, too. See, I'm a bit of a buffet Pagan. Last count, I followed a few traditions/beliefs of five or six different systems: Buddhism, Paganism, Taoism, Shamanism, Wicca, Druidism, Egyptian... And according to some, Gnosticsism, too.
Anyway, here's a simple dorje:
http://www.arthistoryclub.com/art_history/upload/a/a3/Dorje.bmp
Mine was gold when I got it, but it's a bit tarnished now. And the picture I got of it was rather crap, but there's not a lot to be done about that.

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