{"id":163,"date":"2009-02-01T19:22:01","date_gmt":"2009-02-02T02:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/?p=163"},"modified":"2010-01-18T20:04:09","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T03:04:09","slug":"candlemas-imbolc-pre-christian-christian-both","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/?p=163","title":{"rendered":"Candlemas \/ Imbolc, Pre-Christian & Christian both"},"content":{"rendered":"
Candlemas, Imbolc, Groundhog Day and the Lady<\/div>\n
This is one of those cool holidays that like Christmas has inspiring pagan and inspiring Christian rites to go along with it. \u00c2\u00a0Other holidays may have both pagan and Christian observations, but one or the other is less inspiring, boring, depending on the holiday. \u00c2\u00a0Like Valentine’s Day — the pagan observations are far more exciting than the Saint day observations. \u00c2\u00a0St. Patrick’s Day is like that too — pagan part more inspiring than Christian saints day observations. \u00c2\u00a0The reverse is true for Easter, whose pagan observations aren’t as sublime as its Christian elements. Candlemas \/ Imbolc has the best of both worlds. \u00c2\u00a0Both pagan and Christian rites are awe-some-awe-inspiring.<\/div>\n
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A Fellowship of Isis member named Denise aka GreenElfMom@aol.com writes:<\/div>\n
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My Imbolc poem for you all\r\n\r\nDaylight lingers longer,\r\nthe days a little warmer.\r\n\r\nThe Lady lights her candles;\r\nthe God as Stag King rambles\r\nin the Sacred Wood.\r\nHis cry stirs our Life's Blood.\r\n\r\nWe turn our faces sunward.\r\nAgain we're filled with wonder\r\nas the land begins to waken\r\nfrom the Death's Sleep it had taken.\r\n\r\nLet us reach out, hand to hand,\r\nevery woman, every man,\r\nto circle with the sun\r\non the Cycle now begun.\r\n\r\nHappy and Blessed Imbolc to all!\r\n\r\n      --Elf\/Denise<\/pre>\n
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And here is our Esoteric Mystery School Candlemas\/Imbolc observation<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Light your candle for the Lady!<\/div>\n
–Katia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Candlemas, Imbolc, Groundhog Day and the Lady This is one of those cool holidays that like Christmas has inspiring pagan and inspiring Christian rites to go along with it. \u00c2\u00a0Other holidays may have both pagan and Christian observations, but one or the other is less inspiring, boring, depending on the holiday. \u00c2\u00a0Like Valentine’s Day — … Continue reading Candlemas \/ Imbolc, Pre-Christian & Christian both<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,12,2],"tags":[144,147,145,146],"class_list":["post-163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fellowship-of-isis","category-mary-mother-of-jesus","category-what-sunday-school-wont-teach","tag-candlemas","tag-christian","tag-imbolc","tag-pagan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t