Happy Samhain

 

Who says witches have to be ugly?

Dancing after church to The Monster Mash

Early one morning last week, my new home gave this eerie view! (not edited photo)

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Regeneration...

Marija Gimbutas, archaeologist who did key work on the ancient Goddess religions, used to say, “She’s not about fertility, she’s about regeneration.” 

Regeneration—the ability of life to emerge from death. Out of rot comes compost, out of decay, nourishment for something new.

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Samhain is the ending in the turning of the year. In ancient times when people lived with an agricultural calendar it was the New Year, when the crops had been stored, and the cold times began, waiting for spring when new life could begin anew. It was the time of remembering ancestors.

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Thanks, Tom, for sharing this fun song...which actually doesn't have anything to do with Halloween, does it?