October 31, 2013

If a Druid Rings the Doorbell...

“Samhain is Halloween; Halloween is Samhain”
How will you be celebrating Samhain this year? What’s that? You say you won’t be observing the high Druid holiday of the ancient Celts? With all due respect, you’re probably wrong and you probably will.
“Samhain is Halloween; Halloween is Samhain,” said Ellen Evert Hopman, 61, an author, herbalist and Druid priestess and scholar. Irish monks, by most accounts, co-opted the earthy ritual and recast it with strait-laced saints. But the bones of the holiday wouldn’t stay buried.      (nytimes.com)

1 comment:

Unknown said...

"These are not the druids you are looking for"