WITCHES CANCEL HALLOWEEN
Monday, October 25, 2004
Apparently there is a coven of witches in a Washington school district who have gotten the school's Halloween celebration CANCELED! Why? They are offended. Apparently, the non wiccan celebration of the holy day perpetuates stereotypes of ugly wart faced hags. Did they think about what they would look like when they cancelled the celebration? No really!?! Last time I checked the dressing up as scary monsters was a superstition rampant among actual Samhain celebrations for the express purpose of walking among the spirits without being noticed. These witches are effectively telling the parents in this school district not to protect their children on a day when the barrier between this word and the next is at it's tiniest. While it may be true that Power Ranger costumes and wart faced hags were not what the founders of this high holiday had in mind. . . GIVE ME A BREAK! Should one of them find my blog, or anyone else make it this far in my rant, I would like to remind you of the rule of three. I truly wish them good luck having a meaningful ceremony on the highest of holidays where they will be receiving threefold a cancellation of an entire school district's celebration.
As for the rest of the world - please, celebrate the highest pagan religious holidays in whatever way seems fit. We do more to Christianity alone than through commercialism of Christmas, and Easter, our nation by commercializing President's Birthdays, and the Fourth of July and ourselves by commercializing our own Birthdays than will ever be done to pagans through the commercialization of Halloween. Most Pagan high holidays are left as peaceful celebrations for a close group of friends. How can any pagan ask that anyone to step away from a spirited celebration of this truly magic night?
posted by ZEUS @ 10:44 PM,
