Believe it or not the Holiday Season is almost upon us; time to set the mood with some tunes. Here's some music for the upcoming sabbat (New Year) or what most people would call Halloween :33es8qb_th:
not so much "holloween" music...but I just stumbled across one my favorite love song paired with my favorite love story. I'm not "notebook" chick....I'm the "Bram Stokers Dracula" chick. Lol.
this is what I had intended to post before I stumbled across that awesomeness up there. Lol
Not really Halloween but it's fitting.
A clever fusion between "Corpse Bride" and "Nightmare". It works quite well. ac_biggrin
And a little Aussie spookiness for ya!!!
Renee, are you wicca? I won't freak out and pull out the stakes and pitch forks...I've known a lot of wiccans.
If, by wicca, you mean demented, unhinged, deranged and malicious then yes, yes she is.
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I plead the 5th. I don't trust you Christ worshipers. :laugh: You're a bunch of pyromaniacs. :laugh:
Seriously though, I can't really answer that because I don't really know. I've always been fascinated by these reconstructed pagan religions but mostly from an academic sense. I have more than a few relatives on my mothers side, my grandmother being one, who are or where know practitioners of what's called "Stregoneria" which is a quasi-Catholic kind of Italian folk magic, not to be confused with "Stregheria" which is a pre-Roman, Etruscan sorcery. As a kid I was always kind of drawn to it but never went any further than watching my grandmother and her lady friends perform rituals and prayers. After she died I never really gave it much active attention.
I have an ex-sister-in-law who is a Wiccan in the Gardnerian tradition and very heavily into it. She belongs to a coven and the whole nine yards. She hosts bonfire celebrations on her property on Samhain and Beltane. I have been privy to a lot of these events over the years and I enjoyed them and found them stimulating, emotionally, spiritually and in some cases physically. I can identify with a lot of their points of view on life, the world around them and how they fit in with it. If you come to my home you will find little mother-goddesses and horned Gods all over in unexpected places. I tend to collect them. In fact I used to have an almost life size sculpture of the Venus of Willendorf in my garden at my house in WA. I would love to have it shipped to me here but it would cost a fortune and I'm not sure the neighbors would appreciate it displayed in the backyard. :laugh3:
So does that make me a wiccan, probably not. ac_dunno
No, none of that makes you Wiccan...or pagan. You are just drawn and comforted. That's fascinating that it's a family faith for you. You don't have to worry about me "burning the witches"....but if demons start in on ya...you know who to call hahaha. I'd love to see a pic of that statue, if you have one and don't mind showing.
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Quote from: "Dove"
I plead the 5th. I don't trust you Christ worshipers. :laugh: You're a bunch of pyromaniacs. :laugh:
Seriously though, I can't really answer that because I don't really know. I've always been fascinated by these reconstructed pagan religions but mostly from an academic sense. I have more than a few relatives on my mothers side, my grandmother being one, who are or where know practitioners of what's called "Stregoneria" which is a quasi-Catholic kind of Italian folk magic, not to be confused with "Stregheria" which is a pre-Roman, Etruscan sorcery. As a kid I was always kind of drawn to it but never went any further than watching my grandmother and her lady friends perform rituals and prayers. After she died I never really gave it much active attention.
I have an ex-sister-in-law who is a Wiccan in the Gardnerian tradition and very heavily into it. She belongs to a coven and the whole nine yards. She hosts bonfire celebrations on her property on Samhain and Beltane. I have been privy to a lot of these events over the years and I enjoyed them and found them stimulating, emotionally, spiritually and in some cases physically. I can identify with a lot of their points of view on life, the world around them and how they fit in with it. If you come to my home you will find little mother-goddesses and horned Gods all over in unexpected places. I tend to collect them. In fact I used to have an almost life size sculpture of the Venus of Willendorf in my garden at my house in WA. I would love to have it shipped to me here but it would cost a fortune and I'm not sure the neighbors would appreciate it displayed in the backyard. :laugh3:
So does that make me a wiccan, probably not. ac_dunno
Cool!!
Do you have one of those Wiccan chairs? I just love mine :001_tongue:
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I would love to show you pics of it but the only pics I know of are on a hard drive that I don't currently have access to.
Unfortunately distance and my current disjointed marital relationship have limited my access to a lot of things that are or where once mine. Hopefully that will change in the future.
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I plead the 5th. I don't trust you Christ worshipers. :laugh: You're a bunch of pyromaniacs. :laugh:
Seriously though, I can't really answer that because I don't really know. I've always been fascinated by these reconstructed pagan religions but mostly from an academic sense. I have more than a few relatives on my mothers side, my grandmother being one, who are or where know practitioners of what's called "Stregoneria" which is a quasi-Catholic kind of Italian folk magic, not to be confused with "Stregheria" which is a pre-Roman, Etruscan sorcery. As a kid I was always kind of drawn to it but never went any further than watching my grandmother and her lady friends perform rituals and prayers. After she died I never really gave it much active attention.
I have an ex-sister-in-law who is a Wiccan in the Gardnerian tradition and very heavily into it. She belongs to a coven and the whole nine yards. She hosts bonfire celebrations on her property on Samhain and Beltane. I have been privy to a lot of these events over the years and I enjoyed them and found them stimulating, emotionally, spiritually and in some cases physically. I can identify with a lot of their points of view on life, the world around them and how they fit in with it. If you come to my home you will find little mother-goddesses and horned Gods all over in unexpected places. I tend to collect them. In fact I used to have an almost life size sculpture of the Venus of Willendorf in my garden at my house in WA. I would love to have it shipped to me here but it would cost a fortune and I'm not sure the neighbors would appreciate it displayed in the backyard. :laugh3:
So does that make me a wiccan, probably not. ac_dunno
Cool!!
Do you have one of those Wiccan chairs? I just love mine :001_tongue:
Very cute, Keeper. ac_biggrin
Actually I have some of that stuff on the deck. I need to store it in the garage before it gets snow on it.
This song makes me think of Halloween
Here's another one:
Beetlejuice...Beetlejuice....Beetlejuice...
This piece always reminds me of the fall.
This is a little early but so much of this Dropkick Murphy's video personifies my dads side of the family that it almost makes me puke. Every other year we have to travel to Boston for the Holidays and this is one of those years. Since I'm back on the east coast, I'm going to get stuck going. :nea:
Still looking for a way out of it. :001_rolleyes:
This has a very east coast of Canada sound as well.
My favourite Christmas song is still this one:
...It's about that time of the year again with Christmas being around 3 weeks away.
Here's one from Italy, a traditional Christmas carol,
Maybe it's just me, but I'm hearing less X-mas carols when I'm out. Not much cheer being felt in Alberta with a destructive, inept socialist government.
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Same thing here. Although I did hear "Oh Holy Night" on the way to work, right on a public radio station. Lol
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It's a lovely rendition Renee.