i do it because to me, it's a physical representation of the interconnectedness of the universe and everything within it.
i'm not (really) pagan or anything. i just think the changing of the seasons is proof of how everything is connected (cause ya know, without the sun and the rotation of the earth and all, we wouldn't have seasons)
oh, and cause it's just a reminder of the crazy beauty of this world and how lucky i am to be in it :)
2007-06-17 15:23:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
mikalina: nothing is wrong with being a pagan at all! sorry if it came off that way. i put 'really' in parenthesis because while i agree with a lot of the pagan principles, i don't really adhere to it as a whole
i was just curious to see if there were any other non-pagans who celebrated.
2007-06-17 15:32:11 · update #1
Celebrate Life!
The seasons of the year are symbolic of the circle of life. Summer Solstice is the height of life! ; )
Blessed Be our Earth Mother and all her Children!
According to Websters Dictionary the word pagan refers to anyone who is not Christian, Jewish or Islamic.
2007-06-17 15:33:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why did you feel the need for your disclaimer? "I'm not (really) a pagan". What's wrong with being a pagan?
I celebrate every day that I wake up and draw breath. Every moment I can spend with my husband, and with my family and friends, is a miracle to be celebrated. The summer solstice, for me, is a little bit sad. It is the beginning of the end of summer. I much prefer the winter solstice, because it marks the return of the light over darkness.
2007-06-17 22:29:45 · answer #2 · answered by mikalina 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a common celebration among pagans because our faith is nature based and the turning of the wheel of the year is significant, as well as necessary. Without the summer we could have no harvest, no sustainance, no stores to make it through the winter. On a more personal level, for me it marks the time. Although I was born in the summer, my most cherished times are in cooler weather. For me it is a marking of the time that will pass until I can once again enjoy winter's nip.
2007-06-17 22:34:36 · answer #3 · answered by Blue Scarrab 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Primarily because it's a traditional feature of my ancestral folkways. Well, that, and I like jumping over bonfires. :-)
As a Vanic-oriented heathen, the seasons and cycles of the year ARE spiritually important to me, but . . . well, I live in South Texas, which barely even HAS a winter. My Folk originated in Scandinavia (I'm of direct Normannii and Ingvaone descent), which barely has a summer . . . so I think it somewhat incongruous, for example, to be doing a Plow Charming to bless the coming growing season when my tomatoes are already in bloom!
Planting and harvest rites, I adapt known blotar, fainings, or festivals to local conditions . . . Walpurgisnacht might be the *start* of planting season in Norway, but it's the start of summer's heat HERE. Winternights, a well documented fall celebration, I delay until around Samhain, because THAT'S when it first gets cold here . . . things like that.
But Mitsommer and Yule form unchanging opposite poles of the sacral year . . . and because of that, are my holiest Tides.
2007-06-17 22:40:18 · answer #4 · answered by Boar's Heart 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As an Atheist, I'm with you on this. The fact that we have a moon has saved us all. Something so simple that has been the inspiration of so many religions. Its amazing!!! Sadly I fear I will die from a religious person's contentment in my death.
2007-06-17 22:47:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it's the easiest night of the year to party all night.
2007-06-17 22:27:05 · answer #6 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋