What is it why is it so important like what led to it being important? (looking more in the satanic sense)
2007-06-20 09:26:13 · 5 answers · asked by aprilrossen2000 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
looking for reasons it is mentioned in Anton Szandor LaVey book the satanic bible
2007-06-20 09:44:16 · update #1
It's not Satanic. If some Satanists want to make it so, so be it.
It's a planting holiday. You know, Planting holidays....they come before harvest holidays.
2007-06-20 09:32:00 · answer #1 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It marks the point in between the spring equinox and summer solstice. The equinoxes, solstices, and days in between were all for harvesting schedules and adjusting calendars, so inevitably people attached religious significance to how they saw the world around them being "run". But like Halloween, Walpurgisnacht has developed a particular reputation for being a "scary" night where all the ghosts, goblins, etc. are said to come together and do their crazy thing.
Speaking as a Satanist myself, the Satanic significance is that we make use of this STIGMA attached to this day, just as we make use of other traditionally "dark" things like Halloween (we don't celebrate it as "Samhain"), the number 666 (even though we don't believe it really means anything), etc. We don't believe in bending over backwards to white-wash something (which is what neo-pagans are often preoccupied with doing) when instead we can make these reputations "work" for us.
Walpurgisnacht is also conveniently the day the Church of Satan was founded, which marked the first time in history an actual organized religion called "Satanism" came about. So you might see that aspect being celebrated by Satanists who are additionally Church of Satan members.
2007-06-20 09:33:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not Satanic. How is the feast of St. Walpurga in any way Satanic? Even if you look at the holiday's Pagan origins, Paganism is not Satanic, either. Big difference. Even in areas where it's considered "witches' night", that's still not Satanic. The only Satanic connection I can think of, offhand, is that it's the day that the Church of Satan was founded. And as a trivia note, it's also the day that Hitler killed himself.
2007-06-20 09:36:35 · answer #3 · answered by solarius 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
da wolte ick immer fershtehen
2007-06-20 10:00:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Und was de frag war?
2007-06-20 10:09:29 · answer #5 · answered by Someone who cares 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋