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 Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:31 pm
I'm just curious what everyone does for the month of October for their holidays and if they have anything specific they do for Halloween.
I don't do anything for Halloween, it's just a day to dress up and eat candy to me. There aren't really any holidays for my religion in the month of October actually aside from the normal Kalends, Nones, and Idus that I do every month. There is Meditrinalia, which I will be celebrating, which is the sampling of new wine. There is also Fontinalia, which is in honor of Fontus and controlling natural water springs, which I won't be celebrating. Other than that the Romans just had the end of the military season in October so there wasn't much.
I've never celebrated Halloween to be anything other than dressing up so I'm curious to hear what others do and how important it is to them.
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:13 pm
Does your religion have a specific feast in honor of the ancestors and the dead?
It seems that acknowledgement of the ancestors is a part of every ritual and every prayer. For that reason it does not seem that there would necessarily be an ancestral holiday. This is the time for reflection on the ancestors and the dead and how death and creation to rebirth are connected at the hip.
That's what the Samhain and All Saints and All Souls Days are all about. They are all festivals of the dead and the ancestors. They are festivals of thanksgiving and of fertility prayers. Its an acknowledgement of how important death actually is in the cycle of creation.
During the day I went out dressed up. It was a fun day to get dressed up and be silly,
At night I had a small feast with my fiance and his mother. In the later evening we had the great rite as an actualization of how death and life are together as one. I was in trance and that was my ritual.
I gained deeper insight into the mysteries of Samhain and Hallowsmass.
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 1:21 am
After doing more research on holidays I found out that there is a holiday to do with spirits..however it's in February. Paternalia. It goes from the 13th to 22nd and is to honor and celebrate the household spirits. Feralia is on the 21st and is to honor and have feasts for the Manes (the spirits of the dead). You light incense for them, have a feast for them, and if possible make offerings at their tomb. It is said if Feralia is ignored then the Manes will rise up in anger and haunt the homes they used to live in. Then Caristia is on the 22nd is a time to celebrate family and loved ones and to honor the Lares (guardians of the hearth and home) and household spirits with feasts and gift giving. The Feralia is the only somber part of the holiday since you are supposed to be in mourning over the Manes, which are deceased family members.
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:02 am
Salmenella After doing more research on holidays I found out that there is a holiday to do with spirits..however it's in February. Paternalia. It goes from the 13th to 22nd and is to honor and celebrate the household spirits. Feralia is on the 21st and is to honor and have feasts for the Manes (the spirits of the dead). You light incense for them, have a feast for them, and if possible make offerings at their tomb. It is said if Feralia is ignored then the Manes will rise up in anger and haunt the homes they used to live in. Then Caristia is on the 22nd is a time to celebrate family and loved ones and to honor the Lares (guardians of the hearth and home) and household spirits with feasts and gift giving. The Feralia is the only somber part of the holiday since you are supposed to be in mourning over the Manes, which are deceased family members. Interesting. What do you do prior to that (from the 13-20th)?
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 5:18 pm
Loona Wynd Salmenella After doing more research on holidays I found out that there is a holiday to do with spirits..however it's in February. Paternalia. It goes from the 13th to 22nd and is to honor and celebrate the household spirits. Feralia is on the 21st and is to honor and have feasts for the Manes (the spirits of the dead). You light incense for them, have a feast for them, and if possible make offerings at their tomb. It is said if Feralia is ignored then the Manes will rise up in anger and haunt the homes they used to live in. Then Caristia is on the 22nd is a time to celebrate family and loved ones and to honor the Lares (guardians of the hearth and home) and household spirits with feasts and gift giving. The Feralia is the only somber part of the holiday since you are supposed to be in mourning over the Manes, which are deceased family members. Interesting. What do you do prior to that (from the 13-20th)? Offerings to the spirits mainly. You can't speak of the Gods during these days and you can't pray to the Gods either, it's disrespectful to the spirits. The whole week is a quiet and respectful festival for the spirits. Time to reflect on the deceased and remember them, honor them and to only worship them. It was more light hearted than Feralia, but still a respectful festival. The main feast is on Caristia when things get more light hearted.
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 5:36 pm
Salmenella Offerings to the spirits mainly. You can't speak of the Gods during these days and you can't pray to the Gods either, it's disrespectful to the spirits. The gods would probably be offended if you focused on them when you were meant to be focused on the spirits and the ancestors. Salmenella The whole week is a quiet and respectful festival for the spirits. Time to reflect on the deceased and remember them, honor them and to only worship them. It was more light hearted than Feralia, but still a respectful festival. The main feast is on Caristia when things get more light hearted. Is there a specific way these offerings were made?
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 6:23 pm
Loona Wynd Is there a specific way these offerings were made? I haven't done much research specific rituals. But the festival was mainly a family event which means that it most likely differed from house to house.
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