Gadget
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Awww, I'm actually quite touched. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself, we all need some joy in our lives grab some where you can I say. It's safe to say it's one of my favourites. Not only is it celebrating all that is supernatural, our ancestors etc but it's also Spawn3's birthday and the day before my wedding anniversary. There are horror films everywhere too and I love those.It's not properly Halloween without it - i'm not in any way being facetious, i was a little bit saddened by its absence. I feel the same about your marking of the solstices too. Warm glow, sort of thing.
I did - really enjoyed this year.
I'm thinking of, erm, treating it as a sort of secular Yuletide-type affair henceforward. Partly, of course, because it seems to really piss some people off that it is even celebrated at all.
Which is obviously appealing in its own right - but also let us not forget that this is the year that we have had confirmation that irreligious types outnumber the faithful.
The observation of ritual therefore becomes a matter of choice, not doctrine.
I appreciate the irony of addressing this to you, who after all is a genuine observer of an equally mis-guided faith, but i'm all for the underdog.
All followers of Faith are slightly bonkers, I'm the first to admit it. Magic Man in the sky, cat headed women (Bast, Sekhmet) elephant men (Ganesh) sounds insane doesn't it lol. As long as no one is forcing anyone to believe or not believe and it's not hurting themselves or anyone, else away you go, enjoy.
Freedom is what it boils down to