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Samhain: Beginnings
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Samhain , pronounced Sow-en, is the Sabbat 6 months from Beltane, and the most important Sabbat. Together Beltane and Samhain cut the Witches year in half. In addition Samhain is the last of the three harvest Sabbats. This holiday is considered the Witches New Year, representing one full turn of the seasonal year. This day is a celebration of the end of the Goddess ruled Summer and marks the arrival of the God ruled Winter. The name Samhain means Summers End.
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[One] key element to Samhain was that it marked the end of the year. For many ancient peoples, the beginning of the year started Nov. 1, while others celebrated the beginning of the new year around the time of the winter solstice.
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At Samhain, witches once gave one another acorns as gifts. During the Burning Times, giving someone an acorn was a secret means of telling that person you were a witch. Acorns are fruits of the oak, one of the most sacred trees to the ancient Celts. They are symbols of protection, fertility, growth, values, and friendship.
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[A]s this Samhain approaches, what is ending in you? What do you have inside that it is time to let go of? No healing is complete until you get beyond recovery. Use Samhain to take the thirteenth step: Transformation. In the Tarot, the thirteenth card of the Major Arcana is Death, and it is ruled by Scorpio. Samhain occurs in Scorpio.
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The only problem with “Samhain” is that director Christian Viel probably should have fired the writer, Christian Viel. Despite the copious amounts of gore and nudity, the story is a bit pedestrian and lacks any innovative touches. All in all, it’s still the same tired old plot: kids being stalked in the woods by a bloodthirsty creature. You can put all the blood and T&A you want in the film, but the problem still remains no matter how you try to hide it. On a positive note, the effects work by Adrian Morot is very well done, to the point of almost being nausea inducing. Highly realistic, they sometimes become almost disturbing to watch, and that further enhances the visceral experience.
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[I]n the case of Samhain, it is likely that they did perform human sacrifice. Remember, to them, winter was a terrible thing to face, one that you could only survive with the help of gods and spirits. It is not farfetched to think that they sacrificed one of their own, the ultimate sacrifice, in order to prove how worthy they were of the assistance from those more powerful than themselves.
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