About lunar New Year's celebrations, I didn't exactly forget Samhain.  
It's just that I've also known of some traditions that consider the 
WInter Solstice to be the Pagan New Year for THEIR tradition - and I 
didn't know which "sect" (GRIN) you belonged to.
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I'm glad Pagans don't often argue over such things, as it seems every 
coven, grove or other Pagan community I've ever heard of or known 
personally has some little deviation from the "norm" - if there IS any 
"norm" in Paganism. (Which I doubt - hopefully not, anyway)  Because 
when one can seperate one's mind from the "that is not how I do it" 
kind of thinking and look at what IS being done in any given group, it 
is usual a beautiful symbol of what that ritual, for that season is 
trying to express.  Of course you've got to realize that this is being 
written by a person who loves writing ritual for it's OWN sake, anyway.
I once quipped that I bet that I could make up a ritual for any of the 
8 festivals with the means at hand - but I'm glad nobody tested me for 
that one. (GRIN)  I bet folks could have come up with some weird 
combinations of "materials at hand". (GRIN)  One thing I really enjoyed
about Paganism is the ability most Pagans have to rise above the 
comparitively minor (IMO) stuff and focus on the common experience that
causes people to perform such rituals - there's my "mystical" side 
coming in.
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Yes Jewish New Year was last fall - according to Yonassan Gershom, it 
began the year 5757.  And Chinese New Year is coming up in the spring -
Feb./March as you said.  I'm looking forward to it, as a Chinese couple
owns the computer company my husband works for and he may get the day 
off.  Who knows?  Maybe I can even get him to take me into Boston for 
the celebration?  Someday I'd love to see it, but I ain't holding my 
breathe this year - he's still recovering from the heart attack and 
driving in Boston is a really horrible experience, usually.
--- TriToss (tm) Professional 10.0 - #66
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