Brit45 10 Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 Weren't May Day celebrations Pagan rituals? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted May 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 This is an interesting piece about Beltane which is celebrated on May 1st, and mentions the connection with the maypole. www.goddessandgreenman.co.uk/Beltane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Bleddy hell .... Tonight first time in 70 years there will be full moon on summer solstice It won't happen again in our lifetime! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Good grief RR, how did I miss that ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 I'm not really considering myself a pagan as such (Although I've been called similar a few times!) but I'm more inclined to believe that there is something there pushing us along, a bit like a "Mother Nature" guiding us through evolution. It's hard to explain what I'm meaning, but when you learn that at one time we just had green plants, then there was a mutation to create that first flowering plant, but then, by a complete miracle, another mutation happened so that there could be a cross pollination, that's the little push I'm talking about.Things like Mistletoe couldn't survive without birds wiping the sticky seeds off of their beaks onto only certain types of trees to complete their 'symbiotic relationships' etc 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 You've lost me Beef, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 I did say it 's hard to explain........... I'll have another go:-I think that if the plant kingdom goes suddenly from none flowering grasses and trees etc to all the different floral species that we have now, then something gave them that little 'push' in the right direction (And I'm not talking about modern day horticulturalists!). 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 OK Beef, I'm with you now ! err sort of ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Bleddy hell .... Tonight first time in 70 years there will be full moon on summer solstice It won't happen again in our lifetime! And apparently the last time it happened was in 1967. So I think all Nottstalgians were around at that time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 That yearly Pagan festival meet up on the Arboretum today, might have stroll up later see some witches & druids?  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Say hi to my ex then red ! Her being a witch annall. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,279 Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Missing darkazana 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 Well that Pagan thing on the Arboretum was really good, (biggest in the UK) took some convincing to get Mrs Red on there, got there about 3 left after 6, boy there was some sights, loads of witches with those drawstring dresses that enhance their boobies & blokes carrying big sticks, wizards? Some right freaks! It was packed, had a Mr Softy 99 each, watched some magic, belly-dancing & some very good folk music on the bandstand & some more belly-dancing. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,279 Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Wassailing. Looking forwards to this celebration in the new year. My cidre press was put to good use a couple of weeks ago and hopefully the first tasting will be ready. Got a few gallons of last years as a back up and a few 4 y/o bottles, so the celebrations will be well lubricated 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted October 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 No apples for me this year PeverilPeril, I've had to go scrumping for wild crabapples, the last of which I got today along with rosehips for my final foraging jelly of the year. Â Â Â Â 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted October 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 Blessed Samhain to all Nostalgians, tis the time of year when the veil between our world and t'other is at it's thinnest and spooky stuff can occur.  It also signifies the end of the harvest season when all is safely gathered in and we can start to prepare for the long winter months by preserving what we can in the form of chutneys, jams, jellies and cider (of course), meat would have been salted down and hung in the larder to see our forebears through the cold dark days, and little furry and prickly creatures will be settling down for their winter snooze, their own larders stocked to see them through.  Time to stoke up the fires and look forward to Yule.  Blessings      3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,271 Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 As I get older it is strange what you remember and what, often unrelated, triggers those memories. Some of the most recent posts reminded me of harvest festival time at junior school and two hymns came immediately to mind. Â Â 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,279 Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 Enjoyed a meeting with fellow cidre makers from a nearby village this evening. I mentioned Thursday, and as I suspected some are Pagans and share a kindred spirit.  1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 Cidre or Cider ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,279 Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 Cidre - I make it in France.  When talking about next seasons cider/cidre with my fellow club members we should really call it cyder. Reason being that it will be  English, using archaic techniques and equipment with no additives apart from the mandatory dead rat . 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 On 3/20/2014 at 12:45 PM, darkazana said: This is the time of new fertility  Crikey! It's all happening! Spring Equinox grass cut & backdoor open. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Going to bed naked  Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Me too @plantfit wonder how long it will take the IKEA security guards to throw me out? 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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