QOTW: spring holidays I will be celebrating/St. Patrick & Wicca

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Wiccans didn't exist until around 1940s/1950s, so they couldn't have

been drowned by Patrick.

 

However, in regards to the religion in that area (Druids, et cetera),

I heard there was a lot of book burning going on and whatnot. He did

drive them out, and force was assumed. I really doubt that a bunch of

people just up and peacefully left their religion because one man

showed up. It was probably like a lot of other takeovers in history.

 

I was an Irish polytheist myself, so I've studied a good deal about

ancient Irish religion. It didn't resemble Wicca one iota.

 

 

Please don't shoot the messenger,

Kyrene

 

> , " alexislake "

> <alexislake wrote:

> >

> > I will be celebrating Ostara (Pagan/Wiccan), Spring Equinox, too.

> I

> > also will be celebrating the typical lutheran holidays like easter

> > (even though that has pagan origins, too), mother's day, St.

> Patrick's

> > day (I'm part irish - St. Patrick didn't lead wiccans to their

> drowning

> > deaths, did he? My mother said she heard that he might of - and if

> > that's true, I won't be celebrating the holiday even though I'm

> part

> > irish), etc. I also celebrate earth day and the spring festival

> day. I

> > did go to an India cultural awareness day event and find some of

> their

> > holidays fascinating. I used to be catholic but find the lutheran

> > religon to be much more tolerating of my wiccan beliefs.

 

 

 

 

 

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