by DragonBlue

Created on: July 18, 2009   Last Updated: July 21, 2009

There is nothing in common between Satanism and Wicca. First of all, you must be a Christian to believe in Satan, as he is a fallen angel from the Christian heaven. He does not appear in our texts, those texts that the Christians did not burn during the inquisition, and is only scribed by Dominican Christian Monks and then transferred down through history for the last 2009 years in the Judea/Catholic/Christian holy bible.

"Bide the Wiccan Law ye must, in perfect love and perfect trust. Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill, 'An Ye Harm None Do What Ye Will.' What ye send forth comes back to thee, so ever mind the laws of three. Follow this with mind and heart, merry ye meet and merry ye part."

We celebrate eight sabbats in the year as listed below:

1. SAMHAIN - OCT 31 - Samhain marks one of the two great doorways of the Celtic year, for the Celts divided the year into two seasons: the light and the dark, at Beltane on May 1st and Samhain on November 1st. Some believe that Samhain was the more important festival, marking the beginning of a whole new cycle, just as the Celtic day began at night. For it was understood that in dark silence comes whisperings of new beginnings, the stirring of the seed below the ground. Whereas Beltane welcomes in the summer with joyous celebrations at dawn, the most magically potent time of this festival is November Eve, the night of October 31st, known today of course, as Halloween.

2. YULE - DEC 21 - One of the Lesser Sabbats. This is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day and Longest night of the year. The Goddess gives birth to the God as the reborn sun, and in many traditions it is celebrated just before dawn to welcome his arrival. Candles and bonfires are frequently lit to welcome his arrival. The returning light completes the cycle of life, death and rebirth. In many Wiccan traditions, Yule symbolizes the end of the reign of the waning year's Holly-King, who is now replaced by the Oak-King of the waning year (who rules until Summer Solstice).

3. IMBOLC - FEB 2 - Imbolc also known as Oimelc, is the Celtic word for the festival of The White Goddess Brigid, or The Light Bringer. Another term for this holiday that you may have heard is "Brigid's Day". On her festival day, am Fheille Bride, on the first of February, she gives to us the promise of Spring, the promise of new life returning to the Earth. Hence she is often known as 'Brighid of the Green Mantle'. This goddess of hearth and flame so beloved of the Gaels is known

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