MM, all. Please consider joining me
as I will be following suit and lighting a candle for all my ancestors and
my fellow pagans who had to meet the burning times of the past.
Blessings and thoughts of those who have gone before us.
On March 17, many people in this country will celebrate a holiday which has
nothing to do with their ethnic background or their current
country of residence, and everything to do with an historical religious
event.
On this day, genocide was commited upon a Nation. On this day the
leaders, healers, teachers and priesthood of the various Celtic nations
died, those who were still alive by then. On this day, the Christian church
claims that St. Patrick drove all the snakes from the shores of Ireland.
Most of these people did not leave those shores alive. Snakes are the symbol
used by the Christian church to symbolize Pagans. The legend of the removal
of all the snakes from Ireland (which never had any snakes to begin with),
stems from the symbol of the snake to represent Paganism. As was the way
with those lands and cultures conquered by the Christian church, all records
of the former religions practiced by the people of the land were wiped out
to the best of the abilities of those who usurped authority from the
rightful leaders, both civic and religious.
On March 17, I will not wear green.
On March 17, I will not wear a shamrock.
On March 17, I will not honor the man who lead the conquest of Ireland.
On March 17, I will wear black.
On March 17, I will wear snakes.
On March 17, I will mourn the deaths of my spiritual ancestors.