Sunday, 1 May 2005

Disconnect
Topic: My Spiritual Journey
My neighbors across the street celebrated the orthodox Easter today. I didn't even know there was an orthodox Easter until today. Anyway, it made we wonder if this was some connection to Beltanne. And then I wondered if the anchient people hunted for Easter eggs on Ostra or Beltanne. I thought this might be a silly thing to wonder since the ancient people probably did not celebrate Sabbats or relgious holidays like we do today. Eggs were an important symbol of fertility and they probably decorated them but I am not so sure they hunted for them. I don't know. Maybe they did. What I did realize though is that I am still a victum of modern societies disconnect. We have separated our religious lives from our everyday so much that we only consider colouring or hunting for Easter eggs only on Easter. Hot Cross Buns are only for sale a week or before Easter and once Easter's done that's it. For ancient people these activities were a part of everday life and done throughout the spring season. They celebrated the bounties of the season everyday.

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