Paganistan: Notes from the Secret Commonwealth
In Which One Midwest Man-in-Black Confers, Converses & Otherwise Hob-Nobs with his Fellow Hob-Men (& -Women) Concerning the Sundry Ways of the Famed but Ill-Starred Tribe of Witches.
Beholding Mystery
If I had to compare our Samhain to anything, it would be to the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Of course, the comparison is inexact, and maybe even a little misleading. Certainly we did not—consciously, at any rate—structure what we do on the ancient Mysteries of the Barley Mother. In fact, although we've been enacting this ritual for more than 30 years now, the analogy with Eleusis has only just occurred to me: interestingly, as I attempted to describe it to a first-time guest.
Really, though, such a resemblance is hardly to be wondered at. That Mystery should variously speak a like tongue in different times and places should surprise no one.
As such, the immemorial principle of Holy Silence obtains. There's much that I cannot tell, nor would I if I could.
But this much I may say.
We descend to Mystery.
We partake of Mystery.
We behold Mystery.
And then—of course—there's a party. How could there not be?
Good Samhain and Happy New Year to you.
This Turning, may you meet with Mystery.
For CPC
In appreciation
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