Samhain time
for my Celtic friends

when the Earth tilts
the other way
and
bonfires are set
and lit

when we hope more light
comes back

and we’ll have warmth for seed
and growth from seed
then
we should live another year

until more fires to ask
for life
cold then warm
again

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the Celts were in Ireland and England, in Spain, throughout the rest of Europe and in western Asia; Celtic movement, style, and appreciation is now everywhere

“Samhain” is pronounced with the “m” as a “w”

Christianity merged with the Celts and the culture of the Celts most officially in England; in fact, there was a council to determine which Christian attitude should dominate—the wilder though faithful Celtic way or the ordered, disciplined way of Rome; Rome won

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