Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Four Virgins Went into the Woods...


Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored!" Bet that headline has you wondering where this post will meander, huh?


Sorry, but there are no farmers or traveling salesmen in the mix.


The four virgins who went into the woods were the four members of my Druid grove who are young and unmarried. (Two of these are my daughters The Heir and The Spare.) We had our Druid grove's Samhain celebration this past Sunday, as always in the woods. And our numbers are steady, which is a great sign!


If you believe a particular group of Christians whose brains behave as if they've been playing with listless raccoons, Druids sacrificed virgins on Halloween.


Our virgins emerged from Ritual cheerful and shivery. (It was a chilly afternoon.) I am pleased to report that not one of them was harmed, that harming virgins or any other human being is a sin in the eyes of Druids, and that anyone who thinks otherwise better put down the little, dull-eyed baby raccoon and go call Animal Control.


Blessings of the New Year to you, may the coming dark months not overwhelm you, may you make a fruitful beginning of some new challenge or task, and may you reap the bounty you have sown since last you jabbed sharp knives into unyielding pumpkin rind!


No virgins or kittens have been sacrificed in the preparation of this blog.


FROM ANNE

THE MERLIN OF BERKELEY SPRINGS

Equal Deity Employer

6 comments:

Hecate said...

Blessed Samhein, Sister, to you and yours and to your honored dead. Happy new year!

Lavanah said...

Oh, Anne, have I said lately how I love you and your blog? May you and your pen (and your word processing program) have a blessed year!
Lavanah

Athana said...

Gotta hand it to the Christians. They've run a great propaganda machine over the centuries.

Anonymous said...

4 virgins in the woods huh?
Sounds great.
Best wishes,
The big bad wolf.
KD AG

yellowdoggranny said...

or as Pope Leo X, said:"It has served us well, this myth of Christ."...

Unknown said...

Hi Anne,Shouldn't that be:
THE MORGAN OF BERKELEY SPRINGS?
I do believe that the Merlin and the Morgan were the two pillars of early Druid society, but only the boys got to be Merlins.