From the article: Can I Make Up My Own Holidays to Celebrate?
Do you have a spiritual celebration that doesn't fit into traditional Pagan teachings? Maybe you celebrate the life of a departed loved one or you honor Earth Day as a sacred event. Plenty of people celebrate holidays other than the eight Sabbats -- tell us about your unique or unusual Pagan celebration! Share Your Story!
Ritual Days
- Ritual is very personal to me, I dont really follow the wheel of the year because to me every day is sacred/holy, I have very spontaneous rituals and celebrations, on Halloween for example I might light candles and honor the dead and my ancestors and make a big deal out of it or I might drink and party and watch horror films, It all depends on my mood and what my Intuition says to do... Today was not a ritual day in my beliefs but I have candles lit, incense and sage burning and The Chieftans playing on the cd player.
- —Guest Terry
The Day of the Witch
- Loudon is Nov 22, The Day of The Witch, the only day a new Witch can join the craft in the tradition I was raised in. Also ritual days are random and can be held in the daytime or evening in or out of doors.
- —Guest Ace
Sabbats and Holidays
- I have a habit of celebrating the full moon by writing down all the things that weigh my soul, cutting the paper into individual pieces, opening a bottle of white wine and burning them in a large glass bowl. This to me, signals that I am letting them go as the ashes fly away as do the things weighing me down. The wine simply is for enjoying and celebrating the newfound open heart. I then thank the Goddess for the moon and ask that the month be happy.
- —Guest Sabbath
Non-Wiccan Traditional Holidays
- Being Strix, the Temple of Hekate's Torch celebrates feast days (Aug, Nov and Dec) devoted strictly to Hekate which involve oracular divination. We also celebrate Thargelia in honor of Apollo (June) which entails a form of public cleansing. Its an intense ritual that allows people to physically let go of emotional pain and barriers to allow they to grow.
- —Olympias
Ancestor Day
- Three of my four grandparents passed away during the month of April, so every year on April 12, we celebrate Ancestor Day. We put out photos of all the ancestors, not just those three, and sing songs in their honor. I know that most people honor their ancestors at Samhain, but for my family, April just feels more appropriate.
- —HighlandWench
