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Old 01-11-2010, 02:07 AM
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Default Witchcraft on Halloween night?

How is Witchcraft practiced on Halloween night? Like I've always been interested, when Halloween night comes around- what do they do? Do people who practice witchcraft get offended when people dress up as witches on Halloween night?
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Old 01-13-2010, 02:07 AM
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It's not. Maybe,because it's not real?
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Old 01-17-2010, 02:07 AM
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Halloween is called "Samhain" and celebrated by Wiccans/Pagans.
Usually Samhain is celebrated with bonfires.


Most of them are not offended if people dress as witches..

SOME may get offended, Because there is a popular Wicca/pagan saying that says "Once a witch, Always a witch" implying that they are the reincarnation of a witch

and when people dress as witches, they wear a pointy nose, a pointy hat, moles on the face.. etc that can be offensive.
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Old 01-19-2010, 02:07 AM
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although i dint believe in witchcraft there are people who do practise it.they do this by drawing symbols and using Iggy boards(i cant spell).there are occasionally people who sacrifice animals as well.
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Old 01-20-2010, 02:07 AM
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No witches I know get offended by people dressing up as witches and having fun on Hallowe'en, even though the stereotype of the green-faced hag in the tall pointy hat is often criticized in Pagan/witch circles (in fact, the tall pointy hat was the height of fashion and a mark of nobility in the middle ages, whereas the grotesque ugliness of the witch's face was propaganda). I think there tend to be more objections to the blatant merchandising and commercialism.

I celebrate the Wiccan Sabbath of Samhain on Halloween (quietly, alone and in the privacy of my home) and this includes the setting of an altar, the casting of a circle, a meditation and a remembrance of the dear departed. This is a very special, spiritual night to me, but I have no objections to others celebrating it as they wish.
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