Imbolc

Sainthood in the Catholic church is seen an honorable and respected position to hold. As such, I wouldn't consider it "stealing" the deity. In fact, it's a lot better than taking her and demonizing her.

Rilke I have to admit that I was as foxed as little simple until I came to your second post. Thank you for explaining. As mentioned in my intro, I'm not wiccan, but the idea of studing magic through different cultures and seeing the science behind it has always intrigued me. Thank you Brysing for adding to the explanation.

And oh, before I forget.

Happy Imbolc :-D

I would not call it important to all witchcraft as you post states, Brysing, rather I would call it important to those who follow paths which involve the holiday in some fashion.

We all have different paths we walk along, and because of this what sounds right to one or is right to one, is wrong to another. It is through these different paths that we all walk our magickal journeys together as we all go forward struggling to understand our world better, as we all go forward trying to live our lives with our heads head high, as we all go forward according to the morals we have deemed right and wrong, as we all go forward with the idea of betting ourselves.

I say this this way because even though we have different paths they are all together and to show how while we are all different we can learn from each others' paths. =)