Comments on: How to Celebrate a Wiccan Halloween

on 10/7/2008 I have always included the "pumpkin" for the light to honor the ones who have left us this year. And guide their way. One pumpkin for each departed. Kind of bringing it all together. debruja

on 5/17/2008 "the carving of pumpkins traces back to the Wiccan tradition of using this seasonal gourd to symbolize the dual god and goddess that Wiccans worship"

Not true. The carving of pumpkins comes from the traditional carving of turnips in England and Scotland. Not to represent a deity at all but to scare away unfriendly spirits that are around on hallowe'en when the veil is thinner.

Mandrig, Wiccans are NOT polytheistic. Neo pagans who think they are wiccans might be... but that's another debate.

on 5/17/2008 "the carving of pumpkins traces back to the Wiccan tradition of using this seasonal gourd to symbolize the dual god and goddess that Wiccans worship"

Not true. The carving of pumpkins comes from the traditional carving of turnips in England and Scotland. Not to represent a deity at all but to scare away unfriendly spirits that are around on hallowe'en when the veil is thinner.

Mandrig, Wiccans are NOT polytheistic. Neo pagans who think they are wiccans might be... but that's another debate.

on 5/16/2008 In response to 19756743, polytheism has been around for literally thousands of years. Often times, practitioners of Wicca and other new-age religions mix in ancient polytheistic traditions with their own rituals and call it their own.

on 5/16/2008 My main issue with this is the part in Step 1 "but the carving of pumpkins traces back to the Wiccan tradition of using this seasonal gourd to symbolize the dual god and goddess that Wiccans worship."

Not True.

Wicca is less than 100 years old, so...there really isn't much to trace back to.