End Of Summer Bonfire in Newport Sept. 22nd - Page 11

BarTopDancer · 09-18-2007, 09:55 PM

Hooray for birthdays!!!

innerSpaceman · 09-18-2007, 10:35 PM

Bring some desert sunshine, too ... please.

Disneyphile · 09-19-2007, 03:51 PM

Ooooh! That day will also mark Mabon (Autumn Equinox). I so need to look up some stuff to do in honor that night.

Oh, and iSm, I'd love to hear about your "casting sins to the sea" tradition.

innerSpaceman · 09-19-2007, 04:23 PM

Jewish tradition from the east coastal lands. I guess it has something to do with getting a fresh start, which the guilt-ridden jews did by symbolically casting away their sins.

My more modern take is to cast away pretty much anything in your life or your self that you don't want anymore, or that you'd like to change. Wade out into the ocean with some bread, and meditate on the stuff you'd like to cast away. Tear a piece of bread for each one, and throw it into the ocean as far as you can. Rinse, repeat.

It's sort of the companion to Kevy's Sequioa campfire tradition of casting that which you wish to attract into the fires. This one is casting that which you wish to reject into the waters.

Oh, but speaking of Kevy and traditions: Please keep him in the dark about it being the Autumn Equinox. We don't need to see that particular Wiccan's dark parts again!!

FEJ · 09-19-2007, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

BRIDE TO BE????? When did this news come out?

A month ago or so.
We are getting married on the 2nd.
Have some plans with my parents on saturday. Will try and stop by the beach for a bit.

Disneyphile · 09-19-2007, 06:18 PM

Oh, cool! I have quite a bit of stuff to cast off. I'm so bringing some bread.

Is this a sunset thing, or earlier?

€uroMeinke · 09-19-2007, 06:48 PM

I need to collect a few more sins first.

innerSpaceman · 09-19-2007, 06:52 PM

Yes, get to work on that. Try some hedonism ... that's always good for a sin or two.

As for the timing of cast off .... there's no set schedule. But Yom Kippur ends at sundown, when the water is warmest. So I'm picturing a roughly twilight time thing in the sea.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 09-19-2007, 07:07 PM

Is the ocean big enough for our sins??

innerSpaceman · 09-19-2007, 08:25 PM

Barely, but that's why you don't try this stunt in a bathtub.

If any of you do believe in gods of whatever sort, please pray to them for sunshine Saturday.

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09-19-2007, 04:23 PM	#104
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Jewish tradition from the east coastal lands. I guess it has something to do with getting a fresh start, which the guilt-ridden jews did by symbolically casting away their sins. My more modern take is to cast away pretty much anything in your life or your self that you don't want anymore, or that you'd like to change. Wade out into the ocean with some bread, and meditate on the stuff you'd like to cast away. Tear a piece of bread for each one, and throw it into the ocean as far as you can. Rinse, repeat. It's sort of the companion to Kevy's Sequioa campfire tradition of casting that which you wish to attract into the fires. This one is casting that which you wish to reject into the waters. Oh, but speaking of Kevy and traditions: Please keep him in the dark about it being the Autumn Equinox. We don't need to see that particular Wiccan's dark parts again!!
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09-19-2007, 06:18 PM	#106
Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	Oh, cool! I have quite a bit of stuff to cast off. I'm so bringing some bread. Is this a sunset thing, or earlier?
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Yes, get to work on that. Try some hedonism ... that's always good for a sin or two. As for the timing of cast off .... there's no set schedule. But Yom Kippur ends at sundown, when the water is warmest. So I'm picturing a roughly twilight time thing in the sea.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Barely, but that's why you don't try this stunt in a bathtub. If any of you do believe in gods of whatever sort, please pray to them for sunshine Saturday.
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