The Wheel of the Year

[sridgway51]

great video about the sabbats geat music

[Vanilla97Citrine]

@kingfisher559 this is so true. I love the music to this and the way you've made everything blend together is fabulous! The bit at the end got me kind of emotional; 'Wheels turn, and the seasons turn, and Earth turns. The Universe turns, and Nature turns, and we all turn with Her.' So beautiful! Blessed Be!

[BabyGirlGoddess]

i have a question,

if you are not Wiccan can you still celebrate Sabbats?

[madeofyucca]

@BabyGirlGoddess Yes, of course :) The holidays just celebrate the cycle of the year, no matter what theological beliefs you hold.

[cronewinter]

So wonderful. This has been a great way to share my believes with family and friends who have questions.

[star4evr9]

I'm not a true pagan, yet. :) I guess I am eklectic. I believe all faiths have a piece of the puzzle. If Christians knew how beautiful pagan celebrations and rituals are, they would not judge them. They would practice the love Jesus taught! There is so much borrowed from paganism, Christians are almost eklectic! :) Great video

[sunnylady1286]

I'd like to know the lyrics of the songs or the singers...really great video =)

[princessannikki]

"Pagan Sabbots" I think you will find that pagans have festivals, Wiccans have Sabbats.

[druidsfoot]

Semantics... the trick of the monotheists..

[princessannikki]

polytheist, actually. and i dont appreciate all pagans being lumped together as wiccans.

[druidsfoot]

Oh I am definitely NOT doing that.

There are very clear differences that I obviously don't need to elaborate on.

I am simply saying that the term sabbat and the term festival can be used to refer to the same event.

Making a distinction that one is ONLY for wicans and one is ONLY for neo-pagans is the semantic trap I mentioned.

I do not mean to imply that all pagan faiths are the same.. that would be just plain silly.

The mono-theistic semantic trap is what I mean, not poly-theistic.

[princessannikki]

why would other religions want to call their festivals "sabbats" when they have absolutely nothing to do with the concept of a sabbat?

[druidsfoot]

If you really want to split hairs, the word Sabbat is actual Hebrew in origin and came into reference with 'witches' during the early modern witch trials.

But really now, in the context of this conversation we take it to mean the 8 divisions of the Wheel.

We have festivals during these 'sabbats', Personally though I dont use the term sabbat, as I tend to shy away from Judaic terminologies out of personal preference.

[princessannikki]

Yes, the word Sabbat was specifically used for Witches during the 18th century. The 'Wheel of the Year' is a Wiccan (and neo-druid) concept. If you go telling other pagans/heathens that their festivals are Sabbats, they will be very offended.

[heidelbergerin]

beautiful!

[Irishqueen88]

can someone tell me the diffrence between a major sabbat and a minor sabbat?  i'm sorry, im a young witch.

[anitac1952]

Sabbat's are the Full and New Moon Ritual,

Festivals are the 8 major holidays. Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Litha, Lughnasdh, Mabon, Samhain and Yule. There is a ton of info on the net these days

[alairguard]

@anitac1952

As a wiccan, the sabbats are the 8 festivals in the wheel of the year and the esbats are the new and full moon rituals.

[chiburui6]

Merry Yule!

[Rinvirdoh]

hehe this all taken from ancient Irish celts

[oOCaillechOo]

Celts in General, not just Ireland.

[Rinvirdoh]

hehe actually the 4 sabbats are Gaelic, and originated in Ireland but later spread out to all Celtic countries lol

[xTHJunkiex]

Just Lovely

Blessed Be

[outfromtheshadows]

Just lovely xx

[araglin61]

great video

[gabrielwainer]

Thanx for posting such an interesting video!!

The song is also awesome! I luv it but I've forgotten its title, I'd be glad if someone could tell us ...

Imbolc is coming ...

BLESSED BE!

[edster1973]

The name of the group is Deep forest its the first disk...as to the song I can remember

[EightiesGrad]

The first song is "Sweet Lullaby" by Deep Forest (I have the CD, and recommend it highly), the credits say that the second one is entitled "Tribal Mix" by Deep Forest & Enigma. I'm thinking that "Tribal Mix" may be a different version of the same song ("Sweet Lullaby")..??.. Hope that helps. :)

[quadroverde]

Lindo, amável e perfeito.

Parabéns!!!

[Spellslinger2]

This vid is AWESOME!!! Thanks for posting it!

[JetSpero]

awesome video :) stumbled across it while looking for something for/about samhain and glad i did :)

[teenysfashion03]

what was going on with the girl at 8:03?

[edster1973]

looks like she was invoking the goddess or calling a tower to the circle.

[brujiglam]

Is precious the video, i love it congratulations!!

[jjensenii]

I love the last part, for Yule. The pictures went great with the music. It was touching.

[Nothwithstanding]

As the Wheel turns, we breathe in awe at its splendor

Blessed Be!

[SpearOfGoth]

What a awesome video , good work :) going right in my favorites.

[AmarisGrey]

The music is by "Deep Forest", which is actually a man who recorded tribal chanting in african and put it to music.

[scarletwingsankh]

ok at the beging there are some posters for the holidays or sabbats they show the god and goddes in most and a green man I think there by same artist if anyone knows where I can find buy get or even know the artists name please mail me I am looking everywher cant find. I use to know where they where.

[scarletwingsankh]

dose any one know where to get those posters in the begning of the sabbats the ones showing the god and goddess and the green man ect the one with the swans and the black ribbon right at begning I used to know a store the sold them now i cant find them anywhere

[EponaWillow]

You are doing a wonderful thing!!! Many blessings to you )O(

[BurntPageFilms]

A lot of those Rituals are from Scotland!

[steev75]

aw great vid, i really enjoyed it. i wish that we had public sabots here in the uk they all look so much fun :-) i love watching your videos , blessed be )0(

[BlackfoxKitsune]

wow thats a grate vid! i'm going to have to go find something to wipe my eyes i'm crying tears of joy! just from watching it.

[slade83j]

You have some of the most remarkable video's that we could ever hope for. You bring so much information in such a beautiful presentation that you feel almost guilty if you look away for even a second. You bring such a marvelous gift to everyone who watches your video's. Brightest Blessings

[JCubDK]

I sit here all teary-eyed, it's so beautiful...

[warmnightrain]

Well done! Thank you, I'll be passing it along. Hope to see more of your work.

[BlueFireWitch]

I've seen this on Google vid and recommended it to hundreds on Yanswers and other Q/A sites. Thanks for brining it to the tube. It's nice to see your presence here.