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01 Nov 06 - 01:29 PM (#1873987) Subject: BS: WATCHFIRES TONIGHT 9 P.M. YOUR TIME From: GUEST,mg Tonight is Watchfires night...November 1, 9 p.m. your time. To guide lost souls home from wars, disasters, etc. Just go outside if you can and light a fire at 9 p.m..anything from bonfire to candle..mg |
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01 Nov 06 - 01:32 PM (#1873991) Subject: RE: BS: WATCHFIRES TONIGHT 9 P.M. YOUR TIME From: Barry Finn Hi mg Where's this come from? Intresting. BArry |
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01 Nov 06 - 01:37 PM (#1873994) Subject: RE: BS: WATCHFIRES TONIGHT 9 P.M. YOUR TIME From: MMario An old 'All Souls Day" tradition, I believe, probably with roots further back. |
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01 Nov 06 - 01:40 PM (#1873996) Subject: RE: BS: WATCHFIRES TONIGHT 9 P.M. YOUR TIME From: Barry Finn Never mind mg. I just caught up after reading the Big Bonfire & the Guys threads. Guy Fawkes. Thanks Barry |
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01 Nov 06 - 01:45 PM (#1873997) Subject: RE: BS: Watchfires Tonight 9 P.M. Your Time From: GUEST, Topsie Will the lost souls know that the fires will be there to guide them at 9 o'clock? If not, why is this time better than any other? And won't they be confused by lots of fires - how will they know which one is their home? (And do they know we've just put the clocks back?) |
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01 Nov 06 - 01:46 PM (#1873998) Subject: RE: BS: Watchfires Tonight 9 P.M. Your Time From: GUEST,mg Well, it is an old old tradition..not necessarily this day but often around this time of year....we have done it in the context of Vietnam veterans but it is for everyone....many ancient traditions, including Aztecs, Druids, did stuff like this at this time of year...tomorrow is Day of the Dead in Mexico..All Saints Day today for Catholic, all souls tomorrow...(when the souls get released from purgatory if you pray hard enough..some of them..it is like an early release program I believe). I chose the particular day because we lost track of the Watchfires program that seemed to have rotating days...too hard to remember what day it is. Today was also the birthday of a childhood friend killed in Vietnam. mg |
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01 Nov 06 - 01:47 PM (#1873999) Subject: RE: BS: Watchfires Tonight 9 P.M. Your Time From: GUEST,mg Well, the fires will light their way home is the theory..that is why it is best to do it along waterways. mg |
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01 Nov 06 - 01:50 PM (#1874001) Subject: RE: BS: Watchfires Tonight 9 P.M. Your Time From: Stilly River Sage So lighting a candle down by my creek is more efficacious? |
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01 Nov 06 - 02:22 PM (#1874039) Subject: RE: BS: Watchfires Tonight 9 P.M. Your Time From: GUEST,mg I think it is. I will go to the Pacific Ocean tonight and do something...mg |
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01 Nov 06 - 02:31 PM (#1874046) Subject: RE: BS: Watchfires Tonight 9 P.M. Your Time From: katlaughing Thank you, mg, for the reminder. I will dig a small pit and go out at 9p. I might even burn some old prayer flags which are almost tattered to pieces. Of course, those we are close to will know which ones are for them...there is no distance, time, etc. for them, imo. |
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01 Nov 06 - 03:53 PM (#1874111) Subject: RE: BS: Watchfires Tonight 9 P.M. Your Time From: GUEST,mg Thanks...and this is more a spiritual thing now but they were used to guide ships home etc...mg |
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01 Nov 06 - 07:42 PM (#1874294) Subject: RE: BS: Watchfires Tonight 9 P.M. Your Time From: Hollowfox Thanks for the reminder. I get off work at nine, and my pyrophile daughter is at home now, so I'll ask her to set things up. |
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01 Nov 06 - 07:56 PM (#1874310) Subject: RE: BS: Watchfires Tonight 9 P.M. Your Time From: JennyO By the time I read this it was the next day here in Oz. I like the idea though. Anyway, I think there's a total fire ban here at the moment - we're just coming into summer here. If we do anything to celebrate this time for us it should be Beltaine. Actually last night there was a bit of excitement outside - sounded like half a doxen gunshots. We don't live in that kind of neighbourhood, so it was a bit startling. Didn't quite sound like firecrackers or a car backfiring either. We were on the verge of calling the police, but we couldn't hear anything else after they stopped, and knowing our local police and how slow they are, it probably would have been a waste of time. |
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02 Nov 06 - 03:29 AM (#1874478) Subject: RE: BS: Watchfires Tonight 9 P.M. Your Time From: Paul Burke Nov 1st is an odd day to do it- All Souls Day is Oct 31st, and only the blessed saints make it to the next day. And as for 9pm, let's hope the souls remembered to put the clocks back last weekend, or they'll turn up at 8pm and no fire lit. |
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02 Nov 06 - 10:05 AM (#1874687) Subject: RE: BS: Watchfires Tonight 9 P.M. Your Time From: katlaughing Well, my grandson and I didn't quite make it to 9 o'clock. He went home with his mom at 8p when she got off work. So, we went out back a little earlier. He helped me to gather kindling from the big old weeping willow. We got a very decent small fire going. Sang a made up song/prayer for his missing puppy and asked for help from the ancestors in *lighting* her way home, and gave thanks. It felt good and right. Thanks, again, mg. |
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02 Nov 06 - 01:09 PM (#1874851) Subject: RE: BS: Watchfires Tonight 9 P.M. Your Time From: GUEST,m All souls day at least for Catholics here is Nov. 2...mg |