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The Wheel of the Year by Mike Nichols

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In the 1980s, Mike Nichols wrote (and regularly updated) a wonderful series of articles on the eight major holidays in the Wiccan (and generally the Pagan) year. The set we have here was written in 1988, but only the dates given as examples are out of date. While these articles give a great deal of history and background, please remember that they represent the view of single person. Different people, let alone different Pagan religions or Wiccan traditions, often have a different point of view.

Samhain/Halloween
Yule
Imbolc/Candlemas
Ostara/Lady Day
Beltane/May Day
Midsummer
Lughnasadh/Lammas
Mabon/Harvest Home

This section contains eight seasonal articles by Mike Nichols. They may be freely distributed provided that the following conditions are met: (1) No fee is charged for their use and distribution and no commercial use is made of them; (2) These files are not changed or edited in any way without the author's permission; (3) This notice is not removed. An article may be distributed as a separate file, provided that this notice is repeated at the beginning of each such file. These articles are periodically updated by the author; this version is current as of 9/28/88.