Point of clarification.
Pagan is not a religion, it is a term used to descibe anyone who is not part of one of the "major" religions, by members of those religions. It covers everyone from those who follow the spirits of thier ancestors, to those who's guides take the guise of other creatures, even those who pray to Elvis and Marylin <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />, and everything in between. Those of us who use the term to self-define do so, conciously or not, to build a unified front between those of us who's theological forbearers were burned as witches and hunted as animals by monotheists.
And not all of us consider samhain to be the new year, many more use the winter solstice or the spring equinox for that. That is pretty much a Celtic exclusive, although some Neo-druids and Wiccans following a heavily Celtic path do as well.
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-IronRaven
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