Volume XI,
Number 9
“= Nov. 8, 1989

CAPILANO COLLEGE'S INTERNAL NEWSLETTER

Celebratjyg 20 Years 1968 - 1988

Happy New Year

(a Wicca New Year, that is)

The room was dark, a strange chanting music came from a
small tape player by the blackboard, and incense burned on the
desk. It was Hallowe'en in Anthropology class and instructor
Karin Lind wasn't letting her students off easily. They sat, oddly
quiet as a door slammed, and a woman in a white mask swept in
to the darkened, candlelit room. "All Hallow's Eve," she
intoned dramatically. "The day when the social order is topsy
turvy. The day of the dead."

Hallowe'en is a vestige of the ancient pre-Christian
religions that recognized harvest as the time of death and the
beginning of new life, explained Karin. "Our recognition of
Hallowe'en is a way for people, even in cities, to keep in touch
with the old ways, to mark the passing of the seasons."

Associated with darkness, death, and disorder, it is a way
for us to incorporate a natural part of the life cycle. The
resurgence of interest in the ancient religions is apparent
especially in Victoria, where witch or Wicca covens are
numerous. The Wicca were the "wise ones" of the pagan
religions, said Karin, and their religion is completely separate
from Satanism, which was invented by a bored count reacting
against Christianity. So, Happy Wicca New Year.

There were a couple of
friendly witches around
campus this Hallowe'en,
which was a good thing,
because a vicious count was
spotted lurking around the
dark corners of H Building

Janet MacDonald (left)
helped some of her
daycare charges find
candies around campus,
and Judi Fletcher (right)
of Public Relations made sure
the day's coffee break was
well adorned with flowers.
Penny Le Couteur, however,
was more concerned with
blood, and she taught her
chemistry class all about
certain diseases which have
something to do with large
teeth and fear of the sun.

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