This is an article I have been itching to write, but I don't really know how to go about it. Perhaps it is because this is probably the most opinionated piece I have so far written; these are more about my thoughts about something that irks me, but isn't necessarily unmoral or a call to movement.
My problem boils down to this: a lot of people in the pagan community tend to use terms, practices, and holidays removed from their original cultures.
For example, pretend that someone in Europe is celebrating Fourth of July. They have fireworks and are eating outside--but why call it Fourth of July? Why celebrate another country's national holiday when that person is outside the country?
So... Why celebrate Lughnasa without understanding of the culture that created it?
