Samhain and the Gates of Hell - PG
Speaker: John Ward
In Dante’s Inferno, our hero passes through the Gates of Hell, which bear an inscription, the final line of which is the famous phrase "Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate", or "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." No such ominous eloquence greets the visitor to pagan Ireland’s Gates of Hell.
The pagan festival of Samhain, now replaced by the Christian feast of Hallowe’...
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Oct 27, 2013