Walpurgis And Biden’s 100 Day Mask Challenge

The WinePress has reported on Biden’s masking edicts has signed in not too long after been sworn in as the new President of the United States. From the mandatory wearing of face masks on federal grounds (which he broke almost immediately), mandatory masking on public transit, and to the possibility of sending masks to all Americans – Biden has an affection for masks.

But a WinePress contributor recently provided a video that links his day 100 challenge to pagan festivals.

Biden’s 100 day masking challenge is set to expire on April 30th. The WinePress also noted that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a National Terrorist alert. This alert also expires on April 30th, which we noted was rather peculiar as to why it was that specific date. But in light of this finding, now it makes sense.

April 30th is the Celtic pagan festival known as Walpurgis. May 1st begins another pagan festival known as Beltane.

If you were to do a basic internet search, places like Wikipedia will tell you that it is a Roman Catholic holiday.

Walpurgis Night (/vælˈpʊərɡɪs, vɑːl-, -ˈpɜːr-/), an abbreviation of Saint Walpurgis Night (from the German Sankt Walpurgisnacht [saŋkt valˈpʊʁɡɪsˌnaxt]), also known as Saint Walpurga’s Eve (alternatively spelled Saint Walburga’s Eve), is the eve of the Christian feast day of Saint Walpurga, an 8th-century abbess in Francia, and is celebrated on the night of 30 April and the day of 1 May. This feast commemorates the canonization of Saint Walpurga and the movement of her relics to Eichstätt, both of which occurred on 1 May 870.

This holiday is meant to commemorate a catholic saint. The holiday celebrates more catholic superstitions – the protection from witches and witchcraft. It is celebrated with things such as bonfires and dancing.

But if you know anything about Roman Catholic history, you know that that religion is built off the backing of synchronism. This is when religions and practices are blended to make a new religion. Rome was losing massive power; so in order to keep their self-proclaimed preeminence, they had to declare themselves “Christian,” and then blend the pagan religions around them to make this new religion palpable. This allowed them to keep a Christian veneer, while appeasing the Romans and other pagan nations with a new religion that kept their superstitions too.

According to one source, the Witchery, Walpurgis is “essentially a second Halloween.”

There is a mountain very high and bare…whereon it is given out that witches hold their dance on Walpurgis night.

Jacob Grimm. 1883

The website goes onto give some background and details to these festivals. Here are some of the highlights:

Many of the ancient cultures divided the year into just two seasons, summer and winter. The dividing line between the two seasons were Beltane and Samhain, with Beltane being one of eight solar Sabbats in the pagan calendar, its date based on the sun.

In Britain, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, Beltane often begins at sunset on April 30 and continues through May day. Since the medieval era at least, it was believed that the veil between the world of the living and dead is thinnest on both the night of Halloween and the night before Beltane.

As a result, not just the ghosts of the dead, but fairies, shapeshifter and in regards to Walpurgis, witches were at their most powerful and could more easily cross between the two worlds.

Despite sharing the same date and many customs, there is a distinct difference between Walpurgis and Beltane. At its most basic, Beltane is primarily Gaelic and celebrated on May 1, whereas Walpurgis is Germanic and often celebrated the night before Beltane. If you were able to go back in time however, you’d realize you’re dealing with rural customs, in areas quite often cut off from much contact with the outside world. From that perspective you’d likely see little difference between the two holidays.

The primary difference between the ancient times and more modern history, is Walpurgis has developed a distinctly witchy flavor. Walpurgis in the Middle Ages concerned itself with protecting yourself from or driving away witches.

Today, as the fear of the craft fades slowly into the past, it’s all about celebrating witches.

In Sweden, which has a particularly vibrant association with the holiday, it’s knowns as Valborg, and heavily tied to a celebration of the end of winter and the beginning of spring. It has very little to do with religion and everything to do with the arrival of spring. In Sweden typical holiday activities include the singing of traditional spring folk songs and the lighting of bonfires.

In Finland, Walpurg is referred to as Vappu (or Vappen), and borrows the Germanic tradition of celebrating witches. It’s one of the four biggest Finnish holidays and is the biggest carnival day of the year, celebrated in no small part by excessive intake of alcohol.

Estonia too once looked on Walpurgis as the date when witches gathered, and referred to it as Volbriöö. It preceded the day of  Kevadpüha which was celebrated as the arrival of spring. Volbriöö still sees carnivals, celebration and drinking, often by people dressed as traditional witches.

It’s worth noting that unlike many of today’s modern witches and pagans, there is no desire to pretty up witches. Instead the tendency is to go with the old stereotype witch as hag. These are countries where witches were once feared after all.

How does a Catholic saint become the namesake of a holiday dedicated to witches? It’s in part because of the name of Heidenheim. The abbey itself was called Heidenheimer Kloster, which translates to Heathen-home Cloister. Heidenheim it seems was named after a holy spring there, Heidenbrunnen, which was famous for having been where many heathens, or pagans as we like to call ourselves now, were baptized.

The name stuck, even if the meaning for the name was lost to time.

She became associated with May 1 because she was canonized as a saint on that day. The reason she became a saint was in no small part due to a strange occurrence on her burial. Her rock tomb began oozing a healing oil, and it was declared a miracle. So much so that her body was chopped up and sent all over France and German to spread the miracle.

People, still clinging to their pagan traditions were already celebrating May 1 in their heathen manner. This was of course frowned upon by the church, but under the auspices of celebrating St. Walburga’s feast day, the celebrations were able to continue.

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The article goes onto explain the added symbolism and connections to this pagan festival and Roman Catholicism, but I think you get the idea here.

So isn’t fascinating that President Biden and the DHS have decided to end the mask challenge and terror alert on this date?

In the video that was provided to The WinePress, the video creator notes that Biden’s secret service code name is “Celtic.” The video maker also notes how the secular world is also advertising pagan rituals now.

Definitely give the video watch: it is informative for sure. Once again proves the office of presidency is a joke.

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