Interestingly, many Pagans (including myself) seem to prefer the word "sacred" to the word "holy". To me, 'sacred' implies something that celebrates the sanctity of being alive, and it can include the erotic and the wild. 'Holy', on the other hand, implies abstinence from the erotic and embracing 'civilisation'. Interestingly, the first sense of 'sacred' offered by the Merriam-Webster dictionary uses a Pagan-sounding example: Definition of SACRED a : dedicated or set apart for … [Read more...]