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HalloweenTrick or Truth?
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Origins
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Samhain: Festival for the Dead?Eichler, L. (1924). Customs of Mankind, 434.
The ancient Druids had a great autumnfestival which commenced at midnight,
October 31
st
, and lasted throughout thefollowing day, November 1st. Among otherthings, they believed that on this night, the
great lord of death, Saman, called together
all the wicked souls that had beencondemned, within the past twelve months,
to inhabit the bodies of animals.
Because of the wicked spirits thatprowled about on this night, they lit hugebonfires and kept a sharp lookout. Thus itis unquestionably from the Druids that wederive the belief that witches and ghosts
walk abroad on Halloween...
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SamhainCeltic Festival of the Dead
Originally the Feast of the Dead wascelebrated in Celtic countries by leaving
food offerings on altars and doorsteps forthe wandering dead. Single candles were
lit and left in a window to help guide the
spirits of ancestors and loved ones home.Extra chairs were set to the table andaround the hearth for the unseen guest.
http://wicca.com/celtic/akasha/samhainlore.htm
Apples were buried along roadsides and
paths for spirits who were lost or had nodescendants to provide for them. Turnipswere hollowed out and carved to look like
protective spirits, for this was a night of
magic and chaos.
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Do Dead Men Tell Tales?Celtic Mythology, p. 127
"During this interval [athalloween] the normal
order of the universe issuspended, the barriers
between the natural and
the supernatural aretemporarily removed,
the sidh [in Irish folklore, ahill or mountain where
fairies live] lies open andall divine beings and thespirits of the dead move
freely among men andinterfere, sometimes
violently, in their affairs.
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After ones own
birthday, the two major
Satanic holidays areWalpurgisnacht (May1st) and Halloween.
Anton LaVey, Founder of TheChurch of Satan, referencing
The Satanic Bible, p. 96
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Terms & Names
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Former occultist Johanna Michaelsen reveals,"Halloween is also a prime recruiting seasonfor Satanists." (Michaelsen, Johanna. Like
Lambs to the Slaughter, p. 192)
Halloween(Celtic Origin: Circa 1000 B.C.)
The frightened Celts would masquerade asdemons, evil spirits and ghosts, hoping to
convince the roaming evil spirits, they wereanother evil spirit, and leave them alone.
The Druids believed, during Samhain, themystic veil separating the dead from theliving opened. The Druids thought theseroaming spirits loosed on Samhain went
searching for a body to possess.
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Witches
A Witchs God...He is...Lord of theUnderworld [Hell]...He is
named...Baphomet...Lucifer...Baal
Angeles, Lyde.Witchcraft: Theory and Practice, p. 60
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The person wearing themask feels internally
transformed and takes ontemporarily the qualities of
the god or demonrepresented by the mask.
Biedermann, Hans. Dictionary of Symbolism, p. 218
Halloween Masks
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An interesting symbol,
the skullis prominentin Witchcraft and
Demon worship as acelebration of death.
Burns, Cathy.Masonic and Occult Symbols
Illustrated, p. 388
Skulls
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Bobbing For Apples
Bobbing for apples was originally a form ofdivination (fortune telling) to learn of future
marriages. The first person to bite the applewas predicted to be the first to marry in the
coming yearSantino, J. (1994). All Around the Year: Holidays &
Celebrations, 26.
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The Jack O Lantern represented aman caught between
Santino, J. (1994). All Around theYear: Holidays & Celebrations, 26.
Jack O Lantern
Carved and illuminated by a candle, theyare symbolic of death and the spirit world.
Thompson, Sue Ellen.Holiday Symbols and Customs, p. 25)
...the jack-o-lantern is generally presentedin its traditional form as a festive euphemism
for the deaths-head, the triangular nosehole and rictus grin being the dead
giveaways.Skal, David J. (2003). Death Makes a Holiday: The
Cultural History of Halloween, p. 38
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Trophy, charm, orornament, the human
head figured prominentlyin Celtic life. Warriors hung
enemy heads on their
houses as a show ofprowess, and Druids,
believing that the head
harbored the soul, placedskulls in sanctuaries toward off evil.
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Elementals
Elementals [spiritssuch as trolls, elves,pixies] are the
principle agents ofdisembodied butnever visible spirits
at seances
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Faerie
fairies[are]
creatures whofigure strongly inceremonial magic
and practices ofnature worship, orWicca.
Burns, Cathy.Masonic and Occult Symbols
Illustrated, p p 62, 67-68