The celebration of Halloween, a word
that comes from “All Hallows Evening”, also known as “All Hallows Eve”, or “All
Saint’s Eve”, that takes place on the 31st of October, on the Eve of
the Christian celebration of All Saints Day; has its origins in the Celtic
pagan festival of Harvest, also known as “Samhain”.
This pagan ritual which pre-dates
Christianity was commemorated from the evening of the 31st of October
to the evening of the 1st of November.
In the Gaelic concept of this
festival, it was considered that on that day, the “spirits of the forest”,
meaning Elves, Fairies, Gnomes, and other spiritual beings came in touch with
humans, and so the celebration went from a common festival into a spiritual
event.
With the arrival of Christianity to
the British Isles the Christian Church established on the 1st of
November the celebration of all Saints Day, commemorating all the Martyrs and
Non officially canonised saints in Glory in the hope to also outroot this pagan
practice, but without success. From
Ireland expanded to England and from there to the American British colonies.
Already, from the middle ages and the
revival of magic and esoteric practices in Europe, the celebration took a more
sinister tone, invoking malignant spirits and characters of the Underworld,
like Witches and monsters, and in this condition migrated to America.
THE
PUMPKIN LAMP
It was this time as well where the
pumpkin lamp came into popular usage, that according to the legend, it was
originally made by Jack, a condemned soul who wanders the Earth with the
pumpkin lamp looking for a place to spend eternity.
TRICK
OR TREAT
The practice of children knocking on
doors looking for sweets or other presents by saying “Trick or Treat”.
This originally was an incantation
where someone is demanded to give something (Treat) under the threat of suffer
a malignant magical spell (Trick).
HALLOWEEN
AND CHRISTIANITY
These days the practice has become
very commercialized and has extended to most parts of the world and even though
is mostly carried out by innocently children, the dark background of it still
can be felt through the depictions of monsters, vampires, witches and other
demonic figures.
True Christianity rejects this
celebration because, regardless whether it is done consciously or not, it
implies a celebration of the kingdom of Satan and all his dark forces, who on
this day, under a façade of innocence, seeks to get closer to humanity and be
accepted as part of their lives.
As a matter of principle, true
Christians should abstain from partaking into any form of this celebration in
anyway.
Those who do partake of it in
rebellion to God should incur into ipso facto excommunication and be excluded
from the Assembly until public display of repentance.
Omar Flores
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