History of Hallow'een:
The night of Samhain, “when all the mounds are open,” and when anyone can go from one world to the next in a total fusion of beings from the past, present, and future, a phenomenon that is not in the least paradoxical because during this period time is abolished.
⚡️From Ireland to Scotland to America the institution of Hollow'een (Samhain) flitted like so many ghosts.
In "The Tidings of Conchubar Son of Nes" it's written that "ciall" or "the sense" will be taken from anyone left unprotected on Samhain.
Now, from America back across the Indo-European cultural zone Hallow'een as the modern manifestation of the ancient Indo-European festival of Samhain rebirths the millennia-old celebration of the beginning of the most important half of the year - winter / Samhain - the season of feasting and festivals.
“Among pre-Christian Celts, the notion of sin as formulated in the Hebrew Bible is unknown. In fact, sin does not consist of an act of disobedience against a repressive divine law but is the non-realization of the individual.
“Northern half of isle of Britain... conquered politically & culturally by the Gaels of Ireland. The latter imposed their name (Scotia...), as well as their pagan mythology... these territories became the depository of the Samhain tradition...
“Christians absolutely confuse the festival of the dead with that of the saints, ...
“Meanwhile, the visits to cemeteries and the laying of flowers on gravestones contribute to the creation of an atmosphere of sorrow and anguish that was not originally intended with the institution of this holiday. ...
“This is obviously a return to the celebration of the night of Samhain, “when all the mounds are open,” and when anyone can go from one world to the next in a total fusion of beings from the past, present, and future, a phenomenon that is not in the least paradoxical because during this period time is abolished.
“This same collective unconscious has preserved and restored very “ancient, sometimes now incomprehensible, rituals that currently are manifested in Halloween processions, in which in a symbolic and even theatrical fashion there is no longer any separation between the living and the dead..."
Excerpt From
The Pagan Mysteries of Halloween
Jean Markale
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