Halloween
Of all the holidays, most everyone knows of the satanic and pagan origins of Halloween and the Catholic churches attempt to sanitize and “Christianize” it. However, it is the highest holy day on the satanic calendar. Satanic cults, covens, and neo-pagan religious groups preform human and animal sacrifices on this night amid other carnal and lurid practices. But who cares, right? That’s not what Halloween means today, it’s just a time for people to dress up, get candy and have fun. So what’s the harm in that!? Why be a party pooper and spoil all the fun?
One cannot ignore the pagan and satanic origins of this day. The western populace that participates in this celebration may not sacrifice animals or humans or participate in religious orgies and rituals as was done centuries before us, but what they do is imitate and rehearse them. Just as child who plays cops and robbers or war they are imitating what is real. It has roots and meanings one cannot escape from or tame into innocents. Play is a type of training and conditioning to one day do the real thing. Although people that celebrate Halloween would likely never participate in such rituals that they imitate, it is desensitizing and conditioning the soul to tolerate and accept such evil. Why would anyone want to imitate or reenact such things in the name of fun or just to satisfy a sweet tooth!?
“In ancient Britain and Ireland, the Celtic Festival of Samhain was observed on October 31, at the end of summer…. The souls of the dead were supposed to revisit their homes on this day and the autumnal festival acquired sinister significance, with ghosts, witches, goblins, black cats, fairies and demons of all kinds said to be roaming about. It was the time to placate the supernatural powers controlling the processes of nature. In addition, Halloween was thought to be the most favorable time for divinations concerning marriage, luck, health, and death. It was the only day on which the help of the devil was invoked for such purposes.” – Encyclopedia Britannica
Because of Americas Christian Heritage, Halloween was not widely celebrated until the 20th century.
“Halloween has its origin in the British Isles about 1300 years ago. In those days, there were many men and women who practiced a so-called “nature religion” known as Wicca. (The word “Wicca” means “wise ones.” The word “witch” is derived from “Wicca.”)… The Wiccans were worshippers of the “Earth Mother”, the sun, the moon, and stars. Witches do not believe in Satan. The Wiccans or witches meet every Friday night at a gathering called an “esbat.” They draw a magic circle with a six-pointed star in it called a “hexagram”, from which we get the word “hex.” The coven of 13 stand “sky clad” or naked in the hexagram and work spells by chanting and doing rituals such as “drawing down the moon.” The full moon is sacred to witches, especially if it is on a Friday. It is considered to be even greater if the Friday is the 13th day of the month.
Eight times each year, the witches celebrated a sabat and the ritual work and spell casting was always done on the eve of the sabat. The sabats are Imbolc on February 2nd, the spring equinox on March 22nd, Beltaine on May 1st, the summer solstice on June 22nd, Lugnahsaid on July 31st, the fall equinox on September 22nd, Samhain on October 31st, and the winter solstice on December 22nd, which is also known as Yule.
Witches have special ways of celebrating for each sabat, and even though they do not believe in Satan, it is Satan who gives them the experiences they have and deceives them into thinking it is the forces of nature they are tapping into. Halloween is the most important of the eight sabats in witchcraft and is known to the witches by the Scotch-Gaelic word “Samhain”, which is pronounced “SOW-EEN.” It is believed that on that night, the barrier between this world and the next, known as the astral plane, becomes very thin. The witches believe that this allows spirits of departed ones to travel freely back and forth between the earth and the spirit realm. Thus, Halloween is the highest day in Wiccan witchcraft. On that night for many centuries, witches would work their magic and then have wild parties all through the darkness of that night. They would play games, such as bobbing for apples, because witches regard the apple as sacred. The witches would also tell stories from their personal diaries of spells known as their “book of shadows.” These ghost stories would start when the hosting High Priest or Priestess would say, “A witches’ tale and a cup of ale for the host of our guests unseen.” “ – David J. Meyer, Last Trumpet International Ministries.
Dressing up and Trick or Treating and The Jack-O-Lantern
Where did dressing up and soliciting candy door to door come from, where did this custom originate? And why do people hollow out and carve face in pumpkins and then set a candle inside?
“One possibility is from the notion that ancient witches had to steal the materials needed for their festivals. The Druids may have believed that witches held this day to be special, something clearly true for modern witches.
The idea of trick-or-treating is further related to the ghosts of the dead in pagan, and even Catholic, history. For example, among the ancient Druids, “The ghosts that were thought to throng about the houses of the living were greeted with a banquet-laden table. At the end of the feast, masked and costumed villagers representing the souls of the dead paraded to the outskirts of town leading the ghosts away.”
As already noted, Halloween was thought to be a night when mischievous and evil spirits roamed freely. As in modern poltergeist lore, mischievous spirits could play tricks on the living—so it was advantageous to “hide” from them by wearing costumes. Masks and costumes were worn to either scare away the ghosts or to keep from being recognized by them.” - The Facts on Halloween by Harvest House Publishers, 2008
Another source says:
“In those early days in England, there was another kind of witchcraft known as Druidism. The Druids were called “men of the oaks” and were a strange clan of men who dressed in white robes. The Druids worshipped Cernnunos, the “horned hunter of the night. “Halloween was sacred to the Druids because their sun-god receded to the underworld on October 31st, which is why darkness increased and light decreased according to their reckoning.
As darkness set in on October 31st, the clan of Druids would put on their white robes and hoods. They would carry sickles and Celtic crosses as they began a torchlight procession. At the beginning of the procession, a male slave was killed and dragged by a rope fastened to his left ankle. The Druids would walk until they came to a house or a village where they shouted the equivalent of “trick or treat.” The treat was a slave girl or any female to be given to the Druids. If the people refused to a girl as a “treat”, blood was taken from the dead slave and used to draw a hexagram or six-pointed star on the door or wall of the village. Spirits of the “horned hunter of the night” were invoked by the Druids to kill someone in that house or village by fear that night.
If the house or village gave a girl as a “treat”, the Druids put a pumpkin with a face carved in it in front of the door or gate of that place. Inside the pumpkin was a candle made of human tallow to keep evil spirits away. Thus, the Jack-O-Lantern was and is a sign that you have cooperated with Satan.
The treats or female victims were taken to Stonehenge where they were raped and killed and then sacrificed on the sacred bonefire until only glowing embers were left. The “bonefire” is the origin of the modern day bonfire. As a matter of luck for winter survival, all villagers were expected to use the glowing embers of the bonefire to light their hearths.” – David Meyer, Last Trumpet International Ministries
Another reason for the Jack-O-Lantern is that this custom mimics the skulls illuminated by candles that the witches and warlocks used in and to light their rituals and sacrifices that they performed.
It was also believed that dressing up you could fool spirits that were after you, but it was also held that you absorbed the power and took on the traits of whatever you dressed up as. If you donned a wolf pelt, you were believed to have the power and characteristics of the wolf, thereby being able to fend off any evil spirits that may come to torment you.
Costumes were also worn to disguise ones identity so as to participate anonymously is lurid carnal pagan rites such as orgies or sacrifices.
All Saints Day
The Celts and the Druid’s began their New Year on November 1st. This marked the beginning of their winter. On October 31st, the night before their New Year and the last day of the old year, they believed that Samhain gathered the souls of the evil dead who had been condemned to enter the bodies of animals. He then decided what animal form they would take for the next year. On the other hand, the souls of the good dead were reincarnated as humans. The Druids attempted to help the fate of the evil dead by offering sacrifices, prayers, and gifts to Samhain. It was on this night Samhain allowed the spirits of those who died in the past year to return to earth to their former places of habitation for a few hours to associate once again with their living relatives and loved ones, or to finish unfinished business. People would light bonfires in order to keep the spirits of the dead away from haunting them as well as to give more power to the sun, as it was weakening during this time of year.
In A.D. 835, Pope Gregory IV designated November 1 as All Saints’ Day, or All Hallows’ Day (the term hallow refers to saints). This was designed to “Christianize” a pagan holiday so as to draw pagan into converting to Catholicism. This day was a day of the dead in paganism, but the Catholic Church deemed it as a day to remember and honor the martyrs of the Faith and the saints who passed on before us. Elliot Watson said, “Christians attempted to co-opt the holiday by celebrating the lives of faithful Christian saints the day before Halloween.” The night before November 1st, October 31st, was known as All Hallows’ Evening. How did we get the term Halloween? Look at the name, “All Hallows’ Evening.” If we drop the word “all,” and the “s” on Hallows’, as well as the “v” and the “ing” on evening, the result spells, Halloween.
I concur with David Meyer,
“As we can clearly see, Halloween is not harmless. Satan has people in our modern era mimicking the witches and Druids of old. All of this is cursed of God… Halloween is no joke and is not harmless fun! This evil holiday has no part in the life of a Christian. The Roman Catholic Church borrowed Halloween from the witches, which shows how blind they are.” – David Meyer, Last Trumpet Ministries International
Sadly, many Christians and Churches have tried to make Halloween okay by having, “Harvest Festival” parties and allowing the kids to dress up as Bible characters. But this is just swapping names and keeping the exact same traditions.
I do agree that one should attempt to educate folks about the true origins of Halloween and evangelize during this time by handing out tracts with the candy or organizing what has been known as “Judgement Houses,” an alternative to Haunted Houses that is a walk through drama that shares the gospel.
I do pray you will have the boldness to oppose such a holiday by refusing to participate in it and instead celebrate a Godly holiday like Purim that glorifies God and causes us to remember His Faithfulness and His Word.
One cannot ignore the pagan and satanic origins of this day. The western populace that participates in this celebration may not sacrifice animals or humans or participate in religious orgies and rituals as was done centuries before us, but what they do is imitate and rehearse them. Just as child who plays cops and robbers or war they are imitating what is real. It has roots and meanings one cannot escape from or tame into innocents. Play is a type of training and conditioning to one day do the real thing. Although people that celebrate Halloween would likely never participate in such rituals that they imitate, it is desensitizing and conditioning the soul to tolerate and accept such evil. Why would anyone want to imitate or reenact such things in the name of fun or just to satisfy a sweet tooth!?
“In ancient Britain and Ireland, the Celtic Festival of Samhain was observed on October 31, at the end of summer…. The souls of the dead were supposed to revisit their homes on this day and the autumnal festival acquired sinister significance, with ghosts, witches, goblins, black cats, fairies and demons of all kinds said to be roaming about. It was the time to placate the supernatural powers controlling the processes of nature. In addition, Halloween was thought to be the most favorable time for divinations concerning marriage, luck, health, and death. It was the only day on which the help of the devil was invoked for such purposes.” – Encyclopedia Britannica
Because of Americas Christian Heritage, Halloween was not widely celebrated until the 20th century.
“Halloween has its origin in the British Isles about 1300 years ago. In those days, there were many men and women who practiced a so-called “nature religion” known as Wicca. (The word “Wicca” means “wise ones.” The word “witch” is derived from “Wicca.”)… The Wiccans were worshippers of the “Earth Mother”, the sun, the moon, and stars. Witches do not believe in Satan. The Wiccans or witches meet every Friday night at a gathering called an “esbat.” They draw a magic circle with a six-pointed star in it called a “hexagram”, from which we get the word “hex.” The coven of 13 stand “sky clad” or naked in the hexagram and work spells by chanting and doing rituals such as “drawing down the moon.” The full moon is sacred to witches, especially if it is on a Friday. It is considered to be even greater if the Friday is the 13th day of the month.
Eight times each year, the witches celebrated a sabat and the ritual work and spell casting was always done on the eve of the sabat. The sabats are Imbolc on February 2nd, the spring equinox on March 22nd, Beltaine on May 1st, the summer solstice on June 22nd, Lugnahsaid on July 31st, the fall equinox on September 22nd, Samhain on October 31st, and the winter solstice on December 22nd, which is also known as Yule.
Witches have special ways of celebrating for each sabat, and even though they do not believe in Satan, it is Satan who gives them the experiences they have and deceives them into thinking it is the forces of nature they are tapping into. Halloween is the most important of the eight sabats in witchcraft and is known to the witches by the Scotch-Gaelic word “Samhain”, which is pronounced “SOW-EEN.” It is believed that on that night, the barrier between this world and the next, known as the astral plane, becomes very thin. The witches believe that this allows spirits of departed ones to travel freely back and forth between the earth and the spirit realm. Thus, Halloween is the highest day in Wiccan witchcraft. On that night for many centuries, witches would work their magic and then have wild parties all through the darkness of that night. They would play games, such as bobbing for apples, because witches regard the apple as sacred. The witches would also tell stories from their personal diaries of spells known as their “book of shadows.” These ghost stories would start when the hosting High Priest or Priestess would say, “A witches’ tale and a cup of ale for the host of our guests unseen.” “ – David J. Meyer, Last Trumpet International Ministries.
Dressing up and Trick or Treating and The Jack-O-Lantern
Where did dressing up and soliciting candy door to door come from, where did this custom originate? And why do people hollow out and carve face in pumpkins and then set a candle inside?
“One possibility is from the notion that ancient witches had to steal the materials needed for their festivals. The Druids may have believed that witches held this day to be special, something clearly true for modern witches.
The idea of trick-or-treating is further related to the ghosts of the dead in pagan, and even Catholic, history. For example, among the ancient Druids, “The ghosts that were thought to throng about the houses of the living were greeted with a banquet-laden table. At the end of the feast, masked and costumed villagers representing the souls of the dead paraded to the outskirts of town leading the ghosts away.”
As already noted, Halloween was thought to be a night when mischievous and evil spirits roamed freely. As in modern poltergeist lore, mischievous spirits could play tricks on the living—so it was advantageous to “hide” from them by wearing costumes. Masks and costumes were worn to either scare away the ghosts or to keep from being recognized by them.” - The Facts on Halloween by Harvest House Publishers, 2008
Another source says:
“In those early days in England, there was another kind of witchcraft known as Druidism. The Druids were called “men of the oaks” and were a strange clan of men who dressed in white robes. The Druids worshipped Cernnunos, the “horned hunter of the night. “Halloween was sacred to the Druids because their sun-god receded to the underworld on October 31st, which is why darkness increased and light decreased according to their reckoning.
As darkness set in on October 31st, the clan of Druids would put on their white robes and hoods. They would carry sickles and Celtic crosses as they began a torchlight procession. At the beginning of the procession, a male slave was killed and dragged by a rope fastened to his left ankle. The Druids would walk until they came to a house or a village where they shouted the equivalent of “trick or treat.” The treat was a slave girl or any female to be given to the Druids. If the people refused to a girl as a “treat”, blood was taken from the dead slave and used to draw a hexagram or six-pointed star on the door or wall of the village. Spirits of the “horned hunter of the night” were invoked by the Druids to kill someone in that house or village by fear that night.
If the house or village gave a girl as a “treat”, the Druids put a pumpkin with a face carved in it in front of the door or gate of that place. Inside the pumpkin was a candle made of human tallow to keep evil spirits away. Thus, the Jack-O-Lantern was and is a sign that you have cooperated with Satan.
The treats or female victims were taken to Stonehenge where they were raped and killed and then sacrificed on the sacred bonefire until only glowing embers were left. The “bonefire” is the origin of the modern day bonfire. As a matter of luck for winter survival, all villagers were expected to use the glowing embers of the bonefire to light their hearths.” – David Meyer, Last Trumpet International Ministries
Another reason for the Jack-O-Lantern is that this custom mimics the skulls illuminated by candles that the witches and warlocks used in and to light their rituals and sacrifices that they performed.
It was also believed that dressing up you could fool spirits that were after you, but it was also held that you absorbed the power and took on the traits of whatever you dressed up as. If you donned a wolf pelt, you were believed to have the power and characteristics of the wolf, thereby being able to fend off any evil spirits that may come to torment you.
Costumes were also worn to disguise ones identity so as to participate anonymously is lurid carnal pagan rites such as orgies or sacrifices.
All Saints Day
The Celts and the Druid’s began their New Year on November 1st. This marked the beginning of their winter. On October 31st, the night before their New Year and the last day of the old year, they believed that Samhain gathered the souls of the evil dead who had been condemned to enter the bodies of animals. He then decided what animal form they would take for the next year. On the other hand, the souls of the good dead were reincarnated as humans. The Druids attempted to help the fate of the evil dead by offering sacrifices, prayers, and gifts to Samhain. It was on this night Samhain allowed the spirits of those who died in the past year to return to earth to their former places of habitation for a few hours to associate once again with their living relatives and loved ones, or to finish unfinished business. People would light bonfires in order to keep the spirits of the dead away from haunting them as well as to give more power to the sun, as it was weakening during this time of year.
In A.D. 835, Pope Gregory IV designated November 1 as All Saints’ Day, or All Hallows’ Day (the term hallow refers to saints). This was designed to “Christianize” a pagan holiday so as to draw pagan into converting to Catholicism. This day was a day of the dead in paganism, but the Catholic Church deemed it as a day to remember and honor the martyrs of the Faith and the saints who passed on before us. Elliot Watson said, “Christians attempted to co-opt the holiday by celebrating the lives of faithful Christian saints the day before Halloween.” The night before November 1st, October 31st, was known as All Hallows’ Evening. How did we get the term Halloween? Look at the name, “All Hallows’ Evening.” If we drop the word “all,” and the “s” on Hallows’, as well as the “v” and the “ing” on evening, the result spells, Halloween.
I concur with David Meyer,
“As we can clearly see, Halloween is not harmless. Satan has people in our modern era mimicking the witches and Druids of old. All of this is cursed of God… Halloween is no joke and is not harmless fun! This evil holiday has no part in the life of a Christian. The Roman Catholic Church borrowed Halloween from the witches, which shows how blind they are.” – David Meyer, Last Trumpet Ministries International
Sadly, many Christians and Churches have tried to make Halloween okay by having, “Harvest Festival” parties and allowing the kids to dress up as Bible characters. But this is just swapping names and keeping the exact same traditions.
I do agree that one should attempt to educate folks about the true origins of Halloween and evangelize during this time by handing out tracts with the candy or organizing what has been known as “Judgement Houses,” an alternative to Haunted Houses that is a walk through drama that shares the gospel.
I do pray you will have the boldness to oppose such a holiday by refusing to participate in it and instead celebrate a Godly holiday like Purim that glorifies God and causes us to remember His Faithfulness and His Word.