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Truth about Halloween
- •THE ORIGIN OF HALLOWEEN
Few have taken the time to ask about the origin of
Halloween and whether or not Christians should participate in this holiday. The
truth is that Halloween is not Christian and should not be celebrated by true
Christians: "The principal fire-festivals of the Celts . . . May Day and the
other on Allhallow Even or Hallowe'en, as it is now commonly called, that is, on
the thirty-first of October, the day preceding All Saints' or Allhallows Day . .
. the feast of all souls. At the beginning of November, which under a thin
Christian cloak conceals an ancient pagan festival of the dead . . . in the
manner of their celebration and in the superstitions associated with them, and
alike, by the antique character impressed upon both, betray a remote and purely
pagan origin" (The Golden Bough, p. 733-34). "Do not pursue after their deities,
saying, How did these nations serve their deities? I will do likewise. You shall
not likewise to YHWH your Elohim: for every abomination that YHWH hates,
they have done to their deities. They have even burned their sons and daughters
in the fire to their god. Whatever I co mmand you, be sure to do it: you shall
not add to it, or take away from it" (Deut.12:30-32 Para.). Adonai of the Dead
The following sources show that Halloween was originally a holiday celebrated in
honor of the Adonai of the Dead: "The earliest Hallowe'en celebrations [in the
British Isles] were held by the Druids in honour of Samhain, Lord of the dead,
whose festival fell on November 1" (Halloween Through Twenty Centuries). "It was
a Druidical belief that on the eve of this festival [Hallowe'en], Saman, Lord of
the Dead, called together the wicked spirits . . . (Encyclopedia Britannica,
11th edition, "Halloween"). In the ancient pagan world, it was believed that the
souls of good people would rise to heaven and the souls of evil people would be
turned over to Adonai of the Dead. And once a year, the spirits of the dead
people would be let out. "Hallows' is an old word for a saint and Allhallows'
Eve (31 October) is the vigil of All Saints (1 November), the Christian festival
corresponding to an ancient feast of the dead. In many European countries it is
traditionally a time when the spirits of the departed visit their former homes;
a fire, food and drink are put ready for them. "In Sicily the ghostly visitors
bring gifts for the children - toys, sweets and clothes stolen from the shops.
The Welch believe that a ghost came and sat on every stile when the clock struck
twelve. In some parts of Wales the wandering shades [ghosts] appeared as a white
lady, while in north Wales and Scotland people feared the spectral Black Sow"
(Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Magic, Venetia Newal, p. 16). "In Wales until
the eighteenth century it was customary to burn a candle in church to see what
the future held. A bright flame meant a prosperous, happy year. An irregular
flame foretold trouble, and if it went out this signified one's own death.
Hallowe'en divination probably derives from Samhain . . ." (Ibid, p. 16).
Halloween is a purely pagan, occult holiday. The symbols of Halloween tell the
true meaning of the day. The Jack-O-latern is an idol to Adonai of the Dead
(Satan). The lighted candle within is a remnant of Halloween Fires to light the
way for the returning spirits of the dead. The witch represents the high
priestess of Satan worship. The full moon is the Sabat night on which witches
perform their ritual worship of the spirits and Satan. The black cat is
associated with witchcraft and symbolizes a witches' spirit guide (demon). The
skeleton depicts Ankou, Lord of the Dead who allegedly traveled in the dead of
night to claim his victims. Superstitious beliefs portray Ankou as living in an
underground palace filled with thousand of candles. Each candle is supposed to
represent a human life. He claims his victims by blowing out the candles. Satan
Worship The truth is that when people observe and commemorate pagan holidays,
they actually worship Satan who wants to be worshiped as YHWH: "Taken
altogether, the coincidences of the Christian with the heathen festivals are too
close and too numerous to be accidental. They mark the compromise which the
church [not the Church of YHWH] in the hour of its triumph was compelled to make
. . ." (The Golden Bough, Frazer, p. 419). The Bible shows what YHWH has
commanded his people to do and not do. He commands his children not to learn the
way of the Heathen (Jer.10:2). Moreover, YHWH allows no way to sanctify a pagan
festival as Christian: "But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice,
they sacrifice to demons and not to YHWH: and I would not that you should have
fellowship with demons. You cannot drink the cup of YHWH, and the cup of demons:
you cannot be partakers of YHWH's table, and of the table of demons"
(1.Cor.10:20-21 KJV). Incredible as it may seem, the Christian church, which
professes to worship Messiah, admittedly has accepted pagan practices into their
worship of YHWH. "On this day the Church honors the Angels and Saints in heaven.
It is a holyday of obligation. This day is a great family feast. It has its
origin in the year 610, when [Pope] Boniface IV dedicated the [pagan] Pantheon
of Rome to the Blessed Virgin and all the martyrs. It is in special
commemoration of the millions of Saints in heaven who have not been officially
cannonized by the Church, and thus have no special commemoration during the
year. "This day commemorates all the souls in Purgatory. It is a day for pious
remembrance of the dead, and for offering Masses and prayers for them. On this
day as on christmas, priests are allowed to say three Masses, for the souls of
the departed, that they may be free from Purgatory. "From noon of All Saints'
Day till midnight of the next day (All Soul's Day), all those who have confessed
and received Holy Communion on either of the two days may gain the 'toties
quoties' indulgence: a plenary indulgence applicable to the souls in Purgatory
every time they visit a church or public chapel, and pray six 'Our Fathers', six
'Hail Mary's, and 'six glorias' for the intention of the Holy Father [the Pope]"
(My Christian Faith, 1963, p. 417). Along with being part of the Christian
system of worship, Halloween is also the high Sabat for witches around the
world. And the practices of witchcraft are condemned in the Bible
(Deut.18:9-14). True Christians should have absolutely nothing to do with such
evil and abominable satanic practices, customs, and days. Additionally, the
children of Christians should not be involved nor participate in these holidays
and events. http://www.tpranch.org/pagan_holidays.htm
•HALLOWEEN - THE FEAST OF THE DEAD Everyone knows that the celebration of
"Halloween" involves witches, warlocks, jack-o-lanterns, and an odd little
phrase, "trick or treat". They feel it's innocent, and all about pretending as
they teach their little ones to dress up and join in the fun. Is our Creator
fond of us doing this, or are we practicing something originating in darkness
that is absolutely evil in His eyes? The word "Halloween" is a hybridization of
the phrase "All Hallow's Eve", or All Hallowed's Eve'n. "Hallowed" means "Holy",
and is a word derived from "halo", a nimbus, hoop, or glowing emanation around
the head of a deity such as Krishna (India). Buddha is often depicted with a
hoop or glowing orb around his head, as is "Jupiter" of the Romans, and Cerwiden
of the Druids. This practice of relating a round glow to the heads of deities or
"enlightened ones" was adopted by Christianism from the Romans, stemming from
even more ancient Pagans. The statue of Jupiter has a halo, and was re-named
Peter. The Christians adopted the halo from Paganism to indicate that a person
was a saint, so their images of dead "saints" could be properly venerated. The
idea of being "haloed" meant the person was "holy", and this idea is conveyed in
the term "hallowed". Pagan customs, symbols, and rituals related to sun-worship
overtook the early development of Christianity. The halo is directly related to
the solar nimbus which the Pagans formerly worshipped. They adopted and learned
the ways of the heathen (violation of Dt. 12:28-32). The Druids (sun
worshippers) of the north held a grim observance for their lord of the dead,
Samhain, at the time of the year when the days grew short. The "dark" half of
the year was marked by the arrival of the observance of Samhain. As the Norse
(Celtic, Teutonic) lands became "Christianized", this observance known as
Samhain was re-invented, disguised, and camouflaged in new meanings.
•SPOOKY
ACTION HEROES OF THE PAST Just like today, people in the past could imagine all
sorts of unreal things to give them a good scare. There was "Jack Frost" coming
to get them in the winter, and at Samhain they believed the dead walked the
Earth, seeking "treats". Children were sacrificed to Baal at certain times of
the year by the Druid priests. The melted fat from the child was used to make a
candle, and placed inside a gourd, and called "Jack-of-the-lantern". This object
was then placed at the front door of his parents. The Irish had a modified form
of this Pagan behavior, using burning embers inside turnips that were carved to
resemble small faces.
•THE CELTIC SCOTS & IRISH BELIEVED IN ELVES,
FAIRIES, GNOMES, GHOULS, BANSHEES, OGRES, TROLLS, AND ALL MANNER OF MONSTROUS
FLAP-DOODLE. IF THERE WAS A PRIZE TO BE AWARDED TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE FOR THEIR
PAGANISM, THESE CELTS WOULD BE TOUGH COMPETITION. ASHERAH is one Pagan deity
worshipped by witches. The ancient symbol of Asherah is the "cone of power",
another male emblem. When a coven of witches accepts a new initiate, they bestow
this cone hat upon them. A coven of witches will use these hats collectively to
summon Asherah, and they believe their "powers" may be combined this way.
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CONE OF POWER: SYMBOL OF ASHERAH Witches have been around since Nimrod's wife
continued her husband's rebellion against Yahuah. Her name was Semiramis. To
invoke "powers" from demons, cast spells (incantations to curse or cause
"luck"), or foretell the future through familiar spirits is condemned by Yahuah,
and the penalty is death (Ex. 22:18). Deu 18:10 "Let no one be found among you
who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices
divination, or a user of magic, or one who interprets omens or a sorcerer, or
one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the
dead. For whoever does these are an abomination to Yahuah, and because of these
abominations Yahuah your Elohim drives them out from before you." Exo 22:18 "Do
not allow a witch to live." The first king of Israel, Shaul, sought the advice
of the witch of Endor. Witches or wizards were thought to possess occult
knowledge and powers over the world. People believed they could fly, or change
into an animal (animism was common among rural, backward people). The witch's
broomstick was interpreted to be a male object of life-giving power. Witches
were thought to fly above the crops with a broomstick between their legs in
order to "teach" the crops how to grow. From Pagan to Christian Some historians
trace the origin of Halloween back to the ancient Christian tradition of
celebrating the lives of Christian martyrs on the anniversaries of their deaths.
When Pope Boniface IV re-consecrated the Pantheon in Rome on May 13, 609 CE,
re-naming it the "Church of St. Mary and the Martyrs," he established that
anniversary as a day of celebratory remembrance for all of the Church's
martyrs*. Pope Gregory III later changed the date of remembrance to November 1
when he dedicated a chapel in St. Peter's Basilica to "all saints." November 1
became All Saints Day, otherwise known as All Hallow's Day. The night before
became All Hallow's Eve ("Halloween" being a colloquial contraction of that
phrase). While Halloween began as a localized celebration, Pope Gregory IV
extended its observance to all of Christendom in the 9th Century. The policy of
the Christian church was to adapt the customs of an indigenous population (Pagan
practices) and give them "new" meanings more appropriate to controlling them, or
steering them toward their priests, rather than the Pagan priests. In other
words, the RCC would show "salvation" to a population by using that population's
own former Pagan framework. The "end" justifies the "means" to the RCC,
especially if it can remain the tyrant-in-charge. The word "Pagan" is derived
from the Latin term "pagus", meaning a rural person, who was commonly a highly
superstitious individual with quaint beliefs concerning the spiritual realm.
*Martyr - Greek for "witness". It didn't originally mean what we think it means.
Mascot - Latin for "witch". There's so much not to like, isn't there? HALLOWEEN
IS NOT "SECULAR" Governmental educators who normally shun anything "religious"
in their school system will enthusiastically embrace the celebration of
Halloween, declaring it to be a "secular" holiday. The customs stem from hidden
(occult) Paganism, and even the word itself refers to the Christian's attempt to
disguise the former idolatry, "cloaking" the observance in terminology that
refers to one of their contrived "holy days". Modern secularism is a trend that
ultimately ignores the true Creator of the heavens and the Earth, and embraces
the idea that humanity is the highest order, and so Humanism has become the
popular religion of the times. People are kept extremely busy, distracted, and
pursuing the "lusts" of their flesh. Death is believed to be the final end of
them, as if their end is no better than a dog's end. This is a terrible gamble
to make. Any experienced gambler will tell you that betting everything on one of
two possibilities is foolish. If we gamble that there is nothing beyond our
death to worry about, and we can live as dogs and never pay any penalty for our
behavior, we are placing our eternal lives on this bet. On the other hand, if we
gamble that there MIGHT BE a Creator to answer to, that revealed Himself in
miraculous ways, and even gave us His Words to live by, and we live by those
Words, then what have we lost if it turns out there is no Creator to answer to?
We can still live a good, happy life by obeying our Creator's Words. If we live
in such a way that offends our Creator, what then? Pro 28:18 "He who walks
blamelessly is saved, but the perverted of ways falls at once." Idolatry can
take many forms. People rationalize the things they want to do, ignoring all but
their own point-of-view (mindset). Overcoming the world is very difficult for a
person who is only living for what they want to get out of it. The culture each
of us is born into is filled with the imprints and rituals of people who were
idol worshippers in the distant past. The excuses, "I don't think of it that
way", or "it doesn't mean that anymore", are simply rationalizations or mental
acrobatics which a person employs to not face reality. The facts a person
ignores will, in the end, turn out to be very important. What you don't know, or
don't admit, CAN hurt you. White magic, black magic; it's all Satanic witch
stuff. Halloween is an adaptation of a Pagan observance, and it is spiritual
poison. Don't allow your children to partake of the filth the nations are
drinking from the cup in the hand of the woman who rides the beast (Rev. 17).
Witches operate from the point of view that the world is filled with powers they
hope to gain control over. They seek to learn how to exploit these powers for
their use. Wicca means "to bend", and they seek to "bend" events. Many of you
who are reading this are already aware of the evil, sinful, gross idolatry that
is behind the observance of Halloween. Wait until you learn about the origin of
Sun-day, bells, Christmas, and Easter. Halloween is just a sampling of the Pagan
customs that were assimilated into early Christianity. Adapting Satanic formats
to convey the message of Scripture to Pagans became the pattern of the Christian
church, causing it to become the apostasy, fallen from the original faith. Most
of these practices came over to the US with Irish Christians fleeing the potato
famine of the mid 19th century. The puritans did not celebrate such things, and
in fact were persecuted in the old world for their shunning of such Pagan
customs. The Messiah of Israel, Yahushua of Natsarith, would not teach you to
perform anything that was Pagan in origin, re-direct a formerly Pagan ritual to
honor Him, or even "make up" a form of worshipping Him. He desires that we obey
His Torah, the Ten Commandments. These are not suggestions, but His declarations
for us to live by. If you enter into this Covenant with Him as the Mediator,
Satan will be your enemy:
• "AND THE DRAGON WAS ENRAGED WITH THE WOMAN, AND
HE WENT TO FIGHT WITH THE REMNANT OF HER SEED, THOSE GUARDING THE COMMANDS OF
ELOHIM AND POSSESSING THE WITNESS OF YAHUSHUA MASHIACH." REV. 12:17 (see 14:12)
? NOTICE THE REMNANT OBEYS AND BELIEVES ? Copy, print, and duplicate this widely
as a tract. author: Lew White Yahuah : The original palaeo-Hebrew Autograph may
be seen at the web site above; (the Tetragrammaton), the personal NAME of the
Elohim of Israel. (YOD-HAY-UAU-HAY) Question: What is the re-newed Covenant?
Answer: THE NEW COVENANT IS ALLOWING YAHUSHUA TO WRITE THE TORAH ON YOUR HEART ?
JER. 31, HEB. 8 REPENT! FOR THE REIGN OF YAHUAH DRAWS NEAR! Don't choose to live
like a dog. Peter (Kepha) warned us not to return to our former Paganism as a
dog returns to its vomit. Choose life, and live with the hope of being
resurrected by obeying the 10 Commandments, and trusting in the atoning death
and resurrection of Yahushua. You have everything to gain by doing so. If you
decide to ignore Yahushua and His Covenant, you'll have everything to lose.
Buddha, Muhammad, Elvis, Allah, Dalai Lama, or the corner Guru can't help you.
More information on Halloween: " (Using source material from YNCA). The two
Celtic words Hallowed Evening came from All Hallowed's Ev'n, and now we call it
"Halloween". This is now even more popular than Easter, and rivals Christmas.
The roots of this festival come to us from Druid demon worship. Witches were
said to fly brooms over the crops to "teach" them how to grow. It was a
fertility myth. When the first Roman Christian missionaries encountered these
Druids, they met stubborn resistance because the inhabitants of Angle Land,
Sweden, Neder Land, northern Germany, Fin Land, and Eire Land were very
nationalistic. The ritual we embrace as Halloween was originally called the
Feast of the Dead, Samhain (pronounced Sa-ween , derived from "ha shatan", or
SATAN - all Pagan idols' names were honoring SATAN), and was on November 1st.
These pre-Christian Druids had the barbarians doing ghastly things. It was a
dreaded occasion, since it was thought that time stood still, and the souls of
the dead walked the land. Gifts, especially food, were left outside for these
roaming ghosts, with the hope that no harm would come to the households. The
Druids chose certain children to be burned alive on "bone-fires", as offerings
to the sun. Parents tied yellow ribbons around oak trees as prayers to the sun
to have their children spared. The fat left over from the child was fashioned
into a candle, and placed into a carved-out pumpkin, or a hollowed out vegetable
with a "round" (sun-shaped) design. The victim was called Jack-of-the-lantern.
Prisoners and unliked people were burned alive in wicker cages shaped in the
form of animals, hung from trees. All of this was ultimately to pay homage to
the sun, Woden, or Odin. As you now know, this Druid deity gives us our name for
the 4th day of the week: Woden's Day. FROM SAMHAIN TO ALL SAINTS Without forcing
the Pagans to drop their practices but accept Christianity, the RCC merely made
allowances to accommodate the barbarians, and called it "acculturation". They
"sanctified" the Pagan rituals by absorbing and camouflaging them. In the 7th
century, the Pantheon at Rome was extracted from the barbarians, and made into a
"cathedral" (Greek, kathedra, meaning seat, or throne). "Pan Theon" means All
Gods. They re-named it the Church of the Blessed Virgin and ALL MARTYRS. Thus,
it changed from the worship of "All Gods" (Pantheon) to the center for honoring
"All Saints". The day chosen to honor all the "hallowed" saints was first
observed on the evening of May 13, and was known as All Hallows Festival. This
festival was officially authorized in 835 CE by pope Gregory IV after it was
moved to November 1st, to coincide with the festival of Samhain. It began on the
evening of October 31st, which was called All Halloweds Eve. "Saints" in Hebrew
is the word "QODESHIM" based on the word qodesh, meaning set-apart. A "qodeshi"
is a living person, and they don't need the RCC to "canonize" them after they
die to be a "saint". "Qodesh" has been translated to the word "holy" and
"hallowed" which really means "haloed". Pagans used yellow nimbuses and floating
gold "hoops" in stone carvings, paintings, and stain-glassed windows, as well as
statues ~ to identify their deities and founders as being inhabited by the sun.
When you see a "halo" about the head of someone in real life, it's probably ball
lightning. But, in any case, get away from them! The translation "Holy Spirit"
comes from the original Hebrew ruach ha qodesh, the set-apart Spirit. "Ruach" is
the Hebrew word for wind, and it is the presence of the helper, Yahushua in
Spirit. He is not a Haloed Spook, and after His resurrection distinctly said He
was not a ghost. He first sent His RUACH to the Nazarenes gathered in the Temple
on the 50th day from the count from the day after Shabbat to the day after the
7th Shabbat, now called "Pente-cost" (Greek for count fifty). This was the
annual appointed time (Lev. 23, Dt. 16) which commemorated the giving of the
Torah at Sinai. It is really called Shabuoth, meaning weeks. The Torah was
written on the hearts of the Nazarenes, fulfilling the prophesied "New Covenant"
(Yerme Yahu 31, Heb. 8:10). " (Wait until you learn about the origin of Sun-day,
bells, Christmas, and Easter. Halloween is just the beginning of the Pagan
program that was adapted into early Christianity. Adapting Satanic formats to
convey the message of Scripture to Pagans became the pattern, producing a wide
variety of mixtures such as the various forms of Christianism around the world.
Most of these practices came over to the US with Irish Christians fleeing the
potato famine of the mid 19th century. The puritans did not celebrate such
things, and in fact were persecuted in the old world for their shunning of such
Pagan customs.) IRISH POTATO FAMINE, book excerpt continued: Irish Potato Blight
" The Irish (of Eire Land) had grown very dependant upon the potato during the
18th and 19th centuries. The potato was a transplant to Eire Land from Columbia,
South America. In 1846, a fungus destroyed the crops, causing widespread famine
in Eire Land. Vast numbers of people died, and the decline of the population was
catastrophic ~ so much so, that the only hope of escape from death was
emigration. It was precisely at this point that most Irish came to the United
States, fleeing the Great Famine. What they brought to the United States for the
first time was Christianism, since many of the earlier colonizers had fled here
from the religious persecution of Christian and Anglican intolerance. These
Irish Christians had the rich cultural background of Druidism, which they had
blended together with Roman Christianism. Their belief in elves, banshees,
leprechauns, fairies, luck, and all sorts of Celtic Magic came with them. They
brought their pumpkin ritual seen as "Halloween", which had been a Druid
festival honoring Samhain, their deity of the dead. They also brought their
"Christmas tree" tradition, along with Christmas, which had been outlawed as
Pagan in many colonies. The Christians in South America have assimilated the
cultural background of the Aztecs. Other Christians from around the world would
not recognize many things they do ~ and so it is with them in many other parts
of the world. Whatever the Pagans were doing before became inter-mixed with the
Roman Christian façade, forming a kind of "crust," masking the Paganism. The
Haitian VooDoo of Cajun Christians has produced a spicy "mix" of Pagan and
Christian tradition down in Louisiana, where the alligators grow so mean. So,
there were no pumpkins on peoples porches, or Christmas trees in America until
that fungus drove the Irish people to flee their homeland. " http://www.fossilizedcustoms.com/HALLOWEEN.htm