2022-10-31 07:00:00
Millions of people around the world celebrated Halloween, or Halloween, this weekend, wearing all kinds of costumes inspired by characters or current affairs.
Halloween had its beginnings approximately 3,500 years ago, and the “Samhain” festival would be the current Halloween, because the Celts believed that during that night the spirits came out, along with other creatures such as witches and demons, since the veil between the world of the dead and ours was weakening.
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Halloween is a way of saying “the night before All Saints’ Day”, since November 1 is the Christian festival dedicated to the faithful departed, which includes Saints.
Halloween came to the United States from Ireland, then part of the United Kingdom, when more than a million people immigrated to the United States. The first references to Halloween arose after that emigration, since they brought their customs with them.
Halloween descended from Celtic culture, where pagan rituals were officiated. When various rites were practiced by sorcerers or witches, who at that time were known as healers or priests, witches began to be granted supernatural powers.
The witch hunt that took place in Europe, after the fifteenth century, increased their relationship with the dark side, and their persecution. As the celebrations of Halloween spread throughout the world, along with their fame in the theater, cinema, and literature, the figures of witches were used as another resource, a product of that heritage.
It is inadmissible that the Catholic Church has never condemned the Popes who ordered the witch hunt, a genocide of thousands of women carried out by the Catholic Inquisition. The crimes that were imputed to them were control over fertility, the use of natural contraceptives, or the ability to heal other people and animals.
These women were not as they have been represented in literature, they possessed particular knowledge and intuition. In the medieval period, when a masculine social prototype prevailed, the knowledge of witches was considered a danger. That is the reason why they were persecuted, and destroyed along with them at the stake.
That famed witch hunt was an important tool in cementing the patriarchal order. Women, and all their rights, were placed under the domain of the State and transfigured into economic possessions.
The stories about witches, or sorcerers, have been told and received in a different way, the great magician Merlin, adviser to King Arthur, is one of the examples. Although both women and men have used powers outside of the physical plane, women have always been classified as evil, contrary to hers, the same masculine who has been praised.
Halloween is the most popular non-religious holiday after Valentine’s Day and Easter. It is a day that historically has had its moments of horror, and not because of witches or costumes. Records show that a child is more likely to die on Halloween than any other day of the year while trick-or-treating on the street.
Parents must make sure that our children do not go out alone to ask for candy, but with supervision. An overexcited child can run fast, and forget to take a look on both sides of the street, or entertain himself using the cell phone.
All statistics indicate that child deaths on Halloween involve a drunk driver, and young drivers have been responsible for the majority of these child deaths, from alcohol abuse and not the fault of any witch.
-Alina Rubi is an astrologer and spiritual instructor practicing in Miami. Contact: 305-842-9117, astralrain29@gmail.com; Facebook: Rubi Astrologa; Instagram: alinarubiastrologia; www.esoterismomagia.com.
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