Have you ever concept about or done any study as to what Halloween indubitably started out as? Where in the world the current customs of carving pumpkins into Jack-'o-Lanterns and Trick-or-Treating and wearing costumes that can be whether funny or scary or just plain cute came from? These are things that many of us have not indubitably concept about or even know anyone about. The true history of the holiday that we know as Halloween is a bit cloudy and unknown to most people. Yet there are many people colse to the world that are very aware of the traditions and history complex here.
One of the first things that needs to be said here is that the current way of spelling and writing Halloween is indubitably an updated version of what the holiday originally started out as; which is in reality Hallowe'en. The suspect for this is that Halloween when written in the former way - Hallowe'en - indubitably referred to and meant Hallows Eve or All Hallows Eve. This traditionally takes place on October 31st every year. On today's calendars it immediately precedes All Soul's Day which is November 1st.
Halloween
To get to the truth about where and when the practice and traditions and practices of what we now know as Halloween indubitably came from we need to go back thousands of years and to other continent and countries altogether. In reality when we now know as Halloween - or All Hallows Eve - in truth began as a Pagan Sabbat, or Holy Celebration, known as Samhain. This is pronounced as Sow-Een. Samhain originated as a Celtic, and Druid as well it is believed, Celebration that Honors the ancestors and deceased of those that were and are alive to celebrate. Part of this annual celebration also marks the advent of the Darker Half of the year, meaning Autumn and Winter.
On the Pagan Wheel of the Year there are 8 Sabbats or Celebrations that are marked by inescapable things. Samhain is set as the 7th of the 8 celebrations. The Pagans of old and today are all the time observing what is happening all colse to them and celebrate the changing of the Seasons of the year and the phases of the Moon. Samhain, and Halloween, fall on the thirty-first day of October because this is the day that the Celtic people, and most Pagans for that matter, felt the nearnessy of the spirits of the Departed more than any other day and night. It has all the time been said and believed that on Samhain/Halloween the Veil in the middle of the Worlds of the Living and the Dead - or the Physical/Seen and Spiritual/Unseen Realms - is the thinnest it will ever be. It is this fact that allows the spirits of the dead to roam the Earth/Physical Realm freely.
It is this fact, as well as people's fears concerning the appearance of those that had died that led to the practice of wearing Costumes in the first place. For the most part what is now an thorough and enjoyable part of Halloween originally began as a way to keep the wandering Ghosts and Spirits away for those Living that they happened to come across. What is now something of an obsession with and for many people colse to the world was originally something as straightforward as throwing a blanket or sheet or and animal skin over/around oneself so that the Ghosts/Spirits could not see you and therefore would not bother you. Nowadays we look all over in the market and online or conclude to make costumes by hand.
The money that is spent on the things that are so indubitably linked with Halloween: Costumes, Trick-or-Treat Candy and Bags, Pumpkins and former foods is plainly Staggering!!! Foods such as Apples and Pumpkins, Pumpkin Pie, Apple Pie, Apple Cider, Indian Corn, discrete Gourds and discrete Candy/Candy Corn have long since been staples of our annual Halloween celebrations.
Another major part of the former Pagan celebration of Samhain involves lighting Huge Bonfires outdoors. The suspect behind this and why people often did this was also to scare the Ghosts/Spirits away from themselves, their homes and their lands. The outdoor Bonfires and donning of Cloaks/Animal Skins have slowly given way to today's customs of donning Halloween Costumes and carving Jack 'o Lanterns which often have a large lit candle settled in them.
The last part of the history of Halloween involves how it indubitably became what we now know as Halloween. Well, that part of the story came about after the Catholic Church was formed. This is Not an attack on the Catholic Church now mind you, but plainly a historical fact that cannot be disputed. The leaders of the Catholic Church slowly "took over" and Re-Named all Pagan Sabbats. They adopted most of the Pagan religious customs and adapted or eradicated those they did not like; thus Samhain became Hallowe'en/All Hallows Eve. Make no mistake about the fact that Samhain was and still is a religious celebration among the Celtic and Pagan people, one that still endures to this day!
Halloween Started Out As a Pagan Celebration
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