It is ironic that this is the same year I chose to read up on Halloween and its customs. It seems that the Wiccans refer to this holiday as samhain. Death seems to be a major emphasis on the holiday. It seems important to pay respect to those who died during this year. They also focus on tying up loose ends and putting things to rest. October 31 was used because the veil between worlds is supposedly at its thinnest on that evening. I read 4 different books that focused on the subject and usually in the beginning these Wiccan authors made sure that they weren't all affiliated with Satanism and that a Satanist is a person that is ANTI-Christian and worships the devil. I found out that they actually use Goddess instead of God. What I already knew that Diana is actually a Roman Goddess of Hunt. They seem to use a particular diety to represent the Goddess and another to represent God. It seems to me that from my reading that Wicca is the faith, but people take different paths. What really did shock about how certain elements from this religion had meaning, but were shown in the christian religion as having none (i.e. colored eggs and rabbits, a yule log and mistletoe, and bunch of other stuff that seemed like more than a coincidence. Also, living in NYC gave me the opportunityI have met many people in my life living in the city (and working retail). I guess people choose their own paths so I can't judge nobody. I can't call anyone a hypocrite because everyone can try and live by the book, but we don't always do. So I say in terms Halloween people should know what they are celebrating, but don't be quick to judge. If people want to have fun on that day, do rituals (whether go or bad), go to church, or stay home and watch movies than do as you please. When it comes down to it we all have free will, but how a person uses it is entirely up to them. Well, Happy Halloween anyway and be safe.
Hipshimmy
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