Origins of Halloween

Every year on
October 31^st, millions of children around the world look
forwards to racing home from school, eating an early dinner,
scattering around to put on their costumes, grab a pillow case or a
grocery bag and get ready to walk door to door shouting out, “Trick
or Treat” to have somebody come to the door, sometimes dressed
up themselves and receive a tasty treat to enjoy for weeks or even in
some cases, even days to come.

To your doorstep
you might have superman one moment, an angel a half hour later
followed by a police office (costume of course) and out of no where,
you could have Freddy Kreuger with razor edge blades on their
fingers, only to look above and past to the end of the driveway with
a parent with a sheet on trying to hide behind the garbage cans.
Most people see this as an innocent night where kids (of all ages)
can just have a harmless night of fun, right? Sorry to say, they
aren’t.

On November 1st,
ancient Celtic peoples considered this day the day of death after
watching leaves falling off trees with colder temperatures
approaching. The Celtics believed that Muck Olla, their sun god, was
loosing strength and power because Samhain, lord of death, was
overpowering him causing this time to occur which had been names,
“Festival of Death”.

Further, they
believed that on October 31st Samhain assembled the spirits of all
who had died during the previous year. They had been confined to
inhabit animals’ bodies for the past year as punishment for their
evil deeds that they had done. On the eve of the feast of Samhain,
October 31st, the spirits were allowed to return to their former
homes to visit the living to supposedly protect these people from
having to go through the same punishment that they had gone through.

The Druid (High
Priests in the Pagan occult) led the people in diabolical worship
ceremonies in a grove of trees (preferably oak trees being as one of
their main gods, resided in Oak Trees) or in a Druidic stone
circle which horses, cats, black sheep, oxen, human beings and other
offerings were rounded up, stuffed into wicker cages and burned to
death. This was done to appease Samhain and keep the spirits from
harming them. The most famous surviving Druid stone circle being
located in Stonehenge, England. It is evident that human sacrifice
was common at this ancient Druid Sacrificial Circle because within
three miles of this sight there are over 350 funeral mounds that
contain the remnants of countless human sacrifices.

The Druids,
before the worship ceremonies, went from house to house demanding
certain foods, and all those who refused are cursed. The people were
tormented by means of magic. As they went, the Druids carried
lanterns made from large vegetables, i.e. turnips, squash, etc which
they had hollowed out and carved in faces of the spirit that “guided”
that priest and was believed that each carved vegetable that each
Druid priest had contained the demon spirit that personally led or
guided that priest – his own little god.

Long dark robes
with head pieces made of animal heads and skins were worn at times to
hide the identity of the Druid as he would threaten people with
curses if they did not comply with the food he demanded.

In the middle ages there was a great
revival of satanic practices, witchcraft, and magic – like there is
today. During this time, the belief developed that witches traveled
on broomsticks to the black sabbaths (witchs’ celebration help every
October 31) to worship Samhain. They were guided by spirits in the
form of black cats. The Druids worshipped cats believing them to be
reincarnated evil people.

Modern
Day Halloween

Now
let’s look at the present day celebration of Halloween. The theme
(from my own understanding) is that of darkness, death and risen
spirits, fear, threats, destruction and evil doings and pranks as
well as “hiding” behind masks and costumes. Among the
children who are dressed as their favorite hero’s or animals,
vegetables and aliens, parents are dressing their children as demons,
witches, ghouls, monsters and werewolves, sending them out onto the
streets in the dark which reenacts the Druids’ practice of demanding
food from people or be under a threat of tricks and gags if they
don’t comply. This being Trick or Treat.

No
longer are turnips being carved out, but a pumpkin (much bigger and
easier to handle and display) carve demon faces in it and decorate
with it. At Halloween there will be apple bobbing, divination,
fortune telling, haunted houses, candles lit, and spirits called up.
There will be seances and ouiji boards in the name of fun and
excitement.

When asked "Does anyone today
celebrate Samhain (Halloween) as a religious Holiday?" a major
witches’ organization responded, "Yes, many followers of various
pagan religions, such as Druids and Wiccans (witches), observe this
day as a religious festival. They view it as a memorial day for their
dead friends similar to the national holiday of Memorial Day in May.
It is still a night to practice various forms of divination
concerning future events. Also, it is a time to…initiate new
projects.

Members
of one surviving coven in Somersetshire, England still carry small
blue tattoos pricked below a particular finger joint made from woad
(an Old World plant with leaves that yield a blue dye) as did ancient
Druids. You will still find Druids meeting at Stonehenge this
Halloween symbolically carrying out their grotesque sacrifices.
Although they claim no longer to practice human sacrifices but yet
still sacrifices of dogs, cats, rats, chickens and goats.

Noted New Age Researcher Texe Marrs
said this about the activities of witches on Halloween. "…our
own research confirms that on this unholy night [Halloween], witches’
covens meet, drink, dance, spit out curses and spells, conjure up
spirits, engage in sexual orgies, induct new members, and offer up
animal and human sacrifices. (Witches have become expert at covering
up these sacrifices by use of cremation ovens and the use of
privately owned land preserves for disposal of bodies in deeply dug
graves.)" He goes on to say, "Somewhere in America in the
week prior to this coming Halloween, children will be kidnapped by
witches and become statistics as `missing children.’ …While chances
of your children being snatched may be remote, never the less we
believe caution and good judgment is in order."

Jack
Roper, occult researcher with C.A.R.I.S. (Christian Apologetics:
Research & Information Service) says "…the time of the
year where you have the highest rate of Satanic ritual crimes is
Halloween." Jack also said, "Around Halloween, one of the
things you see is graveyard desecrations." Self-styled Satanists
use human bones in their rituals. Graveyard vandalism is a common
Halloween occurrence.

A Milwaukee
county park worker told me of finding numerous remains of small
animals that had been sacrificed in area parks around Halloween. It
was clear that these sacrifices were occult related because the
remains were associated with either an altar, inside a circle,
triangle or pyramid structure.

Another
article that was brought to my attention was by Dave Benoit that
tells of a mother finding a strange diary, called "The Book of
Shadows" in her son’s room. She with fear and trembling leafed
through pages filled with satanic drawings. Then her eyes fell on
these horrifying words, "Last year I stole a car at Halloween
and ran over a kid and killed him. This year, at Halloween, I plan to
do the same thing!" The words in his satanic diary proved to be
true. The teenager is now incarcerated. He murdered a kid as a
sacrifice to Samhain

Dr.
John MacArthur stated that, "First of all, dressing up like
witches, ghosts, or goblins is incompatible with a Christian’s
testimony. Furthermore, many of the customs of Halloween are
associated with the worst kinds of pagan beliefs and ceremonies; they
are usually sinister things such as demons, witchcraft and
superstition.”

A former
Alexanderian Wiccan witch clarified this by stating, "As I got
to the higher degrees I learned that the name of the horned god was
Lucifer. I learned that the sign of the second degree was an inverted
pentagram…symbolizing the horns of Satan." (Quote from Devil
Worship: The Rise of Satanism, by Jeremiah films) Wiccan’s and
Pagans like to believe that The outline of the inverted pentagram
forms a goat’s head and so is sacred to Baphomet – The Horned God.

The
3 categories of the occult and what God spoke to us through His Word
about them.

There are 3 main categories of the
occult.

1. DIVINATION — Seeking to know the
past, present or future by astrology; horoscopes; channeling; tarot;
etc. This can include animal or human sacrifice.

2. SORCERY or MAGIC(K) — Seeking to
control or manipulate reality for ones own purposes. This can include
animal or human sacrifice to accomplish that end.

3. SPIRITISM — Seeking to communicate
with the dead or other entities through a medium.

Whether being a
Satanist, wiccan, pagan or into any form of human sacrifice, they are
all forms of worship to Satan and are an abomination to God and all
His Glory. A friend had said to me once, “Would you ever find
Jesus at a Halloween party dressed up as Moses bobbing for apples?”
I would have to say no! “What fellowship can light have
with darkness” 2
Corinthians 6:14-17 Jesus would
not be at one of these parties, and in fact, the rituals and
practices are against everything who God is! God does not promote,
encourage nor endorse fear, destruction, human sacrifices, curses,
ghosts, goblins, evil or magic of any kind nor does any good come
from practicing any of these things! God does speak to us very
strongly about this subject.

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