Halloween - Kid's Treat or Pagan Trick
Many Christians celebrate holidays such as Halloween without
thinking about their origins or true
meaning. It is impossible to separate Halloween from the Druids
because they originated the "holiday".
For several hundred years before Christ, the Celts inhabited what
is now France, Germany, England, Scotland and Ireland. Celtic
priests were called Druids. These people were eventually
conquered by the Romans. Information about the Celts and Druids
comes from Caesar and the Roman historians, Greek writings from
about 200 B.C., and very early records found in Ireland.
Greek and Roman writings about the Druids dwell heavily on their
frequent and barbaric human
sacrifices, but detail the Druid's use of magic to raise storms,
lay curses on places, kill by the use of spells, and create
magical obstacles. Davies, however, a 16th century writer who
traced his family back to Druids priests who fought against
Caesar, clearly describes the human sacrifices of his ancestors
and the secret sacrifices still performed regularly by the Druids
of his time.
By 47 A.D., Rome finally defeated the Druids in England and
outlawed human sacrifices. The few
remaining Druids went underground. Today a growing group of
people claiming to be of direct Druid descent still practice
their religion including human sacrifice. Those in England still
perform ceremonies at Stonehenge.
November 1st was the Celtic New Year. October 31st was celebrated
by the Druids with many human sacrifices and a festival honoring
their sun god and Samhain, the lord of the dead. They believe
that the sinful souls of those who died during the year were in a
place of torment, and would be released only if Samhain was
pleased with their sacrifices.
Monks Fascinated By Druids
Irish records tell of the fascination the Catholic monks had with
the powerful Druids, and the Druids soon became important members
of their monasteries. Pope Gregory the Great decided to
incorporate the Druid's holiday into the church. He made the
proclamation, "They are no longer to sacrifice beasts to the
devil, but they may kill them for food to the praise of God, and
give thanks to the giver of all gifts for his bounty."
Pope Gregory III moved the church festival of October 31st to
November 1st and called it All Hallows or All Saints' Day. Pope
Gregory IV decreed that the day was to be a universal church
observance. The term Halloween comes from All Hallows Eve.
The founding fathers of America refused to permit the holiday to
be observed because they knew it was a pagan holiday. Halloween
was not widely celebrated in the U.S. until about 1900. In the
1840's there was a terrible potato famine in Ireland which sent
thousands of Catholic Irish to America. They brought Halloween
with them.
The modern custom of going from door to door asking for food and
candy goes back to the time of the Druids. They believed that the
sinful lost souls were released upon the earth by Samhain for one
night on October 31st while they awaited their judgment. They
were thought to throng about the houses of the living and were
greeted with banquet-laden tables.
Pumpkins to Scare Demons
People greatly feared these spirits and thought that the spirits
would harm and even kill them if the
sacrifices they gave did not appease Samhain. They carved demonic
faces into pumpkins or large turnips, placing a candle in them to
keep the evil spirits away from the homes.
The tradition of bobbing for apples and giving out nuts came from
a Roman addition to the Druidic New Years Eve. The Romans
worshipped Pomona who was the goddess of the harvest. They
combined their harvest festival to Pomona with Halloween.
Very little archeological evidence of the Druids has been found,
but there is excellent agreement between the Roman and Irish
documents. Both clearly state that the knowledge of the Druids
was never committed to writings but passed from generation to
generation by oral teaching. This was to protect their secrets.
In his writings, Davies indicates that he came under much
persecution by his family for putting in writing his information
about Druids.
The same is true today. Nothing is put into writing. The Druids
continue on secretly with much the same traditions. The
widespread problem of harmful substances such as razor blades,
drugs, poisons, needles, etc. being placed in Halloween treats
here in America is no accident. Testimonies of several
ex-Satanists show that these children killed and injured by the
"treats" are sacrifices to Satan (or Samhain).
Satanists throughout the world continue to perform human
sacrifices on Halloween.
Is this something you want your child to participate in?