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Excerpts From Halloween and the Forces of Darkness by Pastor David J. Meyer
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                                  Excerpts From Halloween and the Forces
of Darkness by Pastor David J. Meyer
                                by sisbeejay  


                              Halloween and the Forces of Darkness

                              Where did it all come from? October 31st is
a day of ghosts, witches, goblins, and grotesque creatures. It is also a
day of orange and black, of candles and jack-o-lanterns. Costume parties
and strange customs occupy the minds of western civilization, and all of
this seems to be intensifying every year. Children wearing every kind of
costume imaginable, and some unimaginable, have been going for door to door
for years at the end of October saying "trick or treat" and collecting bags
full of treats. In recent years, many people have been decorating their
yards as cemeteries and making their houses look spooky. Even churches have
Halloween parties and set up "haunted houses" as fund raising projects.
Where did it all come from, and what does it all mean? Most people would
say it is all harmless fun. Some would venture to say, "If there is any
witchcraft in it, it is white witchcraft." In order to truly answer both of
the questions where did it come from and what does it mean, we must go
clear back to the origin of it all. 

                              Halloween has its origin in the British
Isles about 1300 years ago. In those days, there were many men and women
who practiced a so-called "nature religion" known as Wicca. (The word
"Wicca" means "wise ones." The word "witch" is derived from "Wicca.") The
witches worked their spells and magic as individuals or sometimes in groups
of 13 known as Covens. Sometimes the witches and wizards worked as a
triumvirate or power of three. The female Wiccan was known as a witch, and
the male Wiccan was known as a wizard. The word "warlock" was not used by
witches to identify themselves. It is actually a Scotch-Gaelic word that
means "traitor." Satanists use the word "warlock."

                              The Wiccans were worshippers of the "Earth
Mother", the sun, the moon, and stars. Witches do not believe in Satan. The
Wiccans or witches meet every Friday night at a gathering called an
"esbat." They draw a magic circle with a six-pointed star in it called a
"hexagram", from which we get the word "hex." The coven of 13 stand "sky
clad" or naked in the hexagram and work spells by chanting and doing
rituals such as "drawing down the moon." The full moon is sacred to
witches, especially if it is on a Friday. It is considered to be even
greater if the Friday is the 13th day of the month. 

                              Eight times each year, the witches
celebrated a sabat and the ritual work and spell casting was always done on
the eve of the sabat. The sabats are Imbolc on February 2nd, the spring
equinox on March 22nd, Beltaine on May 1st, the summer solstice on June
22nd, Lugnahsaid on July 31st, the fall equinox on September 22nd, Samhain
on October 31st, and the winter solstice on December 22nd, which is also
known as Yule. 

                              Witches have special ways of celebrating
for each sabat, and even though they do not believe in Satan, it is Satan
who gives them the experiences they have and deceives them into thinking it
is the forces of nature they are tapping into. Halloween is the most
important of the eight sabats in witchcraft and is known to the witches by
the Scotch-Gaelic word "Samhain", which is pronounced "SOW-EEN." It is
believed that on that night, the barrier between this world and the next,
known as the astral plane, becomes very thin. The witches believe that this
allows spirits of departed ones to travel freely back and forth between the
earth and the spirit realm. Thus, Halloween is the highest day in Wiccan
witchcraft. On that night for many centuries, witches would work their
magic and then have wild parties all through the dar kness of that night.
They would play games, such as bobbing for apples, because witches regard
the apple as sacred. The witches would also tell stories from their
personal diaries of spells known as their "book of shadows." These ghost
stories would start when the hosting High Priest or Priestess would say, "A
witches' tale and a cup of ale for the host of our guests unseen." 

                              In those early days in England, there was
another kind of witchcraft known as Druidism. The Druids were called "men
of the oaks" and were a strange clan of men who dressed in white robes. The
Druids worshipped Cernnunos, the "horned hunter of the night." Halloween
was sacred to the Druids because their sun-god receded to the underworld on
October 31st, which is why darkness increased and light decreased according
to their reckoning. 

                              As darkness set in on October 31st, the
clan of Druids would put on their white robes and hoods. They would carry
sickles and Celtic crosses as they began a torchlight procession. At the
beginning of the procession, a male slave was killed and dragged by a rope
fastened to his left ankle. The Druids would walk until they came to a
house or a village where they shouted the equivalent of "trick or treat."
The treat was a slave girl or any female to be given to the Druids. If the
people refused to a girl as a "treat", blood was taken from the dead slave
and used to draw a hexagram or six-pointed star on the door or wall of the
village. Spirits of the "horned hunter of the night" were invoked by the
Druids to kill someone in that house or village by fear that night. 

                              If the house or village gave a girl as a
"treat", the Druids put a pumpkin with a face carved in it in front of the
door or gate of that place. Inside the pumpkin was a candle made of human
tallow to keep evil spirits away. Thus, the Jack-O-Lantern was and is a
sign that you have cooperated with Satan. 

                              The treats or female victims were taken to
Stonehenge where they were raped and killed and then sacrificed on the
sacred bonefire until only glowing embers were left. The "bonefire" is the
origin of the modern day bonfire. As a matter of luck for winter survival,
all villagers were expected to use the glowing embers of the bonefire to
light their hearths. 

                              As we can clearly see, Halloween is not
harmless. Satan has people in our modern era mimicking the witches and
Druids of old. All of this is cursed of God. We live in a time when
witchcraft is being revived. Movies are filled with witchcraft and numerous
television programs such as "Charmed" are teaching witchcraft to millions.
The Harry Potter books are likewise furthering the cause of Satan!
Halloween is no joke and is not harmless fun!
                              Written by Pastor David J. Meyer (A former
astrologer and occultist) 

                              Related Bible Verses:
                              Deuteronomy 18:9 -12
                              Galatians 5:19 - 21
                              Revelation 9:21
                              Revelation 21:8

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