few more days and the streets of our cities, the night of All Saints is be filled with devils, witches and skulls. In short there is to be quiet! Again here are some useful text for a proper discernment of what is actually Halloween. We have many reasons to reflect on this strange feast
1) The social liabilities that exists in the name of entertainment vendor. And the liability Christian also opposite to such events
2), the debasement of the solemnity of All Saints and the commemoration of the faithful departed. Halloween party turns solemn liturgical celebration of light and shadow to evoke magic. Like Santa Claus and the Assumption thus initiates a party reduced to pure ideological externality.
3) evocative symbol of spiritual poverty and danger.
4) Growth in a dramatic way of witchcraft, paganism and Satanism, especially among the younger classes.
5) Party addressed the imaginary child with sponsors ranging from Coca-Cola to McDonalds to Disney.
Faced with this answer in our parishes and dioceses with an invitation that made Father Gabriele Amorth:
1) celebrate the Mass to offer to the Lord in the Eucharist, a repair to this "horrible" party, and to approach all to take the Eucharist;
2) To recite the Rosary, preferably in the Family, in the parish, through listening to Radio Maria (for times go to the Rosary www.radiomaria.it). If you really are unable, recitatelo alone;
3) At the end of the Mass to recite the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, asking for forgiveness from the Lord.
defend our tradition of these perverse forms.
Federico Intini
Ass Studies Knighthood St. Joseph Lioness
Halloween party anti-Christian
by Don William Fichtner
HALLOWEEN: FESTIVAL ignorance and superstition
"NO" to the ridiculous ... PUMPKIN FESTIVAL EMPTY!
by Don William Fichtner
HALLOWEEN: FESTIVAL ignorance and superstition
"NO" to the ridiculous ... PUMPKIN FESTIVAL EMPTY!
It is more just and more respectful of the Christian faith at least move the date of this Halloween, do not let that coincide with two major Christian holidays of All Saints and Souls? AN INTRODUCTION
not enough to say lightly: "It's just a way to have fun ... it's like another carnival", without properly evaluate its cultural roots, its implications esoteric, its climate and its resulting ambiguous opening more or less declared, the magical thinking.
1) Is it possible that you do not seem absurd to masks on the same level as those of Pulcinella, Arlecchino, Colombina, Dr. Balanzone, etc.. that behind a literature, a history of art and theater history significant and positive, with masks that are intended only to highlight a negative climate, a climate macabre fact of horror, of witchcraft, the occult, engaging and disseminating a dangerous and destructive culture magic?
2) Is it possible that all those symbols Horror (bats, witches, ghosts, vampires, the dead come back, etc..) Have aroused in you at least a fair concern?
3) Is it possible that the only way to have fun is to resurrect horror THE FAIR? Necessarily have to have fun (sic) only with devils, ghosts, witches, bats, and more that is eerie to propionate?
Halloween, for explicit admission of his supporters is a pagan festival to which were added elements from the esoteric culture, magic, witchcraft, all hypocritically masked (duplicity and studied) in the form of feasting, fun, the pleasure-eat and the frenzy of this group, so when someone, not "asleep", points the finger at the puzzling "aspects of horror and magic of this rite that was forced upon us, the fanatics of the party (who?) with a smile sarcastic and mischievous justify it by saying: "But it's just a bit 'of fun!" We We wonder and ask: what is the need to resurrect a pagan festival? What it seeks a return to paganism, which is not unique in our society? Why should tie a healthy entertainment to a deleterious horror at a party esoteric, magic, witchcraft, complete with costumes as devils, witches, ghosts, bats? When a company drops (or you fall) Christianity, the space occupied by the salt superstition!
A) We think that as it exists in normal culture, an "introduction to philosophy", an "introduction to sociology, etc.., These mass rituals, (not only Halloween, but also others in other ways and other areas ) are an attempt to introduce of the public sympathetic to the esoteric-magical thinking. So are leading the way for further handling. B) It is necessary to contextualize this pseudo-holiday. Halloween is not an attempt to "colonize" magic block. This pseudo-holiday is just one of several ways in which you try to introduce this esoteric mentality, alien and hostile to Christianity in our culture and our customs. To implement this strategy are several means, such as literature, movies and even publications that are sold now, even on sale. At the same time, society, teem "gurus" and "sensitive." C) Of course, all these variety of ways, including Halloween, are only a "net cast," with which we introduce opportunities, which may lend itself to subsequent involvement in magical thinking. We think that those who intend to spread this magic-esoteric mentality among the public, step by step and trial and error. We start with the joke, with the novel-fumettone that makes you dream, with the film entertaining and engaging. If you come across an authentic Christianity, SUPERVISION AND VIGOROUS, stop and refer to the next opportunity and means. But when we see a watering down CHRISTIANITY, secularized MODERNIST, CULTURAL AND FRAGILE COMPROMISE, then spread openly and very large, their forms "alternative" to Christianity and soon move on to more serious next step. Halloween, on the other, it has also become a huge business economy, with a huge round of money that enriches speculators and journeyman. For all these reasons together and recorded all the arguments in this leaflet, we say "NO!" in this celebration of ignorance and superstition.
CAUTION AGAINST DECEPTION
There is an attempt underway to introduce and spread in various ways, a counter-culture alternative based on the esoteric and magical thinking. It is therefore designed in various ways to create an atmosphere of sympathy around the magic to make her look good, useful, fun ... even to push to lower the guard and prevent natural and right that the public has in their regard. This so-called "Halloween" is just one way (certainly not the only) to achieve these goals. The mentality and practice magic or para-magic is the way superstitious, modernist and secular to replace the true religion. There are ongoing attempts to introduce taste, mind and spirit magic in various ways, trying not to arouse suspicion, and by tactical cunning tricks, if it were possible to deceive even those who have kept a healthy ... common sense. This tactic of "double game" is declared explicitly by their magazine out for the occasion: "The costumes are the most typical depicting dangerous magical creatures, or regarded as such by Muggles (Ed = Muggles are sensible people who stay away from magic = Ed) as vampires, wolves breast, ghosts, etc.. 1) If we frequent settlements completely magical, there are no limitations on the costumes. 2) If you plan to do a spin, maybe to a costume party Muggle, we observe some simple rules such as: A) The use of spells to create the costumes must be very low. B) Not too realistic fur or fangs, Muggles might get suspicious. Attrezziamoci then patiently and try to minimize the use of magic "(Journal of the Wizards and Witches, Year I, No. 10, 2004 - SPECIAL EDITION - HALLOWEEN - Spells and most mysterious secrets of the Night, p. 3).
before acting, known symbols and occult
On 31 October, is an important day not only in Celtic culture, but also in Satanism. And one of the four witches' sabbath. The first three seasons marked the time for "healing" the awakening of the earth after the winter, the time of sowing, time of harvest. The fourth Sabbath marks the arrival of winter and the "defeat" of the sun, cold, hunger and death. The Catholic feast of All Saints has nothing to do with that Halloween. It was established by Pope Gregory IV in the year 840. Originally it was celebrated in May and November 1. It was in 1048 that
Odilo de Cluny decided to move the Catholic celebration in early November in order to dethrone the worship of Samhain. Once, then, the pagan festivals were replaced in the same day by Christian holidays, today is the attempt contrary to coincide with the Christian holidays of All Saints and All Souls, we try to spread the culture and customs, a pagan festival alien and hostile to the climate and context of prayer and true faith of the two Christian holidays. It was not more just and more respectful at least move the date of this Halloween, do not let that coincide with these two major Christian holidays?
1. IL SIGNIFICANCE
Halloween is the contracted form of the English "All Hallows Eve" which literally means Halloween. Halloween, although not as it should be said, is a magical celebration. The world of the occult so defines it: "It's the most magical day of the year is New Year around the esoteric world, is the feast. The most important year for the followers of Satan."
last page we publish the ritual magic for Halloween, printed on letterhead, from a center of magic in Foggia.
2. WHY CELEBRATE THE NIGHT October 31?
The origins of Halloween date back to the ancients, therefore, Celtic Druids, and then about 2000 years ago. The Celts lived in a vast territory that is now occupied by France, England, Wales and Scotland, Ireland, and celebrated the New Year's Eve, October 31, in honor of Samhain, the prince of death. Since their main livelihood was agriculture, on the night of Oct. 31 (the night of late summer), the Celts celebrated Samhain, a dark gods mortals thanked for summer harvest. This was the "Trinox Samhain" or the Celtic New Year. So it's clear the pagan origin of the festival. Samhain was the lord of the underworld, with the arrival of winter, erased the power of the sun god, his eternal rival. Samhain was traditionally identified as the god of the dead, or simply with the moon, which appears often in the iconography of Halloween. Samain is also the Gaelic name of the month that corresponded pretty much in November. So on the day of Samhain marked the beginning of the winter half year, and was called to this day among the years.
Being "in the middle of the year" was considered a magic moment: the barriers between the world of the living and the spirits were tapered so as to enable them to return to earth to communicate with the living. The Celts believed that on this day the evil spirits of the dead returned to cause confusion and chaos among the living. The party had to appease Samhain and the spirits of the dead. At the beginning, on this day, all the dead are honored, including the first Christian saints, but with the passage of time, incredibly, these spirits took a diabolical and evil connotations. And so, during the celebrations for Halloween, appeared representations of ghosts, skeletons, symbols of death, the devil and other evil creatures as witches. Bats, cats blacks, the full moon, witches, ghosts, etc.. these symbols have little to do with the initial and Celtic Samhain Eve. Someone added them illegally. The ceremony was Celtic, however, already have a particular that was a trailblazer all'inglobamento of esoteric symbols: participants had to dress up in animal skins and heads, in order to acquire the force of the animal represented and scaring (sic) so that the evil spirits who were present.
3. THE LEGEND
The old Irish legend says that Jack, a blacksmith evil, wicked and stingy, a night of All Saints, after yet another drink is seized by a fatal attack of liver cirrhosis. The devil in claim his soul is tricked by Jack (sic) and is forced to satisfy some of his wishes, including leaving it to life by reaching an agreement which gave up the soul of the reprobate. Jack, unaware of the effect of the disease, died a year later. Rejected in Paradise, Jack has no place even in hell because of the pact with the devil. A poor way of the ritual carving of a large putting greens in the blazing fire, a place of eternal damnation. This lantern, Jack, ghost, come back into the world of the living. The Irish, the famine hit, immigrated to America around 1850. Landed in the New World, they found a huge pumpkin that, unlike the indigenous small turnips, were large enough to be carved. So the pumpkin replaced the turnip and became the Jack O Lantern, used the night of All Saints' Day because it was thought to ward off the restless spirits of the dead who were trying, like Jack, to go home. Children Today they dress up and make visits to families led by lantern-pumpkin and get sweets in return for their "kindness". "Trick - or - treat" is the custom of "trick or treat" [...], the original meaning is: "Curse or sacrifice." This festival, established itself and spread in the U.S. was imported from the United States in Europe and then in Italy.
4. HISTORICAL FACTS
few centuries before Christ, a secret he kept under his empire the Celtic world. Each year, October 31st, Halloween day, she celebrated in honor of their pagan gods, a festival of death. The elders of the sect went from house to house demanding deals for their "god" happened and that to require human sacrifice. In case of refusal, uttered the curse of death on the house, hence was born the "trick or treat".
5. WHY YOU PUT IN MASK?
Halloween is a holiday - the monsters, spirits, evil beings, and all those characters that traditionally, in the popular imagination, embodying the concept of evil, as opposed to the good heroes. So the more appropriate forms are those that meet this evil tendency: pirates, witches, vampires, devils, with all the modern variants extrapolated from cinema, cartoons, comic books (how many children this year, even disguised themselves as enemies of Spiderman ?). Celtic in Ireland it was believed that on this day the spirits came back in search of a body to possess. To defend (sic) us from this threat is masked in frightening ways, and paraded through the streets hoping to banish the ghosts wandering outside the city.
6. WHY APPLE IS THE STAR FRUIT?
For Halloween festivities during which they are distributed are different types of sweets such as caramel apple, sweet traditional Halloween night. In addition, we organize games such as apple, which is to try to bite an apple placed in a basin of water, holding her hands behind her back. But where it comes from the habit of using apples on Halloween? Popular tradition says that to worship Samhain, the terrible god of the night, practiced divination rituals that concerned weather, weddings and fortune for the coming year, and that all had starring the apple. In particular, there were two ceremonies: 1) the second dive of the apples) and the stripping of the apple. The first was a divination from a marriage: the first person to bite an apple would be married the following year. Instead, peel the apple was a divination on the duration of life was the longest piece of peeled apple without breaking it, the longer would be the life of the peel. Of course, not the candy apple - by itself - makes in ... Witches! How can we not have the bats, spiders and cats that blacks - by itself - make the magic. In these mass rituals, open the "windows", we introduce the opportunities that cast a favorable network that can pave the way to possible intrusions, by members of magical thinking.
7. WHY ANIMALS ARE THE ICONS BAT, OWL, BLACK CAT AND SPIDER?
All four of these animals have been associated, from the Middle Ages, the witches, which were believed to be demonic servants, called families. When the witches began to be linked to Halloween, even pets they became icons.
Bat. Very popular symbol of Halloween. The bat is connected with witchcraft and death in many different cultures: this association comes from the custom of flying at night and dwell in caves and ruins. The blood of a bat was also used (especially in black magic) for the preparation of magic potions and ointments.
Spider. Superstition has it that the spider is the bearer of bad vibrations, capable of doing harm to humans and animals even with the neighborhood.
Owl. Even today there are those who think hear an owl in the dark indicating death or bad omens. During the Middle Ages it was believed that on Halloween night demons in the form of owls traveled together to the witches and their cats aboard a broomstick to go to the witches' sabbath. Even it was feared they were witches in disguise, so that seeing or hearing an owl was a source of fear. Even in ancient Rome, the owl was a bird of ill omen: its presence indicates bad luck (that the owl was called by the Romans strinx, ie witch).
Cat. Finally, the black cat, how many of you are still three steps back when a black cat crosses the road? For some, even today, cats are creatures of blacks left the bearers of bad luck. And it is once again the medieval that the black cat became a symbol of the devil. Cats blacks are associated with the witch superstition: it was believed that witches could transfer their minds into a cat, and for this reason they always had one.
8. SOME CONSIDERATIONS
1) A party that is just ridiculous to think that there are spirits of the dead trying to get home! After his death, with Particular Judgement, the soul of every man goes to heaven or hell or in purgatory, and then is forever, only in God's hands It's just ridiculous to think that the soul may decide to be a walk, going to find a home to live for the future, to picnics or to spend an evening with friends! 2) The Legend of Jack is just shocking and absurd: A) when one dies, the rating takes place before God and before the devil B) the devil has the power to bring a person back to life after it dead: that power belongs only to God, C) if it makes a pact with the devil, Hell welcomes with open arms, the contractor, the little story, however, says that because of the absurdly pact with the devil even Jack has no place even to 'Hell, D) little story also develops and accredits beliefs and magical practices: Ask the devil the fulfillment of their desires, make a pact with the devil, and so on. E) It is really ridiculous to think these supposed to keep away the spirits of the dead, to frighten and chase away the ghosts, only with the lanterns. It is superstitious to think of removing spiritual realities, supernatural, only with a pumpkin, that is only natural means! F) It should be stressed strongly negative attitude toward death and to the dead that this "festaccia" causes, as if the dead were just something to be resisted hostile. To the dead we go to the cemetery to pray, we do offer Masses, however, must be designed and combined with affection and familiarity, not fear and mistrust. The worship and affection for the dead is a sign of civilization springs from. "It was Christianity to revolutionize the relationship with the dead: the pagans buried their dead away from the city because they were afraid and they felt somewhat contaminants, however, the Christians soon began to venerate the bodies of the saints, churches built over the and villages. They were the Jacobins officially down for "Toilet" (but actually neo-pagans), to restore the suburban cemeteries, Napoleon was anxious to export, infuriating, as we know from school, his admirer Foscolo (Rino Camilleri). We want exorcise death, making a caricature. But this is not a way to exorcise death, but to desecrate it, trivialize it, ridicule it, to make surface, as a consumer. This Halloween certainly throws a shadow on the unholy holiday of all Saints, also trains leaving on the day of the dead.
9. WARNING: It is ESSENTIAL MAGIC HALLOWEEN
Young or old, we must always be well realized not clinging to us from the esoteric world through rituals of mass, such as those in the festivities dedicated to Halloween, there are proposed. Halloween, when and where it is celebrated today in the sense given, among other ways, and similar stimuli (such as those in literature, cinema, etc..) Are all open minded about magic, the esoteric culture, in some cases - and where can be reached - even on the world of the paranormal.
The aim is to familiarize the public and having them become familiar with these esoteric and magical mentality, alien and hostile to Christian culture. Part of the film - for example - has contributed greatly to the harmful influence of Halloween, sponsorship and promoting style, content and costumes. Anyway, we must always ensure that through the gestures and symbols placed during this holiday does not fall or do not give access to harmful meanings to it - today - that underlie and vehicles. There is no doubt that the world of satanists, Halloween is a big party magic and that in some areas their most depraved nowadays it is known that on this night some of them even come to practice human sacrifices. Because of its roots and essence of his hidden Halloween can open a door hidden influence in people's lives. The emphasis of Halloween is about fear, death, the spirits, witchcraft, violence, demons.
retailers and consumers, we have the courage to say "NO" to promote articles which, under the guise of the masked, disseminate and create, esoteric mentality. Many items sold in the consumer products are amulets, or reproductions thereof, used in witchcraft.
not forget that the disastrous consequences of inhalation magic are not immediate but become apparent after many years in depression, crisis and violence. This calls for an adamant stance about everything that is served up by Halloween, from the world and magical thinking in general. Consider that the words we proclaim, the gestures we make, the mentality that we follow and symbols that say, are not really neutral or no meaning, but build and attract a world-minded, mean and introduce the spiritual realities they represent. Parents, we are careful to let our kids get used, or even worse, be educated in the occult. Teachers, informiamoci the truth behind this rite of mass. We may pass on to young people - and without their knowledge to us - coins and deleterious mentality openings magic-esoteric.
WITNESS IN THE FIRST PERSON
Foggia in a high school teacher of religion has spoken at length about this festival, its implications, its meaning, its pagan origins, its implications magical, esoteric, witch, etc.. During dialogue with the boys, two girls have asked to speak to testify that anything shown in this document is true and correct. The previous year it took part in one of these Halloween party, thinking it was just a little 'fun with bits of macabre, but at the end of the party some guys have asked them to take part in a seance.
"not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but report it Open" (Eph 5:11)
John Paul II: "Today, various kinds of esoteric rampant even among some believers who lack a critical sense" (Fides et Ratio, n . 37).
Many groups, movements, Catholic associations, the night October 31 will gather in prayer or Christian festivals organized with the participation of alternative groups, singers and songwriters in contemporary Christian music of various genres of music and particularly, on that occasion, a contemporary Praise and Worship.
The pumpkin festival has proved in reality, the party of those with little ... pumpkin. It is a celebration of those who have little knowledge of. its roots and its implications. It is the festival of gourds, but not those who carry in your hand! The pumpkin is made up of truly empty - in fact - from the pagan mentality, superficial and superstitious - alien and hostile to our Christianity - that the current spirit of this festival attracts and seeks to introduce.
Halloween anti-Christian celebration of Don Lorenzo
Biselx n.1 (49) of Catholic Tradition (new series - the year XIII - 2002), Halloween
undoubtedly entered the landscape of our "civilization" today. But I must confess that ten years ago I had never heard this strange word. I discovered during my first year of seminary in Flavigny-sur-Ozerain saw with surprise one night in a pumpkin with a candle, placed in front of the houses. Someone told me then that this was a new holiday: Halloween. I think it was more or less like for you all. On the other hand we can see that even the great encyclopedias like the Catholic Encyclopedia (1948-1954), the Great Encyclopedic Dictionary (1935), the Great Dictionary of the Italian language (1972) or the Great Universal Encyclopedia Atlantica (1982) have none at all this name. Encyclopedia Britannica devotes only one article. Internet obviously provides us with many details today about the history of this "party" legendary.
Origins
November 1 was the most solemn day of the year for the Celts who used to do their most important celebrations during the night from October 31 to November 1, called the night of Samhaim, who was the "Lord death, the Prince of Darkness. " The Druids believed that, the vigil of this feast, the dead return to earth in the previous year looking for new bodies to possess. While farmers extinguished the fire to ward off these spirits, the Druids would gather on a hill in the midst of the oak trees to make the big ceremony that night, including dances and songs, they offered sacrifices to scare the "evil spirits". The morning after the fire again, the Druids made the rounds of the houses carrying the embers of the fire from the families so that all could turn the family hearth. On this occasion asked to tender their god and utter curses in case of refusal. Hence the "trick or treat (an offer or curse), and the famous turnip (pumpkins today) in which the sacred fire burning. And the modern custom
to dress up for Halloween in the day?
is the three-day feast that happened the night of sacrifices during these days, the Celts used to dress the skins of animals killed, "to exorcise the spirits and frightening. Dressed in these grotesque masks, returned to the village light their way with carved lanterns made from onions were placed where the embers of the sacred fire. "
In modern times this ritual is interwoven with the Celtic legend of Jack O'Lantern. Jack was a man of evil and unrepentant alcoholic. When one night the devil came to look for his soul, he negotiated and achieved another year of life. After this year he managed to get the devil to never be sent to hell. So when he died, unable or enter into heaven because of his or impenitence in hell because of its trade with the devil, was condemned to wander the earth, lighting his way with a lantern made from a turnip (Americanized then pumpkin) contains a grill donated by the devil of hell.
Death and demons, of course, Halloween brings us back full paganism, a paganism disappeared and never took advantage of the religious upheaval of the Reformation to return to the "surface": October 31, the eve of All Saints Day (All Hallows' E'en in Old English), some used to celebrate the evil spirits, praising as opposed to the goodness and beauty of God, to eternal life ...
The Protestant Reformation, bringing with it the loss of Catholic faith and eliminating many parties (including the feast of All Saints), had diverted the pity, and then created conditions favorable for such sacrilegious ceremonies. Worse still, the night of October 31, the Celtic New Year, remained as the New Year the sorcerers, because it is the beginning of what is "cold, dark and dead ..." (Cold, dark and dead ...) and one of their main Sabbath (Black Sabbath) 7. Alas, can also be a special occasion for sacrifices, even human, and black masses. Halloween
followed the Anglo-Saxon settlers (most of all in Ireland) in their conquest of the Americas and developed in the New World where, in the last century, has made the happiness of some major retailers, which was missing from the summer holidays and Santa Claus, an opportunity to exploit the consumerist spirit of children. Of course, the Old Europe could not remain long without adopting the new "cult", so we see more and more of us spread Halloween with its procession of decorated items in a macabre (with pictures of teschi8, skeletons, witches, ...). I have before me a card "demon Journal 2000; the child is invited to sign the following declaration:" I'm one of the demons of Halloween 2000 and I am committed to do and say many things monstrous. " Then comes the answer: "Now that you are demon official, learn the language and reveals the horrors of the demon on your side!" Here is the demonopedagogia! Children are then invited to shoot in the city, "with monstrous and terrifying masks and costumes, knocking on doors asking for candy or coins. If people refuse, they can play some bad joke, "how to empty the bin in the garden." 10
So, cleverly, the children are invited to dress as a witch, ghost, undead or demon in a new carnival, much worse than the old one (because for a child to dress a bear or a princess could be a game innocent). Here it is aimed directly at the ugly, evil in order to participate, unwittingly, the celebration of a kind of neo-pagan liturgical celebration and even satanic. Children are thus rendered more vulnerable to the allure of dark satanic rock that may meet once teenagers. Noisy Mag magazine specializing in "extreme rock", consecrated in 2000 a dossier "Halloween Special" in which they were convicted of the attempts made in the USA by "powerful lobbies affiliated with the ultraconservative right" to ban the celebration of Halloween. Noisy May also stated that, in addition to the processions of children dressed up knocking on doors, Halloween continues to "have particular importance at the Satanists." So the article in this issue "hard rock" continued with a description of Luciferian rites of their "holiday" called by them "Samhain". According to the British
Encyclopodia, the Church attempted to eradicate Halloween in the Middle Ages: this was the purpose of the move, by Pope Gregory IV, nell'834, the feast of All Saints' Day from May 13 to November 1. The introduction in the tenth century the feast of All Souls also had to help the disappearance of the "feast of the witches." We have seen that unfortunately was not fully achieved this goal and now requires particular vigilance because, for many Christians in name, Halloween intense competition is likely to make the beautiful and consoling Christian holidays of 1st and 2nd November. Enough of Halloween
Cecilia Gatto Trocchi taken from October 26, 2002
future of the last few years there has been widespread in Italy's fashion to celebrate Halloween, semi-carnival party, improperly linked to witches. The elementary teachers are racing to bring ghosts, wizards, vampires and monsters. But Samain Samuin or Gaelic is the name of a month which corresponds more or less in November, the feast is mentioned but not described for the first time in an Irish text prosaically called "The cow brains" of 1100. Other than pre-history! All Saints is a Christian holiday, brought in the United States by Irish and Scots. They remembered the martyrs on Halloween night, in a celebration that precedes the celebration of the November 2, when each family remembered their dead. Christianity revolutionized the relationship with the dead: while the pagans buried their dead outside the city, as they were afraid they heard and contaminants, the early Christians have venerated the bodies of saints, altars built on them and then the churches and villages. The memory of the deceased was placed by the Fathers of the Church in the autumn, when even nature seems weighed down by a mortal sleep and the days get shorter until the winter solstice.
Popular traditions linking the autumn rites. It is certain that within the Celtic and Gaelic are celebrated and the dead is a day consecrated to their recall, although there are no historical writings. The rituals related to the nature, the cosmos and the community the living and the dead. The children wore masks representing in the great cosmic drama and social continuity of life. That's because the spectral masks: one day for children personify the "poor, pale, dead," as an Irish ballad: In the name of the deceased asked that the candy in central and southern expressly called "dead bones" or " beans dead. " Pumpkins lit, used since Roman remote, symbolizing both fertility (because of the numerous seeds, which allude to the revival) is the light that will guide the dead in their return to the kingdom of Hades.
In Sicily is the tradition that the dead are to bring presents to children. During the "fair of the dead ", including rituals and celebrations, they sell sweets that children are at the foot of the bed on November 3. Why, then, today we celebrate Halloween in nightclubs fracassone, you conjure demons and witches, vampires and ghosts?
This is a actual process of "secularization" that the environment is forcing American consumerism and materialistic for many years. It should be noted that the neo-American Protestantism denies the cult of saints, the fights and demonize him. In the nineteenth century, forgotten the relationship with Saints forgotten the role of the masks related to the commemoration of the dead, remains a mess neo-witchcraft, ambiguous evocation of evil forces, a fashion horror, in the wake of the worst romance. All this for at least 10 years came on top of the revival of pagan magic, witchcraft New Age, occultism and Satanism. It then happened that has become a pagan Christian holiday and not vice versa. No accident that the founders of English and American neo-witchcraft have "hijacked" to Christianity, the feast of All Saints to make a recurrence of Sabbah. It is beautiful and good invention, as in any text are historically correct magic magic rituals carried out on 1 November.
According to the traditions of many primitive peoples, the dead are at peace and never mentioned to no avail. But some eager young teacher-leaders and condominium vying to conjure witches and ghosts. Now Sisal also invented a lottery-related Halloween. Not to mention the clubs that make profit on devils, witches, ghosts. No accident that the Satanists celebrate their rituals on Halloween. The party thus conceived is configured as a spell lay unconscious, a kind of ritual of necromancy mercantile kitsch. It is a folklore from fast food, served with sweet and spicy sauces and accompanied by a plastic monster.
is fair to ask: What will become of the digestive and mental health of our children? Would not it be better to eat the desserts homemade almond and recite "the Tomb" by Ugo Foscolo, permanent monument to the glories of Italian? Father Gabriele Amorth
not enough to say lightly: "It's just a way to have fun ... it's like another carnival", without properly evaluate its cultural roots, its implications esoteric, its climate and its resulting ambiguous opening more or less declared, the magical thinking.
1) Is it possible that you do not seem absurd to masks on the same level as those of Pulcinella, Arlecchino, Colombina, Dr. Balanzone, etc.. that behind a literature, a history of art and theater history significant and positive, with masks that are intended only to highlight a negative climate, a climate macabre fact of horror, of witchcraft, the occult, engaging and disseminating a dangerous and destructive culture magic?
2) Is it possible that all those symbols Horror (bats, witches, ghosts, vampires, the dead come back, etc..) Have aroused in you at least a fair concern?
3) Is it possible that the only way to have fun is to resurrect horror THE FAIR? Necessarily have to have fun (sic) only with devils, ghosts, witches, bats, and more that is eerie to propionate?
Halloween, for explicit admission of his supporters is a pagan festival to which were added elements from the esoteric culture, magic, witchcraft, all hypocritically masked (duplicity and studied) in the form of feasting, fun, the pleasure-eat and the frenzy of this group, so when someone, not "asleep", points the finger at the puzzling "aspects of horror and magic of this rite that was forced upon us, the fanatics of the party (who?) with a smile sarcastic and mischievous justify it by saying: "But it's just a bit 'of fun!" We We wonder and ask: what is the need to resurrect a pagan festival? What it seeks a return to paganism, which is not unique in our society? Why should tie a healthy entertainment to a deleterious horror at a party esoteric, magic, witchcraft, complete with costumes as devils, witches, ghosts, bats? When a company drops (or you fall) Christianity, the space occupied by the salt superstition!
A) We think that as it exists in normal culture, an "introduction to philosophy", an "introduction to sociology, etc.., These mass rituals, (not only Halloween, but also others in other ways and other areas ) are an attempt to introduce of the public sympathetic to the esoteric-magical thinking. So are leading the way for further handling. B) It is necessary to contextualize this pseudo-holiday. Halloween is not an attempt to "colonize" magic block. This pseudo-holiday is just one of several ways in which you try to introduce this esoteric mentality, alien and hostile to Christianity in our culture and our customs. To implement this strategy are several means, such as literature, movies and even publications that are sold now, even on sale. At the same time, society, teem "gurus" and "sensitive." C) Of course, all these variety of ways, including Halloween, are only a "net cast," with which we introduce opportunities, which may lend itself to subsequent involvement in magical thinking. We think that those who intend to spread this magic-esoteric mentality among the public, step by step and trial and error. We start with the joke, with the novel-fumettone that makes you dream, with the film entertaining and engaging. If you come across an authentic Christianity, SUPERVISION AND VIGOROUS, stop and refer to the next opportunity and means. But when we see a watering down CHRISTIANITY, secularized MODERNIST, CULTURAL AND FRAGILE COMPROMISE, then spread openly and very large, their forms "alternative" to Christianity and soon move on to more serious next step. Halloween, on the other, it has also become a huge business economy, with a huge round of money that enriches speculators and journeyman. For all these reasons together and recorded all the arguments in this leaflet, we say "NO!" in this celebration of ignorance and superstition.
CAUTION AGAINST DECEPTION
There is an attempt underway to introduce and spread in various ways, a counter-culture alternative based on the esoteric and magical thinking. It is therefore designed in various ways to create an atmosphere of sympathy around the magic to make her look good, useful, fun ... even to push to lower the guard and prevent natural and right that the public has in their regard. This so-called "Halloween" is just one way (certainly not the only) to achieve these goals. The mentality and practice magic or para-magic is the way superstitious, modernist and secular to replace the true religion. There are ongoing attempts to introduce taste, mind and spirit magic in various ways, trying not to arouse suspicion, and by tactical cunning tricks, if it were possible to deceive even those who have kept a healthy ... common sense. This tactic of "double game" is declared explicitly by their magazine out for the occasion: "The costumes are the most typical depicting dangerous magical creatures, or regarded as such by Muggles (Ed = Muggles are sensible people who stay away from magic = Ed) as vampires, wolves breast, ghosts, etc.. 1) If we frequent settlements completely magical, there are no limitations on the costumes. 2) If you plan to do a spin, maybe to a costume party Muggle, we observe some simple rules such as: A) The use of spells to create the costumes must be very low. B) Not too realistic fur or fangs, Muggles might get suspicious. Attrezziamoci then patiently and try to minimize the use of magic "(Journal of the Wizards and Witches, Year I, No. 10, 2004 - SPECIAL EDITION - HALLOWEEN - Spells and most mysterious secrets of the Night, p. 3).
before acting, known symbols and occult
On 31 October, is an important day not only in Celtic culture, but also in Satanism. And one of the four witches' sabbath. The first three seasons marked the time for "healing" the awakening of the earth after the winter, the time of sowing, time of harvest. The fourth Sabbath marks the arrival of winter and the "defeat" of the sun, cold, hunger and death. The Catholic feast of All Saints has nothing to do with that Halloween. It was established by Pope Gregory IV in the year 840. Originally it was celebrated in May and November 1. It was in 1048 that
Odilo de Cluny decided to move the Catholic celebration in early November in order to dethrone the worship of Samhain. Once, then, the pagan festivals were replaced in the same day by Christian holidays, today is the attempt contrary to coincide with the Christian holidays of All Saints and All Souls, we try to spread the culture and customs, a pagan festival alien and hostile to the climate and context of prayer and true faith of the two Christian holidays. It was not more just and more respectful at least move the date of this Halloween, do not let that coincide with these two major Christian holidays?
1. IL SIGNIFICANCE
Halloween is the contracted form of the English "All Hallows Eve" which literally means Halloween. Halloween, although not as it should be said, is a magical celebration. The world of the occult so defines it: "It's the most magical day of the year is New Year around the esoteric world, is the feast. The most important year for the followers of Satan."
last page we publish the ritual magic for Halloween, printed on letterhead, from a center of magic in Foggia.
2. WHY CELEBRATE THE NIGHT October 31?
The origins of Halloween date back to the ancients, therefore, Celtic Druids, and then about 2000 years ago. The Celts lived in a vast territory that is now occupied by France, England, Wales and Scotland, Ireland, and celebrated the New Year's Eve, October 31, in honor of Samhain, the prince of death. Since their main livelihood was agriculture, on the night of Oct. 31 (the night of late summer), the Celts celebrated Samhain, a dark gods mortals thanked for summer harvest. This was the "Trinox Samhain" or the Celtic New Year. So it's clear the pagan origin of the festival. Samhain was the lord of the underworld, with the arrival of winter, erased the power of the sun god, his eternal rival. Samhain was traditionally identified as the god of the dead, or simply with the moon, which appears often in the iconography of Halloween. Samain is also the Gaelic name of the month that corresponded pretty much in November. So on the day of Samhain marked the beginning of the winter half year, and was called to this day among the years.
Being "in the middle of the year" was considered a magic moment: the barriers between the world of the living and the spirits were tapered so as to enable them to return to earth to communicate with the living. The Celts believed that on this day the evil spirits of the dead returned to cause confusion and chaos among the living. The party had to appease Samhain and the spirits of the dead. At the beginning, on this day, all the dead are honored, including the first Christian saints, but with the passage of time, incredibly, these spirits took a diabolical and evil connotations. And so, during the celebrations for Halloween, appeared representations of ghosts, skeletons, symbols of death, the devil and other evil creatures as witches. Bats, cats blacks, the full moon, witches, ghosts, etc.. these symbols have little to do with the initial and Celtic Samhain Eve. Someone added them illegally. The ceremony was Celtic, however, already have a particular that was a trailblazer all'inglobamento of esoteric symbols: participants had to dress up in animal skins and heads, in order to acquire the force of the animal represented and scaring (sic) so that the evil spirits who were present.
3. THE LEGEND
The old Irish legend says that Jack, a blacksmith evil, wicked and stingy, a night of All Saints, after yet another drink is seized by a fatal attack of liver cirrhosis. The devil in claim his soul is tricked by Jack (sic) and is forced to satisfy some of his wishes, including leaving it to life by reaching an agreement which gave up the soul of the reprobate. Jack, unaware of the effect of the disease, died a year later. Rejected in Paradise, Jack has no place even in hell because of the pact with the devil. A poor way of the ritual carving of a large putting greens in the blazing fire, a place of eternal damnation. This lantern, Jack, ghost, come back into the world of the living. The Irish, the famine hit, immigrated to America around 1850. Landed in the New World, they found a huge pumpkin that, unlike the indigenous small turnips, were large enough to be carved. So the pumpkin replaced the turnip and became the Jack O Lantern, used the night of All Saints' Day because it was thought to ward off the restless spirits of the dead who were trying, like Jack, to go home. Children Today they dress up and make visits to families led by lantern-pumpkin and get sweets in return for their "kindness". "Trick - or - treat" is the custom of "trick or treat" [...], the original meaning is: "Curse or sacrifice." This festival, established itself and spread in the U.S. was imported from the United States in Europe and then in Italy.
4. HISTORICAL FACTS
few centuries before Christ, a secret he kept under his empire the Celtic world. Each year, October 31st, Halloween day, she celebrated in honor of their pagan gods, a festival of death. The elders of the sect went from house to house demanding deals for their "god" happened and that to require human sacrifice. In case of refusal, uttered the curse of death on the house, hence was born the "trick or treat".
5. WHY YOU PUT IN MASK?
Halloween is a holiday - the monsters, spirits, evil beings, and all those characters that traditionally, in the popular imagination, embodying the concept of evil, as opposed to the good heroes. So the more appropriate forms are those that meet this evil tendency: pirates, witches, vampires, devils, with all the modern variants extrapolated from cinema, cartoons, comic books (how many children this year, even disguised themselves as enemies of Spiderman ?). Celtic in Ireland it was believed that on this day the spirits came back in search of a body to possess. To defend (sic) us from this threat is masked in frightening ways, and paraded through the streets hoping to banish the ghosts wandering outside the city.
6. WHY APPLE IS THE STAR FRUIT?
For Halloween festivities during which they are distributed are different types of sweets such as caramel apple, sweet traditional Halloween night. In addition, we organize games such as apple, which is to try to bite an apple placed in a basin of water, holding her hands behind her back. But where it comes from the habit of using apples on Halloween? Popular tradition says that to worship Samhain, the terrible god of the night, practiced divination rituals that concerned weather, weddings and fortune for the coming year, and that all had starring the apple. In particular, there were two ceremonies: 1) the second dive of the apples) and the stripping of the apple. The first was a divination from a marriage: the first person to bite an apple would be married the following year. Instead, peel the apple was a divination on the duration of life was the longest piece of peeled apple without breaking it, the longer would be the life of the peel. Of course, not the candy apple - by itself - makes in ... Witches! How can we not have the bats, spiders and cats that blacks - by itself - make the magic. In these mass rituals, open the "windows", we introduce the opportunities that cast a favorable network that can pave the way to possible intrusions, by members of magical thinking.
7. WHY ANIMALS ARE THE ICONS BAT, OWL, BLACK CAT AND SPIDER?
All four of these animals have been associated, from the Middle Ages, the witches, which were believed to be demonic servants, called families. When the witches began to be linked to Halloween, even pets they became icons.
Bat. Very popular symbol of Halloween. The bat is connected with witchcraft and death in many different cultures: this association comes from the custom of flying at night and dwell in caves and ruins. The blood of a bat was also used (especially in black magic) for the preparation of magic potions and ointments.
Spider. Superstition has it that the spider is the bearer of bad vibrations, capable of doing harm to humans and animals even with the neighborhood.
Owl. Even today there are those who think hear an owl in the dark indicating death or bad omens. During the Middle Ages it was believed that on Halloween night demons in the form of owls traveled together to the witches and their cats aboard a broomstick to go to the witches' sabbath. Even it was feared they were witches in disguise, so that seeing or hearing an owl was a source of fear. Even in ancient Rome, the owl was a bird of ill omen: its presence indicates bad luck (that the owl was called by the Romans strinx, ie witch).
Cat. Finally, the black cat, how many of you are still three steps back when a black cat crosses the road? For some, even today, cats are creatures of blacks left the bearers of bad luck. And it is once again the medieval that the black cat became a symbol of the devil. Cats blacks are associated with the witch superstition: it was believed that witches could transfer their minds into a cat, and for this reason they always had one.
8. SOME CONSIDERATIONS
1) A party that is just ridiculous to think that there are spirits of the dead trying to get home! After his death, with Particular Judgement, the soul of every man goes to heaven or hell or in purgatory, and then is forever, only in God's hands It's just ridiculous to think that the soul may decide to be a walk, going to find a home to live for the future, to picnics or to spend an evening with friends! 2) The Legend of Jack is just shocking and absurd: A) when one dies, the rating takes place before God and before the devil B) the devil has the power to bring a person back to life after it dead: that power belongs only to God, C) if it makes a pact with the devil, Hell welcomes with open arms, the contractor, the little story, however, says that because of the absurdly pact with the devil even Jack has no place even to 'Hell, D) little story also develops and accredits beliefs and magical practices: Ask the devil the fulfillment of their desires, make a pact with the devil, and so on. E) It is really ridiculous to think these supposed to keep away the spirits of the dead, to frighten and chase away the ghosts, only with the lanterns. It is superstitious to think of removing spiritual realities, supernatural, only with a pumpkin, that is only natural means! F) It should be stressed strongly negative attitude toward death and to the dead that this "festaccia" causes, as if the dead were just something to be resisted hostile. To the dead we go to the cemetery to pray, we do offer Masses, however, must be designed and combined with affection and familiarity, not fear and mistrust. The worship and affection for the dead is a sign of civilization springs from. "It was Christianity to revolutionize the relationship with the dead: the pagans buried their dead away from the city because they were afraid and they felt somewhat contaminants, however, the Christians soon began to venerate the bodies of the saints, churches built over the and villages. They were the Jacobins officially down for "Toilet" (but actually neo-pagans), to restore the suburban cemeteries, Napoleon was anxious to export, infuriating, as we know from school, his admirer Foscolo (Rino Camilleri). We want exorcise death, making a caricature. But this is not a way to exorcise death, but to desecrate it, trivialize it, ridicule it, to make surface, as a consumer. This Halloween certainly throws a shadow on the unholy holiday of all Saints, also trains leaving on the day of the dead.
9. WARNING: It is ESSENTIAL MAGIC HALLOWEEN
Young or old, we must always be well realized not clinging to us from the esoteric world through rituals of mass, such as those in the festivities dedicated to Halloween, there are proposed. Halloween, when and where it is celebrated today in the sense given, among other ways, and similar stimuli (such as those in literature, cinema, etc..) Are all open minded about magic, the esoteric culture, in some cases - and where can be reached - even on the world of the paranormal.
The aim is to familiarize the public and having them become familiar with these esoteric and magical mentality, alien and hostile to Christian culture. Part of the film - for example - has contributed greatly to the harmful influence of Halloween, sponsorship and promoting style, content and costumes. Anyway, we must always ensure that through the gestures and symbols placed during this holiday does not fall or do not give access to harmful meanings to it - today - that underlie and vehicles. There is no doubt that the world of satanists, Halloween is a big party magic and that in some areas their most depraved nowadays it is known that on this night some of them even come to practice human sacrifices. Because of its roots and essence of his hidden Halloween can open a door hidden influence in people's lives. The emphasis of Halloween is about fear, death, the spirits, witchcraft, violence, demons.
retailers and consumers, we have the courage to say "NO" to promote articles which, under the guise of the masked, disseminate and create, esoteric mentality. Many items sold in the consumer products are amulets, or reproductions thereof, used in witchcraft.
not forget that the disastrous consequences of inhalation magic are not immediate but become apparent after many years in depression, crisis and violence. This calls for an adamant stance about everything that is served up by Halloween, from the world and magical thinking in general. Consider that the words we proclaim, the gestures we make, the mentality that we follow and symbols that say, are not really neutral or no meaning, but build and attract a world-minded, mean and introduce the spiritual realities they represent. Parents, we are careful to let our kids get used, or even worse, be educated in the occult. Teachers, informiamoci the truth behind this rite of mass. We may pass on to young people - and without their knowledge to us - coins and deleterious mentality openings magic-esoteric.
WITNESS IN THE FIRST PERSON
Foggia in a high school teacher of religion has spoken at length about this festival, its implications, its meaning, its pagan origins, its implications magical, esoteric, witch, etc.. During dialogue with the boys, two girls have asked to speak to testify that anything shown in this document is true and correct. The previous year it took part in one of these Halloween party, thinking it was just a little 'fun with bits of macabre, but at the end of the party some guys have asked them to take part in a seance.
"not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but report it Open" (Eph 5:11)
John Paul II: "Today, various kinds of esoteric rampant even among some believers who lack a critical sense" (Fides et Ratio, n . 37).
Many groups, movements, Catholic associations, the night October 31 will gather in prayer or Christian festivals organized with the participation of alternative groups, singers and songwriters in contemporary Christian music of various genres of music and particularly, on that occasion, a contemporary Praise and Worship.
The pumpkin festival has proved in reality, the party of those with little ... pumpkin. It is a celebration of those who have little knowledge of. its roots and its implications. It is the festival of gourds, but not those who carry in your hand! The pumpkin is made up of truly empty - in fact - from the pagan mentality, superficial and superstitious - alien and hostile to our Christianity - that the current spirit of this festival attracts and seeks to introduce.
Halloween anti-Christian celebration of Don Lorenzo
Biselx n.1 (49) of Catholic Tradition (new series - the year XIII - 2002), Halloween
undoubtedly entered the landscape of our "civilization" today. But I must confess that ten years ago I had never heard this strange word. I discovered during my first year of seminary in Flavigny-sur-Ozerain saw with surprise one night in a pumpkin with a candle, placed in front of the houses. Someone told me then that this was a new holiday: Halloween. I think it was more or less like for you all. On the other hand we can see that even the great encyclopedias like the Catholic Encyclopedia (1948-1954), the Great Encyclopedic Dictionary (1935), the Great Dictionary of the Italian language (1972) or the Great Universal Encyclopedia Atlantica (1982) have none at all this name. Encyclopedia Britannica devotes only one article. Internet obviously provides us with many details today about the history of this "party" legendary.
Origins
November 1 was the most solemn day of the year for the Celts who used to do their most important celebrations during the night from October 31 to November 1, called the night of Samhaim, who was the "Lord death, the Prince of Darkness. " The Druids believed that, the vigil of this feast, the dead return to earth in the previous year looking for new bodies to possess. While farmers extinguished the fire to ward off these spirits, the Druids would gather on a hill in the midst of the oak trees to make the big ceremony that night, including dances and songs, they offered sacrifices to scare the "evil spirits". The morning after the fire again, the Druids made the rounds of the houses carrying the embers of the fire from the families so that all could turn the family hearth. On this occasion asked to tender their god and utter curses in case of refusal. Hence the "trick or treat (an offer or curse), and the famous turnip (pumpkins today) in which the sacred fire burning. And the modern custom
to dress up for Halloween in the day?
is the three-day feast that happened the night of sacrifices during these days, the Celts used to dress the skins of animals killed, "to exorcise the spirits and frightening. Dressed in these grotesque masks, returned to the village light their way with carved lanterns made from onions were placed where the embers of the sacred fire. "
In modern times this ritual is interwoven with the Celtic legend of Jack O'Lantern. Jack was a man of evil and unrepentant alcoholic. When one night the devil came to look for his soul, he negotiated and achieved another year of life. After this year he managed to get the devil to never be sent to hell. So when he died, unable or enter into heaven because of his or impenitence in hell because of its trade with the devil, was condemned to wander the earth, lighting his way with a lantern made from a turnip (Americanized then pumpkin) contains a grill donated by the devil of hell.
Death and demons, of course, Halloween brings us back full paganism, a paganism disappeared and never took advantage of the religious upheaval of the Reformation to return to the "surface": October 31, the eve of All Saints Day (All Hallows' E'en in Old English), some used to celebrate the evil spirits, praising as opposed to the goodness and beauty of God, to eternal life ...
The Protestant Reformation, bringing with it the loss of Catholic faith and eliminating many parties (including the feast of All Saints), had diverted the pity, and then created conditions favorable for such sacrilegious ceremonies. Worse still, the night of October 31, the Celtic New Year, remained as the New Year the sorcerers, because it is the beginning of what is "cold, dark and dead ..." (Cold, dark and dead ...) and one of their main Sabbath (Black Sabbath) 7. Alas, can also be a special occasion for sacrifices, even human, and black masses. Halloween
followed the Anglo-Saxon settlers (most of all in Ireland) in their conquest of the Americas and developed in the New World where, in the last century, has made the happiness of some major retailers, which was missing from the summer holidays and Santa Claus, an opportunity to exploit the consumerist spirit of children. Of course, the Old Europe could not remain long without adopting the new "cult", so we see more and more of us spread Halloween with its procession of decorated items in a macabre (with pictures of teschi8, skeletons, witches, ...). I have before me a card "demon Journal 2000; the child is invited to sign the following declaration:" I'm one of the demons of Halloween 2000 and I am committed to do and say many things monstrous. " Then comes the answer: "Now that you are demon official, learn the language and reveals the horrors of the demon on your side!" Here is the demonopedagogia! Children are then invited to shoot in the city, "with monstrous and terrifying masks and costumes, knocking on doors asking for candy or coins. If people refuse, they can play some bad joke, "how to empty the bin in the garden." 10
So, cleverly, the children are invited to dress as a witch, ghost, undead or demon in a new carnival, much worse than the old one (because for a child to dress a bear or a princess could be a game innocent). Here it is aimed directly at the ugly, evil in order to participate, unwittingly, the celebration of a kind of neo-pagan liturgical celebration and even satanic. Children are thus rendered more vulnerable to the allure of dark satanic rock that may meet once teenagers. Noisy Mag magazine specializing in "extreme rock", consecrated in 2000 a dossier "Halloween Special" in which they were convicted of the attempts made in the USA by "powerful lobbies affiliated with the ultraconservative right" to ban the celebration of Halloween. Noisy May also stated that, in addition to the processions of children dressed up knocking on doors, Halloween continues to "have particular importance at the Satanists." So the article in this issue "hard rock" continued with a description of Luciferian rites of their "holiday" called by them "Samhain". According to the British
Encyclopodia, the Church attempted to eradicate Halloween in the Middle Ages: this was the purpose of the move, by Pope Gregory IV, nell'834, the feast of All Saints' Day from May 13 to November 1. The introduction in the tenth century the feast of All Souls also had to help the disappearance of the "feast of the witches." We have seen that unfortunately was not fully achieved this goal and now requires particular vigilance because, for many Christians in name, Halloween intense competition is likely to make the beautiful and consoling Christian holidays of 1st and 2nd November. Enough of Halloween
Cecilia Gatto Trocchi taken from October 26, 2002
future of the last few years there has been widespread in Italy's fashion to celebrate Halloween, semi-carnival party, improperly linked to witches. The elementary teachers are racing to bring ghosts, wizards, vampires and monsters. But Samain Samuin or Gaelic is the name of a month which corresponds more or less in November, the feast is mentioned but not described for the first time in an Irish text prosaically called "The cow brains" of 1100. Other than pre-history! All Saints is a Christian holiday, brought in the United States by Irish and Scots. They remembered the martyrs on Halloween night, in a celebration that precedes the celebration of the November 2, when each family remembered their dead. Christianity revolutionized the relationship with the dead: while the pagans buried their dead outside the city, as they were afraid they heard and contaminants, the early Christians have venerated the bodies of saints, altars built on them and then the churches and villages. The memory of the deceased was placed by the Fathers of the Church in the autumn, when even nature seems weighed down by a mortal sleep and the days get shorter until the winter solstice.
Popular traditions linking the autumn rites. It is certain that within the Celtic and Gaelic are celebrated and the dead is a day consecrated to their recall, although there are no historical writings. The rituals related to the nature, the cosmos and the community the living and the dead. The children wore masks representing in the great cosmic drama and social continuity of life. That's because the spectral masks: one day for children personify the "poor, pale, dead," as an Irish ballad: In the name of the deceased asked that the candy in central and southern expressly called "dead bones" or " beans dead. " Pumpkins lit, used since Roman remote, symbolizing both fertility (because of the numerous seeds, which allude to the revival) is the light that will guide the dead in their return to the kingdom of Hades.
In Sicily is the tradition that the dead are to bring presents to children. During the "fair of the dead ", including rituals and celebrations, they sell sweets that children are at the foot of the bed on November 3. Why, then, today we celebrate Halloween in nightclubs fracassone, you conjure demons and witches, vampires and ghosts?
This is a actual process of "secularization" that the environment is forcing American consumerism and materialistic for many years. It should be noted that the neo-American Protestantism denies the cult of saints, the fights and demonize him. In the nineteenth century, forgotten the relationship with Saints forgotten the role of the masks related to the commemoration of the dead, remains a mess neo-witchcraft, ambiguous evocation of evil forces, a fashion horror, in the wake of the worst romance. All this for at least 10 years came on top of the revival of pagan magic, witchcraft New Age, occultism and Satanism. It then happened that has become a pagan Christian holiday and not vice versa. No accident that the founders of English and American neo-witchcraft have "hijacked" to Christianity, the feast of All Saints to make a recurrence of Sabbah. It is beautiful and good invention, as in any text are historically correct magic magic rituals carried out on 1 November.
According to the traditions of many primitive peoples, the dead are at peace and never mentioned to no avail. But some eager young teacher-leaders and condominium vying to conjure witches and ghosts. Now Sisal also invented a lottery-related Halloween. Not to mention the clubs that make profit on devils, witches, ghosts. No accident that the Satanists celebrate their rituals on Halloween. The party thus conceived is configured as a spell lay unconscious, a kind of ritual of necromancy mercantile kitsch. It is a folklore from fast food, served with sweet and spicy sauces and accompanied by a plastic monster.
is fair to ask: What will become of the digestive and mental health of our children? Would not it be better to eat the desserts homemade almond and recite "the Tomb" by Ugo Foscolo, permanent monument to the glories of Italian? Father Gabriele Amorth
The Exorcist THE HOLY SEE: Halloween and 'Hosanna to the A DEVIL
''I think the companies 'Italian is losing his mind, the meaning of life, and the use of reason is more and more' ill. Celebrate Halloween and 'making a hosanna to the devil. Which, if you love, even if only for one night, he plans to claim rights on the person. So do not be surprised if the world seems to be a topsy-turvy and there is evidence from psychologists and psychiatrists are full of restless children, vandals, restless, and boys obsessed and depressed, suicidal.'' The sentence and 'the exorcist of the Holy See, former' President of the International Association of Exorcists, Father Gabriele Amorth from Modena.
The macabre masks, the appeals would not be another seemingly innocuous, the exorcist, a tribute to the prince of this world, the devil. I'm very sorry''that Italy, like the rest of Europe are moving away from Jesus 'the Lord, and even set yourself up to pay homage to Satan,''says the' Exorcist''whereby Halloween and 'a kind of seance in the form of the game. The cunning of the devil is right here. If you notice everything is presented as a playful, innocent. The sin is not 'more' pity in the world today. But all is disguised in the form of need, freedom 'or personal pleasure. The man - he concludes - and 'became the god of himself, exactly what' that the devil wants.'' And remember that while in many cities' Italian, were organized the 'Festival of Light', a true counter to the celebrations of darkness, the Lord with songs and games for innocent children.
''I think the companies 'Italian is losing his mind, the meaning of life, and the use of reason is more and more' ill. Celebrate Halloween and 'making a hosanna to the devil. Which, if you love, even if only for one night, he plans to claim rights on the person. So do not be surprised if the world seems to be a topsy-turvy and there is evidence from psychologists and psychiatrists are full of restless children, vandals, restless, and boys obsessed and depressed, suicidal.'' The sentence and 'the exorcist of the Holy See, former' President of the International Association of Exorcists, Father Gabriele Amorth from Modena.
The macabre masks, the appeals would not be another seemingly innocuous, the exorcist, a tribute to the prince of this world, the devil. I'm very sorry''that Italy, like the rest of Europe are moving away from Jesus 'the Lord, and even set yourself up to pay homage to Satan,''says the' Exorcist''whereby Halloween and 'a kind of seance in the form of the game. The cunning of the devil is right here. If you notice everything is presented as a playful, innocent. The sin is not 'more' pity in the world today. But all is disguised in the form of need, freedom 'or personal pleasure. The man - he concludes - and 'became the god of himself, exactly what' that the devil wants.'' And remember that while in many cities' Italian, were organized the 'Festival of Light', a true counter to the celebrations of darkness, the Lord with songs and games for innocent children.
of Don Tullio Round
Dear friends, about the Halloween party I think is important riportarequanto follows, taken from the Encyclopedia Britannica, 1960. Sintetizzoal up the text, but I point out info Ilnome more decisive, as it means that the eve of the Feast of All santi.Studiosi found in the folklore of Halloween traces of Druidism and beauty Roman festival of Pomona and this because of the use of nuts and apples and difigure of witches, cats and skeletons blacks. The link to druidismoè evident from that precisely the annoceltico ended October 31 was the eve of Samahain: For druids Samahain insiemela was late summer and the party of death the spirits of the departed siriteneva who visit their loved ones who sought caloreavvicinandosi winter. Sam. were practiced divination and gliauguri (magical practice) about the coming year. It was the occasionein where witches and other characters such lapopolazione terrorized. Fires were lit to guide spiriti.Questi fires remained in Scotland until 1800.Probabilmente the two Catholic feasts of All Saints and all the dead were attached to the 1st and 2nd November lapersistenza precisely to eradicate these pagan festivals. Note that initially all the festadi Saints was celebrated on May 13. The commemoration was introduced deifedeli departed significantly from here intutta Cluny and the church probably also to increase the cancellation dellefeste remained pagan. The satanic cult that survived allaintroduzione of faith was just a giornoparticolare on Halloween where you just celebrated a very important Sabbhats.
the late Middle Ages the Feast of All Saints was spread tuttaEuropa but with the Protestant Reformation and the non-important solemnity their riconoscimentodi including exactly all the saints, returned leantiche, pagan customs that remain tuttora.Dunque .... Judge for yourself which party is ....... A return of Satan consett other spirits more wicked than himself.
Please Dear friends, about the Halloween party I think is important riportarequanto follows, taken from the Encyclopedia Britannica, 1960. Sintetizzoal up the text, but I point out info Ilnome more decisive, as it means that the eve of the Feast of All santi.Studiosi found in the folklore of Halloween traces of Druidism and beauty Roman festival of Pomona and this because of the use of nuts and apples and difigure of witches, cats and skeletons blacks. The link to druidismoè evident from that precisely the annoceltico ended October 31 was the eve of Samahain: For druids Samahain insiemela was late summer and the party of death the spirits of the departed siriteneva who visit their loved ones who sought caloreavvicinandosi winter. Sam. were practiced divination and gliauguri (magical practice) about the coming year. It was the occasionein where witches and other characters such lapopolazione terrorized. Fires were lit to guide spiriti.Questi fires remained in Scotland until 1800.Probabilmente the two Catholic feasts of All Saints and all the dead were attached to the 1st and 2nd November lapersistenza precisely to eradicate these pagan festivals. Note that initially all the festadi Saints was celebrated on May 13. The commemoration was introduced deifedeli departed significantly from here intutta Cluny and the church probably also to increase the cancellation dellefeste remained pagan. The satanic cult that survived allaintroduzione of faith was just a giornoparticolare on Halloween where you just celebrated a very important Sabbhats.
the late Middle Ages the Feast of All Saints was spread tuttaEuropa but with the Protestant Reformation and the non-important solemnity their riconoscimentodi including exactly all the saints, returned leantiche, pagan customs that remain tuttora.Dunque .... Judge for yourself which party is ....... A return of Satan consett other spirits more wicked than himself.
Lord you know that these parties do not want, but we believe other toMember not clear all this, they need powerful signs: mandala Lord, according to Your holy will, so that people understand that Halloween chiaramenteche looks like it is a satanic holiday. Send what you want, but does everyone understand accettiamotutto, loud and clear, that Halloween is a festasatanica which is practiced magic and makes in Europe and America will leave this party. We ask for your sorrowful Passion. Let your will throughout Amen
3 Pater, Ave and Gloria will end with
St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle, be thou our difesacontro the malice and snares of the devil that God exercises his dominiosu him, we humbly pray you do, and do thou Prince of miliziecelesti with the power of God cast into hell Satan and altrispiriti evil that roam the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen
HALLOWEEN: THE gourds of Arrigo Muscio
SYMBOLS AND HIDDEN - October 31, is an important day not only in Celtic culture, but also in Satanism. And 'one of the four witches' sabbath. The first three seasons marked the time for "beneficial": the awakening of the earth after the winter, the time of sowing, time of harvest. The fourth Sabbath marks the arrival of winter and the "defeat" of the sun, cold, hunger, death. The Catholic feast of All Saints is not tied to Halloween, was instaurala by Pope Gregory IV in the year 840, was originally celebrated in May and November 1. It was in 1048 that Odilo de Cluny decided to move the Catholic celebration in early November in order to dethrone the worship of Samhain. In English the day before is called "All Hallowed Eve", which later became Halloween.
"Halloween is a matter of culture, is a form of economic colonization of our country (and everyone else), is a commercial gimmick, and want to have fun, is the night where anything goes, is a way to entertain children, so ... HAPPY HALLOWEEN! With these words, or who knows what else with this hope there is going to decorate shops, parties, teaching English to children in mododivertente, or improvise some disguised in school, or office. "Meanwhile," My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge "(Hosea 4:6), as is the case for magic and tuttoquanto the wheel around and including the next new age (pranotherapy, Bach flowers, pyramids, profumoterapia, music therapy, reiky courses, etc.): Most personeanche of the Catholic, do not know that violates the fundamental rules of the AB relationship with God: The 1st Commandment: "Thou shalt have no other Gods before me." BEFORE YOU ACT, YOU KNOW, 1. THE MEANING - Halloween is the contracted form of the English "All Hallows'Eve day" that letteralmentesignifica Halloween .2. The applicant - Halloween, although not as it should be said, and a magical celebration (in fact, the magic and exercise power in a covert, against someone). The world of the occult so defines it: "It 's the most magical day of the year, and New Year around the esoteric world, is the most important holiday of the year for the followers of Satan."
contrast, the Bible says: "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who change darkness into light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter "(Isaiah 5:20) .3. LEGEND - The ancient Irish legend says that Jack, a blacksmith wicked, perverse and stingy, a night of All Saints, after yet another drink, he was seized by a fatal attack of liver cirrhosis. The devil in claim his soul is tricked by Jack and is forced to satisfy some of his wishes, including leaving it in life, coming to an agreement to waive the soul of the reprobate. Jack, unaware of the effect of the disease, died a year later. Rejected in Paradise, Jack has no place even in hell because of the pact with the devil. A way of ritual the poor man carving a large putting greens in the flaming fire to the place of eternal damnation. This lantern, Jack, ghost, come back into the world of vivi.4. TRADITION - The Irish hit by famine, immigrated to America around 1850. Landed in the New World, they found a huge amount of sugar that, unlike native dellepiccole turnips were large enough to be carved. So the pumpkin replaced the turnip and became the Jack O'Lantern. Use the night of All Saints' Day because it was believed to ward off the restless spirits of the dead who were trying, like Jack, to go home. Children dress up as today's restless spirits, who can not find "peace" in the Paradise and visits to families are led by lantern pumpkin and get sweets exchange for their "kindness". "Trick-or-treat" is the custom of "trick or treat." Trick or treat literally means "trick or fun," "trick or pleasure," but that the original meaning of "curse or sacrifice" .5. HISTORICAL FACTS - The Legend of Jack dark hidden historical facts and, in a magical way, aims to evoke. Some centuries before Christ, a secret he kept under his empire the Celtic world. Each year, October 31st, Halloween day, this celebration in honor of their pagan gods, a festival of death. The elders of the sect went from house to house demanding deals for their god, and it happened that demanding human sacrifices. In case of refusal, uttered the curse of death on the house, hence was born the "trick or treat" 6. Considerations on the ... READ: This is mounted on the double lie that man can be more cunning of the devil and that the gates of Inferis close to someone. Also develops in satanic practices: Ask the devil the fulfillment of desires, unpatto do with the devil, Satan's mandate to make themselves known to mankind, esoterica.TRADIZI0NE ritual: the phenomenon of Halloween, the tradition, customs and trade, is a set rituals and the practice of witchcraft is for those who do so knowingly or no.STORIA: the story behind the phenomenon reveals that there have been Halloween satanic rituals and sacrifices. In our day sappiamoche the satanic practice of human sacrifice during this notte.7. Warning: Halloween is 'substantial MAGIA.S' requires un'irremovibile stance on all that is served up to Halloween and magic genere.Consideriamo that the words we proclaim, the gestures we make, the looks that we are not neutral, but signify the spiritual reality that they represent.
Parents, we are careful to let our children become accustomed, or even worse, be educated in the occult.
Teachers, informiamoci the truth hidden behind the macabre creativity, we might offend, to our knowledge and without their knowledge, the students that there are davanti.Certe nursery rhymes that children must learn are the evocations spirit of death.
Young and old, we realized not to cling to the esoteric world through mass rituals, feasts such as those dedicated to Halloween, there are proposed. Some dance groups have initiation rituals satanic.
retailers and consumers, we have the courage to say NO to promote articles which, under the guise of the masked, disseminate and create esoteric mentality. Many items sold in the consumer products are amulets, or reproductions thereof, used in witchcraft.
Christians, let us not be misled by apparent traditions and fashions, but we hold high the victory that overcomes the world, our faith (cf. 1 John 5:4). Do not forget that the disastrous consequences inhalation magic are not immediate but become apparent after many years in depression, crisis and violenze.8. SYMBOLS - Bats, cats blacks, the full moon, witches, ghosts ... these symbols have little to do with Samhain vigiliadi. However, these symbols used in the occult world who have found a place "natural" to "Halloween." The full moon is the perfect time to practice certain rituals occult. Cats blacks are associated with witches because of superstition, it was believed that witches could transfer their minds into a cat, and for this reason they always had one. Are attributed to the bats ability occulteperchè have characteristics of a bird (which are symbols hidden in the world soul) and the devil (because they live in darkness). In the Middle Ages it was believed that the devil is often transformed into a bat. Thus becomes clear why the bat has become part of Halloween. The origins of Halloween are closely related to magic, witchcraft and Satanism. The followers of Satanism and magic recognize the December 31 one of the most important days of the year: on the eve of a new year for witchcraft. Because of its roots and essence of the occult influence Halloween opens a door hidden in people's lives. The emphasis of Halloween is about fear, death, the spirits, witchcraft, violence, the demons. And children are very impressionable at this field. Many symbols are very clear in various products including food, in this period: swastikas, devils, etc..
The Word of God, the teachings of all the Catholic Tradition, by Christian primecomunità to date are very clear, 150 are the passages of Sacred Scripture from the leaf (never abolished by Jesus Christ) to the New Testament, prohibit the use of more or less oblivious to magical practices, esoteric, occult, spiritualist, and so on. For example, Deuteronomy, in chapter 18, verses 9-14 says: "When you enter the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, do not learn to commit the abominations of the nations that abitano.Non be found among you anyone who sacrifices, passing them off the fire, his son or his daughter, or who face spells, or who consults the spirits and soothsayers, nor who interrogate the dead, that whoever does these things is detestable to the Lord ... Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God, because the nations which you go in to occupy the country, listen to the soothsayers and magicians, but as for you, so do not you allowed the Lord your God. "In essence, the night of Halloween , those who participate in various "celebrations" in one way or another more or less unconsciously are actual rituals that make contact with spirits, which are nothing more than the fallen angels: the demons. The spiritual structure that surrounds man, comecreatura fact is very simple: there is God the only Son Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit (the Triune God), the Angels (in different hierarchies) and the fallen angels, that the demons with their boss: Lucifer, who became Satan. Then there are the souls of the Offences-Saints, Purgatory, and those damned to hell. The man and an embodied spirit, composed of three distinct components: soul, body and spirito.9. HOPE - Despite the harsh reality of phenomena such as Halloween, we must say of the great hope cheviene by Faith Christian Church, its also divided into many new and emerging reality, the Holy Spirit is also raising the birth, training and growth of Christian communities within the Catholic Church. Community who work with parishes, bringing new vitality evangelica.Sempre younger, although this news did not say, but you www.papaboys.it, are discovering and accepting Jesus, Messiah, Savior and Lord and want to dedicate their lives to Him. More and more families, after experience of the Holy Spirit want to live where to find food allafame experience of communion that today, the world complaint.
Faith is necessary to experience God's love but not enough, it takes the community, the Church and variety in his joints and anti-charging calls. "No fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, rather than report it openly." I want to do the will Papaboys of God and therefore make this work of information, proper, and we believe it useful, even for the Church's own structures, often unaware of the above. Also several Italian bishops in dioceses are spreading informazioniriportate.Molti groups, movements, Catholic associations, the night of October 31 will gather in prayer or Christian festivals organized with the participation of alternative groups, singers and songwriters of contemporary Christian music of various genres and particularly, on that occasion, a contemporary Praise and Worship.
Halloween as the EU constitution ( Mario Mauro Vice President of European Parliament )
Il Giornale, Liguria edition, 06 November 2005 p.2Nella his homily for the Solemnity of All Saints, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone has wisely pointed out the exaggerated role that is given to the so-called Halloween. It is indeed regrettable that public institutions such as the Municipality of Genoa and the East Central District, have favored such an event, ephemeral and purely commercial. This gives us an important starting point for reflection on the tasks of the institutions and the importance of our roots. We look to the European Constitution. The problem is the cement of our continent on which to build European integration. The problem is setting up a daughter of a generation of politicians are afraid of everything and its opposite, because the logic of the folded consent and the exercise of power as an end in itself, devoid of high ideals. A clear sign that the biggest problem is the inability to restore the dignity of the peoples of Europe. For too long, everything was sacrificed to Europe bureaucracies much more widespread and pervasive that the only bureaucracy in Brussels. Hopelessly bureaucratic enemies of their people, much to tolerate the moral and cultural desertification. For institutions at all levels of government will be seeking an urgent duty to answer the question "What do you believe in Europe?". Europe is a continent not fully grasped in terms of geography, but a cultural and historical concept. The man must be aware on the ultimate meaning of things. This is a battle for freedom, the battle of our time to make our company a free society than the models fundamentalists and relativists towards which we are dangerously avvicinando.06/11/2005
"Halloween is a matter of culture, is a form of economic colonization of our country (and everyone else), is a commercial gimmick, and want to have fun, is the night where anything goes, is a way to entertain children, so ... HAPPY HALLOWEEN! With these words, or who knows what else with this hope there is going to decorate shops, parties, teaching English to children in mododivertente, or improvise some disguised in school, or office. "Meanwhile," My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge "(Hosea 4:6), as is the case for magic and tuttoquanto the wheel around and including the next new age (pranotherapy, Bach flowers, pyramids, profumoterapia, music therapy, reiky courses, etc.): Most personeanche of the Catholic, do not know that violates the fundamental rules of the AB relationship with God: The 1st Commandment: "Thou shalt have no other Gods before me." BEFORE YOU ACT, YOU KNOW, 1. THE MEANING - Halloween is the contracted form of the English "All Hallows'Eve day" that letteralmentesignifica Halloween .2. The applicant - Halloween, although not as it should be said, and a magical celebration (in fact, the magic and exercise power in a covert, against someone). The world of the occult so defines it: "It 's the most magical day of the year, and New Year around the esoteric world, is the most important holiday of the year for the followers of Satan."
contrast, the Bible says: "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who change darkness into light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter "(Isaiah 5:20) .3. LEGEND - The ancient Irish legend says that Jack, a blacksmith wicked, perverse and stingy, a night of All Saints, after yet another drink, he was seized by a fatal attack of liver cirrhosis. The devil in claim his soul is tricked by Jack and is forced to satisfy some of his wishes, including leaving it in life, coming to an agreement to waive the soul of the reprobate. Jack, unaware of the effect of the disease, died a year later. Rejected in Paradise, Jack has no place even in hell because of the pact with the devil. A way of ritual the poor man carving a large putting greens in the flaming fire to the place of eternal damnation. This lantern, Jack, ghost, come back into the world of vivi.4. TRADITION - The Irish hit by famine, immigrated to America around 1850. Landed in the New World, they found a huge amount of sugar that, unlike native dellepiccole turnips were large enough to be carved. So the pumpkin replaced the turnip and became the Jack O'Lantern. Use the night of All Saints' Day because it was believed to ward off the restless spirits of the dead who were trying, like Jack, to go home. Children dress up as today's restless spirits, who can not find "peace" in the Paradise and visits to families are led by lantern pumpkin and get sweets exchange for their "kindness". "Trick-or-treat" is the custom of "trick or treat." Trick or treat literally means "trick or fun," "trick or pleasure," but that the original meaning of "curse or sacrifice" .5. HISTORICAL FACTS - The Legend of Jack dark hidden historical facts and, in a magical way, aims to evoke. Some centuries before Christ, a secret he kept under his empire the Celtic world. Each year, October 31st, Halloween day, this celebration in honor of their pagan gods, a festival of death. The elders of the sect went from house to house demanding deals for their god, and it happened that demanding human sacrifices. In case of refusal, uttered the curse of death on the house, hence was born the "trick or treat" 6. Considerations on the ... READ: This is mounted on the double lie that man can be more cunning of the devil and that the gates of Inferis close to someone. Also develops in satanic practices: Ask the devil the fulfillment of desires, unpatto do with the devil, Satan's mandate to make themselves known to mankind, esoterica.TRADIZI0NE ritual: the phenomenon of Halloween, the tradition, customs and trade, is a set rituals and the practice of witchcraft is for those who do so knowingly or no.STORIA: the story behind the phenomenon reveals that there have been Halloween satanic rituals and sacrifices. In our day sappiamoche the satanic practice of human sacrifice during this notte.7. Warning: Halloween is 'substantial MAGIA.S' requires un'irremovibile stance on all that is served up to Halloween and magic genere.Consideriamo that the words we proclaim, the gestures we make, the looks that we are not neutral, but signify the spiritual reality that they represent.
Parents, we are careful to let our children become accustomed, or even worse, be educated in the occult.
Teachers, informiamoci the truth hidden behind the macabre creativity, we might offend, to our knowledge and without their knowledge, the students that there are davanti.Certe nursery rhymes that children must learn are the evocations spirit of death.
Young and old, we realized not to cling to the esoteric world through mass rituals, feasts such as those dedicated to Halloween, there are proposed. Some dance groups have initiation rituals satanic.
retailers and consumers, we have the courage to say NO to promote articles which, under the guise of the masked, disseminate and create esoteric mentality. Many items sold in the consumer products are amulets, or reproductions thereof, used in witchcraft.
Christians, let us not be misled by apparent traditions and fashions, but we hold high the victory that overcomes the world, our faith (cf. 1 John 5:4). Do not forget that the disastrous consequences inhalation magic are not immediate but become apparent after many years in depression, crisis and violenze.8. SYMBOLS - Bats, cats blacks, the full moon, witches, ghosts ... these symbols have little to do with Samhain vigiliadi. However, these symbols used in the occult world who have found a place "natural" to "Halloween." The full moon is the perfect time to practice certain rituals occult. Cats blacks are associated with witches because of superstition, it was believed that witches could transfer their minds into a cat, and for this reason they always had one. Are attributed to the bats ability occulteperchè have characteristics of a bird (which are symbols hidden in the world soul) and the devil (because they live in darkness). In the Middle Ages it was believed that the devil is often transformed into a bat. Thus becomes clear why the bat has become part of Halloween. The origins of Halloween are closely related to magic, witchcraft and Satanism. The followers of Satanism and magic recognize the December 31 one of the most important days of the year: on the eve of a new year for witchcraft. Because of its roots and essence of the occult influence Halloween opens a door hidden in people's lives. The emphasis of Halloween is about fear, death, the spirits, witchcraft, violence, the demons. And children are very impressionable at this field. Many symbols are very clear in various products including food, in this period: swastikas, devils, etc..
The Word of God, the teachings of all the Catholic Tradition, by Christian primecomunità to date are very clear, 150 are the passages of Sacred Scripture from the leaf (never abolished by Jesus Christ) to the New Testament, prohibit the use of more or less oblivious to magical practices, esoteric, occult, spiritualist, and so on. For example, Deuteronomy, in chapter 18, verses 9-14 says: "When you enter the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, do not learn to commit the abominations of the nations that abitano.Non be found among you anyone who sacrifices, passing them off the fire, his son or his daughter, or who face spells, or who consults the spirits and soothsayers, nor who interrogate the dead, that whoever does these things is detestable to the Lord ... Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God, because the nations which you go in to occupy the country, listen to the soothsayers and magicians, but as for you, so do not you allowed the Lord your God. "In essence, the night of Halloween , those who participate in various "celebrations" in one way or another more or less unconsciously are actual rituals that make contact with spirits, which are nothing more than the fallen angels: the demons. The spiritual structure that surrounds man, comecreatura fact is very simple: there is God the only Son Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit (the Triune God), the Angels (in different hierarchies) and the fallen angels, that the demons with their boss: Lucifer, who became Satan. Then there are the souls of the Offences-Saints, Purgatory, and those damned to hell. The man and an embodied spirit, composed of three distinct components: soul, body and spirito.9. HOPE - Despite the harsh reality of phenomena such as Halloween, we must say of the great hope cheviene by Faith Christian Church, its also divided into many new and emerging reality, the Holy Spirit is also raising the birth, training and growth of Christian communities within the Catholic Church. Community who work with parishes, bringing new vitality evangelica.Sempre younger, although this news did not say, but you www.papaboys.it, are discovering and accepting Jesus, Messiah, Savior and Lord and want to dedicate their lives to Him. More and more families, after experience of the Holy Spirit want to live where to find food allafame experience of communion that today, the world complaint.
Faith is necessary to experience God's love but not enough, it takes the community, the Church and variety in his joints and anti-charging calls. "No fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, rather than report it openly." I want to do the will Papaboys of God and therefore make this work of information, proper, and we believe it useful, even for the Church's own structures, often unaware of the above. Also several Italian bishops in dioceses are spreading informazioniriportate.Molti groups, movements, Catholic associations, the night of October 31 will gather in prayer or Christian festivals organized with the participation of alternative groups, singers and songwriters of contemporary Christian music of various genres and particularly, on that occasion, a contemporary Praise and Worship.
Halloween as the EU constitution ( Mario Mauro Vice President of European Parliament )
Il Giornale, Liguria edition, 06 November 2005 p.2Nella his homily for the Solemnity of All Saints, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone has wisely pointed out the exaggerated role that is given to the so-called Halloween. It is indeed regrettable that public institutions such as the Municipality of Genoa and the East Central District, have favored such an event, ephemeral and purely commercial. This gives us an important starting point for reflection on the tasks of the institutions and the importance of our roots. We look to the European Constitution. The problem is the cement of our continent on which to build European integration. The problem is setting up a daughter of a generation of politicians are afraid of everything and its opposite, because the logic of the folded consent and the exercise of power as an end in itself, devoid of high ideals. A clear sign that the biggest problem is the inability to restore the dignity of the peoples of Europe. For too long, everything was sacrificed to Europe bureaucracies much more widespread and pervasive that the only bureaucracy in Brussels. Hopelessly bureaucratic enemies of their people, much to tolerate the moral and cultural desertification. For institutions at all levels of government will be seeking an urgent duty to answer the question "What do you believe in Europe?". Europe is a continent not fully grasped in terms of geography, but a cultural and historical concept. The man must be aware on the ultimate meaning of things. This is a battle for freedom, the battle of our time to make our company a free society than the models fundamentalists and relativists towards which we are dangerously avvicinando.06/11/2005
