Comments on: Halloween: One Day for Darkness http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/10/29/halloween-one-day-for-darkness/ What's blowin' up the blogosphere? Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:07:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: about marion jones http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/10/29/halloween-one-day-for-darkness/#comment-121 about marion jones Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:12:14 +0000 http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/10/29/halloween-one-day-for-darkness/#comment-121 <strong>about marion jones...</strong> I Googled for something completely different, but found your page...and have to say thanks. nice read.... about marion jones…

I Googled for something completely different, but found your page…and have to say thanks. nice read….

]]> By: Melina http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/10/29/halloween-one-day-for-darkness/#comment-76 Melina Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:01:25 +0000 http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/10/29/halloween-one-day-for-darkness/#comment-76 very interesting. i'm adding in RSS Reader very interesting. i’m adding in RSS Reader

]]> By: Judy Pigott http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/10/29/halloween-one-day-for-darkness/#comment-40 Judy Pigott Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:08:55 +0000 http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/10/29/halloween-one-day-for-darkness/#comment-40 OK - so it's been 10 days and I'm just now reading the Halloween piece. But my pumpkin is still on the porch waiting to be cooked in to the makings for Thanksgiving pumpkin pie. I loved the writing about taking a time to face evil (even that which is hidden behind a mask) and de-demonize it by "taking the candy & running". Keep writing! OK - so it’s been 10 days and I’m just now reading the Halloween piece. But my pumpkin is still on the porch waiting to be cooked in to the makings for Thanksgiving pumpkin pie. I loved the writing about taking a time to face evil (even that which is hidden behind a mask) and de-demonize it by “taking the candy & running”. Keep writing!

]]> By: shirley lack http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/10/29/halloween-one-day-for-darkness/#comment-28 shirley lack Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:22:48 +0000 http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/10/29/halloween-one-day-for-darkness/#comment-28 This is an interesting story. Holloween should be a time to release your inner demons and get on with making this a better world. Keep writing! This is an interesting story. Holloween should be a time to release your inner demons and get on with making this a better world. Keep writing!

]]> By: Buzz.Yovia » Blog Archive » Hollywood Writer Strike? Daily Assignment http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/10/29/halloween-one-day-for-darkness/#comment-21 Buzz.Yovia » Blog Archive » Hollywood Writer Strike? Daily Assignment Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:28:04 +0000 http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/10/29/halloween-one-day-for-darkness/#comment-21 [...] Halloween: One Day for Darkness [...] […] Halloween: One Day for Darkness […]

]]> By: Wilma http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/10/29/halloween-one-day-for-darkness/#comment-17 Wilma Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:44:47 +0000 http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/10/29/halloween-one-day-for-darkness/#comment-17 According to Wikipedia, "The Festival of Halloween is a celebration of the end of the fertile period of the Celtic Goddess Eiseria. It is said that when Eiseria reaches the end of her fertile cycle the worlds of the dead and the living interlap. This happens on October 31. Masks are worn to show respect for the Goddess Eiseria who, like most Celtic deities, does not wish to be seen with human eyes. The day also preceeds All saints day, which was at first the celebration of the start of a new cycle of fertility for the celtic Goddess Eiseria. Couples incapable of producing children thus tried their luck on All saints day." I love looking for the origins of current practices and this one does not disappoint. It seems that the early version of Halloween has nothing to do with devil worship or worship of evil spirits at all. As with most celebrations, however, this one is what you make of it. According to Wikipedia, “The Festival of Halloween is a celebration of the end of the fertile period of the Celtic Goddess Eiseria. It is said that when Eiseria reaches the end of her fertile cycle the worlds of the dead and the living interlap. This happens on October 31. Masks are worn to show respect for the Goddess Eiseria who, like most Celtic deities, does not wish to be seen with human eyes. The day also preceeds All saints day, which was at first the celebration of the start of a new cycle of fertility for the celtic Goddess Eiseria. Couples incapable of producing children thus tried their luck on All saints day.”
I love looking for the origins of current practices and this one does not disappoint. It seems that the early version of Halloween has nothing to do with devil worship or worship of evil spirits at all. As with most celebrations, however, this one is what you make of it.

]]> By: Richie M http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/10/29/halloween-one-day-for-darkness/#comment-14 Richie M Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:25:16 +0000 http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/10/29/halloween-one-day-for-darkness/#comment-14 I love the story. Keep writing. I love the story. Keep writing.

]]> By: Mary (author) http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/10/29/halloween-one-day-for-darkness/#comment-13 Mary (author) Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:35:52 +0000 http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/10/29/halloween-one-day-for-darkness/#comment-13 Halloween is about exorcism, not worship. Exorcism seeks to drive out, worship seeks to bring close. Halloween frees us from the evil spirits by saying "Ooooh, you scary thing, take the treat and run." There are rituals to call evil closer, but Halloween is not one of them. Halloween is about exorcism, not worship. Exorcism seeks to drive out, worship seeks to bring close. Halloween frees us from the evil spirits by saying “Ooooh, you scary thing, take the treat and run.” There are rituals to call evil closer, but Halloween is not one of them.

]]> By: jeff http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/10/29/halloween-one-day-for-darkness/#comment-12 jeff Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:20:53 +0000 http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/10/29/halloween-one-day-for-darkness/#comment-12 Interesting point-of-view. Halloween is about worshipping the evil spirits. There is only good and evil. And both exist at the same time. Interesting point-of-view. Halloween is about worshipping the evil spirits. There is only good and evil. And both exist at the same time.

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