I spent yesterday polishing a short story for a halloween competition.
So busy,, mostly trying to get a computer to sort the fee requirements out.
If there's a real monster on the loose at Halloween it's this one.
The Great internet wen.
Halloween, All Soul's eve, or Hallows Eve,
There is a three day observance, called Allhallowstide afterwards,
so the sprites, goblins, witches, forces if darkness like the demons,
Ghosts, all the other wonderful denizens of our shadow worlds are thronging
to get their rites in, and seduce as many followers ss possible
into their arcane worship.
Jack o' lanterns may be more recent symbols,
but halloween masks go right the way back to the pagan
origins of the festival.
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| A "pagan" mask used at the period of Halloween in ireland. |
What then would its origin be? When Christianity swept into England,
it rather cleverly built its observances around the sacred places
and mystical customs of the indigenous peoples.
Samhain, "summer's end,
How do we draw in supernatural beings?
Dress up, light bonfires, and play all those riotous games
so beloved by the "fairies", - call them the Good People - carousing,
strange rites, mummery, wassailing...
Fun, games, sexual romps and lots of alcohol..
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