Samhain

The fields are bare, the leaves have fallen from the trees, and the skies are beginning to turn gray and cold. It is the time of year when earths emanations seem to die, at least symbolically and lay dormant. the gardens and fields are brown and dead. The nights are getting longer, animals retreat from view , and there's a chill in the air, and all about know winter is coming . For more ancient peoples thousands of years ago , the changing seasonal events such as the one described, was allot more meaningful and impactful that it ever could be understood by more modern humans... such tribal like societies were dependent on food storage, maintaining livestock, and safe and securely adequate shelter , once the deathly grip of winter set in and strangled the life force out of the land , the unprepared and exposed would surely perish , the festival that was marked this particular shifting was known to the ancient celts and Samhain as it happened this reverence, and the other similarly correspondingly important events observed in their annual cycle set in motion a calendrical set of traditions that were passed down to following generations in the hopes that the society might follow them to be able to not only to survive but thrive .. it is uncertain how exactly these traditions and their very real astronomical associations became known to various peoples , even across geography and time and even defying language barriers , but none the less they were certainly in play and an integral part of not only physical life of an ancient people but a spiritual as well, join us on thought rebellion today where we examine some of the lesser known origins of samhain and reveal whats behind some of the better known traditions around both superstition and the sacred , to hopefully gain a greater understanding of the modern day holiday that endures from an ancient past , known today as halloween