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Why Celebrating Halloween Is Dangerous

1:00PM EDT 10/31/2013 Kimberly Daniels

Halloween—Oct. 31—is considered a holiday in the United States. In fact, it rivals Christmas

with regard to how widely celebrated it is. Stores that sell only Halloween-related paraphernalia

open up a few months before the day and close shortly after it ends. But is Halloween a holiday

Christians should observe?

The word holiday means "holy day." But there is nothing holy about Halloween. The root word

of Halloween is hallow, which means "holy, consecrated and set apart for service." If this

holiday is hallowed, whose service is it set apart for? The answer to that question is very easy—

Lucifer's!

Lucifer is a part of the demonic godhead. Remember, everything God has, the devil has a

counterfeit. Halloween is a counterfeit holy day that is dedicated to celebrating the demonic

trinity of the Luciferian spirit (the false Father), the Antichrist spirit (the false Holy Spirit) and

the spirit of Belial (the false Son).

The key word in discussing Halloween is dedicated. It is dedicated to darkness and is an

accursed season. During Halloween, time-released curses are always loosed. A time-released

curse is a period that has been set aside to release demonic activity and to ensnare souls in great

measure.

You may ask, "Doesn't God have more power than the devil?" Yes, but He has given that power

to us. If we do not walk in it, we will become the devil's prey. Witchcraft works through dirty

hearts and wrong spirits.

During this period, demons are assigned against those who participate in the rituals and

festivities. These demons are automatically drawn to the fetishes that open doors for them to

come into the lives of human beings. For example, most of the candy sold during this season has

been dedicated and prayed over by witches.

I do not buy candy during the Halloween season. Curses are sent through the tricks and treats of

the innocent, whether they get it by going door to door or by purchasing it from the local grocery

store. The demons cannot tell the difference.

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Even the colors of Halloween (orange, brown and dark red) are dedicated. These colors are

connected to the fall equinox, which is around the 20th or 21st of September each year and is

sometimes called "Mabon." During this season, witches are celebrating the changing of the

seasons from summer to fall. They give praise to the gods for the demonic harvest. They pray to

the gods of the elements (air, fire, water and earth).

Mother Earth is highly celebrated during the fall demonic harvest. Witches praise Mother Earth

by bringing her fruits, nuts and herbs. Demons are loosed during these acts of worship. When

nice church folk lay out their pumpkins on the church lawn, fill their baskets with nuts and herbs,

and fire up their bonfires, the demons get busy. They have no respect for the church grounds.

They respect only the sacrifice and do not care if it comes from believers or nonbelievers.

Gathering around bonfires is a common practice in pagan worship. As I remember, the bonfires I

attended during homecoming week when I was in high school were always in the fall. I am

amazed at how we ignorantly participate in pagan, occult rituals.

The gods of harvest the witches worship during their fall festivals are the Corn King and the

Harvest Lord. The devil is too stupid to understand that Jesus is the Lord of the harvest 365 days

a year. But we cannot be ignorant of the devices of the enemy. When we pray, we bind the

powers of the strong men that people involved in the occult worship.

Halloween is much more than a holiday filled with fun and tricks or treats. It is a time for the

gathering of evil that masquerades behind the fictitious characters of Dracula, werewolves,

mummies and witches on brooms. The truth is that these demons that have been presented as

scary cartoons actually exist. I have prayed for witches who are addicted to drinking blood and

howling at the moon.

While the lukewarm and ignorant think of these customs as just harmless fun, the vortexes of

hell release new assignments against souls. Witches take pride in laughing at the ignorance of

natural men (those who ignore the spirit realm).

Decorating buildings with Halloween scenes, dressing up for parties, going door to door for

candy, standing around bonfires and highlighting pumpkin patches are all acts rooted in

entertaining familiar spirits. All these activities are demonic and have occult roots.

The word occult means "secret." The danger of Halloween is not in the scary things we see but

in the secret, wicked, cruel activities that go on behind the scenes. These activities include:

Sex with demons

Orgies between animals and humans

Animal and human sacrifices

Sacrificing babies to shed innocent blood

Rape and molestation of adults, children and babies

Revel nights

Conjuring of demons and casting of spells

Release of time-released curses against the innocent and the ignorant

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Another abomination that goes on behind the scenes of Halloween is necromancy, or

communication with the dead. Séances and contact with spirit guides are very popular on

Halloween, so there is a lot of darkness lurking in the air.

However, Ephesians 1:19-21 speaks of the authority of the believer and the exceeding greatness

of God's power in us (the same power that raised Christ from the dead). The passage goes on to

say Jesus is seated in heavenly places far above all principalities, power, might, dominions and

every name that is named. The good news is that because we are seated in heavenly places with

Jesus, the same demonic activity that is under His feet is under our feet too!

People who worship the devil continue to attempt to lift him up. But he has already been cast

out and down! Many are blinded to this fact, but the day will come when all will know he has

been defeated once and for all.

When we accept Jesus but refuse to renounce Satan and his practices, we are neither hot nor cold

but lukewarm—and the Word says God will spit us out of His mouth. The problem with

lukewarm is that it attempts to mix the things of the devil with the things of God. It is God's

desire that we serve Him alone.

Second Corinthians 6:15 asks the question, "And what agreement has Christ with Belial?" As

believers, we need to answer that question in our hearts. We must avoid the very appearance of

evil. I would not want a demon spirit to mistake me for an occult worshipper.

There is no doubt in my heart that God is not calling us to replace fall festivals and Halloween

activities; rather, He wants us to utterly destroy the deeds of this season. If you or your family

members have opened the door to any curses that are released during the demonic fall festivals,

renounce them and repent. I already have. Then declare with me: "As for me and my house, we

will serve the Lord!"

Kimberly Daniels is a sought-after conference speaker and preacher. She is the founder of

Kimberly Daniels Ministries International (kimberlydaniels.com), Spoken Word Ministries—the

church she pastors in Jacksonville, Fla., with her husband, Ardell—A Child of the King Learning

Center and Word Bible College. Kim is a recognized prophetic voice as well as the author of

several books, including Prayers That Bring Change.

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For Wiccans, Halloween can be a real witching!

By Daniel Burke, Belief Blog Co-editor

(CNN) - Like lots of people, when October 31 rolls around, Trey Capnerhurst dons a pointy hat

and doles out candy to children who darken the door of her cottage in Alberta.

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Capnerhurst says she’s a real, flesh-and-blood witch, and Halloween stereotypes of witches as

broom-riding hags drive her a bit batty.

“Witches are not fictional creatures,” the 45-year-old wrote in a recent article on WitchVox.com.

“We are not werewolves or Frankenstein monsters. We do not have green skin, and only some of

us have warts.”

Warts or not, many witches look forward to this day when witchcraft is front and center and no

one looks askance at big black hats. Others complain, however, that the holiday reinforces

negative stereotypes of witches as evil outliers who boil children in black cauldrons.

“Unless one actually is a witch, dressing up as stereotypical witches is bigotry,” Capnerhurst

said.

In June, the wife and mother of two started her own church for “traditional” witches called Disir,

an old Norse word meaning “matron deities,” she says.

(Capnerhurst draws a distinction between “traditional” witches, like her, who were born into the

religion, and Wiccans, most of whom are converts.)

Most Wiccans identify as witches, and they form the largest branch of the burgeoning neo-pagan

movement, said Helen A. Berger, a sociologist who specializes in the study of contemporary

Paganism and witchcraft at Brandeis University.

A 2008 survey counted about 342,000 Wiccans in the United States and nearly as many who

identify simply as “pagans,” a significant increase from the last American Religious

Identification Survey, taken in 2001.

Three-quarters of American Wiccans are women, according to Berger.

“It’s harder to train male Wiccans,” Capnerhurst said with a cheery sigh. “Most men just aren’t

going to sweep the kitchen and think about sweeping out the bad energy.”

The faith is fiercely individualistic. Although there are umbrella groups like Wisconsin-based

Circle Sanctuary, most Wiccans practice their own blends of witchcraft.

After centuries of persecution in Europe and colonial America, modern witches still bear a sharp

suspicion of authority. The rede, or ethical statement at the core of Wicca, is: Harm none and do

as you will.

Despite the rising popularity of their faith, many Wiccans remain “in the broom closet,” fearful

of losing their jobs, their families or their reputations, said Berger and other experts.

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Trey Capnerhurst in her traditional witch garb.

Capnerhurst said she was “outed” in 2005 while running as the Green Party’s candidate for local

office. A reporter noted the pentacle - a five-pointed star often mistaken as a satanic symbol -

hanging around her neck.

“I kind of became the poster girl for paganism,” Capnerhurst said.

But the notoriety came at a cost.

Neighbors have threatened to burn down the house she shares with her family, Capnerhurst says.

She’s lost jobs.

Raising her 12-year-old daughter, Maenwen, as a witch is not easy either, Capnerhurst says,

especially around this time of year, when just about every classroom turns into a coven of

construction-paper crones and black cats.

In the United States, Circle Sanctuary has founded the Lady Liberty League to advocate for

Wiccans' religious freedom and to fight discrimination.

Witches see Halloween as a treat, not a trick.

“Considering that I usually slap on a pointy hat at this time of year (and I have a black cat too),

I’m fine with the image of the Halloween witch,” wrote Jen McConnel, a poet, novelist and

Wiccan from North Carolina, in an e-mail.

“Even though the word ‘witch ‘ is loaded, I have embraced it,” McConnel said, “but it is only

one of many hats I wear (pun intended).”

McConnel says she enjoys the yearly confluence of Halloween or Samhain, an ancient Celtic

festival that celebrates the end of the harvest and coming darkness.

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It’s a time when the veil between the living and the dead grows thin, according to Wiccan

theology, and spirits can easily cross the divide.

Many Wiccans hold “dumb suppers,” to which they invite deceased ancestors, making sure to

prepare their favorite foods, said Jeanet Lewis, a witch who lives in Northern Virginia.

“It’s a meditative, silent meal,” Lewis said.

Other witches on this most hallowed night for Wiccan practitioners light memorial candles and

cast spells for the new year.

According to some historians, at this time of year, as the days grow darker, ancient Celts would

don costumes to disguise themselves should an unfriendly being from the spirit world wish to do

them harm. Some would dress as a demon, a goblin, or the dead, while others don costumes of

kings and princesses to trick the evil spirits.

Capnerhurst sees the children who come to her door on October 31 as a re-enactment of that

ritual.

“I’m doing my ritual, and as they get candy, I cast my spells of good luck upon them ,” she said.

“Everybody wins!”

And even though she bristles at the thought that some neighbors might abhor her religion,

Capnerhurst tries to take it all in good cheer.

As October 31 approaches each year, she places a sign on her lawn that reads, "This House

Practices Safe Hex."

Daniel Burke - CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor

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If a Druid Rings the Doorbell

By MICHAEL TORTORELLO

Published: October 30, 2013

How will you be celebrating Samhain this year? What’s that? You say you won’t be observing

the high Druid holiday of the ancient Celts? With all due respect, you’re probably wrong and you

probably will.

“Samhain is Halloween; Halloween is Samhain,” said Ellen Evert Hopman, 61, an author, and

Druid priestess and scholar. Irish monks, by most accounts, co-opted the earthy ritual and recast

it with strait-laced saints. But the bones of the holiday wouldn’t stay buried, and before long they

were reenacting the original rites of Samhain.

The first historical record of Samhain, an engraved bronze calendar found in Coligny, France,

dates to the first century B.C. “There have been people celebrating Samhain in Europe for

thousands of years. It never ended. Now it’s coming back with a vengeance, as more and more

people turn back to the old ways to honor the Earth.”

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The holiday shares its DNA with Halloween. Samhain is magical and very serious; where

Halloween is sometimes treated as juvenile, But Samhain is very much adult. You may celebrate

Halloween by nibbling on candy or Samhain by pouring whiskey over a bonfire, but to the

serious practitioners it is one and the same.

CedarLight Grove celebrates in its parsonage and prayer garden. This house of worship is a

clapboard fourplex on a residential street in northeastern Baltimore. Out in the yard, the Druids

will circle around their World Tree, a green ash that connects the underworld, the heavens and

the mortal realm. The officiants will make offerings at the “well” (here, an enamel bowl: the last

thing the yard needs is a mosquito pond). And they will recite bardic tales around the fire.

The service, which is open to the public, will invoke a pantheon of deities with names like the

Morrigan (the corpse-picking queen of the battlefield) and the Dagda (her erstwhile mate, the all-

father). For their religious garments, the Druids are shooting for a Southern steampunk look,

inspired by the band Delta Rae.

Samhain is probably the most popular of the eight annual Druid festivals, said Taryn Lyon, 27,

the grove’s “scribe” and a member of the witan, or vestry. “Just like there are Christmas

Christians, there are Samhain Druids and pagans,” Halloween being our most holy festival, she

said.

How many folks will spend the next few days and nights worshiping the old gods? The 2008

American Religious Identification Survey put the number of American Druids at 29,000. But

then, many Druids connect with the practice of paganism, and the survey counted 340,000 souls

in this category. Add another 342,000 wiccans (fellow travelers), and Samhain starts to look like

a pretty big party. Of course, that number would swell if you were to include the ancestors who

have passed on — and Druids do, especially in this liminal season.

These days, Samhain (pronounced SOW-in) begins just before dark on October 31st. The old

Celtic calendar seemingly cleaved the year into two seasons, the dark half and the light. This was

a harvest festival, then, and perhaps a New Year’s revel as well.

Ms. Hopman said: “It’s the time of year when everything is dying back, the vegetation is dying

back. There’s a lot of death going on.”

She continued: “It’s a time of chaos. And when things break down like that, that’s when the

spirit world can bleed through more easily.”

The holiday is one of the occasions when Ms. Hopman expects to encounter the fairies who

share her wooded backyard, an oak forest of some 25 acres on a mountaintop near Amherst,

Mass. On Samhain, a few members of her small Druid grove, Tribe of Oak, will proceed through

the trees to a Colonial bridge above a stream, and then to a natural stone circle. It’s two-way

traffic, as the path is also a kind of fairy “superhighway,” she said. Some friends have sighted

them, and “I’ve heard them singing.”

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Ms. Hopman keeps an altar on the west lawn of her bucolic house. (Or maybe a better word to

describe it is primitive: “The house that I live in used to be a chicken coop and a pigsty,” she

said.) “I’ll put food out for them as a treat,” she said of her magical guests from the Sidhe realm

— that is, the otherworld or the fairy kingdom. “On Samhain, that’s very traditional.”

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Samhain

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the Celtic holiday Samhain (Halloween).

Samhain (pronounced /ˈsɑːwɪn/ SAH-win or /ˈsaʊ.ɪn/ SOW-in)[1]

is a Gaelic festival marking the

end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the "darker half" of the year. It is

celebrated from sunset on 31 October.

Samhain is mentioned in some of the earliest Irish literature and important events in Irish

mythology happen or begin on Samhain. As at Beltane, special bonfires were lit. These were

deemed to have protective and cleansing powers and there were rituals involving them.[2]

Samhain (like Beltane) was seen as a liminal time, when the spirits or fairies (the Aos Sí) could

more easily come into our world.

Most scholars see the Aos Sí as remnants of the pagan gods and nature spirits. It was believed

that the Aos Sí needed to be propitiated to ensure that the people and their livestock survived the

winter.

Offerings of food and drink were left for the spirits of the dead, or the night when evil spirits

roamed more freely. The souls of the dead were believed to revisit their homes. Feasts were had,

at which the souls of dead kin were beckoned to attend and a place set at the table for them.

Mumming and guising were part of the festival, and involved people going door-to-door in

costume (or in disguise). The costumes were considered a way of imitating, or disguising oneself

from, the Aos Sí.

Divination rituals were also a big part of the festival and often involved nuts and apples. In the

late 19th century, Sir John Rhys and Sir James Frazer suggested that it was the "Celtic New

Year", and this view has been repeated by some other scholars.[3]

In the 9th century, the Roman Catholic Church shifted the date of All Saints' Day to 1

November. Over time, Samhain and All Saints'/All Souls' merged into one festival creating the

modern Halloween.[4]

Historians have used the name 'Samhain' to refer to Gaelic 'Halloween'

customs up until the 19th century.[5]

Over time, the night of 31 October came to be called All Hallows' Eve (or All Hallows' Even).

Samhain strongly influencing All Hallows' Eve as the two eventually morphed into the secular

holiday known as Halloween.