There are a number of religious groups who would have people beleive that Halloween is a celebration of Evil. They would tell us that Halloween stems from dark pagan traditions that commemorate all things wicked and vile.
They are not seeing the truth of what lays behind Halloween.
Halloween is indeed a celebration, but not "of" Evil, rather our triumph over Evil.
It is within human nature to mock that which we master. When we have found ourselves to be in a position to stride casually through the dark places in the image of what we see as Evil and fearsome, it is our dominance over Evil and fear that we are wearing for all to see.
If it is not mastery of Evil itself, then it is mastery of our fear of Evil we demonstrate. For it is that fear that has more hold over us than Evil itself. It is through fear we bind ourselves, we find ourselves unable to speak, to take action. It is the fear that paralyzes us and stops us from moving against the Evil that induces that fear.
When we master our fear, conquer our fear, we are well on our way to mastering Evil. If Evil cannot stop us, cannot freeze us or quiet us, then what chance has it against us? None.
Halloween is a time for us to show all the world, we have mastered our fear and face it on it's own terms, wearing even it's own face. Halloween is a time triumphant. A time of defeating the monsters and the ghosts and goblins that would try to take our very souls, would we let them.
So, we celebrate Halloween, we celebrate our victory over Evil and fear. We dance and prance about, in the most ghoulish costumes and garish figures. Rushing bravely into the dark night, ready to out-scare the creepiest creatures we may see.
We celebrate Halloween.
Friday, October 30, 2009
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