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Spiritual Halloween. What’s the Real Meaning of All Hallows Eve?
With just a short stroll through any grocery store in October, you’ll be quick to realize what one of the main icons of Halloween has become: candy!
I’m not going to lie; growing up, dressing up in costume and collecting free candy from everyone in the neighborhood made Halloween one of my favorite holidays.
But in addition to candy, costumes, spooky fun, and ghoulish decorations, I bet you’ve sensed or felt deep down that spiritually, on Halloween, there’s something more!
Maybe that’s why you’re here reading this now…
And you’re right!
There is a deeper spiritual significance that underlies the mainstream fascination with Halloween, largely revolved around trick-or-treating, haunted houses, Halloween costumes, and spooky fun.
So what is the true spiritual meaning of Halloween?
A great way to find the spiritual meaning of Halloween is by looking at the origin of the holiday.
Halloween’s origin is Samhain.
Halloween’s origins can be traced back to the ancient Celts, who celebrated Samhain (pronounced sow-in).
Samhain was the final harvest festival of the season, celebrated at the exact point between the Fall Equinox and Winter Solstice (right around October 31st).
Samhain marked the end of the growing season—the entrance into the winter months. People viewed Samhain as a significant shift in the annual cycle, symbolizing the life, death, and rebirth cycle.
In the wheel of the year cycle, Samhain was the time of death.
This is the season when trees shed their leaves, animals transition into hibernation, and the days become shorter and colder.
Samhain was a celebration of the ending or death of a cycle and entrance into the inwardly focused period of rest and stillness that is winter.
It was a celebration of darkness. And I don’t mean darkness as in “evil,” but rather a darkness that represents the unknown, the void, the subconscious mind, the realm of intuition, and all we cannot logically see or comprehend.
It was also believed that Samhain was a time when the veil between the worlds of the living and the afterlife was thin.
The ancient Celts tapped into this energy with rituals to celebrate death, to honor those in the afterlife, and to gain insight into the darker hidden realms of existence.
Their belief was that in integrating and accepting the darkness, the knowledge and power of the light were also renewed.
The spiritual significance of Halloween today.
Now that you know the earliest history of Halloween, I want to share a little perspective on how you can add a spiritual twist to your Halloween celebrations today.
Halloween celebrates the end of a cycle and the death of what has been, making it a powerful time to honor and release what has passed from your life.
Release and let go!
The time around Halloween is a perfect opportunity to release and let go!
Consciously make an effort to let go of lower emotions and energies tied to past situations, thoughts, and patterns.
Take some time to cleanse your energy with a salt bath, a cleansing meditation, or just by consciously cleansing it with light and returning it to love.
Letting go also includes taking the time to honor and release all that you have achieved in the past year.
Just as trees model this for us by losing their leaves, you too can shed and let go of all that has been, allowing what has been completed to die and fall away. You tap into the power of the cycles of life and the opportunity to make way for new creative possibilities and opportunities to appear.
Connect with the Realms of Spirit.
Since Halloween is a time in which the spirit world is more active and the veil between realms is thin, it’s a perfect time to consciously tune into the realms of spirit too.
This could be a way of honoring your ancestors and loved ones in spirit. Seek guidance from your departed loved ones, or just heighten your intuition and tune your natural psychic abilities so you can connect with the guidance and insight of your guides and angels.
Halloween and psychic protection.
Because Halloween is a time in which the veils are thin and many celebrate the holiday without awareness, it’s a good idea to consciously keep your energy clear and protected, which is simple to do with a bit of awareness, love, and light.
Attending a Halloween party, watching a scary movie, visiting a haunted house, or being in an environment that generates and summons fear energies or where individuals are concentrating on the darker spiritual realms is particularly crucial.
I do want to make one thing perfectly clear: Halloween is not a holiday to be feared!
It’s wise to put in a little extra effort to release what no longer serves, honor your intuition, and recognize the incredible life that exists beyond our physical perception.
I see Halloween as a wonderful opportunity to welcome the unknown, reflect, release, and bring a little extra magic and intuition into everyday life.
Perhaps this year, as you take your kids trick-or-treating or distribute candy in your neighborhood, you’ll keep the following in mind:
Death is no barrier to love, and as the wheel of life turns and death appears, it is just paving the way for the next cycle of rebirth, where we’re reset into an experience that’s entirely new.
Happy Halloween!
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