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You may not understand that
you are ordering your year after pagan holidays, but you
are. The annual calendar for the entire Western world is
ordered by these Satanic festival times and days.
Galatians 4:8-10 Howbeit
then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which
by nature are no gods. But now, after that ye have
known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to
the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to
be in bondage? Ye observe days, and months, and
times, and years.
Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the
LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which
your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the
gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my
house, we will serve the LORD.
Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either
he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to
the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Exodus 23:32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them,
nor with their gods.
Exodus 23:33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest
they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will
surely be a snare unto thee.
2 Corinthians 6:15-17 And what concord hath Christ
with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the
temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them,
and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my
people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye
separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I
will receive you,
source:
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The occult calendar is comprised of four periods of 13 weeks each.
1.
Winter Solstice -- 13 weeks -- Minor sabbath
a. December 21 -- Yule
b. December 21-22 -- Winter
Solstice/Yule. One of the Illuminati's Human Sacrifice
Nights
c. February 1 and 2 --
Candlemas and Imbolg, a.k.a. Groundhog's Day. One of the
Illuminati's Human Sacrifice Nights
d. February 14 -- Valentine's
Day
2.
Spring Equinox -- 13 weeks -- Minor sabbath but
does require human sacrifice
a. March 21-22 -- Goddess
Ostara -- Note: Easter is the first Sunday after the first
new moon after Ostara. March 21 is one of the Illuminati's
Human Sacrifice Nights
b. April 1 -- All Fool's Day,
precisely 13 weeks since New Year's Day!
c. April 19 - May 1 -- Blood
Sacrifice To The Beast. Fire sacrifice is required on April
19.
d. April 30 - May 1 --
Beltaine Festival, also called Walpurgis Night. This is the
highest day on the Druidic Witch's Calendar. May 1 is the
Illuminati's second most sacred holiday. Human sacrifice is
required
3.
Summer Solstice -- 13 weeks -- When the sun
reaches its northernmost point in its journey across the sky
a. June 21 - 22 -- Summer
Solstice
b. June 21 - Litha is one of
the Illuminati's Human Sacrifice Nights
c. July 4, America's
Independence Day, is 13 days after Day of Litha and 66 days
from April 30
d. July 19 -- 13 days before
Lughnasa
e. July 31 - August 1 --
Lughnasa, Great Sabbat Festival. August -- One of the
Illuminati's Human Sacrifice Nights
4.
Autumnal Equinox -- 13 weeks -- Minor Sabbath but
does require human sacrifice
a. September 21 - Mabon --
one of the Illuminati's Human Sacrifice Nights
b. September 21 -22 --
Autumnal Equinox
c. October 31 -- Samhain,
also known as Halloween, or All Hallows Eve. This date is
the Illuminati's highest day of human sacrifice
SPECIFIC DATES
WITHIN THE OCCULT CALENDAR
1. Winter
Solstice -- 13 weeks
a.
December 21- 22 -- Yule -- When the sun begins its
northward trek in the sky, and days began to grow longer again,
pagans celebrated the Winter Solstice by burning the Yule log.
Since the sun had reversed itself and was now rising in the sky,
pagans believed this was a sign that the human sacrifices
carried out in Samhain (Halloween) had been accepted by the
gods.
We continue to sing: "Deck
the halls with boughs of holly ... troll the ancient Yuletide
carol ... See the blazing Yule before us. Fa la la la la la la
la." ["Pagan
Traditions of the Holidays", David
Ingraham, p. 71]
The Roman Catholic Church later
changed the day of celebration to December 25, calling it
Christmas.
Consider the pagan roots of our
popular symbols of Christmas:
(1) Christmas Tree -- The
sacred tree of the winter-god; Druids believed the spirit of
their gods resided in the tree. Most ancient pagans knew the
tree represented Nimrod reincarnated into Tammuz! Pagans also
looked upon the tree as a phallic symbol.
(2) Star -- Pentalpha, the
five-pointed star. The pentalpha is a powerful symbol of Satan,
second only to the hexagram. The star is the sacred symbol of
Nimrod, and has nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity.
(3) Candles represent the
sun-gods' newly-born fire. Pagans the world over love and use
candles in their rituals and ceremonies. Certain colors are also
thought to represent specific powers. The extensive use of
candles is usually a very good indication that the service is
pagan, no matter what the outward trappings might be.
(4) Mistletoe is the
sacred plant of the Druids, symbolizing pagan blessings of
fertility; thus, kissing under the mistletoe is the first step
in the reproductive cycle! Witches also use the white berries in
potions.
(5) Wreaths are circular,
and so they represent the female sexual organs. Wreaths are
associated with fertility and the "circle of life".
(6) Santa Claus --
Former Satanists have told me that "Santa" is an anagram for
"Satan". In the New Age, the god, "Sanat Kamura", is most
definitely an anagram for "Satan". The mythical attributes and
powers ascribed to Santa are eerily close to those possessed by
Jesus Christ. We have written a perennial favorite article
describing these similarities,
NEWS1132. We encourage
to read this article, for you will see that our popular
tradition of Santa Clause has spiritually replaced Jesus Christ!
(7) Reindeer are horned
animals representing the "horned-god" or the "stag-god" of pagan
religion! Santa's traditional number of reindeer in his team is
eight (8); in Satanic gematria, eight is the number of "new
beginnings", or the cycle of reincarnation. The Illuminati views
the number "eight" as a symbol of their New World Order.
(8) Elves are imp-like
creatures who are Santa's (Satan's) little helpers. They are
also demons.
(9) Green and Red are the
traditional colors of the season, as they are the traditional
pagan colors of winter. Green is Satan's favorite color, so it
is appropriate it should be one of the traditional colors for
Christmas; red is the color of human blood, Satan's highest form
of sacrifice -- for this reason, Communism adopted red as it
main color!
(10) December 25 is known
as the "nativity" of the sun. This date is the birthday of
Tammuz, the son, the reincarnation of the sun god.
Traditionally, December 21 is known as Yule. The Roman Catholic
Church moved the celebration of Yule to December 25.
(11) December 25 is also
known to the Romans as "Saturnalia", a time of deliberate
debauchery. Drinking through repeated toasting -- known as
'wassail' -- was a key to the debauchery of this celebration.
Fornication was symbolized by the mistletoe, and the entire
event was finished with a Great Feast, the Christmas Dinner.
(12) Even the name,
"Christmas" is pagan! "Christi" meant "Christ", while "Mas"
meant Mass. Since all pagan Masses are commemorating "death",
the name, "Christmas" literally means the "death of Christ". A
deeper meaning lies in the mention of "Christ" without
specifying Jesus. Thus, Antichrist is in view here; the pagans
celebrate "Christmas" as a celebration of their coming
Antichrist, who will deal a death blow to the Jesus Christ of
Christianity.
Early American Christian Pilgrims
refused to celebrate this day.
b.
February 1 and 2 -- Candlemas and Imbolg, popularly called
Groundhog's Day. The popular "Punxsutawney Phil"
groundhog comes out of his burrow to divine the next few weeks
of weather. If he sees his shadow, we will have 6 more weeks of
bad weather until Spring finally arrives; if he does not see his
shadow, the next 7 weeks before Spring will be good weather.
Notice this pagan tradition features both the number '6' and
'7', which when added, equals '13'.
What most people do not realize
is that the pagan view of Groundhog's Day (Imbolg) represents
the Earth Mother. Consider these uncanny parallels between the
Groundhog and the Earth Mother:
1. As the Earth goddess
sleeps inside the earth during the winter season, so does
the Groundhog
2. Both the Earth goddess and
the Groundhog bridge the two time periods: Winter and Spring
3. Both the goddess and the
Groundhog are "earth" creatures
4. Both the goddess and the
Groundhog "awaken" in Springtime
5. Both the Earth goddess and
the Groundhog complete the "cycle of reincarnation"
6. Annually, both the Earth
goddess and the Groundhog represent the cycle of "rebirth"
and "renewal"
The name, "Groundhog" was
substituted for the Satanic name of the holiday, Imbolg, a night
requiring human sacrifice.
c.
February 14 -- Valentine's Day -- is a pagan festival
that encourages love and physical lust. It is celebrated
precisely 13 days after Imbolg, thus imprinting upon it the
number '13', Satan's number of extreme rebellion. While most
people view this day as the day to honor your wife or your
lover, this celebration is steeped in paganism
Consider the camouflaged occult
gods in Valentine's Day:
1. Cupid, the son of Venus, is
really Tammuz, son of Semiramis
2. Venus, daughter of Jupiter, is
really Semiramis herself. Jupiter is the head deity, a sun god
-- Nimrod, Semiramis' husband, is considered a sun god in the
Babylonian Mysteries.
Listen to a pagan author describe
February, the month in which Valentine's Day falls. "The name of
this month comes from the Roman goddess Februa and St. Febronia
(from Febris, the fever of love). She is the patroness of the
passion of love ... Her orgiastic rites are celebrated on 14
February -- still observed as St. Valentine's Day -- when, in
Roman times, young men would draw billets naming their female
partners ... This is a time of clear vision into other worlds,
expressed by festivals of purification. On 1 February is the
celebration of the cross-quarter day, or fire festival (Imbolc)
a purificatory festival. It is followed on the 2nd by its
Christian counterpart, Candlemas, the purification of the Virgin
Mary." ["The Pagan Book of Days", Nigel Pennick,
p. 37]
Valentine's Day is a day of
"orgiastic rites" in which the pagans encouraged the flow of
lustful passion.
2. Spring Equinox
-- 13 weeks -- Minor Sabbath but does require human sacrifice
a. March 21-22 -- Goddess Ostara
(Ishtar, also spelled, "Eostre"), for whom
"Easter" is named -- March 21
is one of the Illuminati's Human Sacrifice Nights
Easter is a shifting date using
the common practice of Astrology; it is celebrated on the first
Sunday after the first new moon after Ostara.
This date also has nothing to do
with the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ! Rather, this day
in the pagan tradition celebrates the return of Semiramis into
her reincarnated form of the Spring Goddess. The pagans even
have an equivalent to our Good Friday! It is "Easter Friday",
and has historically been timed to be the third full moon from
the start of the year. Since the marrying of pagan Easter to
Jesus' resurrection, Good Friday is permanently fixed on the
Friday prior to Easter.
Easter is steeped in the
Babylonian Mysteries, the single most evil idolatrous system
ever invented by Satan! All throughout the prophetic Scriptures,
we see God declaring His final judgment upon wicked Babylon!
Yet, every year, Christian pastors intone "Easter" as though it
were Christian. Many Independent Baptist preachers have begun
referring to this day celebrating Jesus' resurrection as
"Resurrection Sunday", in order to separate the day from the
pagan celebration.
The Babylonian goddess, Ishtar,
is the one for whom Easter is named; ["Pagan Traditions of
Holidays", p. 9] in reality, she was Semiramis, wife of
Nimrod, and the real founder of the Satanic Babylonian
Mysteries. After Nimrod died, Semiramis created the legend that
he was really her Divine Son born to her in a Virgin Birth. She
is considered to be the co-founder of all occult religions,
along with Nimrod.
Easter
-- the day of Ishtar -- is celebrated
widely among various cultures and religions on earth.
1. Babylon - Ishtar (Easter)
also called the Moon Goddess
2. Catholics -- Virgin Mary (Queen of Heaven)
3. Chinese -- Shingmoo
4. Druids -- Virgo Paritura
5. Egypt -- Isis
6. The Pagan Ephesians -- Dianna
7. Etruscans -- Nutria
8. Germans (Ancient) -- Hertha
9. Greeks -- Aphrodite/Ceres
10. India -- Isi/Indrani
11. Ancient Jews -- Ashtaroth (Queen of Heaven)
12. Krishna -- Devaki
13. Rome -- Venus/Fortuna
14. Scandinavians -- Disa
15. Sumerians -- Nana ["America's Occult Holidays", Doc
Marquis and Sam Pollard. p. 13]
The Babylonians celebrated the
day as the return of Ishtar (Easter), the goddess of Spring.
This day celebrated the rebirth, or reincarnation, of Nature and
the goddess of Nature. According to Babylonian legend, a huge
egg fell from heaven, landing in the Euphrates River. The
goddess, Ishtar (Easter) broke out of this egg. Later, the
feature of an egg nesting was introduced, a nest where the egg
could incubate until hatched. A "wicker" or reed basket was
conceived in which to place the Ishtar egg.
The Easter Egg Hunt was conceived
because, if anyone found her egg while she was being "reborn",
she would bestow a blessing upon that lucky person! Because this
was a joyous Spring festival, eggs were colored with bright
Spring colors. [Ibid.]
The Easter
Bunny
"The Goddess' totem, the
Moon-hare, would lay eggs for good children to eat ... Eostre's
hare was the shape that Celts imagined on the surface of the
full moon ...." ["Pagan Traditions of Holidays",
p. 10.] Do not bother to tell me that bunnies do not lay eggs,
for I know that; we are dealing with a legend here, and an
occult legend at that. These types of legends traditionally play
loose and fast with facts.
Thus, "Easter" -- Eostre, or
Ishtar -- was a goddess of fertility. Since the bunny is a
creature that procreates quickly, it symbolized the sexual act;
the egg symbolized "birth" and "renewal". Together, the Easter
Bunny and Easter Egg symbolizes the sex act and its offspring,
Semiramis and Tammuz.
Thus, it is a very serious
spiritual matter, indeed, when christian churches incorporate
"Resurrection Eggs" as part of their Easter celebration. At the
very least, these churches are confusing the minds of their
precious young children, by blurring the dividing line between
pagan symbols and their meanings and Christian meanings of
Resurrection Day. Young children who participated in
"Resurrection Eggs" in church will be conditioned later in their
life to accept the fullness of the pagan tradition revolving
around the same symbols.
At worst, a church participating
in the pagan Easter tradition by promoting "Resurrection Eggs"
and perhaps an Easter Egg Hunt, is guilty of combining
Christianity with paganism, the very lethal cocktail the Lord
Jesus will always reject! Remember our key verse:
"Wherefore
come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord,
and touch not the unclean thing"
If your church has "Resurrection
Eggs", that is a church you should consider leaving immediately;
if the Senior Pastor is Liberal enough to use "Resurrection
Eggs" in his Resurrection Day celebrations, he is probably
Liberal in Doctrine and Theology, but may not be far enough
along for you to see it yet.
Other Pagan
Ingredients
Easter Offerings are
derived from the tradition where the priests and priestesses
would bring offerings to the pagan temples for Easter. They
brought freshly-cut Spring flowers and candies to place on the
altar of the idol they worshipped. They would also bake Hot
Cross Buns, decorating them with crosses symbolizing the cross
of Wotan, or some other pagan god; these crosses were not
originally the cross of Jesus Christ. This is another instance
where Satan counterfeited a pagan tradition that could later be
passed off as "Christian" in a church seriously compromised by
Syncretization.
In fact, the
first instance of Hot Cross Buns can be traced back to about
1,500 BC, to Cecrops, the Founder of Athens [Marquis, p. 18] In
Old Testament celebrations in apostate Israel, we see women
angering God because they baked these type of cakes to offer
them in worship to the Queen of Heaven [Jeremiah 17:17-18]. The
footnote for this title, "Queen of Heaven" in the Amplified
Bible Commentary says, "A goddess of fertility, probably the
Babylonian title for Ishtar. She is identified with the planet,
Venus. Offerings to this goddess included cakes made in the
shape of a star." Later pagans used not just the shape of a
Pentalpha star, but also the Hot Cross Bun.
Another popular
Easter offering were freshly made or purchased clothes! The
priests would wear their best clothes, while the Vestal Virgins
would wear newly-made white dresses. They would also wear
headgear, like bonnets, while many would adorn themselves in
garlands of Spring flowers. They would carry wicker baskets
filled with foods and candies to offer to the pagan gods and
goddesses.
Easter Sunrise Services
were originated by the priest serving the Babylonian Ishtar to
symbolically hasten the reincarnation of Ishtar/Easter. Once
again, we see how Satan knew that Jesus' rising from the grave
would be discovered in the early sunrise hours, and that the
Christian Church would want to hold Sunrise Services to
celebrate. Satan and his demons know and believe God's Word and
its prophecies literally, and they are allowed a certain amount
of foreknowledge. Just as Satan counterfeited the Divine birth
of a male child to a Virgin Mother fully 1,000 years before
Jesus was actually born, so he counterfeited this Sunrise
Service.
Lent is purely pagan, and yet
has been accepted by the Roman Catholic Church and apostate
christian churches as "christian". If the church you are
attending celebrates Lent, you need to inform the Senior Pastor
of the pagan roots of this tradition; if he will not listen you
should leave that church, for if they will accept Lent as
"Christian", you can bet they are very Liberal in critical
Biblical areas as well.
Lent is a
commemoration of Tammuz' death; the legend of his death says
that he was killed by a wild boar when he was 40 years old.
Therefore, Lent celebrates 1 day for each year of Tammuz' life.
[Marquis, "America's Occult Holidays"]
Participants are to express their sorrow over Tammuz' untimely
death by weeping, fasting, and self-chastisement.
Lent was
commemorated for exactly 40 days prior to the celebration of
Ishtar/Esotre and other goddesses by the following cultures:
Babylonians, Roman Catholics, Koordistan, Mexicans, Ancient
Israel, and today, Liberal, apostate Protestant churches.
We can see God's
anger over this commemoration of Lent in Ezekiel 8:14-18; God's
judgment for this commemoration is described in Ezekiel 9, a
chapter we suggest you read carefully, for God has stated that
He will similarly punish any nation who does not "hear and obey"
His commands (Jeremiah 12:17).
b. April 1 -- All Fool's Day,
precisely 13 weeks since New Year's Day!
c. April 19 - May 1 --
Blood Sacrifice To The Beast,
a most critical 13-day period. Fire sacrifice is required on
April 19.
April 19 is the first day of the
13-day Satanic ritual day relating to fire -- the fire god,
Baal, or Molech/Nimrod (the Sun God), also known as the Roman
god, Saturn (Satan/Devil). This day is a major human sacrifice
day, demanding fire sacrifice with an emphasis on children. This
day is one of the most important human sacrifice days, and as
such, has had some very important historic events occur on this
day.
Remember, the Illuminati
considers war to be a most propitious way to sacrifice, for it
kills both children and adults.
Some of the very important
historic dates that were staged according to this blood
sacrifice day are:
(1). April 19, 1775 -- Battle of
Lexington & Concord, which made the Masonic-led Revolutionary
War inevitable
(2). April 19, 1943 -- After
trapping the last Jewish Resistance Fighters in a storm drain in
Warsaw, and holding them for several days, Nazi Storm Troopers
began to pour fire into each end of the storm drain, using
flame-throwers. They continued pouring the fire into the drain
until all fighters were dead. Blood sacrifice brought about by a
fiery conflagration.
(3) April 19, 1993 -- 50 years
later, to the day, government troops, tanks, and other military
equipment stormed the compound of David Koresh and his followers
at Waco, Texas. Certainly, this operation fulfilled the basic
requirements for a human sacrifice: trauma, fire, and young
sacrificial victims.
(4) April 19, 1995 -- Oklahoma
City bombing -- Once again, many young children were killed this
day
April 19 of any year in the 20th
Century is a day of fearful contemplation, for it seems that, as
we head into the final stretch of time, Satan is becoming more
and more bold, and is using April 19 more often.
d. April 30 - May 1 --
Beltaine Festival, also
called "Walpurgis Night". This is the highest day on the Druidic
Witch's Calendar, while May 1 is the Illuminati's second most
sacred holiday. Human sacrifice is required. Since the
celebration officially began the night before Beltaine, the
tradition has developed among occultists to celebrate Beltaine
as a 2-day ceremony. This tradition was strong enough that Adolf
Hitler decided to kill himself on April 30 at 3:30pm, thus
creating a "333" and placing his suicide sacrifice within the
Beltaine time frame.
Great bonfires are lit on the Eve
of Beltaine, April 30, in order to welcome the Earth Goddess.
Participants hope to gain favor with this goddess so she will
bless their families with procreative fertility. We find it
interesting that the Royal House of Windsor lights a Beltaine
"Balefire" every year ["America's Occult Holidays",
Doc Marquis, p. 30]
The "Maypole" originated from the
celebration of Beltaine. Since fertility is being asked of the
Earth Goddess, the Maypole is the phallic symbol and the
circular dance around the pole forms the circle that is symbolic
of the female sex organ. Four six-foot alternating red and white
ribbons were connected to the pole; the men would dance
counterclockwise, while the ladies danced clockwise. The union
of the intertwining red and white ribbons symbolized the act of
copulation -- remember, this is a "fertility" celebration day!
To demonstrate their occult,
Illuminist ties, Communists have always celebrated "May Day". If
you have not been taught how the Illuminati created Communism,
and for which purpose, you need to hear our Seminar 2, "America
Determines The Flow of History".
3. Summer Solstice --
13 weeks -- When the sun reaches its northernmost point in its
journey across the sky
a. June 21 - 22 -- Summer
Solstice
b. June 21 - Litha is one of the
Illuminati's Human Sacrifice Nights
c. July 4, America's Independence
Day, is 13 days after Day of Litha and 66 days from April 30
d. July 19 -- 13 days before
Lughnasa
e. July 31 - August 1 --
Lughnasa, Great Sabbat Festival. August -- One of the
Illuminati's Human Sacrifice Nights
4. Autumnal Equinox --
13 weeks -- Minor Sabbath but does require human sacrifice
a. September 21 - Mabon -- one of
the Illuminati's Human Sacrifice Nights
b. September 21 -22 -- Autumnal
Equinox -- From this date through Halloween, occultists believe
the veil separating the earthly dimension from the demonic realm
gets progressively thinner, with the thinnest night being
October 31; this thinning of the separating veil makes it easier
for the demonic realm to enter the earthly dimension. Thus, on
Halloween, evil spirits, ghosts, witches, hobgoblins, black
cats, fairies, and demons of all sorts were believed to be
running amok across the land. They had to be back in their
spiritual dimension before midnight, Halloween, for the
separating veil would then get thicker.
Once again, I reiterate, this is
occult belief, not mine! October is a most propitious month to
the Illuminati.
c.
October 31 -- Samhain, also known as Halloween, or
All Hallows Eve as designated by the Catholic Church. This date
is the Illuminati's highest day of human sacrifice
Halloween has been changed over
the past 30 years in two important ways. First, children have
been encouraged to participate by donning such inoffensive
costumes as Barbie, Wonder Woman, Batman and Superman. Secondly,
adult costuming and parties have reached a tremendous apex and
has become a most macabre day of celebration.
Historically, Halloween is
the deadliest holiday ever celebrated in human history. This
Satanic night is dedicated to the Celtic Lord of the Dead, also
symbolized by the Horned-god and the Stag-god. The Druids
celebrated Samhain as a 3-day fire festival, building huge
bonfires, thought to ward off demons that roamed around;
additionally, the fires provided the means by which the required
human sacrifice would be presented to the sun god. In enormous
wicker baskets, the priests caged both human and animal
sacrifices, which they then lowered into the flames. The priests
would carefully watch the manner in which the victim died in
order to predict whether the future held good or evil. ["Pagan
Traditions of the Holidays",
p. 71]
Origin of
Popular Halloween Traditions
Sweets and
Trick or Treat
This pagan practice is over 2,000
years old. For the sake of their safety and well-being, people
put outside their home sweets, the best mutton legs, vegetables,
eggs, and poultry, honey and even wine, so the wandering evil
spirits would consume them on their way back to the netherworld.
Failure to "treat" these evil spirits might result in a curse
being put on the home! The people literally believed that, when
these spirits came to your door, they would trick you if you did
not treat them.
"The American version of
Halloween came from Ireland ... The potato famine in 1840
brought thousands of immigrants from the Emerald Isle. With them
came goblins, jack-0-lanterns, bonfires, apples, nuts, and
pranks ... The Irish are also responsible for bringing trick or
treating to great popularity in America. In Ireland on October
31, peasants went from house to house to receive offerings to
their Druid god, Muck Olla. This procession stopped at each
house to tell the farmer his prosperity was due to the
benevolence of Muck Olla ... or else misfortune might befall the
farmer and his crops. Few farmers risked any such displeasure of
the pagan deity, so the procession returned home with eggs,
butter, potatoes, and in some cases, coins ... To the Irish
farmers this was no joke; they greatly feared the Celtic god
might destroy their homes and barns ... Trick or treat is part
of this pagan heritage." ["Pagan
Traditions of the Holidays".
p. 78-79].
Horrifying
Costumes
People would also take burning
wisps from the bonfire and wave them around to frighten the many
evil spirits roaming the earth; in case the burning wisp alone
would not work, revelers clothed themselves in the most hideous
and terrifying costumes. These people believed that, if you
dressed in a terrifying costume and went trooping around with
the spirits all night, they would think you were one of them and
would leave you alone. ["Halloween and Satanism",
Phil Philips, p. 26-27]
Huge
Bonfires
Satan's obsession
with fire has produced human obsession with building huge
bonfires. As we stated earlier, these bonfires were practical,
in that they provided the means by which the priests sacrificed
the human and animal sacrifices so crucial to Halloween. When
the last fires died out, people would race each other down the
hills shouting, "The Devil gets the last one down". [Philips, p.
27-28]
Divinations
Samhain
(Halloween) was also the time to engage the Devil's assistance
in divining the future. Questions concerning marriage, luck,
health, and the time of one's death were most popular subjects
of divination. In Scotland, young people assembled for games and
pulled shoots out of the ground to ascertain which of them would
marry during the coming year, and in what order the marriages
should occur.
Snap Apple Night
Apples have long been a token of
love and fertility. At Halloween parties, people bobbed for
apples in tubs of water. If a boy came up with an apple between
his teeth, he was assured of the love of his girl. The Snap
Apple game was one in which the boys delighted. Each boy, in his
turn, would spring up to attempt to bite an apple that was being
twirled on the end of a stick; the first boy to succeed would be
the first to marry.
Apple seeds were also used to
tell fortunes. Peeling an apple in one long piece was supposed
to tell a young girl about her future. The girl would swing the
apple peal three times around her head, then throw it over her
left shoulder. If the peeling fell unbroken, the girl would
examine the shape into which it fell to see if she could
ascertain the initials of her future husband!
Witch's
Familiar Spirits
Owls, bats, cats and toads are an
essential part of Halloween, and for a very good reason: they
are known as "the witch's familiars". A divining familiar was
the species of animal whose shape Satan would assume to aid the
witch in divining the future. A witch would closely watch the
animal's movements -- whether slow or fast -- and she would see
the direction in which the animal moved and the kinds of sounds
it made, in order to foretell the length of life and/or an
impending illness.
Other "familiar spirit"
shapes include hens, geese, small dogs, rats, butterflies, wasps
crickets, and snails. Witches considered these creatures to be
demon-possessed and controlled. If you look closely at most
Halloween decorations, you will see these animals, but now you
know they represent demon possessed creatures! ["Pagan
Traditions of Holidays",
p. 75-76]
Jack-O-Lantern and Trick-or-Treat
Various names for Jack-O-Lantern
were 'Lantern Men', 'Hob-O-Langer', and "Will-O-The-Wisp". The
'Lantern Men' got their name from pale eerie lights that
appeared over bogs and marshes in England. These ghostly lights,
which bobbed along like a lantern in someone's hand, were called
'Corpse Candles'.Candles were said to be signals from the souls
of men lost at sea. ["Halloween and Satanism",
Philips, p. 33-34]
Celts often hollowed out a turnip
and carved a grotesque face on it to fool demons. They carried
such lanterns to light their way in the dark and to ward off
evil spirits ... While the turnip continues to be popular in
Europe today, the pumpkin has replaced it in America. 'Jack' is
a nickname for 'John', which is a common slang word meaning
'man'. Jack-O-Lanterns literally means 'man with a lantern'.
[Pagan Traditions of the Holidays", p. 79-80]
Druid
Trick-or-Treat
The Druids originated the
practice of hollowing out the Jack-O-Lanterns and filling them
with human fat. Whenever a raiding party came to a home to
demand of the husband that someone inside be surrendered as a
human sacrifice, they would light a Jack-O-Lantern filled with
human fat; if the husband relented and provided one of his loved
ones as a sacrifice, the Druid party would leave Jack-O-Lantern
on the porch. This lantern would be tell the other raiding
parties and the demonic host that this party had surrendered a
human for sacrifice and that the remaining people inside were to
be left alone. Guaranteeing that no one else in the house would
be killed that night was the "Treat".
If the husband refused to
surrender one of his loved ones, a "Trick" would be placed upon
the house. The members of the raiding party would draw a large
hexagram using human blood on the front door; they got the blood
for the hexagram from a dead body they dragged around with them
using a cabletow. The demonic host would be attracted to this
hexagram and would invade the house, causing one or more of the
inhabitants to either go insane or die from fright. ["America's
Occult Holidays", p. 20]
This is the true origin of
"Trick-or-Treat" and the Jack-O-Lantern. Do you really want to
take your kids "Trick-or-Treating"?
Forbidden
Practices Specially Associated With Halloween
God lists Satanic practices that He
absolutely forbids, on the pain of death! Every one of them is
uniquely associated with Halloween!
1. Enchantment --
Act of influencing by charms and incantation using the practice
of magical arts. Such practices draw directly upon the power of
Satan! God forbids it in many places, chief among which is
Deuteronomy 18:10-12.
2. Witchcraft --
Dealing with demonic spirits, using their prescribed methods,
commonly called rituals and the "magick arts". The Bible forbids
it, as in Galatians 5:19-20. Today, thanks to "Harry Potter and
The Lord of the Rings, witchcraft is skyrocketing in popularity.
TV shows that depict witches are "Bewitched" and "Buffy The
Vampire Slayer", to just mention a couple. Go to a video store
sometime and walk down the "Horror" aisle, where you will see
the popularity of Witchcraft in America today.
3. Sorcery -- Use
of power gained from the prescribed rituals demanded by the
demonic host. Once the witch or wizard performs the particular
ritual correctly, the demonic host is required to provide the
power to accomplish that action desired by the witch.
4. Divination --
Fortune telling and seeing into the future. God wants us to
trust in Him and His power, and not worry about tomorrow. Satan,
on the other hand, loves to get people consumed by the idea that
they can know what lies ahead of them. Forbidden in the Bible,
Jeremiah 29:8-9 and Deuteronomy 18:10-12.
5. Wizardry -- The
art or practices of a wizard, sorcery. A wizard or witch is one
skilled in the magick arts, a sorcerer. God forbids such
practices in Deuteronomy 18:10-12 and Leviticus 19:31.
6. Necromancy --
Communication with the dead. Specifically, conjuring up the
spirits of the dead for purposes of magically revealing the
future or influencing the course of events. Forbidden in
Deuteronomy 18:10-12 and Isaiah 8:19.
7. Charm -- The
practice of putting a spell on someone in order to change or
control their mind and/or behavior. Wizards love to get their
enemies "one-on-one" because they can "charm" them through the
use of ritual done before the meeting, and by the demonic host
residing within him. Adolf Hitler followed this practice closely
as he dealt with the leaders of Europe, Britain, and Russia.
British Prime Minister Chamberlain was totally charmed by Hitler
as he sought to appease the German dictator in Munich in 1938;
Chamberlain was so totally "charmed" by Hitler, he
enthusiastically proclaimed after returning from Munich that he
had achieved "peace in our time".
When dealing with a powerful
member of the Illuminati, do not attempt to meet with him, nor
place any confidence in the testimony of people who have met
with him. A "charm" ritual is easily performed and results in
the leader exuding confidence, character, and sincerity they
most assuredly do not possess. God forbids this activity in
Deuteronomy 18:10-12.
8. Stargazing or Astrology
-- Divination of the supposed influence of the stars and other
heavenly bodies upon human lives and the affairs of nations.
Occultists literally order their lives according to Astrology
and numerics. God forbids this activity in Deuteronomy 18:10-12
and Jeremiah 10:2. Also called "Observing the Times".
9. Soothsaying --
foretelling events and prophesying through a spirit other than
the Holy Spirit. Forbidden in Micah 5:12 and implied strongly in
Deuteronomy 18:10-12.
10. Prognostication
-- To foretell from signs and symptoms, also prophesying without
the Holy Spirit. Forbidden in Isaiah 47:12-13.
11. Magic --
Tapping into the power of the demonic realm through the use of
prescribed ritual so that the action carried out is accomplished
through demonic power. Forbidden in Deuteronomy 18:10-12, 2
Chronicles 33:6, 1 Samuel 15:23.
All these activities are uniquely
associated with the activities and traditions of Halloween!
Christians have no business participating in Halloween. To do so is
to act against a great number of Scriptures in which God uses the
strongest possible language to forbid it. In fact, in most
instances, God decreed that people practicing these activities be
put to death!
Yet, we see many churches having
Halloween parties in which many of these pagan practices are
followed! The Apostle Paul gave us strong warning that should stop
us dead in our tracks. Listen:
"Let
no one delude and deceive you with empty excuses and groundless
arguments for these sins, for through these things the wrath of
God comes upon the sons of rebellion and disobedience."
Ephesians 5:6]
Stop listening to people giving you
"empty excuses and groundless arguments for these sins", for if you
go ahead and participate in this most evil holiday, God shall surely
not look away.
One final note on Halloween: if you
have been paying attention, you will know that these practices form
the heart and soul of the Harry Potter novels and movies. Harry
Potter is a wizard, and he comes from a family of witches and
wizards [Generational Witchcraft]. His entire existence within these
novels revolves around the Hogwarts School of Wizardry and
Witchcraft, where Harry and his friends learn all of these 11
forbidden practices.
Author Rowling makes all this
Satanic activity seem so cool and so much fun that tens of millions
of young children have been attracted to the Dark Arts forbidden by
God. Yet, Christian parents and some Christian ministries foolishly
swallow the lie that, somehow, these prohibitions do not apply to
them as they read and watch
Harry Potter.
Truly, I view this unbelievable
phenomenon as a symptom of the "apostasy" of the Christian Church
foretold by the Apostle Paul as a key sign of the approach of
Antichrist.
"Let
no one deceive or beguile you in any way, for that day will not
come except the apostasy comes first [unless the predicted great
falling away of those who have professed to be Christians has
come..." [2 Thessalonians 2:2; KJV/Amplified
Bible Commentary].
Literally, Christians participating
in practices like these opens the door to Antichrist!
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