Halloween and witchcraft

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I use to be into witchcraft for a couple of years. Halloween is known as the witches new year. Every Halloween I feel pulled back. I go from religion to religion. I went to Quaker back to catholic to traditional catholic to witchcraft and back. When I am in witchcraft I feel guilty but when out of it I feel pulled back.
 
Make Christ your center, and you won’t be pulled all over the place.

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Blessed_is_He said:
I use to be into witchcraft for a couple of years. Halloween is known as the witches new year. Every Halloween I feel pulled back. I go from religion to religion. I went to Quaker back to catholic to traditional catholic to witchcraft and back. When I am in witchcraft I feel guilty but when out of it I feel pulled back.
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You can discuss what you wrote above with a holy priest. Ask our Blessed Mother for help also.
 
Blessed_is_He said:
I use to be into witchcraft for a couple of years. Halloween is known as the witches new year. Every Halloween I feel pulled back. I go from religion to religion. I went to Quaker back to catholic to traditional catholic to witchcraft and back. When I am in witchcraft I feel guilty but when out of it I feel pulled back.
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You seem to have picked up demonic attachments. You need to get a spiritual advisor who is a priest that is open to the reality of spiritual warfare. And then follow closely his instructions. This is not likely to go away until you address it.
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In fact, it is likely to surface at some point of stress, unless you follow the general instructions of getting a spiritual advisor so that he may root it all out.   The TV is full of all these ghost, haunting, paranormal shows......leave them completely alone.  These charletons offer cheap shots at the horrific.

The real horror of demonic attachments is they lead one to Hell.  It does not have to come to anything like what is usually depicted.  It can lead you to sin quite subtly. 

 Center your life around the Church Christ founded in Jerusalem and you will be centering your life around Christ.  You have to enthrone Christ above all circumstances and situations in your life.

  Pray the Rosary daily.
BP
 
Halloween us just recently called Halloween and it has become completely hollow, it should be called All Hallows’ Eve and it actually has a beautiful tradition in our Catholic faith. Only in the 80s did it start to take a gross turn for the worst and become secular listed and become some evil tradition with witches and devils. Personally I wish we would take the day back and do what Catholic Home schoolers do and dress up like saints and pray for the faithful departed and say a rosary. I love Halloween but we keep it holy, make soul cakes, say the litany of saints, pray for the faithful departed, hand out candy, carve pumpkins and have a family dinner.

Not to be a total grinch but if you ever really thought about what trick or treat means and comes from it isn’t nice it’s basically suggesting give me a treat or I will play a trick on you. Not cool. It’s totally innocent now and kids just ask for candy but it kind of a not nice thing.
 
What draws you in to practicing witchcraft? When I investigated paganism, I was drawn to the respect for the environment, marking the seasons, and being more in tune with the earth and nature. But I always found most of the pagan/wiccan practices to be silly and I didn’t really engage much in them. If you’re drawn to witchcraft/paganism/wicca/etc. because of its history, practices, and marking of the seasons, there’s no reason you can’t celebrate the passing seasons in a Christian way. Give thanks to God as you bake bread during harvest time, say prayers for the dead during Halloween - many of these pagan holidays are based in history and often the Catholic Church has a corresponding way to celebrate.

Now, if you’re drawn to it for other reasons, this may not help, but if you’re missing marking the seasons and phases of the moon, there are ways to do so in a Christian manner.
 
Good suggestions. Could you also begin to view this time of year a little differently, more from a Catholic perspective? Around that time, we have All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day.

In Mexico, we have “Day of the Dead”. I once went to Oaxaca for that. In Oaxaca, “Day of the Dead” is huge. People pray for deceased friends and relatives. Now, they did a lot of other things, too. They generally celebrate a mass, sometimes even at midnight, believe it or not! Some of the customs I like, some I don’t. I think we also had …was it hot chocolate and bread? I forget exactly.

What I like is that they honor their dead. People will often set wreaths, candles, pictures, religious pictures and more at the graveyard. They will remember their deceased ancestors. Some of it comes from WAY WAY back, where people believed the dead came back to receive offerings, food, flowers, etc.

I’d say most families here seem to participate in this and remember their dead, at least once a year, if not more often.

I remember once I wanted to go to indian territory for their midnight mass but felt too tired. I would have also needed a cab. It was a lot of things, so I never did go.

Can you find some other outlet for these energies, a positive, Catholic one?

For example, you could pray for the departed souls. A lot of parishes have efforts also the entire month of November! I remember for November, we could write lists of departed souls. We’d stack them up and pray for them every day of the month of November in some parishes.

You, possibly more than many others, are away of the need for spiritual warfare against all this negative, evil activity. Why not turn your energies to fight it?!

Why not find some really powerful prayers that counteract this? You could also use a lot of sacramentals…wear a scapular, keep holy water at the house and use it frequently, wear a St. Benedict medal, say, and memorize that prayer. He used to be an exorcist!
There’s also the prayer of St. Michael, the Archangel, and the rosary. Anyway, I am so glad you recognize what’s happening and are fighting it. Best of luck, and God bless you!
 
Go to mass on Halloween and light candles for the deceased, for starters. Offer a mass for the departed souls.
 
Focus on All Saints’ Day instead. (For that matter, you could probably even find a vigil Mass on Halloween)
 
As a former bruja or Santa Muerte devotee I agree halloween is a big night for witchcraft and in reality the veil between life and death is very thin that night and needless to say I conjured up some wickedness on this night so as an alternative I now go to mass on halloween and join in with day of the dead celebrations such as prayer for souls in purgatory I dont participate in the suppers in the cemetaries as that is closely related to Santa Muerte worship I stay home praying the rosary it is tempting to go back since the Muerte temple has a big supper and dancers here in mexico city but I know I cant its a constant struggle for former cult members constant backsliding and constant guilt at first but it will get better with prayer and resisting the occult worlds pull pray to san miguel, pray to our lord for strength and mercy from him if you need help feel free to PM me anytime I know what your going through
 
Turn to Christ as your savior and use the saints as examples of how to turn to him.
 
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Halloween us just recently called Halloween and it has become completely hollow, it should be called All Hallows’ Eve and it actually has a beautiful tradition in our Catholic faith. Only in the 80s did it start to take a gross turn for the worst and become secular listed and become some evil tradition with witches and devils. Personally I wish we would take the day back and do what Catholic Home schoolers do and dress up like saints and pray for the faithful departed and say a rosary. I love Halloween but we keep it holy, make soul cakes, say the litany of saints, pray for the faithful departed, hand out candy, carve pumpkins and have a family dinner.

Not to be a total grinch but if you ever really thought about what trick or treat means and comes from it isn’t nice it’s basically suggesting give me a treat or I will play a trick on you. Not cool. It’s totally innocent now and kids just ask for candy but it kind of a not nice thing.
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Did you mean the 1880s? When I was a child in the 1950s halloween was just like it is today except we didn’t have to be so careful about our candy.

I would say that adding more devotion to Mary, asking her to pray for your protection against loosing your hold on Christ, is one of the things that is warranted (besides what these other posters have suggested).
 
one of the posters asked what I miss about Wicca. Well, I do miss celebrating the seasons, spells and rituals, closeness to nature, moon phases etc. To me it attracts me for it’s so mysterious. Everything seems so much more magical in life. Even the word witch attracts me. It feels powerful. To me too.
 
Blessed_is_He said:
one of the posters asked what I miss about Wicca. Well, I do miss celebrating the seasons, spells and rituals, closeness to nature, moon phases etc. To me it attracts me for it’s so mysterious. Everything seems so much more magical in life. Even the word witch attracts me. It feels powerful. To me too.
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You can do a lot of that in a way that praises God, rather than engaging in the occult. For example, at the new moon, you can pray to God for a renewal of your faith, or perhaps one of the saints who converted. During the waxing or waning moon, pray to a patron saint that corresponds to your intention for intercession. Thank God for the moon and each of its phases, and its interplay with the planet he created. Or perhaps pray to Mary or another female saint close to your heart, if you wish for a more feminine energy.

Some seasonal celebrations have cultural roots, and thus, the Catholic church also has similar celebrations. Ember Days are just another way of marking the seasons. There’s no reason you can’t bake bread on Lammas and perhaps say a novena of Our Fathers to thank God for the harvest and his bounty. Mark the seasons, but find ways to create your own prayer ritual, with saints that speak to you, and to God. There are a lot of close ties with traditional celebrations of certain Catholic feasts or holidays, and pagan celebrations. If you research, perhaps you will find saints and celebrations that speak to you, that can help you find that close feeling with nature again, without the occult practices.
 
Blessed_is_He said:
I use to be into witchcraft for a couple of years. Halloween is known as the witches new year. Every Halloween I feel pulled back. I go from religion to religion. I went to Quaker back to catholic to traditional catholic to witchcraft and back. When I am in witchcraft I feel guilty but when out of it I feel pulled back.
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alexandratm said:
For example, at the new moon, you can pray to God for a renewal of your faith, or perhaps one of the saints who converted. During the waxing or waning moon, pray to a patron saint that corresponds to your intention for intercession. Thank God for the moon and each of its phases, and its interplay with the planet he created. Or perhaps pray to Mary or another female saint close to your heart, if you wish for a more feminine energy.
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Actually, if the OP wants a Christian way to celebrate the turning of time, he could look into the Divine Office.

To the OP:

The Divine Office is daily Catholic prayer. It’s required of ordained ministers and people in religious orders, and it’s gaining popularity as a devotion among laypeople. I pray Lauds and Vespers, which take about 5-10 minutes each, depending on the day and how long the psalms are. I have a print copy (Christian Prayer, it contains Lauds, Vespers and Compline, but not Matins or Terce/Sext/None), but you can find it online at divineoffice.org
 
Razanir said:
Actually, if the OP wants a Christian way to celebrate the turning of time, he could look into the Divine Office.

To the OP:

The Divine Office is daily Catholic prayer. It’s required of ordained ministers and people in religious orders, and it’s gaining popularity as a devotion among laypeople. I pray Lauds and Vespers, which take about 5-10 minutes each, depending on the day and how long the psalms are. I have a print copy (Christian Prayer, it contains Lauds, Vespers and Compline, but not Matins or Terce/Sext/None), but you can find it online at divineoffice.org
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Of course that’s an option, just trying to share other options. While I like to pray some of the Divine Office, I’ve found a lot of meaning in researching different saints and prayers and finding those that correspondence with the season I’m wanting to celebration. I say a lot of prayers to St. Therese in the Spring, for example.
 
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