Halloween and witchcraft

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There is a lot of great information in here. Speaking to a priest was a great recommendation. Depending on what they find out they may even perform a deliverance on you. Demonic attachment can be the absolute worst feeling for any spirit.

You may also want to try and get your hands on a Spiritual Warfare prayer book. I keep mine with me most of the time and have found it to be a great resource.

Joshua C.
 
Brigid34 said:
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).
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My mom and dad grew up in the fifties and sixties kids were clowns and firemen and Princesses not devils or sexy insert whatever occupation or character that you see now.
 
If you like nature, start planning and planting a Mary garden for the blessed mother, for the spring, I loved doing a Mary garden this year because I love being outside and my feminine natural instinct kicks in big time when I am growing things and waiting for them to bloom. There is still plenty of time to start planting especially planting bulbs for the Spring!!! The Bible is also full of foods and herbs and are historically part of our faith.
I like this website to pick things for my Mary garden
fisheaters.com/marygardens.html

Rita Heikenfeld has a book called Eating from the Garden of Eden here is her website

abouteating.com
 
Wow, I had no idea that so much can be crossed over. The Mary garden is so cool. So instead of a Goddess garden and Goddess ideas turn them into saints and God and the like.
 
See I am an all or nothing person, either I am totally into something or nothing to do with it. Since my Wicca days I hate Halloween but now that I have a son people are pressuring me saying that it wouldn’t be fair to him…not being able to dress up and trick or treat. I weigh the pros and cons of Wicca
  1. How would I feel if my kid was in Wicca
  2. I don’t want to put him in danger
  3. I don’t want him taken away from me due to child endangerment.
Thanks for the great suggestions everyone. God bless you all.
 
Blessed_is_He said:
See I am an all or nothing person, either I am totally into something or nothing to do with it. Since my Wicca days I hate Halloween but now that I have a son people are pressuring me saying that it wouldn’t be fair to him…not being able to dress up and trick or treat. I weigh the pros and cons of Wicca
  1. How would I feel if my kid was in Wicca
  2. I don’t want to put him in danger
  3. I don’t want him taken away from me due to child endangerment.
Thanks for the great suggestions everyone. God bless you all.
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Practicing witchcraft is forbidden by God and the Bible…we all have attractions and temptations to sinful things in some way or another…but we must know the Lord our God has given us commandments to follow and there are many things in life that are sinful and lead us away from God and our salvation…

Practicing the occult is a serious thing and you have to know God doesn’t want us to do this.

As with all our sinful attractions and temptations we must keep praying and trying to live and practice the Christian life best we can so we can attain salvation and heaven.

God bless you and be with you …I am a great sinner myself and used to listen to satanic music and I used to go to the library and read about magic and I understand how someone can be attracted to the occult.

Thank God over time and much prayer and church these attractions have mostly gone now.

Peace
 
I went through a stage where I wondered if it was ok to let the kids go trick or treating on Halloween. Some churches hold alternative Halloween parties for kids. However I gave thought to the fact that Satan is a deceiver and seeks to mock that which is Godly and good.
I think the neighborhoods are filled with love on Halloween night. People gladly open their doors and candy jars for the children. There is rarely any overt evil except for a young teen snatching a smaller child’s bag of candy occasionally. Therefore I say go forth on Halloween night in the spirit of love and charity, and controvert the wiccans and the satanists.
 
There are really beautiful Mary gardens out there you can get ideas from and then there are really simple and practical ones too. I just googled images for it and a lot of things came up and randomly a German actress named Mary Garden also came up. I am thinking about making a mini Mary garden that I keep in my home during the winter because I loved my outdoor Mary garden this year.
 
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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I understand how you must feel conflicted. When a person truly comes to believe something that can remain in their head long after they move on to another point of view. And things we see can bring up old memories, just like Halloween does for former Wiccans (myself included).

In the end, the only one who can answer what you should do is you. Look at what you truly believe, and go with it.
 
Although I was born into a R/C family and was baptized in the R/C Church, the path I follow is that of a Pagan/Wiccan woman (age 57). I wish to address the original poster, but not about Halloween (I have made a post about that in someone else’s thread) but about being led to a choice of faith/religion.

I took time to review your other posts and threads. Because of the details I read there, my advice is – because of the “all or nothing” inclinations of your human heart – go with Catholicism 100% and don’t look back. Don’t second-guess yourself. Commit yourself! Don’t wonder “what if.” Open yourself totally and be all you can be within the Family of the Church. Live it, love it, embrace it, and embrace yourself as well. Love yourself… because of some things and in spite of others… but love yourself nonetheless, deeply and purely. Nurture yourself with every positive feeling in which your faith bathes you, and put no limits on it because there are none to those who believe with all their hearts in the truth of their salvation and the love of their Creator. Respect yourself because you are a Child of the Creator. You were made by love and with love for the purpose of spreading that love. With that in mind, take every opportunity to educate your son (in an age-appropriate manner) with regard to the faith you have chosen for him. Make it fun, make it holy, make it the best part of his life.

I respect and appreciate the suggestions of those others who wrote here with regard to adding to the more formal practices of the R/C faith (such as Mass, the sacraments, etc.) the wholesome and innocent details of nature appreciation, the change of seasons, baking bread, honoring the Blessed Mother, study of the saints, etc. Such things are sacred by their very nature (having been made by the Creator out of love), and they can be worked into the practices of the R/C faith very well without disruption, disrespect or blasphemy. (The Mary Garden - WOW! Simply beautiful!)

May you find peace. Blessings!
 
I am keeping you in my prayers today! May peace be with you all day! Hugs
 
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