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Samhain was known in Ireland as the "Lord of Darkness". The Druid religion was practiced by ancient Celtic tribes that populated Ireland and parts of Europe. This religion worshipped Samhain, the Lord of Darkness. Some writings also speak of Samhain as the "Lord of the Dead". But, today's scholars suggest that this is incorrect.

The Druid New Year began on November 1st. It is also known as the "Feast of Samhain". The Celts only recognized summer and winter seasons. Literally translated, Samhain means "Summer's End". At this time, the hours of nighttime were growing significantly over the hours of sunlight. Hence, Lord Samhain reigned over the long winter months as the influence of the Sun god and the summer season (Beltaine or Beltane) preceded. Samhain's influence grows with the increase in the hours of darkness. He can only roam the earth during hours of darkness.

The roots of Halloween are traced back to the Druid religion and Lord Samhain. Certainly, Halloween took aspects of darkness, black color, evil spirits, and people rising from the dead and roaming the earth on this night. These themes of Halloween are all common with this religion.

Pope Gregory II moved the Christian holiday of "All Hallows Eve" from May 13 to November 1st to coincide with the Feast of Samhain. All Hallows Eve honored the saints of the church. Moving the date of All Hallows Eve, was an attempt by the Roman Catholic church to downplay the pagan festival. Hopefully, they reasoned, it would replace Samhain and the pagan celebration would fade away.

The pagan festival continued to be celebrated, and Halloween evolved largely from it. Today, the Catholic church tolerates Halloween, recognizing it as a fun holiday and not intended to hold religious or other supernatural beliefs or religion.

What if the light at the end of the tunnel when we die is just the lights of the hospital room were you are born and when you come out crying it's because you had to leave your old life behind and the babies who don't cry are the souls of those who are at peace with their deaths.

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NikkiAidyn
16:14 Oct 25 2017

Maybe they cry because they had to leave the soul realm where they're pure spirit.

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shadowjack237
16:25 Oct 25 2017

That is probable

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Veil
23:51 Oct 25 2017

maybe they cry to be heard

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Shaqra
13:47 Oct 31 2017

I always had that thought, that we cry because we leave whoever we were before.

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