Why We Celebrate Halloween – An Origin Story – Breaking cannabis news today

Halloween is just around the corner and everyone is excited. As the ultimate excuse to get scared, we dress up in costume, go trick or treating, and celebrate the dark side … it’s kind of weird when you think about it. These are strange activities and the question arises, who came up with these ideas? Rocking for apples, why should we? Have you ever wondered? So that you can get in the mood for the season, you will find the origins of our Halloween traditions here.

Samhain

Halloween comes from the ancient Celtic holiday Samhain (pronounced sowing) and is celebrated the day before the Celtic New Year. The Celts, a very superstitious people, believed that on the night before the New Year the veil was thin between the living and the dead. Spirits could pass into our world and we could pass into theirs. For the Celts this was a disaster. They believed that ghosts wreak havoc and could wreak havoc in the coming year. However, the Celts also believed that this time of year could be used to predict the future. To protect themselves, they sacrificed animals and wore the skins, then lit campfires and said divination.

Rock for apples

By 43 AD, most of the Celtic territory was now part of the Roman Empire. Instead of obliterating the holiday, Samhain has been combined with Feralia, the ancient Roman day of the dead, and Pomona, a holiday in honor of the goddess of fruit. Pomona was the goddess of fruit and vegetable culture in Roman mythology. Symbolized with an apple, it was celebrated at the end of October as thanks for the annual harvest. Rocking for apples is the way we say thank you.

If you’ve ever stuck your face in the water and tried to pick up an apple with your teeth, Pomona says you’re welcome.

All Saints’ Day

At a first conservative Christian look, Halloween might look like devil worship. For some reason it isn’t. The reason for this is that Halloween is the night before All Saints Day. November 1st, the day after Halloween, is a Church-approved holiday in honor of all Christian martyrs and saints. Created to replace the Celtic festival, people lit campfires and disguised themselves as devils, angels and witches. They honored the dead in the dark of the evening and celebrated the church in daylight. All Saints’ Day was known as All Saints’ Day, from the Middle English word Alholowmesse (translated All Saints’ Day). The night before All Saints ‘Day was known as All Saints’ Eve.

Trick or treat in a costume

According to ancient folklore, a ghost’s favorite pastime is wreaking havoc. Nothing is more satisfying to a ghost than vandalism. Did you work hard to grow all of these plants? When a ghost shows up, consider it destroyed! That is, unless you bribe them … that’s the essence of trick or treating. In the past, a pagan farmer slaughtered cattle and omitted offerings for the spirits. For many, the omitted food was irresistible, but so was the aftermath of stealing a ghost. To avoid trouble, they dressed up in costumes and tried to dispel suspicions. The tradition has developed over centuries, but not by much.

Celebrate Halloween by paying your respects to a good cannabis harvest! Roll up a joint as an offering to the liquor and smoke it to get you high from your fumes; Bonus points with the goddess Pomona if it is an apple kush variety.

Halloween parties passed …

Here at Cannabis Life Network and Studio 710 we really love a good Halloween party. Do you remember the SeC Halloween party? For those who missed it, here’s a look back at the good times.