Friday, October 30, 2015

This is Allhallowtide!

Allhallowtide, Hallowtide, Allsaintstide, or the Hallowmas season, is the triduum encompassing the Western Christian observances of All Hallows' Eve (Hallowe'en), All Saints' Day (All Hallows') and All Souls' Day, which last from October 31 to November 2 annually. Allhallowtide is a "time to remember the dead, including martyrs, saints, and all faithful departed Christians.
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12 comments:

  1. FreeThinkeOctober 31, 2015 at 5:49 AM

    ________ All Hallows Eve ________

    Trick or treating, barren branches claw
    On rooftops ‘gainst the biting Autumn air.
    Jack O’Lantern flickers. Would he gnaw
    An arm away, or set aflame the hair ––
    Conspicuously real above the masks ––
    Kindling Kindergartners at the door?
    Only Satan’s own perform such tasks,
    Leering, lisping, limping as to war.
    Awake! All Hallows Eve lets loose the ghosts.
    No one escapes the Grave for long. Be wise.
    The Jack O’Lanterns flicker on the posts ––
    Each one a sentry for the Lord of Flies.
    Run home to mother lest the Evil One
    Nabs you, while you think you’re having fun.

    ~ FreeThinke - The Sandpiper, Autumn, 1996

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  2. ThersitesOctober 31, 2015 at 6:22 AM

    :)

    Happy Halloween, oh mighty hater of the headless/ pumpkin heads!

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  3. nicrapOctober 31, 2015 at 8:53 AM

    Happy Halloween, my friend! :)

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  4. ThersitesOctober 31, 2015 at 10:07 AM

    Thanks nicrap! Is there an equivalent "Indian" holiday, or is this something culturally unique to the Western world?

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  5. nicrapOctober 31, 2015 at 10:39 AM

    Nothing directly comes to mind, fj. We have fstivals where children go from house to house looking for treats ... but no guises.

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  6. Inspector AIPacOctober 31, 2015 at 11:10 AM

    There seems to be a lot of "mummery" going on here in the West... we must not like ourselves (and I don't exclude my own self from this criticism). ;)

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  7. FreeThinkeOctober 31, 2015 at 1:20 PM

    More flummery than mummery, if you ask me, Inspector. ;-)

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  8. ThersitesOctober 31, 2015 at 3:24 PM

    In a world as artificial as are own, flummery is "the world".

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  9. FreeThinkeNovember 1, 2015 at 7:06 AM

    A new month began at the stroke of midnight.

    Who knows tragic, heartbreaking events it may bring, as the rough beast, Hillrod, continues, unabated, to slouch her way toward Casablanca where the welcoming arms of traitorinos Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan eagerly await her ascent to the Throne?

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  10. Joe ConservativeNovember 1, 2015 at 8:30 AM

    Drudge, this morning, calls her "too big to jail". If THAT is true, then the Republic is OFFICIALLY dead, and the Imperial Age is upon us.

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  11. KNOWLEDGE BASSNovember 5, 2015 at 12:34 AM

    Ain't no Halloween in da hood. You go round my hood wearin masks and thretinin to tear up shit if you don't get no candy you libel to get blasted on homie

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  12. KNOWLEDGE BASSNovember 5, 2015 at 12:36 AM

    Halloween be racist

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