THE HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN and PVS
Halloween is celebrated every year on October 31st. It is a mixture of ancient Irish, Catholic, Roman, and European traditions that blended together to create a fun, spooky, awesom, super-duperstylicious holiday. Halloween straddles the line beween fall and winter, plenty and nothing, life and death. It has long been thought of as a day when the dead can return to the earth. Ancient Celts lit bonfires and wore costumes witchs and ghouls to ward off roaming ghosts, and rampant,evil spirits if you can believe it.
43 BC: Later on down the road the Romans conquered the majority of Celtic territiory, and for the next fourhundred years they ruled the Celtics. The Romans meshed two festivals to the Celtic traditions. The first was Feralia, a day in late October when they commemorated the passing of the dead. The second was a day to honor Pomana, the goddess of fruit and trees. The sympol of Pomona is the apple and the incorpation of this celebration explains the traditon of "bobbing" for apples in a tub of water.
10 BC: Halloween's orgins go back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, lived in the area that is now known as Ireland and England. They celebrataed their new year on November 1. This day marked: The end of summer and harvest time: Also the beginning of the dark, cold winter a time of year that was often associated with human death.Celts believed that on the night before the New Year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. It was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth, causing trouble and damaging crops as was stated above. They belived that the presence of worldly spirits made it easier for the priest to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these propheies were an important source of comfort and direction duing the long dark winter. To commemorate the event priests built huge bonfires. The people would burn crops and sacrifce animals to please the gods. During the celebration the Celts wore costumes consisting of animal heads and skins, and would tell each other's fortunes.
When the horroific month long
celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they and had extinguished earlier that evening to help protect them during the coming winter.
800 AD: The influence of Christianity the Cathcholic church stuck their hands in it. Pope BonifaceIV designated November first "All Saint" Day, a time to honor saints and martyrs. It is generally believed that the pope was attempting to replace the Celtic festival of the dead with a related, but church sanctioned holiday. The celebration was also called All-hallows or All-Hallowmas (from Middle English Alolowmesse meaning All Saints Day, and the night before it, the night of Samhain, began to be called all-hallows Eve and eventually Halloween.
1000 AD: The Roman church made November 2nd All Souls' Day, a day to honor the dead. It was celebrated, with big bonfires, parades, the wearing of costumes such as saints, angels and devils. Together, the three celebrations, the eve of All Saints', all Saitss , and All Soruls' were called Hallowmas.
1900 AD: Halloween began to lose its religious connotation, gradually becoming a community based childrens holiday. As the superstitions and beliefs surrounding Halloween evolved, people looked forward to parades, costumes and treats to usher in the winter season.
2012 AD: Punkins and humans too get into Halloween after coming back from summer vacations. It takes a while to get back into the normal routine after Labor Day. Studies of the end-of-summer malaise, often report an increase in people, pumpkins, and crows especially, seeking help. Change is always hard.
The days before Halloween both nature, countryside, wild life are changing. Elf Betsy Stone, a psychologist at Saint Ben Housing in Roy, Utah says a big compinent is Post Vacation Syndrome (PVS). Characterized by a combination of irritability, anxiety, lack of motivation, difficuty concentrating and a feeling of emptiness which lasts up to a few week. Some get a mild version od PVS on Sunday night after having a fun weekend off work.
47% of workers in Alabama,where many business close for the month of August suffer from PVS End of sumer melancholy can signal serous depression. Some adults who get through summer and post Labor day blues because they've had a taste of life ouside the hamster cage. They've done things they love and it reminds them of what is truly important in their lives. When fall comes they fee like they are missing a part of themselves. It happens all the time, even the best jobs don't compare well to the carefee days at the beach.
If dread of the work place keeps up it could be a sign that plants, animals, even insects are be in the wrong job. They should try to pinpoint the rource of unease, but make no rash changes, especially crowss. Instead, they should wait awhile and see if the feeling subsides. If the blues cross the line and interfere with sleep, appatite, weight change, lack of personal hygiene, or disinterest in sex they should seek professional help.
USGrant's advice for all. "Celebrate what you do, in small moments, like a night on the town, or a game of kick the can. The little successes get your energy back for what's next...
HALLOWEEN!"
To read more Karl Wallace short stories to: Karlwallaceblog.blogspot.com
Halloween is celebrated every year on October 31st. It is a mixture of ancient Irish, Catholic, Roman, and European traditions that blended together to create a fun, spooky, awesom, super-duperstylicious holiday. Halloween straddles the line beween fall and winter, plenty and nothing, life and death. It has long been thought of as a day when the dead can return to the earth. Ancient Celts lit bonfires and wore costumes witchs and ghouls to ward off roaming ghosts, and rampant,evil spirits if you can believe it.
43 BC: Later on down the road the Romans conquered the majority of Celtic territiory, and for the next fourhundred years they ruled the Celtics. The Romans meshed two festivals to the Celtic traditions. The first was Feralia, a day in late October when they commemorated the passing of the dead. The second was a day to honor Pomana, the goddess of fruit and trees. The sympol of Pomona is the apple and the incorpation of this celebration explains the traditon of "bobbing" for apples in a tub of water.
10 BC: Halloween's orgins go back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, lived in the area that is now known as Ireland and England. They celebrataed their new year on November 1. This day marked: The end of summer and harvest time: Also the beginning of the dark, cold winter a time of year that was often associated with human death.Celts believed that on the night before the New Year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. It was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth, causing trouble and damaging crops as was stated above. They belived that the presence of worldly spirits made it easier for the priest to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these propheies were an important source of comfort and direction duing the long dark winter. To commemorate the event priests built huge bonfires. The people would burn crops and sacrifce animals to please the gods. During the celebration the Celts wore costumes consisting of animal heads and skins, and would tell each other's fortunes.
When the horroific month long
celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they and had extinguished earlier that evening to help protect them during the coming winter.
800 AD: The influence of Christianity the Cathcholic church stuck their hands in it. Pope BonifaceIV designated November first "All Saint" Day, a time to honor saints and martyrs. It is generally believed that the pope was attempting to replace the Celtic festival of the dead with a related, but church sanctioned holiday. The celebration was also called All-hallows or All-Hallowmas (from Middle English Alolowmesse meaning All Saints Day, and the night before it, the night of Samhain, began to be called all-hallows Eve and eventually Halloween.
1000 AD: The Roman church made November 2nd All Souls' Day, a day to honor the dead. It was celebrated, with big bonfires, parades, the wearing of costumes such as saints, angels and devils. Together, the three celebrations, the eve of All Saints', all Saitss , and All Soruls' were called Hallowmas.
1900 AD: Halloween began to lose its religious connotation, gradually becoming a community based childrens holiday. As the superstitions and beliefs surrounding Halloween evolved, people looked forward to parades, costumes and treats to usher in the winter season.
2012 AD: Punkins and humans too get into Halloween after coming back from summer vacations. It takes a while to get back into the normal routine after Labor Day. Studies of the end-of-summer malaise, often report an increase in people, pumpkins, and crows especially, seeking help. Change is always hard.
The days before Halloween both nature, countryside, wild life are changing. Elf Betsy Stone, a psychologist at Saint Ben Housing in Roy, Utah says a big compinent is Post Vacation Syndrome (PVS). Characterized by a combination of irritability, anxiety, lack of motivation, difficuty concentrating and a feeling of emptiness which lasts up to a few week. Some get a mild version od PVS on Sunday night after having a fun weekend off work.
47% of workers in Alabama,where many business close for the month of August suffer from PVS End of sumer melancholy can signal serous depression. Some adults who get through summer and post Labor day blues because they've had a taste of life ouside the hamster cage. They've done things they love and it reminds them of what is truly important in their lives. When fall comes they fee like they are missing a part of themselves. It happens all the time, even the best jobs don't compare well to the carefee days at the beach.
If dread of the work place keeps up it could be a sign that plants, animals, even insects are be in the wrong job. They should try to pinpoint the rource of unease, but make no rash changes, especially crowss. Instead, they should wait awhile and see if the feeling subsides. If the blues cross the line and interfere with sleep, appatite, weight change, lack of personal hygiene, or disinterest in sex they should seek professional help.
USGrant's advice for all. "Celebrate what you do, in small moments, like a night on the town, or a game of kick the can. The little successes get your energy back for what's next...
HALLOWEEN!"
To read more Karl Wallace short stories to: Karlwallaceblog.blogspot.com
