Hall Holler Hallow Hallmark Halloween

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~ HALL id+ | ENCLOSURE    sug> HOME
             SHELTER      sug> SANCTUARY
             SALON        sug> SALA
             SHRINE  |    sug> HALLOW
          also sug> HELL
               see> HOLD
~ HOLLER  or
~ HALLOA  or
~ HALLO   id+ | SHOUT  CALL to
                CALL ATTENTION | as per
            eng HAIL or
            ger HEIL or
            sp  HOLA
~ HALLOW    id+ | CONSECRATED |
            id+ | HOLY SHELTER or SHRINE |
~ HALLMARK  hx> formerly
                A HALL or SALA or SALON where
             GOLD and SILVER WERE STAMPED
~ HALLOW     id+ | BLESSED |        see> HOLLOW
~ HALLOWEEN  or VIGIL BEFORE ALL HALLOWS DAY or
             ALLHALLOWS or
  "ALL SAINTS IN HEAVEN " also
  "ALLHALLOWS EVEN"
  etymology links
  eng   HALL      = THEATER  COURT
  gr    KAL         TO HIDE    sug> HOLLOW
        KEL         as in      sug> FORNIX
        CEL         as in      see> CELL
        KIL         as in      see> HELL
        KUL         as in      sug> CUL~
        KALUPTEIN   as in
        KALIA       for HUT
  lat   CELARE      for HIDE
      OCCULTARE     for OCCULT
  sp    CELOS       JEALOUSY
  for more etymology see> HOLY
  most preserved in
  Scotland and Ireland and transplanted to USA
  hx> note how in modern times
      ancient FESTIVALS are not as much
  CELEBRATED as they are MANIPULATED
  by those interested in LUCRE
  hx> HALLOWEEN IS CELEBRATED AS A
      VIGIL EVERY OCTOBER 31st
  which marked the end of the
  CELTIC YEAR known as the
  CELTIC SAMHAIN
  note how now the festivity incorporates
  CELTIC  ANCIENT ROMAN and CHRISTIAN elements
  hx> the Roman harvest festival
      in honor of POMONA
  the Goddess of FRUIT ORCHARDS
  was celebrated on November 1st
  in 731 Pope Gregory III assigned this day as
     HALLOWMAS or ALL SAINTS DAY
  in 834 Pope Gregory IV extended this
     FEAST to the entire CHURCH
  in 998 the RADICAL CLUNY ABOTT ODILO
         INSTITUTED THE DAY OF ALL SOULS
  IN ALL CLUNIAC MONASTERIES which
  200 YEARS LATER HAD A KEY ROLE IN THE
  MASSACRE OF THE CATHARS CALLED FOR BY
  POPE INNOCENT III
  hx> MEDITERRANEAN CHRISTIAN POPULATIONS
      CELEBRATE THE
  DAY OF ALL SAINTS on November 1st and
  DAY OF ALL DEAD      November 2nd
  note NON CHRISTIAN ELEMENTS OF HALLOWEEN
       ARE MOST EVIDENT IN CELEBRATIONS IN
  SCOTLAND  IRELAND and USA
  myth> CELTIC DRUID TRADITIONS HELD THAT
        THE FEAST OF SHAMHAI
  CELEBRATED ON OCTOBER 31st
  REPRESENTED "THE END OF THE SUMMER" and the
  "FEAST OF THE DEAD"
  it was held that
  THE SPIRITS OF ALL DECEASED
  ASSEMBLED AT HALLOWEEN
  FOR THE DEITIES TO GUIDE
  THE GHOSTS TO THEIR DESTINATIONS
  THE SPIRITS OF THE DECEASED
  VISITED THEIR KINSMEN IN SEARCH OF
  WARMTH and CHEER while playing
  "TRICKS or TREAT" ON THE LIVING
  "TREATS" WERE MOSTLY APPLES and NUTS
  and LIT BONFIRES           sug> BONE
  note "TREATS" WERE OFTEN DEMANDED
        IN THE NAME OF
  MUCK OLLA  AN EARLY DRUID DEITY
  regarding BONFIRES such were
  LIT TO GUIDE THE SPIRITS but
  later probably also
  TO SINGE WITCHES and
  THEIR BROOMS and
  THEIR BLACK CATS
  other common celebratory elements are
  SKELETONS and PUMPKIN
  hx> CELTIC CELEBRANTS MAY HAVE ENGAGED IN
      HUMAN SACRIFICES since
  in 61 AD ROMAN ADMINISTRATORS IN BRITAIN
     OUTLAWED HALLOWEEN RELATED HUMAN SACRIFICES
  however ANIMAL IMMOLATIONS MAY HAVE CONTINUED
  to this day BLACK CATS MAY BE SACRIFICED BY SOME
  IN THE BELIEF THAT THEY REPRESENT
  INCARNATED WITCHES
  hx> HALLOWEEN is ONE OF MANY EXAMPLES OF
      THE SYSTEMATIC EFFORTS BY THE ROMAN CHURCH
  TO SUPPLANT or OBLITERATE PAGAN TRADITIONS
  hx> CELEBRANTS BURNED BONES sug> BONFIRE
      THE FIRE WAS SPREAD FIRE FROM AN ALTAR
  TO BONFIRES ON HILLTOPS
  THIS IS STILL PRACTICED
  SO ALONG THE SHORES OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPI
  THIS HABIT MAY BE A REMNANT OF A
  SACRIFICE IN HONOR THE SUN
  note AS HALLOWEEN PROVED TO BE IMPOSSIBLE
       TO OBLITERATE and the CHURCH OPTED TO
  SUPPLANT THE SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVITY
  in 1484 the VATICAN ISSUED A BULL
     DECLARING A "WAR" AGAINST
  WITCHCRAFT WHICH INCLUDED A MANDATE
  TO SLAUGHTER ALL BLACK CATS
  COUNTLESS PEOPLE WERE
  INCINERATED BY PUBLIC BURNING
  THIS RADICALIZATION AND DEPARTURE
  FROM THE TOLERANT TRADITIONS ROOTED
  IN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN CULTURES
  COINCIDES WITH THE ASCENT OF
  WESTERN EUROPE MAINLY FRANCE AND SPAIN
  WHICH EVOLVED INTO A PERIOD OF FANATICISM
  FINANCED BY RICHES FLOWING FROM THE "INDIES"
  note that MUSLIM AND JEWISH POPULATIONS
       WERE EXPELLED FROM SPAIN AND
  SOON AFTER MARTIN LUTHER STARTED HIS REVOLT
  AGAINST THE HEGEMONY OF THE VATICAN
  cont> see> HALLUCINATION
  hx> note TODAY THE ROMAN CHURCH CELEBRATES
       in sp
  DIA DE TODOS LOS MUERTOS or day of " THE DEAD " and
  DIA DE TODOS LOS SANTOS            " ALL SAINTS " or
  of ALL SPIRITS also known as the
  ST PETER and ST JOHN ANNIVERSARY
  hx> note OTHER CULTURES ALSO CELEBRATE
           THE DAY OF ALL THE DEAD
  CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX FAMILIES
  VISIT CEMETERIES AND PLACE BURNING CANDLES
  ON THE TOMBS OF THEIR RELATIVES
  CHINESE and JAPANESE ALSO HAVE SIMILAR CELEBRATIONS
  hx> note REGARDING TRADITIONAL FESTIVITIES
           there is a tendency in the USA
  TO MANIPULATE rather than CELEBRATE
  perhaps a sign of the growing impact of
  CONSUMERISM over TRADITION