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fromPsychology Today
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Honoring Your Inner Witch

In October, we costume up for Halloween, once a sacred day, Samhain, celebrated by the ancient Celts to mark the end of summer and the harvest season. The boundary between the living and the dead was thought to grow thin at this time. Celebrants then dressed in costumes as a disguise to confuse the spirits of the dead, who were said to return to the living. Later, the Catholic Church absorbed some of the ideas of the pagan ritual, transforming it into All Saints' Day to honor its saints.
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2 days ago

The many mysterious meanings of black cats DW 10/31/2025

Black cats became symbols of evil and Halloween due to medieval witchcraft associations, brutal cultural rituals, and later incorporation into 19th-century American Halloween traditions.
Philosophy
fromAeon
1 month ago

Sebastian Castellio and the deep roots of religious tolerance | Aeon Essays

Sebastian Castellio argued that religious disagreement does not justify execution and defended toleration, asserting everyone is judged heretical by someone else.
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fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 months ago

You are the witches: The audience as collective accused in Renegade Opera's staging of Ashi Day's "Waking the Witch" * Oregon ArtsWatch

Renegade Opera presents Ashi Day's Waking the Witch, an immersive chamber opera linking historical and contemporary witch hunts, Sept 5–7 at Chapel Theater, Milwaukie.
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