All Souls' Day

Different Views on the Same Time Period Both feast days Halloween and All Souls’ Day come from one Celtic habit when it was celebrated the beginning of second part of the year. Since the Celts knew only two seasons, namely the darker half of the year and the brighter half of the year. Under the name of Halloween is this feast recognised in English speaking countries, especially in the USA, Canada and the British Isles whereas All Souls’ Day is celebrated in Christian countries. However, the meaning of these celebrations is based on the same grounds - in memory of the deceased persons but the traditions differ in many ways. On the last day in October Halloween is celebrated not only in English speaking countries. Under the influence of English as a lingua franca it is known and partly celebrated around the word. The origin of the name comes from the words All Hallow’ Evening. Many traditions are connected to this day. The basic Halloween’s symbols are pumpkins, witches, black cats and bonfires. Pumpkins are gouged out and a terrifying face is carved them. A candle is given into pumpkin and then they are placed in front of the house in order to drive bed ghost out. They are called as jack-o’-lanterns in the America. The jack-o’-lanterns light fill the streets. Children put on frightening costumes and do the rounds of neighbouring houses…

Meurtos - more commonly known as the Day of the Dead – is a traditional festivity dating back almost 3,000 years, that is practiced all over Mexico and in certain parts of the United States. The story behind this idiosyncratic holiday is that over 500 years ago, when the Spanish Conquistadors found what are now the remnants of the Aztec Empire, they had encountered the indigenous peoples participating in an activity that seemed to mock death. This ritual was in honor of their goddess…

treats on their doorsteps, and light candles as a path back to the spirit world (“History of Halloween”). The original Celtic holiday of Samhain was progressive altered by different religious groups. When the Roman Empire conquered the majority of Celts in 43 A.D., it brought Christianity to the Celts. Christians originally celebrated All Martyrs Day on May 13, 609, but in an effort to merge holidays it was changed it to November 1. Santino, a writer for the American Folklife Center, writes…

In today's world wiccans and other Neopagans have Samhain and it is the biggest Sabbat that they celebrate. Samhain is also known to many as Halloween, Samhain is a time to remember your ancestors and is when their spirits to come to you. Samhain is a time when the veil between worlds are thin and the other world meaning the dead can pass through such as your ancestors,before this is just a stop for them before they head of to the summerlands.As the day comes family extra chairs we put in place…

Rituals and Day of the Dead in Modern Mexico Día de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead is a popular Hispanic holiday that is often associated with Mexico. Participants of this holiday celebrate it for more than two days, they are known for their particular decorations on tombstones, festive parties, and sugar skulls. Day of the Dead started off as a couple of Catholic holidays, but has then become something that makes the holiday specially engrained into the Mexican Culture. From where the holiday…

imparts the ideology Socrates had in regard to the immortality of the soul and his views about death, which he was about to face himself. Among a gathering of his most faithful followers, his friends are astonished that Socrates is not desolate about his ill fate, but rather, he is delighted with it. Socrates proclaims that the life of a philosopher is merely a preparation for death since the mind is most pure when the pressures of the body is felt least. He even informs them that he believes in…

Socrates’s Main Concern: The Soul Taken from the Chapter no. 2 of the book The Philosopher’s way written by John Chafee. Introduction and Background: The purpose of this thesis is to identify the main key ideas of Socrates concern with the betterment of the Soul. Highlighting the word ‘Psyche’ as the soul which is immortal or imperishable. Defining Soul as the main identity of a person, it is what defines a person, his acts, and his mindset. He added that every soul has happiness in it but not…

In Phaedo, Simmias believes that the soul is similar to the harmony made from an instrument. Socrates points out two statements that make Simmias rethink his views on the soul and the body. As Socrates turns down Simmias 's theory of the soul, not only is he able to convince Simmias, he is also able to make great arguments that support his ideas on how the soul cannot be relatable to the attunement of an instrument. Simmias 's opinion on the soul is that the harmony that is produced by an…

are fascinated with it. Humans really do seem fascinated with death at times. Along with this fascination there is also a fascination in the debate on whether or not humans have souls and if one day our soul will move on. When we die will our soul go to the after life? Or will it just move on to a new body and a new person with reincarnation? The idea of surviving our deaths through the means of a soul taking us to the afterlife is one that seems to give some people hope about their futures.…

To understand physical death, we must understand life. Some believe humans are only physical matter with no soul. Others believe that we have a physical body and a single soul. Once the physical body dies, the spirit continues. Yet, others believe in dualism or two souls within a body, and so on. Many believe man has a single body and a soul. “According to the traditional beliefs of many native peoples in North America, individuals have at least two souls; however, traditional Pueblos…