Halloween? What is this really all about?

Well it is one of the oldest rituals dating as far back as 840s honoring of the Saints and all spirits. October 31st is an eve of all saints day and, honor to this has traveled as far as Ireland, Britain, the south of France, and pretty much all points in-between. Funny thing is, the read more…

Halloween Offerings !

In Scotland, young people went blindfolded into the garden to pull kale stalks; later, before the crackling fireplace, the plants would be “read” for revealing signs of the future wife or husband–short and stunted, tall and healthy, withered and old, and so on. The amount of earth holding on to the root was believed to read more…

Is Friday the 13th really unlucky?

Is Friday the 13th really unlucky? Where did this superstition originate and is there anything to this? The fear of Friday the 13th has been called friggatriskaidekaphobia, and those who fear it are calledParaskevidekatriaphobics — people afflicted with a morbid, irrational fear of Friday the 13th. According to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute read more…