Halloween
We're almost at the night when by tradition the darkest, foulest, most evil creatures of the nether realms can stalk the Earth. Although I suspect most of the vampires, demons, witches and ghouls will take one look at a world beset by terrorists who slaughter innocents, leaders of 'civilized' nations who reign down destruction (for the greater good of course) and a string of terrible natural catastrophes and run back to the much safer infernal marches. Normally I'd read a good ghost story or watch a gory horror for Sahmain, but this year all I really need to do is switch on the news...
So true so true...But I love your stories! Blessed Samhain to you anyway!
ReplyDeleteIt is true, we don't need invented horrors when there's so many real ones.
ReplyDeleteBut Samhain is mainly about paying our respects to the ancestors (like the Mexican day of the Dead and Chinese ancestor-honouring customs). The purpose of the horror aspect is to bring our inner demons out of the subconscious and into consciousness where we can confront them. So perhaps we need that aspect too, as a lot of the "war on terror" is about Blair and his cronies trying to eliminate their inner demons.