Lecture Date: October 24, 2009 Venue: ParkGrounds Coffee Shop, Atlanta GA
A multimedia presentation on the esoteric origins of Halloween and
the worldwide celebration of The Day of the Dead.
Questions to be discussed include:
What is the meaning of Halloween, Samhein, or "The Day of the
Dead"?
How could ancient cultures across the globe "coincidentally"
celebrate this theme of The Day of the Dead at the same time of
year, assuming they had no contact with each other?
What are the origins of the symbols and superstitions
associated with Halloween? (witches on brooms, apparitions, graves
and the dead, Lucifer, Satan, candlelight, etc)
How do the Pleiades star cluster relate to Halloween?