Wishing people Happy Halloween seems strange, when it is derived from All Saints and All Souls Day for blessing those who have died. Paula Curan, an author of gothic novels, said,”the farther we’ve gotten from the magic and mystery of our past, the more we’ve come to need Halloween”. In a scientific and technological age there is something to be said for imagining in the dark. Whilst Hallmark has morphed it in to a night of darkness, orange, pumpkins and candy, I prefer the magic of candles and light honouring the dead and those who believe they saw a glimpse of heaven. A glass pumpkin is an homage to the day passing, clocks changing and the start of November, the eleventh month, said to be the end of a cycle as we move in to winter.
