The importance of death in the great circle of life
According to the inter-webs (specifically Wikipedia), “Samhain or Sauin is a Gaelic festival on 1 November marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or “darker half” of the year. It is also the Irish language name for November. Celebrations begin on the evening of 31 October, since the Celtic day began and ended at sunset.” The various celebrations and the weaving of beliefs has taken us into a time where we don disguises and force ourselves to interact with our neighbors. Each neighborhood is different, but every child knows and remembers where to get the full sized candy bars.
The history and beliefs that surround this mystical night, making everyone believe that it is possible to commune with our past loved ones, and ask all the questions we never got to ask. In 2021, Grandpa Allen moved on, then Grandpa Brown the year after. Add in baby girl graduating from high school, baby boy becoming a teenager, the current state of global affairs, and two disabled veterans with chronic pain; you get a recipe for high emotions and that’s before you consider that we are all neuro-divergent in different ways. The pain that was filling our house had us yearning to ask questions and to say good bye.
The process of grieving is complex, and we each had our own ways of processing the information, but it was the joy we found in setting new traditions for this night that helped us understand the importance of death in the great circle of life. Samhain was a celebration of the hard work done through the spring, summer, and fall; and a preparation for the dark, cold winter.
Tomorrow starts a new journey into the darkest parts of humanity. I image the next week will be a very instructive time as we head into last few days of the United States Election season. We will begin discussing the world of espionage, back handed deals, and the trafficking of souls from the “underworld.” Be ready to explore all the things your mommy warned you about, and deal with some skeletons in the closet.
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