Halloween is designated the season of ghosts. Why is that? We can encounter a ghost any time of year. But there is an especially potent natural reason for the ghostly season. Halloween or All Hallows Eve is celebrated 31 October each year, marking the cross- quarter of the year, meaning the half-way point between the autumn equinox in the northern hemisphere, and the winter solstice, which in 2024 will occur on Saturday 21 December.
Loved your explanation for Halloween and Samhain, my ancestral New Year from birth in Ireland. I was born on the Winter Solstice 22nd Dec. I also loved the ghost story, having had my own experience. This ghost or image in particular was solid. i used to attend ballroom dancing class and was fully dressed for a Viennese ballgown for a waltz, hurrying across a street in the Strand in London near John Adam Street. A splendid coach and horses came down the street. I thought it was a Dunhill coach or something for advertising. It stopped and a gentleman in a tall hat and Victorian clothes alighted, smiled at me and tipped his hat, and disappeared up steps into a huge building. I smiled back, delighted at the spectacle and hurried to the class. Only afterwards,after class, I realized the building was not there, only Top Shop and Chelsea Girl and no steps and no huge building. It was a shock. I forgot about it. a few months later, in the same place, I saw the coach again but this time it went past amongst all the traffic, solid as anything. Recently my son researched and found the building and the gentleman who lived there. He was a political satirist and cartoonist who lived in England and in America. There was a painting of him as a younger man. I immediately knew it was him. I wondered if it was more of a glimpse through a vortex in time. Because I was dressed appropriately neither of us was startled and I just thought he was in costume. xx
A loop in time, a fold in the fabric, how extraordinary, but I think so. Or what TC Lethbridge called a ghoul, meaning, not some ghastly spirit, but a memory trapped in a landscape. But the loop in time would seem more like it, because of the interaction.
Not many strangers smile and tip their hats and I could not help up smile back. I had a happy day and was glad only to get the shock later... more a feeling of wonder but no real fear. Yes, I think it was a loop and I think it is still there in that area of the Strand.
Yep! I still have it, and all its petticoats, not that it would fit me now. I had an 18 inch waist back then! I was actually turfed out of my mirrored room just before a competition because the new Sat Night Fever album had come out and a slew of dancers came in to learn the Travolta steps. I was a bit miffed about losing my room although I loved the music... hardly a Viennese waltz though!
All Hallows Eve represents the time when the Veil between worlds are thinnest. It makes sense that you were/are able to see Spirit Energy. Most people are not sensitive enough to perceive (see/feel) the energetic shifts that occur.
Thank you for a wonderful story and a reminder that all Spirit can make contact - if you choose to listen/look/feel.❤️
Happy Halloween, Katie. A wonderful read.
Loved your explanation for Halloween and Samhain, my ancestral New Year from birth in Ireland. I was born on the Winter Solstice 22nd Dec. I also loved the ghost story, having had my own experience. This ghost or image in particular was solid. i used to attend ballroom dancing class and was fully dressed for a Viennese ballgown for a waltz, hurrying across a street in the Strand in London near John Adam Street. A splendid coach and horses came down the street. I thought it was a Dunhill coach or something for advertising. It stopped and a gentleman in a tall hat and Victorian clothes alighted, smiled at me and tipped his hat, and disappeared up steps into a huge building. I smiled back, delighted at the spectacle and hurried to the class. Only afterwards,after class, I realized the building was not there, only Top Shop and Chelsea Girl and no steps and no huge building. It was a shock. I forgot about it. a few months later, in the same place, I saw the coach again but this time it went past amongst all the traffic, solid as anything. Recently my son researched and found the building and the gentleman who lived there. He was a political satirist and cartoonist who lived in England and in America. There was a painting of him as a younger man. I immediately knew it was him. I wondered if it was more of a glimpse through a vortex in time. Because I was dressed appropriately neither of us was startled and I just thought he was in costume. xx
A loop in time, a fold in the fabric, how extraordinary, but I think so. Or what TC Lethbridge called a ghoul, meaning, not some ghastly spirit, but a memory trapped in a landscape. But the loop in time would seem more like it, because of the interaction.
Not many strangers smile and tip their hats and I could not help up smile back. I had a happy day and was glad only to get the shock later... more a feeling of wonder but no real fear. Yes, I think it was a loop and I think it is still there in that area of the Strand.
And for him, you were a ghost from the future. I wonder if he ever realized, and got a shock too.
in a ballgown lol
Yep! I still have it, and all its petticoats, not that it would fit me now. I had an 18 inch waist back then! I was actually turfed out of my mirrored room just before a competition because the new Sat Night Fever album had come out and a slew of dancers came in to learn the Travolta steps. I was a bit miffed about losing my room although I loved the music... hardly a Viennese waltz though!
Throughly enjoyed this read 🙏😇
Katie-Ellen.
All Hallows Eve represents the time when the Veil between worlds are thinnest. It makes sense that you were/are able to see Spirit Energy. Most people are not sensitive enough to perceive (see/feel) the energetic shifts that occur.
Thank you for a wonderful story and a reminder that all Spirit can make contact - if you choose to listen/look/feel.❤️
Excellent article. Thank you.
Loved it! Thank you much.