A veil so thin, you too can see.

Halloween by many is a time for fun. Candy, parties, dressing up. For others it's a time to celebrate a life once lived. 

It is said when the sun goes down on Halloween, that the veil between the world of the living and the would of loved ones passed entwine.

In the Celtic religion it is said that on this day, the druids would perform rituals in the open land. They would sacrifice crops, animals, and in some cases humans. They would create a bonfire,the original word meaning "bone fire". Meaning bones of animals and sometimes humans sacrificed. These bonfires are said to fight against evil powers. Sometimes stayed lit until the coming of spring.

It was once written in the Canadian Immigrant magazine that.
"Celts believed that on the night of Samhain, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred, and the ghosts of the dead returned to earth."

Spirits whether they were good or bad were able to walk among us. The tradition was born where we wore masks and costumes in hopes of trying to scare away the evil spirits.

Have you ever noticed that the month of October seems like the most active month of the whole year. Maybe it's just our imagination running wild with the anticipation of October 31st to come.

For me I am a believer of the thin veil theory, I have had many experiences with spirits since I was young. More than I would like to count and I have also learned to live with the gift I believe I have.

My experiences:
When I was about 5, I got woken up to being shaken so hard I thought it was an earthquake. Only to find out the next morning there was no such earthquake.

I was around 13 maybe 14 when I had this dream of this incredible woman. We were in her house, a house straight out of the 50's, so home like. I was sitting on the couch looking out the window and had noticed fields and fields of green grass,So green it was almost cartoon like. Out in the fields were trees with the wind rustling the branches and making the leaves fall. I know sounds like heaven, It was. I was given a message, to tell my mom "I am alright." I gave this message to my mom not knowing who this woman was, only to find out after the tears rolled down her face, that this woman was her godmother who just died not more than a year prior.

When I was 16 or 17 I was woken by my mom, she was telling me that she was going to go get something to drink. I thought it was strange for my mom to be waking me up in the middle of the night, just to tell me she was getting something to drink. I told her "O.k. I'll come with you", I reached down grabbed my flashlight and turned it on. No one..hmmm...she was just standing there. So I grabbed my flashlight walked down to the kitchen, only a couple minutes behind my mom, to realize I was alone. The time...after 3am.

I have lived in now 3 houses right after the other, that have been haunted. This makes house 3 that I am currently living in, but I have grown to appreciate that we have to live together, whether I can see them or not. Of course we get the flashes of light in the corner of the room. The occasional "shhh..did you just hear that, I swear I just heard someone talking." Nothing would be complete though without the occasional apparition.

I am a believer, I think I always will. This rumor about the veil being thin, it's possible. Do I believe? Oh yeah I do! The question for you is DO YOU BELIEVE?

Here are a couple pages I got most of my information from. http://www.jeremiahproject.com/culture/halloween.html and http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/thesearch/archive/2010/10/29/thin-places-don-t-only-open-at-halloween.aspx