October 2006 Issue: Halloween

Editor’s Letter:
Every October, we are continuously enchanted by stories of ghosts, witches and goblins. At this time, almost every show on local TV caters a Halloween motif flavored with spooky costumes and psychics. A time for trick-or-treating for kids and nightlong partying for young urbanites.

However, there lies a deeper spiritual significance behind this much-celebrated season of the dead. This period provides us with a doorway to the dark part of the year, initiating us to the inner mysteries of life and death. In fact, many cultures and spiritual traditions all over the world celebrate a day of the dead on the time around the end of October to early November. It is believed that the dead reunites with the living and access to the spirit world is made possible at this time. Also, this time serves as a reminder of the promise of the afterlife and of our ancestral roots which have made us all.

This Halloween season, let us find time to commemorate our deceased beloved through prayer and ritual work. Celebrate the endless changing of the season and utilize the dynamism that surrounds this time to explore, to recuperate and to transform.

Light & Love,
Ishilta

Editorial Staffs
Editor-In-Chief
Ishilta

Associate Editor
Sapphire Soul

Contributors
Aldrin F. T.
Ishilta
Kathael
Kether W.
Sapphire Soul
Weatherlight

L E T T E R S
Kudos!
Very good website! Congrats! I commend you for the time and efforts expended. Take care.

– Jon, via SMS

Grazie! Hope you find the articles helpful to your spiritual journey. - Ishilta

Good Hearted
You are a good hearted Babaylan. With what you are doing, you’d be catapulted to your lofty heights as you ascend further into the web of evolution.

– Rici Teves of SUFI-ISIS

Many thanks! I also commend your efforts in SUFI. - Ishilta

Cool Website
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– Noel, via friendster

Thanks for the continued support! – Ishilta

Good To Know
Good to know that there's an e-mag like this. Just want to know though if you have a local community here in Davao too...

– Bananas, blog comment

Yes, we do have good friends down there. There is a group called paganong Mindanao and Lord Chris of Phil. Wiccan Society also resides in Davao. – Ishilta

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