All Souls’ Day
2024-11-02
A TRADITIONAL celebration intended to honor the spirits of dead ancestors has its roots in Canaanite and Amorite veneration of the Rephaim—the spirits of the giants destroyed in the Flood.Continue Reading
Last Clash of the Titans Part 7: Demigods, Demons, and Saints
2018-09-07
The Greek story of the origin of demons is consistent with Jewish beliefs, although they had very different views of the nature of those spirits. Oddly, one of the offshoots of the veneration of the Rephaim is the Catholic practice of venerating saints.Continue Reading