Skip to the contentFacing the Shadows As the nights lengthen and October folds into its darker half, the air feels charged, ancient, symbolic, and full of mystery. Halloween, or Samhain in the old Celtic calendar, marks the turning of the year toward shadow. Traditionally, it was seen as the time when the veil between worlds thins, when the living can sense the presence of what’s hidden, ancestral, or unseen. From a psychological and spiritual perspective, Halloween isn’t just about costumes or fright; it’s an invitation to face what we usually avoid, our fears, our mortality, and the hidden parts of our psyche that […] In many ancient traditions, time is not seen as linear but cyclical, moving through great ages that mirror the rise and fall of human consciousness. In Hindu cosmology, Kaliyuga is described as the final and most turbulent of these cycles: the age of confusion, quarrel, and forgetfulness. In Kaliyuga, the ancient texts say, truth becomes obscured. People forget who they are. The sacred is replaced by the superficial. The world accelerates, louder, faster, more divided, and the inner voice of wisdom grows faint beneath the noise. This is not just a myth about civilisation. It is also […] ©Pneuma Psychotherapy
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