Being October and all...I thought I´d throw my 2 sense in.
Hallow´en is a pagan celebration. (this does not necessarily mean Wiccan).
Occult means hidden or unknown...and has nothing to do with so-called Satanism...which is basically saying the opposite of whatever Chriustianity says.
In other words...you don´t have Satanism UNLESS you have Christianity.
Pagans respect and care for our Home...our Planet...our UniverSe. As do the native and aboriginal peoples around the globe.
Hallowe´en is the New Year...after the harvest and the outside work is completed.
It is an acknowledgement of a time when the Veil between the Worlds is at its thinnest; when the connection between the invisible and the visible worlds is at it´s strongest and closest.
That´s where the idea of ghosts and scary things originated.
People are AFRAID of the unknown, the hidden, the occult! Of death altogether!
Stop being afraid!!!
The UniverSe is full of LOVE!