Do you ever suddenly wake up at 3 a. The answer might surprise you. However, this seems to have begun around when the Catholic Church forbade activities taking place during a. Prayer for this morning.
Daily meditation. Prayer for this evening. Top Get Aleteia delivered to your inbox. Subscribe here. Why are we so afraid of the space between midnight and sunrise? Have we let modern-day horror films scare us or is it purely an instinct we should listen to? What exactly about the Witching Hour makes us feel so uneasy? What is the Witching Hour? Some believe the Witching Hour is the time of night when the veil between life and death is thinnest, allowing spirits and ghosts to travel between two worlds.
Others believe that witches and psychics are more powerful at this time of night. So what time is the witching hour? The predominant reasoning lies within religious texts—Jesus was crucified at 3PM, and the inverse of that would be 3AM, making it an hour of demonic activity, according to folklore. Witch hunts, demonic activity, exorcisms, and rituals have all become intertwined with the Witching Hour, as just about any clock in a horror movie will tell you.
Depending on your philosophical or religious beliefs the witching hour could be between 3 am and 4 am. Or, be from sunset to sunrise. It is believed that Christ died at 3 pm and as the Devil works in inversions, 3 am is when witchcraft, exorcisms, and demonic activity are taking place. Despite Satan having nothing to do with witchcraft, the two tend to be lumped together as the cloak of darkness makes it ideal for naughtiness. How long do dreams last? A witching hour or devil hour is ubiquitous to the human condition.
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