Faerromagnetic

OH DANG THAT SOUNDS FUN???

This man is:

- Mat Cauthon

- Moriarty in Young Sherlock

- Orpheus in West End's Hadestown

Everybody knows the Halloween/All Souls/Dia de Los Muertos/Fall Equinox type of spooky scary season. But growing up in a provincial, Folk Catholic environment has given me a small dread whenever Lent/Spring Equinox comes. Compared to the fear of the Dead, of Ghosts, Ghouls and Zombies Halloween evokes, the Lenten one is a lot closer and more interesting for me.

In the stories I heard when I was younger, Lent was miraculous, the peak of God's power, but also his Weakest. People said during Good Friday and Black Saturday is when all the Old Gods and Pagans would return in power. If you said your spells right and carved your talismans when God was Dead they would be most potent. If you met your Grandfather under the Balete Tree you would get his blessing and his ability to speak to the Dead. If you met your grandmother at her old home you'll see a Black Cat that looks at you with old kindly eyes. I heard stories of Men going up to the mountains in secret meetings where they test their spells, shooting each other with guns, chopping at their limbs, necks, and bellies with swords to prove who was had the strongest spells and talismans. God was Dead, and the Old Powers have returned, if only for a day or two.