Halloween Event: Festival Of The Dead History, Photos and Videos

From their earliest beginnings, humans have had to face the great mystery of death. Over time, the wise learned to understand and honor this most profound of the rites of passage, guiding their peoples to understand these mysteries. They knew that even in the brightest of life’s moments, Death’s face would be peering from just beyond the shadows, waiting to leave his calling card. Death is humankind’s great lover, who courts and pursues us with a conviction no mortal lover is capable of.

Throughout history, humans have been led in a dance with death that is both fearful and romantic. Digging through the tomes of religion, myth, anthropology, folklore, and literature, we find the grim examples of death’s shadows cast over all cultures like the shrouds within dusty sepultures. Read more …

Halloween Event: The Brimstone Chronicles Throughout October

Throughout October at The Vault, 217 Essex Street
Revolutionary Christian Pastor Phil Wyman takes you on a journey through Heaven and Hell as you explore the history and mystery of death and the afterlife in a revealing experience of myth, beliefs and spiritual redemption. Visit the lives and deaths of sinners and saints as you follow the stations of torment and bliss. Challenge your faith and elevate your spirit as you contemplate the divine revelation of the Kingdom of Heaven.

History is scarred by our fear of death, which has twisted the minds of men and women into believing and imagining their worst nightmares and utopian dreams. The evening begins with the feast of the last supper, where you live as though this were your last day on earth. Attend a graveside funeral where you’ll be forced to face the shroud of your own mortality and descend into the depths of despair. Throughout the evening, we’ll relive the final passing of martyrs and murderers and discover the surprising choices they made as they faced the reality of their journey beyond the veil of death. Join us in the passage to the underworld and the flight to glory as we learn the legends, observe the rituals, and examine traditional beliefs of death and dying. Read more …