ASF Special: But Is It Real? Halloween I

What is it about the dark imagery, the witches, the vampires and the ghosts that make Halloween alluring? Is there any substance behind this attraction? We argue the affirmative. H. P. Lovecraft, wrote, “Men of broader intellect know that there is no sharp distinction betwixt the real and the unreal; that all things appear as they do only by virtue of the delicate individual physical and mental media through which we are made conscious of them.” Today we contemplate Halloween and ask, “But is it