{"id":161,"date":"2011-10-19T19:15:25","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T19:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/?p=161"},"modified":"2024-09-13T14:39:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T19:39:39","slug":"witching-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/witching-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83e\uddd9\u200d\u2640\ufe0f What Is The Witching Hour &#038; When Is It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159954\" src=\"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Witch-Hour-Witches.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Witch-Hour-Witches.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Witch-Hour-Witches-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Witch-Hour-Witches-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Witch-Hour-Witches-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Witch-Hour-Witches-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Witching Hour is a time of increased supernatural activity that begins at Midnight every night. Officially, it takes place between 12:00 AM to 12:59 AM.\u00a0 However, its effects continue for hours into the demonic <a href=\"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/devils-hour\/\">Devil&#8217;s Hour<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/halloween-blog\/halloween-legend\/\">Halloween<\/a> is the most powerful of these Witching Hours due to the forces of evil annually marshaling forth in an effort to take over the paranormal planet. The nightly Witching Hour is a time when most non-demonic paranormal activity is at its height. Of course, that doesn&#8217;t mean demons can&#8217;t still be alarmingly afoot. The Midnight Hour is the ideal time to practice magic, particularly witchcraft, which is how the hour got its name. In ancient times, wicked witches were consistently found to be mischief-making at Midnight.<\/p>\n<h2>The Origins Of The Witching Hour<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-155152\" src=\"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Midnight-Witching-Hour.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Midnight-Witching-Hour.jpg 666w, https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Midnight-Witching-Hour-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Midnight-Witching-Hour-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Midnight-Witching-Hour-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One reason supernatural activity is so prominent and the powers of magic at its height is due to the forces of darkness claiming the hour and the remaining hours until the first enchanted embers of dawn.\u00a0 The forces of goodness thrive in the light of the holy sun. The photons that make up the rays of blessed light are said to originate from Heaven. This is why <a href=\"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/vampires\/\">Vampires<\/a> perish within its righteous rays.<\/p>\n<p>The pinnacle of this power is at Noon when the sun is at its zenith.\u00a0 So naturally, goodness would be at its weakest point when the sun is furthest away from this time, which is at Midnight when the Moon is at its zenith.\u00a0 The Moon has always had a place in the world of paranormal evil.\u00a0 Its silvery surface warps the sun&#8217;s rays into a somewhat unholy light. This allows evil to reside in celestial light rather than pitch blackness.\u00a0 It plays a role in the dark magic of the wayward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/witching-hour\">Witching Hour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>The Nefarious Night<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160012\" src=\"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Witching-Hour.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Witching-Hour.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Witching-Hour-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Witching-Hour-1024x721.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Witching-Hour-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Witching-Hour-1536x1081.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another reason for the malevolence of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Midnight\">Midnight<\/a> and the increased supernatural activity it brings is the simple fact that most people are asleep.\u00a0 The collective consciousness of human goodness, including the pure innocence of children in particular, interacting subconsciously with the pure thought foundation of our reality is at its weakest. This encourages various non-corporeal entities to more easily slip into our reality from higher dimensions.\u00a0 This includes demons, poltergeists, ghosts, and various sinister spirits.\u00a0 Many humans are, in fact sub-consciously in the dream plane between life and death as their consciousness lies dormant within their nightly slumber.\u00a0 So in essence, there&#8217;s a temporary exchange between good human souls and the souls of evil from higher dimensions keeping the cosmos in balance.<\/p>\n<p>The dark <a href=\"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/metaphysical-astral-energy\/\">metaphysical energy<\/a> of the horrifying hour is amplified by the practice of various dark magics by witches, wizards, warlocks, and sorcerers. Sometimes including animal and human sacrifices to their patron dark deities, and demons! Within the seemingly silent night, there are numerous nefarious abominations taking place! Your peacefully sweet slumber within the cloak of darkness is blissful ignorance! In the dead of night, mystical battles are being fought by brave supernatural warriors against the forces of darkness. We strive to keep you safe as paranormal professionals take on the diabolical dangers of the wretched Witching Hour!\ud83e\uddd9\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/halloween-blog\/witching-hour\/\">\u23f0The Midnight Witching Hour Poem<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Witching Hour is a time of increased supernatural activity that begins at Midnight every night. Officially, it takes place between 12:00 AM to 12:59 AM.? However, its effects continue for hours into the demonic Devil?s Hour. Halloween is the most powerful of these Witching Hours due to the forces of evil annually marshaling forth in an effort to take over the paranormal planet. The nightly Witching Hour is a time when most non-demonic paranormal activity is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":159954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,28],"tags":[1312,494],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paranormal-times","category-witches","tag-midnight","tag-witching-hour"],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160013,"href":"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/160013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/paranormal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}