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Midnight now marks the start of the day in civil time throughout the world; however, some religious calendars continue to begin the day at another time — for example, at dusk in the Hebrew calendar or the Islamic calendar.
Each day thus has two midnights, one at the start and one at the end. In the 24-hour clock these are written 00:00 and 24:00 respectively; the 12-hour clock has no notation for the midnight at the end of the day (it has to written as 12 am on the next day).
In traditional magical thinking, both midnight and its opposite, noon, form an axis linking the mundane world with otherworlds by being apogee of darkness and light, respectively. Thus, midnight is associated with chaos, death, underworldFor other meanings of the word "underworld" see Underworld (disambiguation In the study of mythology and religion, the underworld is a generic term approximately equivalent to the lay term afterlife, referring to any place to which newly-dead souls go. and mysteryIn modern colloquial English, a mystery is a subgenre of detective fiction (see Mystery fiction). Also in modern colloquial English, a mystery is something which is unknown. Originally mystery was a religious term. A mystery was a rite into which only the.
Similarly as with noon, the midnight were seen as moment when sacrumThe sacrum is a bone at the end of the spine. It articulates with the hip bone at two sacroiliac joints. It is actually formed from the fusion of five vertebrae, and sits below L5, and above the coccyx. It is concave facing fowards, thus its curvature is manifests itself and epiphaniesThis article is about a feeling, for other meanings see epiphany (disambiguation). Epiphany refers to the sudden intuitive realization or comprehension of the essence or meaning of something. The word's secular usage may owe some of its popularity to Jame were most likely. Of course the epifanies expected were that associated with darkness, so it was thought that at midnight visitation from spiritThe term spirit has several different uses in different fields. Religion and spirituality In the fields of religion and spirituality, the term spirit may mean: The soul of an individual person A spiritual being, such as a ghost The Holy Spirit (also knowns, ghostThis article is about the paranormal. For other meanings, see Ghost (disambiguation). England Ghosts are the supposed apparitions of the dead. A ghost is often thought to be the spirit or soul of a person who has remained on Earth after death. Every cultus, demonSatan In folklore, mythology, and in many religions, a demon is a supernatural entity, generally (but not in all traditions) an evil or malicious spirit. The Greek word daemon ω, appears in the works of Plato and many other ancient authors, withouts and devilThe Devil is the name given to a supernatural entity who, in most Western religions, is the central embodiment of evil. This entity is commonly referred to by a variety of other names, including Satan, Lucifer, Mephistopheles and Beelzebub. In classic dems were common.
All the supernatural creatures of darkness - reminiscence of feared nocturnal predators - were believed to haunt the night, their potency greatest at its central point. According to Slavic folklore, midnight was time when strzygas have risen from graves to suck blood of mortals, zmora s assailed sleeping to steal their breath and devils came for sinners. Polish Judes believed that it is time when dybbuks possessed folk causing insanity.
As night's attributes are chaos and primordiality, all the acts of summoning from otherworlds were easiest to perform at the culmination of the night. supernatural entities like demons and devils universally answered human call - be it death wish, curse of famine, prostration or pact with devil. All the acts of sorcery, witchcraft, necromancy were easiest then. While some beliefs stated that elaborate rituals were needed, some other folk lore ascribed unholy power to such simple acts as calling the devil at crossroad s at midnight. Even peeking into mirror at night (without reliable clock one could never be certain that time it is) was dangerous as devil himself could have looked back.
Midnight was also the time to gather the ingredients used in magical acts done at other times, so various herbs were thought to be most potent when harvested at midnight.
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