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So, it is quite interesting to mark number 40 whole your life without really knowing what it is. Asking a priest you get answer that is really true, but that is all, no further explanation. What I mean is:
I am from Serbia and we mark 40 days after birth and 40 days after death.
40 days after birth it is considered to not be good for a family that had child gets visits from other people (family, friends and so on). It is believed that baby needs to be adjusted to this life and that any disturbance from outside may damage that (damage health and so on).
Another number 40 is after death of person. And what priest would say is: that is the period for a soul to calm down. For us 40 days after death is maybe even more important then 40 days after birth (parents usually chose not to believe in "old wife tales").
Only recently I actually learned that number 40 is alchemical number and very important. 40 days is needed for the soul to travel through the layers and come to the Earth (some would say soul is 40 days in dark in new body before it sees light) and 40 days is needed for soul to travel from Earth into the Source. On 40th day after death, it is considered as a burial, marked as same (minus laying body to the earth, obviously). It is still every important ritual in Serbia (unfortunately as many traditions today it is more about food, then ritual per se, but still respected).
I am from Serbia and we mark 40 days after birth and 40 days after death.
40 days after birth it is considered to not be good for a family that had child gets visits from other people (family, friends and so on). It is believed that baby needs to be adjusted to this life and that any disturbance from outside may damage that (damage health and so on).
Another number 40 is after death of person. And what priest would say is: that is the period for a soul to calm down. For us 40 days after death is maybe even more important then 40 days after birth (parents usually chose not to believe in "old wife tales").
Only recently I actually learned that number 40 is alchemical number and very important. 40 days is needed for the soul to travel through the layers and come to the Earth (some would say soul is 40 days in dark in new body before it sees light) and 40 days is needed for soul to travel from Earth into the Source. On 40th day after death, it is considered as a burial, marked as same (minus laying body to the earth, obviously). It is still every important ritual in Serbia (unfortunately as many traditions today it is more about food, then ritual per se, but still respected).