Blessed be! As the eve of October 31st draws near, so does the pagan holiday, Samhain (pronounced as “sah-win”). As Samhain approaches, you might notice how the veil between our world and the spirit ...

Every October 31, the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain marks the midpoint between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice. It celebrates the end of the harvest and the start of the darker half of ...

The Irish have been celebrating Halloween since around A.D. 1000, and many of the celebrations that began in Ireland continue around the world every year. Back in the day, Halloween was a pagan ...

Halloween's origins trace back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which marked the end of summer for the Celts. The Celts believed the boundary between the living and the dead blurred on the ...

The witch’s new year is upon us! Samhain, the ancient Gaelic festival that marks the end of the Celtic year, occurs from October 31 to the November 1. Also known as the birth of Halloween, it’s a time ...

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