Halloween, which celebrates ghouls and ghosts while illuminating the nation's love-hate relationship with candy corn, is rooted in a pre-Christian, Celtic...
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As reminders of our choices, the wisdom inherent in our bodies, minds, and hearts, this Sabbat in particular urges us to engage with our past to succeed and...
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Samhain was the pivotal point of the Celtic Pagan new year, a time of rebirth – and death. "Pagans had three harvests: Lammas, harvest of the corn, on 1 August;...
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Samhain (pronounced “sow-in”), of course, is typically associated with ancestor magick, honouring the dead, contacting spirits, divining the future and shadow...
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The Celtic New Year, the Gaelic festival that marks the end of the harvest season. The light half of the year has ended and we are traveling into the dark part.
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Between themed TV specials, novelty candy flavors and the pageantry of the mass-produced costume, Halloween has become so thoroughly Americanized that we...
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An amalgam of All Saints' Day and Samhain that nearly coincides with election day, Halloween continues to encompass competing ideas of the otherworldly and...
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Sure, Halloween may be the modern-day descendant of Samhain, a sacred festival of the ancient Celts and Druids in the British Isles. And, yes, Halloween is...
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BLACK VEIL BRIDES frontman Andy Biersack was asked if he is a fan of METALLICA. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "You know what? It's...
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Many folklore experts believe modern Halloween has its origins in the Irish Celtic festival of Samhain and that the spooky supernatural elements were just a...
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