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Another Turn of The Wheel: Samhain - 'The Witches’ New Year'

Substack
Some musings on this Wheel of the Year festival and suggestions of rituals to honour this potent seasonal shift.
2 months ago

Honoring Hekate, Queen Of Ghosts And The Restless Dead, At Samhain

Patheos
Hekate is an excellent goddess to honor during Samhain. As a goddess of the crossroads, liminal spaces, ghosts and the dead–especially and particularly the...
75 months ago

Goddess of the winter months to reign in Kerry

KillarneyToday.com
The legendary Cailleach – a hag or witch who is the Gerry – will be the centerpiece of a thrilling Samhain spectacle in Listowel, Dingle, Kenmare and Tralee.
4 months ago

Celebrating Samhain, history’s heroes

Irish Echo Newspaper
As Samhain approached, the Nollaig Na mBan NY women were excited when I suggested we have our first in person celebration since the pandemic...
38 months ago

Halloween isn’t about candy and costumes for modern-day pagans – witches mark Halloween with reflections on death as well as magic

The Conversation
It is marked as a sacred day known as Samhain in which death is celebrated. This Halloween they might have something to teach us – both about the acceptance of...
50 months ago

Mother Grove's Ancestor Ritual gives attendees space to mourn the dead

The Asheville Citizen Times
Sabra Ball, right, helps light attendees candles at the Mother Grove Goddess Temple Ancestor Ritual, or Samhain, at All Soul's Church,...
122 months ago

The Real Legend of Mongfind, the Witch-Queen Who Inspired Halloween

VICE
Mongfind is depicted as “an Otherworldly figure who was said to have died at Samhain.” Cold-hearted and power-hungry, Mongfind plans to kill her brother...
74 months ago

Column: A Perspective on Snake - Living, Paganism, Perspectives, Witchcraft

The Wild Hunt
Witchcraft & Pagan News - New TWH Columnist Sheri Barker explores the relationships between the snake and its relationship to the rest of...
57 months ago

Halloween: Did it descend from a Roscommon cave?

BBC
Nestled away in a field full of sheep in County Roscommon is what some some people believe is the origin of Halloween - a cave known as Ireland's Gate to Hell.
26 months ago

From bonfires to baskets: a haunted history of halloween

Troy Tropolitan
Halloween is upon us, but how much do you know about the holiday's history? All Hallow's Eve dates back to the Celts, who lived over 2,000...
2 months ago