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...
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For weeks the villagers gathered. One brought old boxes, another brought fresh, pliable willow. One gathered clam shells, another brought...
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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...
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The Church presents an exploration of the Celtic tradition of Samhain with Karina Melvin and Kate Gilman and Jess Forsythe of Soundlove.
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This time of year, I often run across articles proclaiming Halloween a modern form of the pagan Irish holiday of Samhain – pronounced SAW-en...
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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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The most recent revival of Samhain celebrations at the Hill of Ward began 19 years ago. The festivities have been gaining in popularity.
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In between the Misfits and his eponymous band Danzig, Glenn Danzig served as the frontman for the short-lived but incendiary goth-punk-metal...
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