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 ...

In October and November, Connecticut Wiccans and pagans are celebrating the Halloween season and the end of autumn with Samhains, an annual religious ritual that marks the final harvests, the coming ...

From vegetable carving to door-to-door knocking, Halloween owes a debt to its pagan predecessor, Samhain. Halloween is around ...

For pagans and Wiccans, the spiritual significance of Halloween goes far beyond costumes and candy. It’s a time to honor both life and death, and to connect with the spirit world in meaningful ways.

Halloween has its origin in Samhain, a Wiccan holiday originating from a 2,000-year-old Celtic tradition marking the pagan new year. Celebrated from October 31 to November 1, the sabbat—or ...

Christmas is not the only sacred day to be cannibalized by commerce. While the commercialized "holiday season" has created its own mythology around a jolly old elf and flying reindeer carrying a ...

MARION — A pagan group is planning its annual end-of-season ritual celebration. The event is the 2016 Southern Illinois Pagan Alliance's Samhain Ritual, which starts at 4 p.m. Saturday, October 29, at ...

A practicing witch breaks down the traditional feast — ritual tea, savory pasties, spiced sweets — and how to adapt it for modern hosting.

Athens, Tennessee, Archdruid Angela Wilson says the Christians opposed to what she calls the first-ever public druid Samhain ritual on U.S. soil set for Saturday afternoon don't understand her ...

On Halloween night, Charlene Dzielak will light candles and incense in front of an altar and invite her departed loved ones to join her in a "dumb supper," a feast eaten in silence out of reverence ...