Category: Samhain
Samhain 2009
November 14th, 2009, 2 Comments
This is one of my favorite times of year. It is also the end of the year for those of us who use the Celtic calendar. It is a time to look back and see what you have accomplished, to honor your ancestors both living and deceased. We can decorate by bringing the colors of [...]
Samhain Correspondences
October 29th, 2008, No Comments
Samhain~Halloween Customs and Practices
Again Many of my readers have seen this information before so here it is again.
This major festival has several aspects. It is considered the third (meat) harvest, New Year’s Eve, the Day of the Dead (the dead are honored as they were by the ancient Celts & Egyptians and even now [...]
Samhain – Halloween, Hallow’en & All Hallows Eve
October 1st, 2007, 5 Comments
If you were to ask someone just what it is we celebrate on Halloween, very few will know the exact answer and will probably tell you it’s something to do with Witches, Ghosts and the Dead?
But where did these spooky festivities originate? Why do we dress up as ghouls, skeletons, tortured victims, headless lords, witches [...]
