Samhain is a gateway between the worlds. In the spring, Beltane performs the same function in that the veils are thin, yet the big punch of...
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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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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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I grew up as a Catholic and we were an Irish family living in England when I was a child. I didn't have living or recently dead grandparents...
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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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Sure, Halloween may be the modern-day descendant of Samhain, a sacred festival of the ancient Celts and Druids in the British Isles.
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Community invited to a celebration of Samhain, the Celtic origin of Halloween ... Aodh Og O'Tuama from Cork, Ireland, and Christy Martin from...
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MILTON — Call it Halloween or Samhain (sow-in), the last day of October has traditionally been known as the day the “veil” between the...
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