The spiritual undertones of the Samhain festival also lent themselves to looking to the future, an activity quite apropos to the start of the Celtic new year; History.com notes that Druids, or ...

Samhain, in Celtic tradition, is the beginning of a new year and is considered to be a time of communion with spirits. HOLIDAYS. Traditional Pagan, Witchcraft or Wicca Festivals (Sabbats) ...

Samhain is the pagan origin of Halloween ... People claimed the ancient Druids ate their first born children on Samhain, or collected the blood of their sacrificial humans in cauldrons and drank it.

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THE origins of Halloween can be traced back to a Celtic festival called Samhain. But what was it, when did it take place, and what happened? What is Samhain? In the Celtic days, Britain was a Pagan… ...

What exactly is the Samhain festival? Samhain is a Gaelic word pronounced 'SAH-win', it's an ancient Celtic spiritual tradition that is celebrated between October 31 and November 1.

Samhain or Samhuinn, pronounced sow-wen, is the pagan precursor to Halloween, a festival honoring the end of the harvest, the onset of winter and the beginning of the “dark half” of the Celtic ...

The society will throw Salem's first Samhain Celtic New Year Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 22 at Grant Community School as a form of fun, interactive education.

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 corn, on 1 August; the one of fruit and vegetables ...

The following are Celtic blessings ahead of Samhain for you, your loved ones, and your ancestors, whom it is especially important to remember this time of year. Have a happy Samhain!