More Americans are Wiccan, and will celebrate Samhain not Halloween Saturday. Oct. 30, 2009— -- Patti Wigington is a soccer mom. She is the vice president of her local PTA. And she's a witch ...

How to prepare for Samhain, the witch’s New Year, during the Full Hunter’s Moon. By Olivia harvey. October 9, 2019. By Olivia harvey. October 9, 2019.

But Samhain (pronounced “sow-win”) is also a time to remember and interact with the dead, and this year’s celebrations will be especially poignant as many witches, Wiccans and other pagans ...

This group of 250 is celebrating Samhain on Friday night, with a potluck Dumb Supper and ritual in Berkeley. Cog.org: Covenant of the Goddess, a national umbrella for Wiccan congregations and ...

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 ...

But not every witch considers Samhain the new year. Ashley Seekraft and Azaizall Robles are the high priestess and priest of the Circle of the Amalthai Coven, located in Washington, D.C.This coven ...

The Wiccan Church of Minnesota held its autumn celebration, Samhain ("sow-enn"), on Saturday night. And as with Day of the Dead rites in Mexico or All Souls' Day practices throughout Europe at ...

This year, in the shadow of the pandemic, Samhain carries extra poignance, with more socially distant observances and references to COVID-19. Witches around New Jersey and across the nation will ...

That's why Samhain is such an important and powerful day to witches, Couture said. It's the day when "the veil between the living and the dead is the thinnest," and many witches attempt to contact ...

On Oct. 19 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury, 24 Clapboard Ridge Road, the Connecticut Wiccan and Pagan Network will host a Samhain. Registration begins at 3 p.m.

Samhain means "summer's end" in Gaelic and is believed to have been a precursor to Halloween. Witches usher in the holiday, which traditionally begins on the evening the 31st, with bonfires ...