A photo of Shiva Honey's Devil’s Dinner. A photo of Shiva Honey's Devil’s Dinner. Most of us are content to stuff ourselves with candy and anything pumpkin spice on Halloween, but many who actually ...

Samhain is upon us, and with it the summons to face the dark with fortitude. The word Samhain translates to “summer’s end,” and as practicing witch Dacha Avelin richly describes, “It is the threshold ...

Since the COVID pandemic began, Melanie Wilbur of Mount Holly has celebrated the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain with small, muted ceremonies. Last year, Wilbur and the other members of her coven — ...

Halloween is fast approaching with people worldwide preparing their costumes, decorating their homes and buying lots of candy for prospective trick-or-treaters before October 31. But it's also a ...

There's no one way to honour Samhain. "Traditions vary with witches, as that is part of the allure of being a witch," explains Mysticalcraft Arriana, Keen.com advisor. "Anything goes as long as it has ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - This Halloween, as children dress as witches for trick-or-treating, a real witch in Wausau is celebrating the ancient Celtic festival that started it all. Several historical ...

As darkness falls tonight, Lorene Couture and her family coven of witches will begin celebrating one of their year's most sacred nights. What is Halloween to legions of trick-or-treaters is Samhain -- ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." As well as being a time of renewal and reflection, Samhain is also famously a time where the veil between ...

Halloween may conjure up images of witches in black robes dancing around a bonfire. But, while some witches do observe Halloween deep in the woods with their coven, that's not what all witches do to ...

Faiths A modern witch celebrates the cycle of life and death at the confluence of cultures (RNS) — This time of year, a bruja, or witch, practices central Mexican Indigenous rituals and modern pagan ...

Every year at this time I revisit one of my oldest recurring spiritual dilemmas. Can a holiday that celebrates idolatry be acceptable to the Abrahamic faiths? Even though King Saul consulted the witch ...