This Sol del Valle column has been translated for English readers. Every late October, when the cold begins to bite and the ...
The Wassail of the Church of the Eternal Circle’s Mary Lwyd will return Saturday, Nov. 8, bringing a lesser-known Celtic tradition to New Paltz and Highland, an ...
Can you chip in? This year we’ve reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved on the Wayback Machine. This makes us the largest public repository of internet history ever ...
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.
Halloween traces its origins back to the Iron Age and a feast of fire known as Samhain. Also included are the historical ...
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3,000 Years of Spirits: The Ancient Origins of Halloween

Before pumpkins, costumes, and candy, there was Samhain, the Celtic festival that marked the end of harvest and the beginning ...
A circle of figures, cloaked in ritual robes, stands in a clearing as the last light of day disappears behind the trees. A ...
"One of your best friends could be a witch, and you wouldn't even know," said Ave Riddler, explaining that many Wiccans ...
In the midst of spooky season, one Ohio University class is summoning more than just Halloween spirit – it’s also proven so popular with students in recent years that it’s grown to become a favorite ...
Witches have gone global – and viral. The business of black magic is booming. The hashtag WitchesOfInstagram has more than ...
Although not widespread, this sort of nature-based spiritual belief finds fertile ground in the Pacific Northwest. In the ...