Dressing up in costumes and trick-or-treating are popular Halloween activities, but few probably associate these lighthearted fall traditions with their origins in Samhain, a three-day ancient Celtic ...

From outrageous costumes to trick or treat: the unexpected ancient roots of Halloween's most popular – and most esoteric – traditions. With its goblins, goosebumps and rituals – from bobbing for ...

The ancient precursor to Halloween, Samhain commemorates the end of the harvest and the onset of the "dark half" of the year. Donna Grace/NYPOST As autumn proves and Robert Frost reminds us, “Nothing ...

If there were any pointy hats donned at Sunday night’s Wiccan ritual, it was purely a fashion statement. Since 2000, Wood has practised Wicca, a newish religion that embraces some very old traditions: ...

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.

Many Wiccans, Druids and other pagans across the globe will be marking the beginning of their spiritual new year with the two-day festival of Samhain. The most widely observed pagan festival begins ...

Halloween is more than make-up tutorials and dressing your dog up as a pumpkin, it's the night the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead raises up - and the spirits of our ancestors walk ...

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? In the Celtic days, Britain was a Pagan country – and one ...

LAS CRUCES - The annual Pagan Pride Day returns to Las Cruces’ Pioneer Women’s Park Saturday, Oct. 30 as part of an international effort to educate and bring awareness to pagan beliefs. Pagan ...