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A Time for Death and Darkness, but Also Revelry
It’s that time of year again! Samhain, also known by its Christian/English name Halloween, one of the most widely celebrated holidays in the world and a long time favorite of Pagans. Traditionally, Samhain has been regarded as the start of winter and a time when the veil between the worlds of life and death weakens. Morbid stuff, you’d think, but despite these dark themes Samhain has also been a time of great revelry and celebration. After all, who doesn’t love a good ghost story?
In honor of this most hallowed of seasons, we’ve collected all of our posts on Samhain and related themes for your easy perusing. We’ve also brought together links to other websites we thought you might found interesting. And with that, happy hauntings :D !
-Aryós Héngwis
Samhain Posts:
- Byron Ballard. “East of the Sun and West of the Moon”
- Candise. “Fear and Wisdom of the Ancestors”
- Steven Posch. “A Forgotten Samhain Classic”
- Janet Boyer. “Halloween Oracle Review”
- Steven Posch. “My Samhain Superstitions”
- We’Moon. “Samhain Blessings”
- Leslie J Linder. “A Samhain Guide to Vegetarian(ish) Monsters”
- Steven Posch. “Samhain in September”
- Gwion Raven. “A San Francisco Samhain”
- Steven Posch. “The Secret Heart of Samhain”
- Deborah Blake. “A Simple Samhain Ritual and Spell”
- Joanna van der Hoeven. “Songs of Samhain”
- Steven Posch. “Tree of Souls”
- Molly. “Wisdom from the Witches”
Halloween Posts:
- Gus diZerega. “Day of the Dead, Samhain, and Halloween”
- Janet Boyer. “Halloween Oracle Review”
- Eileen Troemel. “Honoring the Ancestors”
- Trivia at the Crossroads. “A Love Letter”
- Raven J. Demers. “Witches in Film for Small Children”
Autumn/Fall Posts:
- Kate Laity. “Autumn’s Chill”
- Diotima. “Awakening with Sleeping Trees”
- Melusine Draco. “Blackthorn Magic”
- Steven Posch. “Coat of Many Colors”
- Eileen Troemel. “Intent and Purpose”
- Leni Hester. “Vine and Ivy”
Darkness Posts:
- John Halstead. “The Jungian Shadow on Starz’s Black Sails”
- Erin Lale. “My 2 Weddings, Part 2″
- Steven Posch. “The Ring and the Axe”
Death Posts:
- Raven J. Demers. “Farewell to Jane”
- Chandra Alexandre. “Honoring Ancestors”
- Lizann Bassham. “A Thank You to My Beloved Dead”
- Trivia at the Crossroads. “When Community Fails”
Winter Posts:
Cool Stuff We Found:
- 7 Reasons to Rewatch Buffy This Halloween
- 13 Questions About Samhain
- A Brief History... of Samhain
- Absinthium Forest
- All Hallows Eve?
- Autumn & Winter at Multnomah Falls, Oregon
- Bengaluru Owns Halloween
- Boston in Autumn
- Bringing a Friend Home for Halloween
- Celebrate Halloween with Ten Tales of Possession
- The Dead Gods Are Dead
- Death Anxiety Makes Us Hate Others Who Are Different
- The Death of a Gentleman
- Death, Fortune, and Adventure
- Diwali: The Threshold Light in the Midst of Darkness
- Does Halloween Belong in Australia?
- A Dozen (or So) Ways To Die in Space
- Faust’s Dream
- Grisly Halloween Display in Detroit Decries U.S. Violence
- The Irrational Fear of Death
- Halloween’s Coming to Vietnam
- Halloween in Hong Kong
- Hallowe’en, Samhain, The Witches’ New Year – With Recipes!
- Halloween, Zombies, Movies Changing Mexico’s Day of the Dead
- Happy Halloween!!
- Healing and the Reality of Death
- The History of Modern Halloween, as Seen through Its Halloween Decorations
- How Halloween Became a Thing in Japan
- The Hungry Ghost Festival
- It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
- Is It Grimdark or Is It Horror?
- John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness Contains One of the Most Disturbing Depictions of Evil Ever
- The Literary Horror of Eternal Darkness
- Lydia Deetz from Beetlejuice
- The Man Who Tried To Weigh the Soul
- The Many Paths of the Dead
- The Medieval Origins of Halloween
- Neopaganism v. Shinto
- Our Samhain Wedding Ceremony
- These ‘Ghosts’ Make a Living by Scaring the Life Out of Customers
- Pagan Student Organization
- The Past Is Prologue: Should You Be Reading Harrow County?
- Pink Witch Cult Celebrates Samhain
- Poignant Pictures of Death Rituals
- Real-Life Exorcist Says It’s OK To Celebrate Halloween
- Russia’s Ongoing War on Halloween
- Smoking Pumpkin
- The Spectral Vampire Bat
- The Strange Case of the “Vampire” Burial in Venice
- Winter Scenery by Daniel Conway
- You May Think the World Is Falling Apart; Steven Pinker Is Here To Tell You It Isn’t
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