Thousands of years ago, on the sacred rock from which my ancestors fled, this season of the year was celebrated as Samhain, an ancient Celtic festival marking the end of the summer harvest and the ...

Halloween's origins trace back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which marked the end of summer for the Celts. The Celts believed the boundary between the living and the dead blurred on the ...

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 ...

As autumn proves and Robert Frost reminds us, “Nothing Gold Can Stay.” In October, daylight wanes, fields empty and much of the Northern Hemisphere turns itself towards full blown memento mori. All of ...

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 ...

When the holiday of Halloween is mentioned, thoughts of candy, costumes and scary movies may come to mind. But that hasn't always been the case for the spooky holiday. There is a particular reason why ...

The line between the worlds of the living and dead will be their thinnest tonight. At least, that's what the old lore of Halloween says. While now the day is mostly associated with trick-or-treating, ...

With eye-catching costumes, bobbing for apples and sweet treats, Halloween is one of the world's biggest holidays and has been celebrated in Ireland in one form or another for more than 2,000 years.