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Samhain on The Cauldron

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Samhain, mundanely known as Halloween, is the Celtic New Year. It's one of the great Wiccan sabbats, opposite Beltane in the Wiccan Wheel of the Year. Samhain is an important holy day in Wicca and Celtic-based Pagan religions, but is not a religious celebration at all in many other Pagan religions. The Cauldron features the following articles, stories and poems on Samhain.

• All Hallow's Eve: An article by Mike Nichols
• A Cymro-Norse Samhain Ritual
• Ghosts: A poem by James McEuen
• Halloween: The Past in the Present: An article by Elspeth Sapphire
• The Origins of Halloween by Rowan Moonstone
• Samhain: A poem by Elspeth Sapphire
• Samhain: A poem by Robin Wester
• Samhain: A Lesson Outline for Pagan Children by Elspeth Sapphire
• Samhain Chant
• Samhain Night: A story by Elspeth Sapphire
• Samhain Recipes
• A Samhain Ritual
• Samhain Ritual for a Small Circle
• Traditional Wiccan Samhain Ritual

The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum held an online Samhain ritual in our chat area on Sunday, October 25, 1998. A log of this ritual is available here.

We also like the following articles, stories, and poems on other Pagan web sites:

• Hearken Now, The Darkness Comes: A prose poem by Lark
• Samhain on The Witches' Voice

If you have Fundamentalist Christians beating on your door, shouting that you are worshipping the "God Samhain" with human sacrifices on this day (or if you are a Christian who has heard these claims and wonder if there is any truth to them), you'll probably want to read these articles:

• Can Christians Celebrate Halloween?
• Halloween Errors and Lies
• History Channel: The History of Halloween
• The Real Origins of Halloween

For more information on Halloween (and related holidays in other religions), visit the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance's web page on Halloween:

• Halloween: Facts and Misinformation

If you are looking for Halloween activities for your family, the following site(s) may be of interest.

• Absolutely Halloween
• Ben & Jerry's Halloween
• Everything Halloween
• Halloween Magazine
• Halloween Online [Webmaster's Favorite!]

Samhain discussions are always welcome on our message board.