So, this segment of A Celtic Sojourn explores Halloween's history and development from its pagan origins to its commercialization in present-day America and the exporting of some of those traditions - ...

From its origins as a Celtic pagan ceremony to its celebration of all things gruesome and ghoulish today, Halloween has been reinvented over the centuries.

Wicca and other contemporary Pagan spiritualities Wiccan ideas and rites have been taken up by the Goddess spirituality movement.

Anthropologist and pagan Lyn Baylis tells the BBC: "Fire rituals to bring light into the darkness were vital to Samhain, which was the second most important fire festival in the Pagan Celtic world ...

The Halloween traditions that we celebrate today, in America, originate from the Celtic pagan festival called “Samhain.“ The phrase is from ancient Gaelic. It means “end of summer ...

Halloween has pagan Celtic origin The Conversation October 31, 2021 5 minute read The Santisima Trinidad Parish in Malate, Manila, led by Parish Priest Fr. Joselito Buenafe, has been holding a ...

Wicca is the aspect of paganism that deals with the actual use of magick. “The difference between a pagan and a Wiccan is similar to the difference between a Christian and a Catholic. One is a ...

There is often a misunderstanding about what Pagan, Wiccan, and nature- based ceremonies are all about. Occasionally I have requests to include Pagan rituals in weddings and I’m happy to do so ...

One woman took to Mumsnet to explain that her 14-year-old daughter is a Pagan, and therefore wanted to take Halloween off to 'celebrate' in her own way. Halloween is traditionally a Celtic pagan ...