a holiday whose origins trace back to the Iron Age and a feast of fire. Samhain or Samhuinn, pronounced sow-wen, is the pagan precursor to Halloween, a festival honoring the end of the harvest ...

One of the viewpoints common in pagan spiritual practice involves our perception of the flow of time. We see the passage of the seasons as a yearly cycle, often referred to as the Wheel of the Year.

Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After ...

It is fitting that Samhain, now transformed into Halloween, should still be celebrated with pumpkins and ghosts in modern ...

Dear Miss Manners: I used to be religious, many years ago, but I now identify as pagan — meaning that I believe in the powers ...

Tillman, age 9, Asheville, North Carolina “It’s ... been continually reinvented since its ancient origins as a Celtic pagan ...

OPINION- America fooled me. Just when I was optimistic that we had turned a corner against irrationality, hate, and greed, and were marching forward toward a new age of enlightenment. We hurtle ...

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 ...

“Yes, we’re sad, and we’ve got some figuring out to do as we continue to move forward into our new normal—together still in many ways, and apart in some new ones,” the statement continued.

Halloween has changed over time, usually by those in power. Everything from Christians assimilating the pagan fest to setting ...