Meditation can be done anywhere. But if there’s one thing you should keep in mind, its the fact that your environment profoundly influences your senses. A
Samhain was first celebrated in Gaelic Ireland as one of four seasonal festivals. Samhain and Halloween are very similar, but different too!
Samhain was first celebrated in Gaelic Ireland as one of four seasonal festivals. Samhain and Halloween are very similar, but different too!
Samhain (a Gaelic word pronounced “sow-win”) is a pagan religious festival originating from an ancient Celtic spiritual tradition. It is usually celebrated from October 31 to November 1 to welcome in the harvest and usher in “the dark half of the year.”
When Samhain 2024 arrives, it's the halfway point between autumn and winter. We say goodbye to warm days and embrace longer dark nights.
Since ancient times, the spiritual meaning of Halloween (or as it was originally known, Samhain) has been to celebrate the beginning of winter and the onset of darker and colder days that this season brings. It marks the ending of one cycle and the beginning of another. Halloween asks us to go inwards, face our
Take a zombie crawl down memory lane.
When Samhain 2024 arrives, it's the halfway point between autumn and winter. We say goodbye to warm days and embrace longer dark nights.
Every year, amidst the excitement of Halloween-related fun, conversations commonly turn toward scary and unnerving talk of the mysterious world of paranormal and supernatural phenomena.
A collection of carved turnips climb a set of stairs in a derelict house in Cambridge. part of an art exhibition ‘Black Shuck; a strange and terrible wonder’ by John Piper, Jackie Piper & Andrew...
A few months back I wrote a post on The Order of the Thinned Veil , a Halloween appreciation society for like-minded worshipers of the ...
...and a Happy 3rd Birthday to Little John. Blessings, Barbara
Where do jack-o’-lanterns come from? Learn about their Irish origins in this deep dive
Halloween can trace it’s roots back to the pre-Christian Celts of Scotland and Ireland! For the ancient Celts, Halloween was called “Samhain” (pronounced “sow-in”). It was the night of the year when the veil between the living and the dead was at it’s thinnest. These ancient Celts carved turnips (we now carve pumpkins) and placed them in their windows to scare away any unwanted creepy spirits!
a wild sabbath dance is taking place inside a dilapidated church, with one of the witches flying above the dancers, and the devil playing the bagpipes on the remains of a column.
Clattering Augur Magic the Gathering Art from Modern Horizons 2 Set by Josh Hass
Some of my Halloween work... ( and check out my Halloween blog: http://pumpkinrot.blogspot.com )
