Lynette is an award winning presenter and producer, working in television and radio. Hailing from Dungannon, Co Tyrone, she ...

Five years after the Satanic Temple of the United States made headlines — and unleashed a wave of panic — when it was ...

Well, I hope you survived Halloween and the leftover candy blood-sugar spikes. Now bring on the Christmas decorations.

The first-ever Wassail of the Church of the Eternal Circle’s Mari Lwyd will be held Saturday, Nov. 16, bringing a ...

It’s the time of year — tradition says — when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is lifted.

Costumes, candy, commercialization … three words that can succinctly describe the modern image of Halloween. Besides slasher films and an eerie chill in the air, Halloween is viewed as just another ...

The figures show six people selected Witchcraft as their religion in Wigan in 2021. While the witch population has not soared ...

which was the second most important fire festival in the Pagan Celtic world, the first being Beltane, on 1 May." Samhain and Beltane are part of the Wheel of the Year, an annual cycle of eight ...

It was a Celtic holiday celebrated on Nov. 1 where ... to Nov. 1 to have the Christian holiday be a substitute for the pagan holiday of Samhain. The day before All Saints Day became known as ...

From sunset on October 31 to sunset on November 1 is the traditional celebration of Samhain, (pronounced sow-in). It is a ...

Jack-o’-lanterns are neither ancient nor Irish. One of the earliest references is an 18th-century account of an eponymous Jack, who tricked the devil one too many times and was condemned to wander the ...

Now celebrated around the world, Halloween’s origins can be traced back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain with many ...