What is Samhain? Its not Halloween. They are two separate festivals that just happen to occur at the same time. Samhain has been celebrated by different cultures in different ways around the world for centuries. Falling right in between the Autumn Equinox and the Winter Solstice, some regard it as...
Mabon, or the Autumn Equinox is one of the times of year when day and night are equal length (The spring equinox is the other). It is a time to pause and appreciate the coming winter and know it is a time to take a breath and relax from the...
Lammas, Lughnassadh, whatever you want to call it, this is possibly the Sabbat that has the least fan fare associated with it in modern times. What is it? Lammas, or Loaf-Mass, is the celebration of the first full harvest of the year, and it marks the turning of the wheel...
Solstice comes from the Latin Words Sol, (sun), and Sistere, (causing to stand still). Midsummer marks the peak of the growing of the days, the sun rising a little higher in the sky each day until on the day of the solstice it seems to stand still above us for a short...
Traditionally, Beltane celebrations would start at sunset on April 30th and carry on throughout May 1st. Beltane is about honoring life in all its stages. It falls at the peak of Spring and the beginning of Summer. The energies of the Earth are at their strongest, spring is bursting into...
