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Kym nhoireann (First published in THiNK! Vol. 2, issue 4 Samhain/Winter 1997) Small addition Samhain 2003.

This is the favorite season for most Pagans and Witches. Or it might be the most irritating. Samhain is perhaps the most important holiday for both Witches and Irish Pagans; but it is also the Christian holiday of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Cerredwen) http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/sreply/8167 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:59:26 GMT http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/reply/8166/t/Samhain-Samhuinn.html#reply-8166 Entering the Crone
By Gaya

Samhain is the halfway point between the Fall Equinox and the Winter Solstice. The wheel of the year is turning from light to dark. Our Earth Mother who was so green and vibrant is changing to the dark hues of the Crone. Traditionally this has been a time to honor our ancestors but there is so much more to learn from this time... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Cerredwen) http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/sreply/8166 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:29:38 GMT http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/reply/8165/t/Samhain-Samhuinn.html#reply-8165 Halloween Moon Omens

If the moon is new on Samhain, this indicates that the coming year will be fertile ground for new beginnings to take place, such as the start of a new project, a new career, or even a new way of thinking. For those desiring children, a new moon at Samhain is a lucky omen, indicating a new birth within a year's time.

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Cerredwen) http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/sreply/8165 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:59:11 GMT http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/reply/8164/t/Samhain-Samhuinn.html#reply-8164 Samhain on Three Levels
By S. McSkimming

Samhain, the month that heralds the rule of darkness, no other festival in the old Celtic year fires the imagination in the supernatural mysteries of life and death. Like all Celtic festivals, it was celebrated on three levels. On the material level it was the time of stock-taking on supplies for the winter... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Cerredwen) http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/sreply/8164 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:11:48 GMT http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/reply/8177/t/Samhain-Samhuinn.html#reply-8177 Reverencing the Dead at Samhain

So much as been said about the haunted time of Samhain, yet little has been said about how to interact with spirits, souls and ghosts, and how to reverence the dead at this pivotal time in the Celtic year. When the Sidhe open and the 'dead' are free to walk back and forth between the worlds, how might we respond? This article explores a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Cerredwen) http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/sreply/8177 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:04:10 GMT http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/reply/8173/t/Samhain-Samhuinn.html#reply-8173 More Samhain Superstitions and Omens
Author Unknown

Many people in various parts of the world consider it to be extremely unlucky to look at their reflection in a mirror by candlelight on Samhain.

Many people also believe that mirrors are the gateways to the other worlds, and cover mirrors with black cloths on Samhain to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Cerredwen) http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/sreply/8173 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:42:15 GMT http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/reply/8176/t/Samhain-Samhuinn.html#reply-8176 From Samhain to Halloween
By Linda Kerr

The Gaelic Celts
Our modern-day Halloween has its beginnings in the Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced Sou'win). The Celts had a great reverence for nature; the passing of the seasons was of great significance to them. This particular festival marked the end of the summer, and their new year,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Cerredwen) http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/sreply/8176 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:35:07 GMT http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/reply/8175/t/Samhain-Samhuinn.html#reply-8175 Samhain

Samhain (sow-en) is a really neat time. It is one of the few holidays that has very traceable roots back to the Celts and many historical references (such as jack-o-lanterns, costuming and bobbing for apples), which is not true for all of the fe feeds@yuku.com (Cerredwen) http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/sreply/8175 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:18:31 GMT http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/reply/8174/t/Samhain-Samhuinn.html#reply-8174 The Colors of Samhain
Author Unknown

As you will notice most Samhain colors come straight from the landscape. Orange, red, gold, and brown from the falling leaves. Walk through the local farmers market and see these colors in the apples, pumpkins, squash and gourds. Put these colors together and you can't help but think autumn.

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Cerredwen) http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/sreply/8174 Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:52:51 GMT http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/reply/8172/t/Samhain-Samhuinn.html#reply-8172 Samhain Superstitions

Candle Superstitions
Author Unknown

A burning candle placed inside a hollowed out pumpkin or jack-o-lantern on Samhain works to keep evil spirits and demons at bay.

For good luck, burn black and orange candles on Samhain. Black and Orange are the traditional colors of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Cerredwen) http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/sreply/8172 Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:09:46 GMT http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/reply/8171/t/Samhain-Samhuinn.html#reply-8171 Samhain

Our modern celebration of Halloween is a descendent of the ancient Celtic festival called "Samhain;" meaning Summer's End. Samhain was the first day of winter, and the end of one pastoral year. It was the time when the night became longer than the day, the last apples were picked, and the year began again with its dark winter half. Also called... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Cerredwen) http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/sreply/8171 Tue, 27 Sep 2005 05:22:40 GMT http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/reply/8170/t/Samhain-Samhuinn.html#reply-8170 More Samhuinn Stuff

SAMHAINE SYMBOLS
Astrologically, Samhaine is located in the sign of Scorpio which rules the Eighth House of Death and Rebirth. It is ruled, nowadays, by Pluto, who was the God of the Underworld, the Roman equivalent to the Druids' Dis. Before Pluto was discovered in the 1930s, the governing planet was Saturn, whom a friend calls,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Cerredwen) http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/sreply/8170 Sun, 25 Sep 2005 19:59:21 GMT http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/reply/8169/t/Samhain-Samhuinn.html#reply-8169 The Thinning Veil
By Copperlion

To the ancient Celts, the year had two "hinges". These were Beltaine (the first of May) and Samhain, (the first of November), which is also the traditional Celtic New Year. And these two days were the most magical, and often frightening times of the whole year.

The Celtic people... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Cerredwen) http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/sreply/8169 Sun, 25 Sep 2005 19:53:22 GMT http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/reply/8168/t/Samhain-Samhuinn.html#reply-8168 Samhain
By Mara Freeman, 1999

Samhain marks one of the two great doorways of the Celtic year, for the Celts divided the year into two seasons: the light and the dark, at Beltane on May 1st and Samhain on November 1st. Some believe that Samhain was the more important festival, marking the beginning of a whole new cycle, just as the Celtic day began at... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Cerredwen) http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/sreply/8168 Sun, 25 Sep 2005 10:52:45 GMT http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/reply/8163/t/Samhain-Samhuinn.html#reply-8163 THE WOMAN'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MYTHS AND SECRETS
By-Barbara Walker

All Souls' or All Hallows' Day (November 1) was the Christian version of Samhain, the Celtic feast of the dead, named for the Aryan Lord of Death, Samana, "the Leveller," or the Grim Reaper, leader of ancestral ghosts. According to the pagan lunar calendar, festivals were... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Cerredwen) http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/sreply/8163 Sat, 24 Sep 2005 18:04:28 GMT http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/reply/14685/t/Samhain-Samhuinn.html#reply-14685 Samhain

Festival names:
Samhain (Pagan/Wiccan)
Samhuinn (Celtic)
Oiche Shamhna (Irish)
Calan Gaeat (Celtic/Faerie)
Pomona (Roman)
All Saints Day (Christian)
All Souls Day (Christian)

Also known as:
Night of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Cerredwen) http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/sreply/14685 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:58:57 GMT http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/topic/2880/t/Samhain-Samhuinn.html Author Unknown

This is the favorite season for most Pagans and Witches. Or it might be the most irritating. Samhain is perhaps the most important holiday for both Witches and Irish Pagans; but it is also the Christian holiday of All Saint's Eve, which is not heavily celebrated in our country, and the secular holiday of Halloween, which is.

Can you take one more year of cutesy green-faced... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Cerredwen) http://avalonoftheheart.yuku.com/topic/2880 Sat, 24 Sep 2005 17:45:24 GMT