More Americans are Wiccan, and will celebrate Samhain not Halloween Saturday. Oct. 30, 2009— -- Patti Wigington is a soccer mom. She is the vice president of her local PTA. And she's a witch.

For most Americans, Halloween is a fun holiday when homes are decorated with symbols of the supernatural – witches, goblins and spirits – and costumed children go door to door collecting candy.

In the Wiccan world, October is an auspicious time, rooted in antiquity. It’s the month that Wiccans celebrate Samhain (pronounced sow-en), an ancient tribal Celtic holiday, traditions from which gave ...

You've probably guessed that we want you to have the best Halloween ever, but why stick to modern-day, store-bought costumes and candy? This year, consider looking back in time to the traditions of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Gory ghouls and fang-bearing vampires may bang the doors for candy or heave toilet paper into trees in your neighborhood come Halloween. But the season takes on a more spiritual ...

Since the COVID pandemic began, Melanie Wilbur of Mount Holly has celebrated the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain with small, muted ceremonies. Last year, Wilbur and the other members of her coven — ...

Word on the street's been pretty kind to witches in recent years, what with kids embracing the sorcery of the Harry Potter novels and Broadway glorifying blond Glinda and green Elphaba in the fluffy ...

Every October 31, the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain marks the midpoint between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice. It celebrates the end of the harvest and the start of the darker half of ...