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 ...

My own celebrations have been either as a solitary practitioner or in a group of very close friends,” Green, who has celebrated Samhain as a Wiccan for 20 years, told IBTimes.

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 ...

AWE file photoMark Eadicicco, proprietor of Practical Magick, a New Age shop in Port Richmond, will lead an in-depth presentation of Halloween as Samhain, the witches’ high holiday, on Oct. 29.

“Samhain is one of the two ‘hinges of the year,’ the other being Beltane in the spring,” said High Priest Fionn, one of the organizers of the Magick Circle.

Samhain, an ancient Celtic harvest festival, has taken on new meaning for many in an era of COVID. ... the high priestess of the Wiccan & Pagan Group in Lincoln Park.

The Wiccan Church of Minnesota held its autumn celebration, Samhain ("sow-enn"), on Saturday night. And as with Day of the Dead rites in Mexico or All Souls' Day practices throughout Europe at ...

But Samhain (pronounced ... Some members of the Wiccan church and their families became sick. A few lost extended family members to COVID-19. Even more lost their faith in humanity, she said.

We spoke with three Wiccan experts about how you can celebrate Samhain this year on Halloween. Skip navigation! ADVERTISEMENT.