Irish Samhain blessings for you and your loved ones this Halloween

Last weekend's Samhain festival at Loughcrew Gardens in Co Meath, which featured such acts as Jon Hopkins, John Talabot, Maya Jane Coles, Booka Shade and Jimmy Edgar, was completely sold out. The event was promoted by long-standing Life festival 

Around the World Columnist Christina Oakley Harrington shares the experience of an Occult Bookshop owner.

Summerland_sign_(British_Columbia) I sing the song of those who have passed beyond the Veil. These are our remembered dead, our beloved dead. When Witches call on the Old Ones of the Craft, let these folk be numbered among them.

Sure there are two Samhain Rituals on this blog and a few other odds and ends, but writing about the history of Samhain is difficult. Most of that is because we know very little about the history of the holiday. In some ways it 

“At All Hallow's tide, may God keep you safe, from goblin and pooka and black-hearted stranger.” Photo by: Thinkstock. Halloween is here! At sundown tonight so begins the Celtic holiday of Samhain, from which Halloween as