This week we are diving into the Witch’s Sabbat, Samhain. This year Samhain is on Friday, November 1st in the Northern Hemisphere and will be on Sunday, May 4th, 2025. Samhain is known as the Witches’ New Year and is considered the first sabbat starting us off on the Wheel of the Year. We will be diving into some history, traditions, and ideas in which you could introduce celebrating Samhain in your practice.
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Sources:
Chamberlain, L., & Chamberlain, L. (2017, November 6). Samhain – the Wiccan calendar. Wicca Living. https://wiccaliving.com/wiccan-calendar-samhain/
How to celebrate Samhain in 2024. Mabon House. (n.d.). https://www.mabonhouse.co/samhainsabbatcelebrate
Renee. (2023a, October 15). Recipes to celebrate Samhain. Awesome on 20. https://awesomeon20.com/recipes-to-celebrate-samhain/
Renee. (2023b, October 17). 3 Easy Samhain rituals. Awesome on 20. https://awesomeon20.com/samhain-rituals/
For Further Reading:
https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/samhain
https://www.newgrange.com/samhain.htm
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Samhain
https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/courses/13things/7448.html
https://druidry.org/druid-way/teaching-and-practice/druid-festivals/samhain-festival
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