Samhain

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 night. For it was
understood that in dark
silence comes whisperings of
new beginnings, the stirring of
the seed below the ground.
Whereas Beltane welcomes in
the summer with joyous
celebrations at dawn, the most
magically potent time of this
festival is November Eve, the
night of October 31st, known
today of course, as Halloween.