Samhain April 30/May 1
Northern Hemisphere Date: October 31st
Also known as All Hallow’s Eve, Halloween.
The Pagan year begins (and ends) with Samhain. It is a time of reflection, of looking back over the last year. This is a time when the boundary is thinnest between the worlds of living and dead; the powers of divination, the Sight, and supernatural communication are strengthened on Samhain night, and it is considered a powerful but dangerous time to communicate with lost loved ones. Pagans celebrate Samhain as an acknowledgement that without death, there can be no rebirth. At Samhain, the darkness increases and the Goddess reigns in her powerful aspect of the Crone. The God passes into the underworld to become reborn of the Goddess again at Yule. It is a time to honour those who have gone before us.
Image Ghosts in the Churchyard From http://spheresoflight.com.au/
Image Dancing on the edge of night
Today I got asked if I really believed in this stuff, my response "Yes!, Yes I do" and paraphrased the following quote from the master himself
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. - Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio