The Story of Samhain - The Ancient European Origin of Halloween

Long before the modern Halloween the Ancient Irish and Europeans were celebrating Samhain a great druidic festival that marked the boundary between our world and the spirit world. In druidic times Samhain marked the end of the old year and the beginning of the new year. The Celtic New Year’s Eve was a mysterious moment which belonged neither to the past nor the present. Samhain was considered the third and last harvest of the growing year. Fruit and nuts were the last gifts of nature to be gathered and th