Wiccans, Witches & Pagans...

     Dori shivered and huddled closer to her mother. Even the bright flames of the bonfires dotting the surrounding hills failed to warm her. She knew the fires had been built, as they were every year, to welcome the return of Spring, but Dori worried that the cold would never...

February 2... Imbolc means "in the belly, " because this is the time of year when the flocks begin to give birth. Other names of this Sabbat are Oimelc ("ewe's mild"), Candlemas, The Feast of Waxing Light, The Feast of Flames, Laa'l Breeshey, Brigid, Brigantia, and La Feill Bh...

Samhain is the turning point of the year; it is the Celtic New Year's Eve, sometimes referred to as the Feast of the Dead, Feast of Apples, or Ancestor Night.  When the new religion, Christianity, adopted this festival - as was done with so many of the old pagan celebration - they aligned it...