Satanists and Luciferians of Chile’ does not believe in sacrifices or call on its followers to worship the devil. It does not ...

Five years after the Satanic Temple of the United States made headlines — and unleashed a wave of panic — when it was ...

This time of year, I often run across articles proclaiming Halloween a modern form of the pagan Irish holiday of Samhain (pronounced SAW-en).  But as a historian of Ireland and its medieval literature ...

But one day later, Christians in many countries around the world are celebrating All Saints' Day on Friday, a somber and ...

Halloween comes from an ancient pagan festival called “Samhain”, meaning summer’s end. The Celtic people celebrated it over 2,000 years ago and believed it was a time when the dead could ...

Somerville author Lesley Bannatyne recounts Halloween's roots, while writer Sam Baltrusis explores Salem's dark past ...

which was the second most important fire festival in the Pagan Celtic world, the first being Beltane, on 1 May." Samhain and Beltane are part of the Wheel of the Year, an annual cycle of eight ...

Marvel Studios’ television series ‘Agatha All Along,’ which has its finale Wednesday (Oct. 30), oozes witchcraft lore, movie references and symbolism. Modern witches are all in.

It’s a tradition as old as the Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain, with its pagan roots, that are believed to have inaugurated the Halloween tradition and are ...

Jack-o’-lanterns are neither ancient nor Irish. One of the earliest references is an 18th-century account of an eponymous Jack, who tricked the devil one too many times and was condemned to wander the ...