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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Samhein.- The ancient holiday stolen by modern society

Halloween is my favorite time of the year. It was the most important of the Ancient Celt holidays also known as Samhein.

It was the celebration of the fall harvest, but it was also the night of the dead, where the spirits could cross over and visit the living.

I enjoy making my favorite holiday brew; a gallon cider fermented with a handful of wormwood, three pumpkin flowers and of course, yeast.

Then there’s the incense that I love so well, wormwood mixed with moon flower, AKA jimsonweed. As a mild incense it is not a powerful hallucinogenic. It just gives a mild head buzz.

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