Halloween
Warding off the Otherworld
As the tipping point that also ushered in the beginning of the "dark season," it was believed that the night opened a kind of door to the Otherworld, letting spirits roam the Earth.
"The feast of Samhain was the occasion of stock-taking and in-gathering, of reorganizing communities for the winter months, including the preparation of quarters for itinerant warriors and shamans," wrote Nicholas Rogers, a historian at York University in…
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