Halloween marks the halfway point between the Autumnal Equinox and the Winter Solstice, making it a cross-quarter day.

You can find equinox celebrations in cultures across the world. Buddhists in Japan celebrate Higan during the week of the fall and spring equinoxes as a time of reflection. The pagan community ...

From outrageous costumes to trick or treat: the unexpected ancient roots of Halloween's most popular – and most esoteric – ...

Sitting square between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice ... and dragon slayers. What the pagans called magic, the Catholics called miraculous, same same but different.

We land at autumn’s halfway mark between the equinox and the winter solstice ... occurring in the wee hours of Halloween night, on the pagan holiday of Samhain. Samhain (pronounced Saw-win ...

"Pagans had three harvests: Lammas, harvest of the corn, on 1 August; the one of fruit and vegetables at autumn equinox, 21 September; and Halloween, the third," says Baylis. At this time animals ...

The date of November 1 or October 31 is about halfway between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice ... The idea that Halloween comes from pagan rituals usurped by Christians originated ...

Below, a peek at the fascinating history of Halloween, from its pagan beginnings until today ... it wasn’t just the ancient Celts who honoured the liminal energy of mid-autumn. “Across cultures, ...

More then one million Americans identify as Pagans or Wiccans ... Lammas, August 1, celebrates Lugh and the harvest. Mabon/Fall equinox, September 20-23, is a time of thanksgiving for the harvest ...