Samhain
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Sep 13, 2026
speaker_0HOST
No, it has deep historical roots.
speaker_4HOST
Historically originating as Samhain, it marks the definitive end of the harvest and the beginning of the dark half of the year.
speaker_0HOST
It is the moment when the veil between the living and the dead is thinnest.
speaker_4HOST
So setting a deadline on that specific night taps into centuries of human anxiety about being prepared before the darkness sets in.
Henrique CoutoNARRATOR
Anyway, all of that happened for 17 years, with more of our friends bailing with each passing year, and this...
Henrique CoutoNARRATOR
This was to be our Samhain swan song.
Henrique CoutoNARRATOR
The sun hung low and swollen when my best friend Ace, well, his name was Ricky, but he looked like Ace Freely, formerly of Kiss, all gangly energy and long straight hair, and I headed out into the cold dusk to collect our saccharine tithe.
Henrique CoutoNARRATOR
I was dressed as Bret Michaels from the new band on the scene, Poison, and Ace was dressed as Gene Simmons from Kiss.
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Henrique CoutoNARRATOR
Once the clock struck midnight, it would begin, and for at least two hours, Stephen was in paradise.
Henrique CoutoNARRATOR
Tonight was extra special.
Henrique CoutoNARRATOR
Moloch was hosting an all-night marathon in honor of something called Samhain.
Henrique CoutoNARRATOR
Stephen didn't really know what it was, other than that it was related to Halloween.
Monica BodirskyGUEST
And I'm really looking forward to this year's because it's taking place from October 26th to November 2nd.
Monica BodirskyGUEST
So we get to have Samhain on the island.
GwenHOST
Oh,
VictoriaHOST
yay.
TimHOST
The Black Sabbath.
TimHOST
You mean Samhain? Samhain.
TimHOST
Yeah.
TimHOST
All right.
LaylaHOST
It's a greater sabbat on the wheel of the year.
LaylaHOST
On this episode, we'll be having a discussion on the darker side of Mabon, what it means to be heading into the dark half of the year, and Samhain.
ChelleHOST
And I'm Chelle, and you know, this is a spectacular time of year for a lot of reasons.
ChelleHOST
And you know, we've talked about a lot of those reasons in the last couple episodes.
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LaylaHOST
Things are still abundant and beautiful and nice.
LaylaHOST
And, and it wasn't until just now that the winds are really colder, the rain is a lot harder, and back to school season, something about that shift in everybody's attitude makes things a lot more reflective.
LaylaHOST
And, and I guess too, we all start looking towards Samhain.
ChelleHOST
Dun, dun, dun.
Shannon PortHOST
And I'll just mention this.
Shannon PortHOST
I don't have it offered anywhere right now, but when we did Holy Descent last fall, at Samhain.
Shannon PortHOST
It was the first time that I presented the whole system in one place.
Shannon PortHOST
We went through an eight-week course of the holy descent of the goddess.
Shannon PortHOST
We called it Feminine Crucifixion and Resurrection.
Shannon PortHOST
I'm going to offer that as we get closer to Samhain, the replay.
Shannon PortHOST
If you're serious about study, this will break it down.
Shannon PortHOST
Because as we enter this new era, this work is very weighted.
BrendaHOST
We looked that, we looked that one up.
StephanieHOST
Yep, and then Samhain.
BrendaHOST
Samhain.
StephanieHOST
Samhain.
BrendaHOST
Samhain.
StephanieHOST
I know how to pronounce Samhain.
BrendaHOST
Yeah, that one I know is Samhain.
StephanieHOST
But every time I see it, I still in my brain, I'm like-
Tyler BaxterHOST
Finally, in terms of that calendar again, you'll have many of you listening to this podcast will have heard of the cross-quarter days before.
Tyler BaxterHOST
And perhaps not by that name, but you might know the name Samhain as the Irish name for what is modern day Halloween.
Tyler BaxterHOST
We also have others that you may have come across potentially.
Tyler BaxterHOST
Beltana or Beltane, which would be May Day, essentially.
Tyler BaxterHOST
It's the summer cross-quarter day, the summer festival.
Tyler BaxterHOST
You've got Imbolg and you have Lunasa.
Tyler BaxterHOST
So Imbolg takes place on February 1st, Beltana on May 1st, Lunasa on August 1st, and Samhain on November 1st.
Tyler BaxterHOST
And they're known as the cross-quarter days because they are halfway between each of the equinox and solstices.
ScottHOST
There's a lot of human sacrifice.
ScottHOST
The principal spirit behind it is called Samhain in the ancient language, but it's the spirit of death is what it is.
ScottHOST
And the Druids were very involved in this.
ScottHOST
And there's this whole concept in these ancient cultures of the horn god of the hunt, which was masculine.
Stuart GoodnickHOST
And I had people who know me well, a longstanding interest in hermetics and magical practice.
Stuart GoodnickHOST
One of the guests around Halloween was a gay Wiccan man who was doing a Samhain workshop.
Stuart GoodnickHOST
So I signed up for that because I reasoned, well, maybe I'll learn something about magic and maybe I will find a boyfriend or something like that.
Stuart GoodnickHOST
I think I've heard Robert say this.
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