Samhain — also known as Halloween — is the final spoke in the Wheel of the Year. At this time, the harvest has finished and the veil between the worlds is at its thinnest. This guide shows you how to practice the serious work of divination and honoring the dead along with the more lighthearted activities of Halloween.

Within the pages of this book you'll learn how to make traditional soul cakes, the Irish stew known as Colcannon, and a cidery beverage called Lamb's Wool. Contains rituals, recipes, lore, spells, divination, crafts, correspondences, invocations, prayers, and meditations... all related to the first stirrings of winter in the Wheel of the Year.

This book is part of Llewellyn's Sabbat Essentials series, which explores old and new ways of celebrating the seasonal rites that are the cornerstones of the witch's year. But the book is fascinating even for those of us who are not witches, and is very useful for helping us all connect with traditional ways to celebrate the seasons throughout the year.