Before the plastic masks and trick-or-treating, before the pumpkins and candy, there was an ancient and sacred festival known as Samhain. For the Gaelic peoples of Ireland and Scotland, this was the most important night of the year, the moment the world turned from summer to winter, and the veil between the world of the living and the Otherworld grew dangerously thin.
TIMESTAMPS
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 05:03 - A World of Spirits
- 12:22 - The King's Feast
- 18:10 - Folk Magic & Rituals
- 25:26 - The Cross and the Bonfire
- 31:32 - The Great Pumpkin
- 37:18 - The Candy Revolution
- 43:15 - Reclaiming the Fire
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