Samhain is the start of the old Celtic year. Its meaning is literally "summers end". As one of the four cross quarter festivals, it is a seasonally celebrated one, not fixed in the way the solar festivals are. And as a result of this seasonal observance, would have been celebrated when the first frost was experienced.
It marks the end of the samos half of the year, the bright half, and heralds in the giamos half. It was the most important of the eight festivals celebrated annually by the Celts, marking the beginning of a whole new cycle.

SAMHAIN

NAME OF FESTIVAL: "INTO THE ABYSS"
ELEMENT: WATER OF EARTH
DIRECTION: NORTH WEST
GOD: DONN, GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD
GODDESS: CAILLEACH/THE CRONE /THE APPLE LADY
OGHAM: BEITH/ BIRCH
PLANT: BELLADONNA
MYTH: NERA'S ADVENTURES AT CRUACHAN
THEME: HOSPITALITY FOR THE SLUAIDH NA MARBH / RENEWAL / DISSOLUTION/SACRIFICE

CORE SHAMANIC PRACTICE
REFLECTION & JOURNEY ON YEAR PAST.
FIRE CEREMONY
ANCESTORAL WORK

We will be gathering together at "Bruideann na re Lan" for the day long workshop, ending the night with a bonfire and fire ceremony.
All of the festivals are held the weekend closest to their calendrical date. Exact dates will be given closer to the festival.
COST; 80 euro. Quality vegetarian lunch included.
11.00 a.m, -------------- 7.oo p.m