HIGHLAND, N.Y. — The first-ever Wassail of the Church of the Eternal Circle’s Mari Lwyd will be held Saturday, Nov. 16, bringing a lesser-known Celtic tradition to New Paltz and Highland, according to ...
The start of summer means shorts, swimsuits, Hawaiian shirts andsunscreen. And, for some, hooded black robes and pentagrams. The robes, five-pointed stars and drums no doubt attracted a fewstares when ...
On Halloween night, Charlene Dzielak will light candles and incense in front of an altar and invite her departed loved ones to join her in a "dumb supper," a feast eaten in silence out of reverence ...
Dressing up in costumes and trick-or-treating are popular Halloween activities, but few probably associate these lighthearted fall traditions with their origins in Samhain, a three-day ancient Celtic ...