The Great Sabbat, Samhain. Also known as All Hallow’s Eve, Halloween, Hallowstide, Hallowmas and the Feast of the Dead. Celebrated October 31st. Official beginning of the Witch’s Year, most sacred of Pagan holy days. A spirit night. A very magickal night often expressed as the time when "the veil between worlds is thinnest".

This is a night generally thought to be both magickal and dangerous--to be approached with the reverence that a time of supernatural wonders deserves. Jack-o-lanterns, originally gourds rather than pumpkins, were very likely used as a tool to allow travel without mischievous interference from spirits or faeries along with their present use; by entrances as spells of protection.

All the traditional Halloween customs--bobbing for apples, dressing in costume, trick or treat, ghost stories, etc.--have roots in the Old Ways.

Observances most often focus on homage to those loved or influential who have passed to the other side. Experienced Witches may also practice necromantic rites.