The Halloween book is thirteen chapters long with an additional introduction and afterword.

A brief introduction to the Halloween book and the author.

The Iron Age Celtic feis of samain was a time of infamous revelry, lavish feasting and legendary drinking.
From the Great Pyramid to Stonehenge and Calanais the time of Halloween has been marked for millennia.

In the Scottish Highlands the ancient blue-skinned crone goddess, the Cailleach Bheur, ruled the icy winter.

The veil is thin and Halloween has long been a hazardous night full of supernatural beings and uncanny faeries.
Christianity, with the feasts of All Saints and All Souls, brought 'the dead' to Halloween.
The Scottish Witch trials marked Halloween out as a sinister night when witches would gather for their diabolical sabbats.
The crooked, aged Witch of our folk and fairytales descended from beliefs in ancient winter hag goddesses.
The magical custom of kindling sacred bonfires on halloween night was kept alive in the Highlands of Scotland.
The world turned upside down and inside out for one night of mischief and misrule that led to our 'trick or treat'.
The Halloween divination rites of Scotland travelled to America revealing the origins of today's festival.
Halloween's controversial history in the 20th and 21st centuries and its depiction in books, movies and on TV.
Seasonal festivities from Mexico and Haiti to Brittany and Japan.
Halloween has grown into a multi-billion dollar festival celebrated with spectacular events by millions worldwide.
The afterword: where a few commonly held untruths and popular lies about Halloween are discredited and loose ends are tied up.

 

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