Source: The Daily Citizen
http://www.wiscnews.com/bdc/news/466590
An ancient celebration that evolved into Halloween and All Saints Day celebrations was observed this weekend.
A couple who live south of Cambria hosted more than 15 guests at their home on Saturday night for a Samhain ritual, led by the Rev. Peter Hertzberg.
Hertzberg is the chief priest at Northern Lakes Temple in Watertown, a Correllian Nativist Wiccan Church. He said that the Correllian Nativist tradition is a blend of Native American shamanism and Celtic and Scottish mysticism.
Samhain, one of eight major pagan festivals held during the year, marks the passing of the seasons and honors the dead. Hertzberg said it is also considered the begining of the pagan new year.
“The veil is thinnest between the worlds,” Hertzberg said of why the dead are honored on Oct 31.
“A lot of things are coming back,” said Hertzberg of pagan beliefs, “Including a reverence for nature. To a Wiccan, all life is sacred.”