Samhain or what is now more commonly called Halloween is one of the most significant points on the Wheel of the Year. All the harvests have been gathered in, the leaves are shedding their leaves, animals are getting ready to hibernate and we find ourselves preparing for the coming winter months. It is the point when the dark half of the year really does take over from the light and we enter the time of darker mornings and early evening sunsets till we reach the Winter Solstic