“…and men loved darkness
rather than light”
(John: III, 19)
In the ancient Irish Celtic tradition Beltane and Samhain are celebrated, two important holidays which mark the change from the solar season to the obscure season. Beltane is on the 1st of May and shows the beginning of the hot summer, while Samhain is on the 1st of November when the Celtic New Year is celebrated with the implacable beginning of the cold winter, when harvests stop and the cattle is taken back to its shed.