Amanda Yates Garcia

Samhain celebrator

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Sometimes called the “Pagan version of Halloween,” Samhain is a time to soothe and be soothed by the “unquiet spirits” of ancestors past.

Celebrating Pagan Halloween with the ‘Oracle of Los Angeles’

Sometimes called the “Pagan version of Halloween,” Samhain is a time to soothe and be soothed by the “unquiet spirits” of ancestors past.

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