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Halloween Has a Dark Spiritual History The Celts also believed that the spiritual communication on Samhain made it easier for Celtic priests, or druids, to predict the future, according to History. To appease the deities, they built bonfires and sacrificed crops and animals.
Jun 8, 2023
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