Samhain means summer's end, for now night lengthen, winter begins, and we work with the positive aspects of the dark tides. In the increasing starlight and moonlight, we hone our divinatory and physic skills. Many craft traditions, and the ancient Celts, consider this New Year's Eve. It is the one night when the veil taht separates our world from the next is at its thinnest, allowing the dead to return to the world of the living , to be welcomed and feasted by their kin.