In this special Samhain lecture and ritual, mythologist Selena Madden, PhD will explore what it means to stand at such a threshold. Samhain arrives at a peculiar moment in the year. The harvest is ending. The days are growing noticeably shorter. The landscape itself seems to be withdrawing. For centuries, this seasonal turning has been associated with gatherings, fires, divination, the dead, and encounters with forces beyond the ordinary human world.