Samhain is the Witches' New Year, a holiday in which the dead are honored, and even communicated with. Hence "and the dead come back home," it also begins the dark/goddess half of the year. Thus "Dark Mother take us in."
Samhain is the Witches' New Year, a holiday in which the dead are honored, and even communicated with. Hence "and the dead come back home," it also begins the dark/goddess half of the year. Thus "Dark Mother take us in."