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Celebrating Samhain
Samhain (pronounced SaH-Win) is an old Gaelic tradition that marks the end of the harvest season & the halfway point between the Autumn Equinox & 'Darker half' of the year. Traditionally held on Oct. 31st, rituals of Divination to contact the dead & practices of door-to-door Guising were celebrated as a custom to help protect & bless one's soul from any lurking evil. Samhain is a time of reflection and change, celebrated as the Witch's New Year, this is an important month for the remembrance of ancestors, seance work & manifestation of your future. Protection during this time is of importance, as the veil between the spirit world & ours is at it's thinnest. With psychic awareness at a heightened...
Creating Space for your Ancestors
When was the last time you stopped to consider the aspects of you, that were possibly derived from the ways of your ancestors? Not just the blood and heritage that has been passed down to you, but the physical practices & beliefs they lived in their 'day to day.' The rituals they created in their own 'mundane,' was instilled into their children & their children's children. These subconscious thoughts now reside within you, certain fears, hopes, dreams, beliefs, somewhere within you their memory, their pains, their struggles, their successes, their work ethics & creativity lives within you, whether you are aware of it or not, you carry a piece of their spirit with you every day. Without them, you would...
Creating Sacred Space for Samhain
*START BY TAKING YOUR BESOM & "SWEEPING" OUT OLD ENERGY CLOCKWISE*LIGHT YOUR CAULDRON & PLACE A BIT OF WHITE SAGE OR PALO SANTO, TO CLEANSE*GATHER RESINS OF FRANKINCENSE & STYRAX & A PUMPKIN SPICE POWDER BLEND*IN A MORTAR & PESTLE BEGIN TO GRIND DOWN INGREDIENTS SAYING " I MIX & GRIND TO BANISH TRICKS FROM MY SPIRITUAL MIND" *TRANSFER INTO A BOWL WHILE SPEAKING " AS THE VEIL THINS, I CREATE A TRAIL OF PROTECTION." *TAKING A SCOOP OF THE BLEND TO YOUR CAULDRON, HOLD THE INTENTION OF SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE & PROTECTION.*VISUALIZE THE PERSON YOU WISH TO BECOME DURING THIS 'WITCH'S NEW YEAR' & RING YOUR BELL 3 TIMES*SIT IN MEDITATIVE REFLECTION CALL TO YOUR GUIDES & ANCESTORS TO COME...