Pumpkin Corn Chowder

Pumpkin Corn Chowder ingredients 2 tablespoons butter 1 cup thinly sliced leeks or 8 large green onions, thinly sliced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin 2 cups 1-inch cubes sweet potatoes (about 12 ounces) 1 14 – ounce can vegetable broth 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 15 – … Continue reading Pumpkin Corn Chowder

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Samhain Customs and Practices

This major festival has several aspects. It is considered the third (meat) harvest, New Year’s Eve, the Day of the Dead (the dead are honored as they were by the ancient Celts & Egyptians and even now in Mexico) and a night that the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds is thinnest. It is … Continue reading Samhain Customs and Practices

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Smoky Quartz

Smoky Quartz, a crystal associated with Samhain General Properties of Smoky Quartz: Protection, grounding, dispels negativity, detoxifying Color: Weak tea color to a deep mink brown Element: Earth Chakra: Root (1st chakra) Planetary: Saturn, Pluto Astrological: Capricorn, Sagittarius, Scorpio Goddess: Hecate Sabbat: Samhain Geology: Smoky quartz rates 7 on Mohs scale of hardness. It is … Continue reading Smoky Quartz