Samhain Blessings

Samhain Blessings As the veil thins and the year turns dark, May you walk gently between the worlds. May the whispers of your ancestors rise like wind through pine, Carrying wisdom, healing, and remembrance. May your hearth be warm with sacred flame. New Beginnings You Will Need Candles: Red and yellow Incense: Birch Directions Light … Continue reading Samhain Blessings

Samhain 2024

Samhain, an ancient Celtic festival, marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. Celebrated from October 31st to November 1st, it is a time when the veil between the living and the dead is believed to be thinnest. Traditions include lighting bonfires to ward off evil spirits, leaving offerings for ancestors, … Continue reading Samhain 2024

Samhain Blessings and Happy Halloween

“Anyone could see that the wind was a special wind this night, and the darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows’ Eve.” — Ray Bradbury, “The Halloween Tree” “According to Druidic traditions, prayers, food, and offerings of burning candles to the dead and the Good People (the fae, or Sidhe) were … Continue reading Samhain Blessings and Happy Halloween

Samhain Blessings

O hushed October morning mild, Thy leaves have ripened to the fall; Tomorrow's wind, if it be wild, Should waste them all. The crows above the forest call; Tomorrow they may form and go. O hushed October morning mild, Begin the hours of this day slow. Make the day seem to us less brief. Hearts … Continue reading Samhain Blessings

Samhain

The Many Faces of Samhain 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 … Continue reading Samhain