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Samhain Information
Samhain is pronounced Sow-inn, and it also goes by the name of Halloween which many of us already know. Samhain literally means summer's end.
~Samhain is one of the four Greater or Major Sabbats. Samhain is the Witchs' New Year and as such it is a great celebration for us all.
~At Samhain we celebrate the passed year and the year to come, we light bonfires (and/or candles) and perform rituals to honor our deceased loved ones. Samhain is one of the Greater Sabbats AKA High Holiday and it is a Fire Festival (hence the bonfires/candles).
~Samhain is the Last Harvest Festival, with Lughnassadh aka Lammas (pronounced Loo-nus-uh) being the first, and Mabon the Autumn Equinox being the second.
~Samhain is said to be the time when the veil between the worlds is the thinnest and a time when souls that are leaving this physical plane can pass out and souls that are reincarnating can pass in.
~Many Pagans prepare a Feast for the Dead on Samhain night, they leave offerings of food and drink for the spirits. With our offerings wer honor those that have passed, usually friends and family. We often set plates of food on the table at this feast for those that have passed on, this is our offering to them. Then at the end of the evening we bury the offerings in the Earth.
~At this time it is easiest to contact the spirit world because Divination is heightened on this night. Scrying into fire, glass, or a dark mirror is a popular method of contacting those that have passed on this night. The spirits will help you in your divinations.
~Samhain is said to be the time when the veil between the worlds is the thinnest and a time when souls that are leaving this physical plane can pass out and souls that are reincarnating can pass in.
~Many Pagans prepare a Feast for the Dead on Samhain night, they leave offerings of food and drink for the spirits. With our offerings we honor those that have passed, usually friends and family. We often set plates of food on the table at this feast for those that have passed on, this is our offering to them. Then at the end of the evening we bury the offerings in the Earth.
~At this time it is easiest to contact the spirit world because Divination is heightened on this night. Scrying into fire, glass, or a dark mirror is a popular method of contacting those that have passed on this night. The spirits will help you in your divinations.
~Some witches have a silent supper during which they relive a moment of life with a friend or loved one who has passed on during the year. If you were to celebrate such a supper, with each bite you swallow, you would let go of that memory and choose a new one for your next bite. Usually you would reflect on the life of someone, including a pet or animal, who has died within the year.
Did You Know:
-That wearing a scary costume at Halloween was originally used to scare away the souls that would mean to harm us. But in spite of the costumes we wear the spirits that we know of will still be able to find us and come visit us during this Sabbat.
-The Jack-O-Lantern was also a way to scare off hostile spirits, the candle within was a beckoning light for those you wished to come.
-At Samhain, the apple harvest is in, and old hearthside games, such as apple-bobbing, called apple-dookin’ in Scotland, reflect the journey across water to obtain the magic apple.
http://www.chalicecentre.net/samhain.htm
(site still works) |
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 8:04 am
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Samhain Correspondences
AKA:
The Great Sabbat, Samhiunn, Samana, Samhuin, Sam-fuin, Samonios, Halloween, Hallomas, All Hallows Eve, All Saints/All Souls Day(Catholic), Day of the Dead (Mexican), Witches New Year, Trinoux Samonia, Celtic/ Druid New Year, Shadowfest (Strega), Martinmas or Old Hallowmas (Scotttish/Celtic) Lá Samhna (Modern Irish), Festival of the Dead, Feile Moingfinne (Snow Goddess), Hallowtide (Scottish Gaelis Dictionary), Feast of All Souls, Nos Galen-gae-of Night of the Winter Calends (Welsh), La Houney or Hollantide Day, Sauin or Souney ( Manx), oidhche na h-aimiléise-the night of mischief or confusion(Ireland), Oidhche Shamna (Scotland)
Animals/Mythical beings:
bats, cats, dogs, pooka, goblin,medusa, beansidhe, harpies
Gemstones:
black stones, jet, obsidian, onyx, carnelian
Incense/Oil:
frankincense, basil, yarrow, lilac, camphor, clove, wood rose, wormwood, myrrh, patchouli, apple, heliotrope, mint, nutmeg, sage, ylang-ylang
Colors/Candles:
black (ward off negativity), orange (good luck), indigo, homemade apple or mint scented herbal candles to light jack-o-lanterns or for altar candles
Tools/Symbols/Decorations:
black altar cloth, Halloween items, jack-o-lanterns, oak leaves, acorns, straw, balefire, besom, black cat, black crescent moon, cauldron, divination tools, grain, magic mirror, mask, bare branches, animal bones, hazelwood, pictures of ancestors
Goddesses:
The Crone, Hecate(Greek), Cerridwen(Welsh-Scottish), Arianrhod(Welsh), Caillech (Irish-Scottish), Baba Yaga (Russian), Al-Ilat(persian), Bast (Egyptian), Persephone (Greek), Hel(Norse), Kali(Hindu), all Death & Otherworld Goddesses
Gods:
Horned Hunter(European), Cernnunos(Greco-Celtic), Osiris(Egyptian), Hades (Greek), Gwynn ap Nudd (British), Anubis(Egyptian), Coyote Brother (Native American), Loki (Norse), Dis (Roman), Arawn (Welsh), acrificial/Dying/Aging Gods, Death and Otherworld Gods
Essence:
magick, plenty; knowledge, the night, death & rebirth, success, protection; rest, new beginning; ancestors; lifting of the veil, mundane laws in abeyance, return, change
Dynamics/Meaning:
death & transformation, Wiccan new year,wisdom of the Crone, end of summer, honoring, thinning of the veil between worlds, death of the year, time outside of time, night of the Wild Hunt, begin new projects, end old projects
Purpose:
honoring the dead, especially departed ancestors, knowing we will not be forgotten; clear knowledge of our path; guidance, protection, celebrating reincarnation
Rituals/Magicks:
foreseeing future, honoring/consulting ancestors, releasing the old, power, understanding death and rebirth, entering the underworld, divination, dance of the dead, fire calling, past life recall
Customs:
ancestor altar, costumes, divination, carving jack-o-lanterns, spirit plate, the Feast of the Dead, feasting, paying debts, fairs, drying winter herbs, masks, bonfires, apple games, tricks, washing clothes
Foods:
apple, pumpkin pie, pomegranate, pumpkin, squash, hazelnuts, corn, cranberry muffins, bread, ale, cider and herbal tea
Herbs:
allspice, broom, comfry, dandelion, deadly nightshade, mugwort, catnip, dittany of Crete, ferns, flax, fumitory, mandrake, mullein, dragon's blood, sage, straw, thistles, oak(leaf), wormwood (burn to protect from roving spirits)
Element/Gender:
water/male
Threshold:
midnight
List courtesy of:
http://katybugdidit.tripod.com/id21.html
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 8:08 am
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A Samhain Traditional Ritual
Cast the circle and ask the Guardians to be present.
The candles on the altar should be black,and it is usual to have nuts,pine cones,and apples also. Make sure you place a small bunch of dry, dead twigs there, too.
Stand at the center of the circle, facing west, and begin to think deeply about the meaning of this time. Slowly say the following words:
"THE LORD SAILED SLOW INTO THE WEST,THE LADY WAITS AND WEAVES; TIME OF DARKNESS, TIME OF DEATH, BALD BRANCH, BARE EARTH, BROWN LEAVES."
Think about endings and retreat, and what it all means to you. Now think of all the things you really need to let go of, in order to make room for something else. When you are ready,say this:
"HE LETS GO,I TOO LET GO,EMBRACE THE COMING DARK; I OPEN PALMS AND LOOSEN GRIP ON ALL THAT MUST DEPART."
Open your palms and imagine all the unwanted matter dispersing like seeds upon the land-for thats what they are, seeds of some new potential that you can't yet see.
Now put out all the candles except one on the altar. Sit in the center of the circle and meditate. Call upon beloved ones who have died to keep you company if they wish. Scry, if you wish,perhaps by looking for images in a bowl of water that reflects the solitary candle flame. This is your underworld descent. Take as much time over it as you like. Think also of the inner fires. This is a time of peace, when inspiration may unfold within you, new things become possible for the earth.
You should have a cauldron, or bowl in the center of the circle,with a candle in it.When you are ready take this candle to the altar candle and light it. (Although the other candles should be black, I would choose a white candle to stand in the cauldron.) Put the candle in the cauldron, sit and look at the candle and say:
"IN SHADOWS DEEP WE CLEARER SEE,THE LIGHT THAT FLAMES WITHIN; IN DARKNESS WHIRLING, STIRRING ROUND, SEE, NEW LIFE NOW BEGIN."
Watch the flame as it dances and glows. So does the life force, deep in the bark, under the dead leaves, under stones...and it will awaken again. Consecrate some wine by drawing a pentagram over it with athame or wand-drink some and allow its warmth to make you feel more alive. You need something to bring you out of the rather sombre, meditative phase.When you are ready, circle desoil around the cauldron, braking into a dance if you like. With athame direct power into the candle that already flames there, feeling it surge with increased power. Then take up the candle and relight all the other candles. Vitality still pulses under the earth. Visualize the light of your inner sight gaining strength.
Take up the dead twigs. Name them after things that need to die,for yourself,for others, for the earth. Affirm strongly that each twig embodies something undesirable that must go,for the good of all. Keep them and burn them later on in a bon-fire.
Cut an apple so you expose the star in the center. Save the pips to bury somewhere-they are the seeds of new life. Eat the apple in celebration,and drink the wine in honor of the Goddess and God and the four Guardians. Do not forget to thank the dead that you feel were there with you.
Close the circle.
It is especially appropriate to emphasis life in the teeth of darkness by making love-either in the circle with your magickal partner, if you have one, or later on.
Ritual courtesy of:
http://members.tripod.com/~onespiritx/ritual43.htm
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Here are LINKS to other Samhain Rituals, it makes it easier:
BARDIC SAMHAIN RITUAL:
http://www.paganlibrary.com/rituals_spells/samhain_ritual.php
SAMHAIN GROUP RITUAL
http://www.ladyoftheearth.com/sabbats/bardic-samhain.txt
SAMHAIN RITUAL
http://www.ladyoftheearth.com/sabbats/samhain-grp.txt
http://www.ladyoftheearth.com/sabbats/samhain-ritual.txt
Triskellion's Samhain Ritual
http://www.ladyoftheearth.com/sabbats/samhain-1994.txt
SAMHAIN RITUAL FOR SMALL CIRCLE
http://www.ladyoftheearth.com/sabbats/samhain-01.txt
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 8:12 am
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Samhain Recipes
Quick Apple Spice Cake
1 spice cake mix
1 small package of vanilla pudding
1 can apple pie filling
2 eggs
1 1/2 cup milk
1 container of caramel apple dip (optional)
A microwave safe pan or bunt type pan
Mix all of the ingredients together except for the dip, it does not have to be mixed until the mix is smooth. Pour into your pan and cook on 70% for 16-18 minutes opr until done (dry on top and pulling away from the sides). Let it cool slighty and pour the caramel apple dip over the top and Enjoy!
Samhain Punch
3 oranges
Whole Cloves
6 roses
3 apples (macIntosh works nicely)
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
3 cinnamon sticks
3 tsp cinnamon
3 tsp nutmeg
3 tsp allspice
3 tsp red pepper
2 bottles sweet red wine (Lambrusco of Cafe Zinfadel are nice)
1 bottle Champagne (Asti is nice)
Ice cubes
((you can use other beverages in replacement of alcohol))
Pre-heat oven to 375. Stud the oranges with cloves, back for 20 minutes. While they are baking in a pot combine the rose petals from 4 roses and the water, on medium heat simmer until the petals become translucent. Remove the petals and put the rose water into punch bowl. Cut up apples and oranges (leaving skin on) into quarters and put into punch bowl. Add cinnamon sticks to punch bowl. IN another pot combine one bottle of red wine, sugar, cinnamon, allspice and red pepper. Bring to boil, stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved. Add mixture to punch bowl. Add second bottle of red wine. Then right before serving add champagne and ice. Garnish with the rose petals from the last 2 roses, Enjoy!
Pumpkin Muffins
1 c Unbleached Flour, Sifted
2 t Baking Powder
1/4 t Salt
1/4 t Ground Cinnamon
1/4 c Vegetable Shortening
2/3 c Sugar
1 ea Large Egg
1/2 c Canned, Mashed Pumpkin
2 T Milk
Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon; set aside. Cream together shortening and sugar in mixing bowl until light and fluffy, using electric mixer at medium speed. Beat in egg. Combine pumpkin and milk in small bowl. Add dry ingredients alternately with pumpkin mixture to creamed mixture, stirring well after each addition. Spoon batter into paper-lined 2 1/2-inch muffin-pan cups, filling 2/3rds full.
Bake in 350 degree F. oven 20 minutes or until golden brown. Serve hot with butter and homemade jam.
Pumpkin Marble Cheesecake
Servings: 10
1 1/2 c Gingersnap Crumbs
1/2 c Finely Chopped Pecans
1/3 c Margarine, Melted
16 oz Cream Cheese, Softened
3/4 c Sugar
1 t Vanilla
3 ea Eggs
1 c Canned Pumpkin
3/4 t Cinnamon
1/4 t Ground Nutmeg
Combine crumbs, pecans and margarine; press onto bottom and 1 1/2-inches up sides of 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 350 degrees F., 10 minutes. Combine cream cheese, 1/2 c sugar and vanilla, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Reserve 1 c batter, chill. Add remaining sugar, pumpkin and spices to remaining batter; mix well. Alternately layer pumpkin and cream cheese batters over crust. Cut through batters with knife several times for marble effect. Bake at 350 degrees F., 55 minutes. Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim of pan. Chill.
Remembrance Cookies
These cookies can be made on Hallow's Eve. They can be shaped like people and the herb rosemary is added to the dough as a symbol of remembrance. Some of the cookies are eaten while telling stories or attributes of special ancestors, reminding us that we still have access to their strengths--or perhaps a predisposition to their weaknesses. The rest of the cookies are left outside by a bonfire as an offering. This can be a solemn ritul, but it need not be.
Ingredients for the cookies:
1 1/2 c. powdered sugar
1 c. butter or margarine (softened)
1 egg
2 t. vanilla
1 t. almond extract
2 1/2 c. all purpose flour
1 t. baking soda
1 t. cream of tartar
1 1/2 T. chopped rosemary
Heat oven 375 degrees. In a large bowl, beat sugar, butter, egg, vanilla, almond extract, and rosemary until creamy. In a separate bowl, sift flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar. Fold flour mixture into sugar mixture. Beat until dough forms and refrigerate for three hours. Divide dough into halves. Roll out one portion to 3/16 of an inch on a floured surface. Cut out with gingerbread women or men cutters and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat rolling and cutting with second portion. Bake for 5-7 minutes.
Colcannon
(Potatoes, harvested from August to October, were a part of the feast in Ireland where they were made into a Samhain dish known as colcannon. Colcannon is a mashed potato, cabbage, and onion dish still served in Ireland on All Saint's Day. It was an old Irish tradition to hide in it a ring for a bride, a button for a bachelor, an thimble for a spinster, and a coin for wealth, or any other item which local custom decreed in keeping with idea of the New Year as a time for divination.)
4 cups mashed potatoes
2 1/2 cups cabbage, cooked and chopped fine
1/2 cup butter (avoid corn oil margarines as they will not add the needed body and flavor)
1/2 cup evaporated milk or cream
3/4 cup onion, chopped very find and sautéed
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
Sauté onions (traditionalists sauté in lard or grease, but butter is acceptable.). Boil the potatoes and mash them (do not use artificial potato flakes). In a large pan place all of the ingredients except the cabbage and cook over low heat while blending them together. Turn the heat to medium and add the chopped cabbage. The mixture will take on a pale green cast. Keep stirring occasionally until the mixture is warm enough to eat. Lastly drop in a thimble, button, ring, and coin. Stir well and serve.
Popcorn Balls
These are fun to make and fun to give--wrap them in orange tinted cellophane or clear wrap and tie with a ribbon. This makes about 18 three inch balls. Unless you have a really large pot, make these in two batches.
1/2 cup solid margarine
2-10oz packages of large, white marshmallows
orange paste food coloring
# Melt margarine in a large pot. Add marshmallows, turning to cover with oil well, and cooking slowly to melt completely. Stir in tiny amounts of food coloring with a toothpick until the color appeals to you. When completely melted, remove from heat. Then:
# 20 cups popped, fresh plain or colored popcorn (don't use microwave corn)
# 1 cup candy corn (optional)...stir in popcorn and candy, covering well with melted marshmallow until marshmallow turns to stringy threads. Let sit a few minutes.
# extra butter...butter all popcorn ball-maker's hands liberally, and begin to pack mixture into balls. Adults mind that the mixture can still be quite hot, so put aside a pan in which to set balls down if children find them too hot. Let balls thoroughly cool, then wrap them up!
Bread of the Dead
Serve with milk or hot chocolate, and offer some to your departed ancestors, so they may breathe in its essence and be nourished, before you gobble it up yourself!
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 Tablespoons sugar
1/4 t. salt
1 egg
2/3 cup milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
10 drops anise extract
Mix all of the above until smooth. Heat the oven to 400 degrees and grease a cookie sheet. With clean hands, mold the dough into a round shape with a knob on the top (which will be a skull) or into smaller round shapes, animals, faces or angels. Place dough on cookie sheet.
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 T. flour
1 t. ground cinnamon
1 T. melted butter
Mix together brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and melted butter for the topping. Sprinkle topping on dough and bake for 20 to 25 minutes. When cool, decorate the skull shaped knobs, animals or faces with icing sugar to make eyes, nose and mouth.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/7039/AshlinCC.html |
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 8:16 am
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Samhain Activities/Crafts
Jack-O-Latern pinata
Cover a balloon with newspaper strips dipped in a mixture of water and white school glue. Cover in a layer of orange crepe paper. Let dry thoroughly. Glue on eyes, nose and mouth made of construction paper. Cut a hole and fill with candy. Tape shut. Hang the piñata by a rope from a tree and have children break open piñata while blindfolded with a bat. Be very careful that everyone stands far enough back so they don't get hit.
Hazelnut Good Luck Charm
Supplies:
9 hazelnuts (or filberts as they are also called)
black colored twine (hemp is best for the energy)
nut pick
Using the nut pick, bore holes in the nuts. Use whole nuts, don't shell them. String them on the twine, making it just long enough to hold the nine nuts with a little bit of space, then tie off in a circle. On the night of Samhain, consecrate it in the fire, passing it back and forth 3 times, and chanting:
"Hazelnuts nine in a ring
By the smoke of the Samhain Fire bring
To those within our humble home
Form over this a protective cone
Guard for a year, I charge thee
And as I will, so mote it be!"
Then hang it up in your home somewhere as an amulet of protection for the coming year. If you want, make several , and after consecrating them give them to other pagan family and friends as a gift, or hang one in every room if you wish.
Nine is the sacred number of the Hazelnut in the Celtic Tree Calender. Save some of the nuts to bury during the Spring Equinox, to attune yourself with the cycle of birth and death.
http://groups.msn.com/WitchesHollow/witchcrafts.msnw
(site still works)
Create an altar
Make a big family altar. Put symbols of the seasons on it, like pumpkins, fall leaves, pomegranates, and corn. Put pictures of your beloved dead on the altar, as well as anything that reminds you of them - an aunt's string of pearls, a grandfather watch. Encourage your child to add to the altar. They can add a drawing, a favorite picture, photo of a beloved pet that has passed away, or just something that evokes the spirit of Samhain like a witch doll or a small scarecrow. If possible, make the altar low, at your child's eye level.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/pagan_parenting/111525
(site still works)
Make a witch's cord
Witch's cords are beautiful and make great decorations. The Samhain witches cord should be an expression of what you wish or hope for the New Year. Take three strands of ribbon or silk cord in three different colors, each about three feet long. Choose colors that symbolize your hopes for the New Year. Fold one end down about five inches and tie together in a knot to make a loop so the cord can be hung. Braid the strands together, reciting your wishes and hopes and tie at least three knots on the tail. You can add anything you want to the cords - feathers, stones, herbs, little toys, tokens in remembrance of a loved one, etc.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/pagan_parenting/111525/3
(site still works)
Find a wand
Samhain is a great time to look for a wand. Venture outdoors with your children, to a park perhaps, and look for branches or fallen pieces of wood. When you've found your wand, be sure to thank the tree and leave an offering. Once you've cleaned it up by whittling it and sanding it if necessary, let your child decorate it.
Halloween is a fun time for children, but it's also a celebration of the cycles that bring growth and transformation. With its deep connections to family, our rituals and stories are perfect for sharing with our children, teaching them about the past, and giving us all hope for the future.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/pagan_parenting/111525/4
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 8:25 am
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Samhain Chants/Rituals
Halloween Chant
This chant can be outdoors around a bonfire or inside around an extra large altar candle.
Fire red, summer's dead,
Yet shall it return.
Clear and bright in the night,
Burn, fire, burn!
Dance the ring, luck to bring,
When the year's aturning.
Chant the rhyme at Hallowstime,
When the fire's burning.
Fire glow, vision show
Of the heart's desire,
When the spell's chanted well
Of the witching fire.
Dance the ring, luck to bring,
When the year's aturning.
Chant the rhyme at Hallowstime,
When the fire's burning.
Fire spark, when nights are dark.
Makes our winter's mirth
Red leaves fall, earth takes all,
Brings them to rebirth
Dance the ring, luck to bring,
When the year's aturning.
Chant the rhyme at Hallowstime,
When the fire's burning.
Fire fair, earth and air,
And the heaven's rain,
And blessed be, and so may we,
At Hallowside again.
Dance the ring, luck to bring,
When the year's aturning.
Chant the rhyme at Hallowstime,
When the fire's burning.
http://pagans.org
(this site still works, but page this was on does not)
Hecate, Cerridwen
by Patricia Witt
Hecate Cerridwen
Dark Mother Take us in
Hecate Cerridwen
Let us be reborn
http://www.earthspirit.com/events/sam_chants.html
(site still works)
Samhain Chant
Anon
Fire red, summer's dead
Yet it shall return.
Clear and bright, in the night,
Burn, fire, burn!
Chorus:
Dance the ring, luck to bring,
When the year's a-turning.
Chant the rhyme at Hallows-time,
When the fire's burning.
Fire glow, vision show
Of the heart's desire,
When the spell's chanted well
Of the witching fire.
Chorus:
Dance the ring, luck to bring,
When the year's a-turning.
Chant the rhyme at Hallows-time,
When the fire's burning.
Fire spark, when nights are dark
Makes our winter's mirth.
Red leaves fall, earth takes all,
Brings them to rebirth.
Chorus:
Dance the ring, luck to bring,
When the year's a-turning.
Chant the rhyme at Hallows-time,
When the fire's burning.
Fire fair, earth and air,
And the heaven's rain,
All blessed be, and so may we,
at Hallows-tide again.
Chorus:
Dance the ring, luck to bring,
When the year's a-turning.
Chant the rhyme at Hallows-time,
When the fire's burning.
Doreen Valiente
"Witchcraft For Tomorrow" p. 193
http://www.paganlibrary.com/music_poetry/samhain_chant.php
(site still works)
Samhain Chant for the Dead
Samhain Chant for the Dead
Magic of Samhain dreams,
Spirits of mystical north,
O’ guardian of earth, heed our prayers
Throughout this rite, come forth.
As the stars crown your brow,
This song of wicca ye hear,
Open the gates that our loved ones may pass
And our words draw them near.
Magic of Samhain dreams,
Spirits of mystical east,
O’ guardian of air, heed our prayers
At behest of wiccan priest.
As on wings of warding ye soar
This song of wicca ye hear,
Open the gates that our loved ones may pass
And our words draw them near.
http://www.iamawitch.com/index.php?topic=Chants
(not sure if site still work my computer kept timing out)
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Here are LINKS to other Samhain Rituals, it makes it easier:
BARDIC SAMHAIN RITUAL:
http://www.paganlibrary.com/rituals_spells/samhain_ritual.php
SAMHAIN GROUP RITUAL
http://www.ladyoftheearth.com/sabbats/bardic-samhain.txt
SAMHAIN RITUAL
http://www.ladyoftheearth.com/sabbats/samhain-grp.txt
http://www.ladyoftheearth.com/sabbats/samhain-ritual.txt
Triskellion's Samhain Ritual
http://www.ladyoftheearth.com/sabbats/samhain-1994.txt
SAMHAIN RITUAL FOR SMALL CIRCLE
http://www.ladyoftheearth.com/sabbats/samhain-01.txt |
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