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11 Ideas to celebrate samhain.

1)      Decorate your home/altar with (real or plastic.pot) bones, skulls, skeletons, grave rubbings, root vegies, pumpkins, apples, acorns, animals, leaves/dried leaves, nuts, pinecones.

2)      Mulled wine- you could even make it yourself.

3)      Bake bread.

4)      Honour the ancestors on your altar, with photos of family members that have passed.

5)      Have an offerings table to ancestors, spirits, gods and goddesses.

6)      Have an ancestor’s meal: Make a deceased family members favourite meal and set an extra place at the table for them.

7)      Make straw or corn dollies.

8)      Decorate with ears of corn.

9)      Make soul cakes.

10)   Contact passed over family members.

11)   Decorate your altar with tools of divination: Pendulums, Ouija boards, Tarot cards, Etc.

Ideas for Samhain Celebrations

We’re officially one week away from Samhain! - or as the non-witches know it- Halloween!

*Tries not to think about NaNoWriMo starting in a week*

And most of you said you’d love some ideas for your own Samhain celebrations, so here you go: 

Build an altar for your ancestors

Visit the grave of someone who has passed, either someone you know or someone you think deserves the company

Go for a walk in nature, observe the leaves turning. Consider the cycles of life and death that govern our world. 

Light a bonfire/small fire (safely!) and burn papers with things that no longer serve you, that you cannot afford to take into winter. 

Make an offering to your deities or ancestors

Make food with seasonal ingredients symbolic of the final harvest: squashes, pumpkins, grains, apples, spices. Even wine, if you’re allowed to drink. 

Prepare your home and yourself for the coldest part of the year. Redo protection spells, clean out clutter, develop sustaining spells for winter. 

Reflect on the past year. What did you lose? What people left your life, what things no longer hold meaning for you? How did you change as a person? 

Work with various forms of divination, like runes, pendulums, tea leaves or tarot. 

If you do work with ouija boards you better be SUPER DUPER careful. Do not neglect protections, and if you feel uncomfortable, stop, protection spells and cleanse, cleanse, cleanse. 

Give some time or money to a cause you’re passionate about. If your harvest is abundant, give back to those who were not so fortunate. 

Round and around we go..