Samhain

Samhain

Activities

Put up wards to keep out unwanted spirits

Put jars of salt by your door to protect your home

Sprinkle some salt in your mouth right before you go to bed to protect your dreams

Light candles to help guide spirits

Tell stories of dead relatives and friends

Write about the dead in your book of shadows

Give offerings to your ancestors

Pray at your altar

Cleanse your space with incense

Drink hot drinks

Bake bread or pies

Add fall recipes to your book of shadows

Paint and decorate pumpkins

Contact spirits through divination

Ask for advice from your ancestors

Be thankful for the food you have

Dust and tidy your altar

Look at pictures of deceased loved ones

Dress in fall colors

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.

Colors

Black

Orange

Brown

Gold

Scarlet

Animals

Bat

Boar

Cat

Cow

Dog

Crow

Crystals

Jet

Obsidian

Amber

Carnelian

Fossils

Onyx

Sandstone

Turquoise

Bloodstone

Herbs and Flowers

Acorn

Angelica

Broom

Catnip

Deadly Nightshade

Dittany

Hazel

Heather

Mandrake

Mugwort

Oak leaves

Sage

Straw

Wormwood

Trees

Apple

Beech

Blackthorn

Locust

Pomegranate

Willow

Witch Hazel

Yew

Foods

Soul bread (I recommend putting something on it, it can be bland)

Roast turkey or chicken

Venison

Rice

Cod

Sea Bass

Lamb

Duck

Scallops

Oysters

Mussels

Apples

Pears

Grapes

Citrus

Pomegranate

Eggplant

Tomato

Fig

Brussel Sprouts

Kale

Pumpkin

Squash

Mushroom

Broccoli

Plumbs

Cranberries

Ginger

Peaches

Cabbage

Key limes

Passion Fruit

Radishes

Chestnuts

Beets

Fruit Pies

Fruit Cobblers

Apple Cake

Spice Cakes

Apple Cider

Hard Cider

Pumpkin spice Latte

Hot Cocoa

Apple Juice

Adult Appel Juice (wine)

Mulled Wine

Mulled Cider

Grape Juice

Chai Tea or Latte

Herbal Teas

Deities

Arawn

Belenus

Dagda

Hades

Loki

Odin

Pluto

Badb

Banba

Cailleach

Durga

Hecate

Hel

Inanna

Ishtar

Kali

Morrigan

Rhiannon

Horned God

Spells

Write a list of things you want to release and burn it

Light candles to help guide and honor spirits

Practice Spirit work

Samhain Divination

Family Meals with a place for the dead

Meditate and Reflect

Other names

All Saints Day

All Hallows Eve

Halloween

Incense/EO

Sage

Pumpkin

Patchouli

Myrrh

Straw

Flax

Wheat

Corn

Rosemary

Nutmeg

Allspice

Today's herb of the week is Violet!

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Venus

Element: Water

Known as:

Blue violet, common blue violet, wild violet, dog violet or sweet violet

Magickal uses:

•Place in a dream pillow to draw in prophetic dreams and visions •Carry the leaves in a green satchet to aid in healing •Mix with lavender for a powerful love stimulant or carry with you to ease your heart from unrequited love. 

•The leaves are good for protection against all evil forces when carried

•Gift violets to a newly married couple or new mother to bring luck

•Carry with you to stimulate creativity, peace and tranquility

•Put the petals under your pillow to reveal your true love or what you truly desire

•Place on your altar or sacred space with amethyst to enhance divine energy

• Plant in your garden or near the front of your house for protection

•Bathe in an infusion of violet for nine days to ease the pain of heartbreak

•Infuse your face oils or water to wash your face is said to bless you with beauty

•Use to make tea to increase your spiritual awareness

•Add to healing baths to increase potency

•Gather fresh violet during the spring to make your wish come true

•Place the petals in your shoe for seven days to attract love

Good for: abundance, wishes, youth, happiness, protection, prosperity, faerie, love, heartbeak, longevity, fertility, repelling negativity, joy, devotion, luck, passion, beauty, fortune, hex breaking, reconciliation and transformation workings

Other uses:

• Sweet violet is used for nervous strain, hysteria, physical and mental exhaustion, symptoms of menopause (hot flashes), depression, and irritability

•It is also used for digestive tract complaints such as abdominal pain, swelling (inflammation) of the stomach and intestines and the tissues that line them, digestion problems caused by improper diet, gas, heartburn, gallbladder disorders, and loss of appetite

•Some people use sweet violet for respiratory tract conditions, particularly dry or sore throat, stuffy nose, coughs, hoarseness, and bronchitis

•Other uses include treating pain in the minor joints, fever, skin diseases, headache, trouble sleeping, and tuberculosis

Deities:

Venus, Attis, Io, Zeus, Cupid, Faeries, Aphrodite, Demeter, Jupiter, Mithras and Cybele

444 You are more than what people think. Free yourself from the limiting beliefs of others  444

Types of Water Divination

Hydromancy: divination using water

The flow of water speaks to the intensity of current and/or upcoming events. To practice this method, dip a metal ring in water and gauge the movements like using a pendulum for "yes/no," or interpret the answer from the number of ripples that arise.

Acultomancy: divination with needles

Using needles in water or flour, the diviner would interpret shapes and patterns created by the needles in the substance. 21 or 7 needles would be used following the question being asked. The broken line may mean traveling or heading on a new journey. The parallel lines may mean money in the future, either given or taken away. The vertical lines are meant as guided roads to take. The horizontal lines may mean what the fate will be.

Ceroscopy: divination with molten wax in water

Light the candle with your question in mind and allow the wax to drop into the bowl of water. As the wax forms shapes and pattens, use these to interpret an answer to your question.

Quercusmancy: divination with acorns and oak trees

Lovers can drop acorns into the corner of a body of water. If the acorns touch, the lovers are meant to be. Acorns were also carried as lucky charms. If an oak tree shed its leaves, an oath was said to be broken.

Lecanomancy: divination with oil and water

Drop oil or rocks into a bowl of water and interpret the shapes and ripples in answer to your question.

10 Easy Protective Habits

Carry Rosemary and salt in your pocket, purse, or keep in a satchel.

A lit white candle in a circle of salt will protect a room.

A lit black candle repels and banishes unwanted energy quite well.

Hang Garlic in your kitchen to ward away mischief and evil.

Add Pine essential oil to cleaners for an added cleansing boost when washing tile/hardwood floors.

Grow Rosemary, Lilac, Lavender or Rose at your doorways to protect them.

Use knot magick when tying shoe laces, bows, headbands, etc for added protection.

Draw protective sigils or wards onto your skin with make up or lotion/moisturizer before blending.

Hang protective charms off your pet’s collar.

Sprinkle a combination of Salt, Lavender, Rosemary and/or Rose onto a hard surface and sweep/vacuum the next morning for a cleansing sweep.

Easy Witchcraft Tips

I feel like I got a really good response to easy tips, especially from beginner practitioners and those still in the broom closet, so I'm going to put together a quick list of easy (and easily excusable) little tricks that made my practice easy in a house that used to be full of Mormons.

Leave a bottle of water on the windowsill or dresser in front of the window on nights of the full moon to make moon water. It's just a water bottle, right?

Small runes and sigils can be drawn with white crayon/colored pencil on white walls and no one will be able to see it. Plus, it can be easily removed with a magic eraser sponge. Tuck them into corners, right above the floor, or right underneath a window.

If you want crystals, and you have the money for it, there are bracelets of crystal beads that can be easily passed off as accessories.

Scented candles are still colored candles. You can use a 'smell good' candle for its color.

You can absolutely use essential oils as herb replacements. Just make sure to keep them away from pets, and do not ingest them. Tap some onto your clothes to carry its effect around with you.

If you have a wax melter: melt the wax, pour it into a tray of some sort (I use a silicone mold) and add dried herbs. No burn, slow-release spell. Easily cleaned with hot water.

If no one snoops too much, hide slices of lemon around your room. As they dry, they absorb negative energy. Once they're completely dry, you can throw them away, burn them, bury them, put them in a jar to throw away at school, etc.

Mix powdered herbs with a little bit of moon water to make a thick 'paint', then apply somewhere covered on your body to infuse your presence with its effects.

Toss in a bit of sea salt in a spray bottle and fill with moon water. Shake to dissolve. Cleansing spray! You can tell your housemates that you had acne issues, and salt dries out spots. Just keep the misting very light so it dries, and vacuum/sweep and mop often.

I'll be making a few more of these kinds of posts, as well as some other easy spells and tricks. Feel free to send me more ideas to add to new posts! Good luck, and blessed be <3

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