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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
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