28/10/2024
Love this little write up from The Pumpkin Divine about Samhain - one of my favourite sabbats 🖤
My traditions have changed and been adapted since having a family... I used to have an altar but now with little fingers about I show them my path & the sabbats in other ways through nature, crystals & honouring the seasons/Moon phases... this Halloween I'll take my tribe Trick or Treating & celebrate the 'usual way' but I'll also take myself away to meditate, practise gratitude & reflect. We as a family remember our ancestors, light a candle & lay an extra plate at the table for those that are no longer with us (this is known as a dumb supper to Pagans & this would traditionally be a meal ate in silence) but I've adapted it so we get together round the table , eat & reflect on the year gone.. as let's be honest with a teenager, 6yr old & a baby there wouldn't be much silence 🤣
Sam xx
🎃🍂 Hello Pumpkins! 🍂🎃
Let's explore the mysterious and magical roots of 🎃 Samhain 🎃, a pagan sabbath celebrated on October 31st. Samhain marks the end of the harvest season, and the start of the darker half of the year. 🌑✨
This ancient festival is steeped in mystery, with its roots dating back to Celtic traditions. It's a time when the veil between our world and the spirit world is thinnest, allowing ancestors and spirits to visit the living. 🧙♀️✨
Traditionally, Samhain was celebrated with bonfires 🔥, feasts 🍎, and ceremonies to honor the dead. Costumes were worn to disguise oneself from wandering spirits. Sounds familiar? Many of these traditions have evolved into modern-day Halloween! 🎃👻
Whether you're lighting a candle for ancestors 🕯️ or enjoying the beauty of fallen leaves 🍁, let's embrace this season of transformation and reflection.
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Feel free to share your own Samhain traditions or thoughts in the comments! 🌜🧙♂️✨
Happy Samhain Pumpkins 🍂🎃
