BLESSED SAMHAIN AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO ALL! Yesterday was a typically beautiful autumn day with a bit of a breeze blowing. My sister Aurora Skye and I held our annual Samhain ritual celebration in the early evening. I spent the entire week preparing everything and after adding some finishing touches, we were finally ready for this very special night ...
The sabbat stone we used on our altar was Smoky Quartz. Other gemstones and crystals may also be used such as snowflake obsidian, carnelian, lepidolite, and rhodonite.
My new black cat chalice we used for our ritual wine/libation.
Our ancestor altar set up for our ritual ceremony - adorned with photos to honor our loved ones who have passed on ...
We lit a pink votive candle to signify love and friendship.
As the veil between the world of spirit and the physical world is thin at this time of the year (most especially at Samhain), it is the perfect time for divination and connecting with our ancestors ...
Such as using pendulums, crystal ball gazing, tarot card and rune readings, etc. We chose to use our pendulums and crystal ball gazing ...
Since this is the "Witches New Year" we also performed our witches cords as well. After making our wishes for the coming year, we charged them "with postive intent by the powers of the Divine Lord and Lady" then hung them ...
After ritual, we enjoyed some DELICIOUS snacks Aurora brought for us! ...
Cranberry nut bread, dark chocolate Chex Mix, fudge graham cookies, and chocolate and vanilla decorative cupcakes!
Some of the decorations in the altar room ...
Before our ritual celebration, we had lunch and did a bit of local shopping - one of the places we frequented was a store called, "The Gem on Penn" were we found a couple of new items ...
And, in addition I bought these two chakra soaps - each soap has a gemstone in it ...
They were giving out these neat little Halloween rub on tattoos for free at the check out register. Of course, I picked out a CAT! LOL!
From all of us here at The Wiccan Life, we wish everyone a VERY BLESSED SAMHAIN & A HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! 🎃
awesome very beautiful id love some of those things! Im sure id like that place!
ReplyDeleteThe candle light shining from the crystal orb and reflections of fairy lights is just beautiful. Love the black cat goblet, too. I have a similar black cat candy dish, but mine doesn't have fangs. All the best to you and yours for the coming year.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to leave a comment on Halloween but I'm having trouble (yet again) with my computer keyboard. I enjoyed seeing all the photos of your wonderful Samhain celebration. Everything is very atmospheric - immersed in candlelight and mysticism.
ReplyDeleteI love the black cat chalice - - and those snacks look good!
I enjoyed seeing your photographs.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan