Also Known As:
All Hallows, All Hallows Eve, Hallow' Een, Halloween, All Saints Eve, Guy Falkes Day, Feast of the Dead, Feast of Apples, Shadowfest, Hallowmas |
Celebrates:
Death of the God,
a reminder that He will be back,
the end of the harvest
Honor and rememberance of those who gone before
a time when the veil between our world and the Spirit world is thinnest |
Note:
In the Southern Hemisphere Oct 31 is Beltane , Samhain is celebrated on May 1
This is THE holiday for Witches, even cowans know that this is our time of year.
Nov 1 is All Hallows Day, October 31 is All Hallows Eve. Celebration begins on Oct 31 at sundown.
Samhain is not solely a Celtic based holiday. Ancient Egyptians and Mexicans celebrated this as the Night of the dead.
Samhain is pronounced "soween" if you follow the Celtic traditions. Sam - hane is also acceptable. |
Samhain's Correspondences
colours- black, orange, white, yellow. Primarily black.
herbs - mugwort, allspice, broom, catnip, dealdly night shade, mandrake, oak, sage, rosemary and straw
stones - all black stones, jet, obsidian
foods - turnips, apples gourds, pumpkin, nuts, wine, meat,
symbols - gourds, apples, black cats, besoms, jack o lanterns,
incense - heliotrope, mint, nutmeg
activities - cleaning a grave, baking with the last of the harvest, new years resoltion (don't make 'em if you're gonna break 'em), decorating in and wearing black,
spells - protection, psychism, crone oriented powers, letting go of sorrow and pain,
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