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Mabon/Autum Equinox Solitary Ritual Special Notes: Balance of light and dark. Time of rest after labor, completion of the harvest, thanksgiving. A good time for meditations on reincarnation in preparation for Ancestor Night or Halloween (Samhain). Altar Supplies: Incense and burner Chalice of water and salt Pentacle and dagger (or sword) 4 Element candles Chalice of wine …
Samhain (pronounced SOW-in, SAH-vin, or SAM-hayne) means “End of Summer” and is the third and final harvest. The dark winter half of the year commences on this Sabbat. Various other names for this Greater Sabbat are Third Harvest, Samana, Day of the Dead, Old Hallowmas (Scottish/Celtic), Vigil of Saman, Shadowfest (Strega), and Samhuinn. Also known …
Samhain Solitary Veil Ritual This is designed for solitaries, but could be adapted for a group Tools: cauldron (if inside, make sure it’s on a heat-proof surface) paper/pen black and orange candles incense and charcoal in censer veil rune stones or Tarot apples or pumpkin bread, wine Cast the circle Invocation to the God and …
Also called: Yule, Jul, Saturnalia, Christmas, solar/secular New Year, Winster Solstice. Yule originates from the 12-day festival, celebrated by Germanic peoples, around the winter solstice in December and January. Yule comes from the old Norse jól and Old English géohol, which was a season of hunting after the harvest was done. This fell in what we now call December, …