Happy Samhain!

Hi and Merry Meet,
Happy Samhain!!!! Today the veil between the worlds is very thin. It is a day of remembrance for me.

Friday night I went to a sencae and then I went to a dumb supper with a ritual following after. Both were new experiences for me. I loved both!

The sencae had two mediums and was hosted by a women I know from tarot classes. She invited seven of us to it and it was a wonderful group of women. I had a few messages come through before I had to leave. One message I have no idea how to do what the spirit asked! There was a spirit of a small boy maybe four or five and he said that his mom was close to me. She miscarried him and she is blaming herself. He wants me to tell her that the tea she was drinking at that time was not the cause. He just decided he wasn't ready to come back to this plain. It wasn't her fault and know that she needs to stop blaming herself.

After that I went to the dumb supper. That was an amazing experience. There were eight of us and a plate for the dead. After the coven who hosted it had a beautiful outdoor ritual.  I was glad I had a heavy coat as it was pretty chilly out there! The energy levels that were raised were so intense.  We also did a working and after they had a medium come for more spiritual contact.

Today I am dressing up for school and then having my own small ritual after I hand out candy to the kids.
Blessed be,
Autumn

Spells and Words

Hi and Merry Meet,
Recently I've been reading Silver RavenWolf's Sacred Flame book. I've read the other two books in the series but has been a while.

One thing I noticed right off the bat is how wordy her spells are. I don't know about you, but I like to keep my spells short and sweet. I like to make them pack a punch so then I also don't have to copy long monologues into my BOS. I do like what some of her spells are for and I admit I have done some of them however, I have changed the wording to be my own.

When I started on this path Silver's books were some of the first I read as they were the first ones recommend to me. I loved what I learned from them. At first I was also told that walking this path involves a lot of shadow work. At the time I didn't totally understand what that meant. Now I understand that my spells need to focus on changing me and not asking the universe to bring things to me. I need to be the change to get changes.
Blessed be,
Autumn

Lazy Day

Hi and Merry Meet,
Today Husband and I are just being a bit lazy. I've been doing my weekly cleaning this morning while he is taking a nap.

My plan had been to get our chores done and then get our house ready for Halloween! I haven't decorated yet and I thought we'd get things done today. Husband doesn't care as much as I do but I do need his help to get the ladder out of the basement. Our living room has a lofted celling and it is hard for me to carry the ladder up from the basement. Plus his napping in my decorating space is not helping. Oh well, he has had a rough week and if that's what he needs then I'm going to let him sleep. Besides, I have all day tomorrow yet!

So instead of decorating I have been knitting a lace shawl that I started over the summer. I just have the border left and it is done! I guess I'm not as lazy today as I thought I was.

In other news my sacred space is coming along. Over the summer I pulled out all the wallpaper in ny witchy room so I could paint the walls. I did the fist coat of spackle to fix the uneven spots. After I sand it down I'll do another coat and then we should be ready for painting! I really miss my witchy room but I've enjoyed doing spell work and rituals in different rooms of the house.
Blessed be,
Autumn

Changing With The Seasons

Hi and Merry Meet,
Last night I was reading a book in bed and the chapter was about making your life reflect the seasons. For example this time of season looking at ending projects or friendships that have run their course.

I was thinking about how do I do this in my daily life. The best thing I could come up with is my cooking and food choices. I love a good pot roast and now that it's fall I can make it again. I don't see us grilling corn now that the season has past. The past two days have brought this into focus with the cold weather. I've made a hearty chili and a nice stew.

I've been trying to think about it in the rest of my life. This season is when I clean out old clothes from closets and donate them. This time of year I clean out the old so we can enjoy winter with less clutter around us as we hibrenate.  In spring I seem to collect new things.

It has been a good exercise to think about how in tune or not my daily life is with nature.
Blessed be,
Autumn

Catching Up

Hi and Merry Meet,
Today we are under a wind advisory. It is really gusting out there. My husband is out there building a weight box for our lawn tractor so when the snow plow is fitted to it it is balanced. We had a few problems with that last year. So he is fixing it for this year. All too soon we will need the plow again.

I've been working on updating my BOS and my spell book. I like to write my spells out ahead of time on scratch paper and after I cast them I like to write them in my spell book. I like my spell book to look nice and pretty so I use the scratch paper as a draft complete with all my revisions. After they are copied in I dispose of the drafts. Funny, I never liked rewriting, drafting, and editing in school.

After I finish that I'm going to put on some hot water for tea to thaw my poor husband out!
Blessed be,
Autumn

Upcoming Plans

Hi and Merry Meet,
I was thinking about what my plans are for  Samhain. I wanted to do something special and my thoughts were heard.

I got an invite to attend a Dumb Supper and ritual with a coven that I attended an open circle with. Right now is the time of year that they open up to others to see if new people fit with their group. Kind of like an interview process. This dinner will be part of that.

I have to admit that I'm excited. It will be nice to celebrate with other like minded people. I told my husband and he said I should definitely go since he is working that night and won't be able to gave a big sit down meal with me. Of course early the time next morning we have a bit of a drive to a craft show we are in. It's craft show time again for us!

Hope things are going well for you!
Blessed be,
Autumn

Taking Advantage of The Weather!

Hi and Merry Meet,
This weekend the weather is looking great! It's a nice long weekend on top of it too!!

Husband and I are going to get a few things done today. First we are going couch shopping. We are taking a nice long drive to see the leaves changing and to go to a furniture store. After that I want to work on painting my witchy room. It is still all torn up from my pulling the wall paper off. I need to do some spackling before I can prime it.

Tomorrow we are going to try to get out hiking. There is park with great trails I've been wanting to go to. With the weather looking so nice we might try to get out there.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Blessed be,
Autumn