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

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

Happy Samhain!

Hi and Merry Meet,
I woke up this morning to rain and windy pounding down on us... not the best conditions to run a race in, but I felt that this was also a gift of the four elements coming together in harmony to start my Samhain. The earth was my race course, the wind was the air, rain-my friend water, and the fire was me! It was a very special (wet and a little chilly too! :) start to my day.

I hope that everyone is having a wonderful day and that it is everything (and more) than you ever thought it could be! I know it has been for me! :)
Blessed be,
Autumn

Samhain

Hi and Merry Meet,
As I said yesterday this is my first Samhain. I am very excited about this turn of the wheel because I love the idea of welcome home the spirits of loved ones that have passed on. In Japan, I celebrated O-ban with friends and for them it has a similar meaning. In Japan, they also feel that the veil between the spirit world and our earthly one is also thin on this night... they just celebrate it in August.


In Japan, families go out and tidy up graves and prepare feast of foods that spirit loved ones liked. The light fireworks to help them find their way home for the night. So, I want to spend part of the day tidying up my yard as the graves of my loved ones are not close to where I live now. I think that by just raking up the leaves and making my home look presentable I can achieve the same goal. As long I focus on my loved ones while I'm doing this, I think they will feel the love even if I can't go to where their earthly bodies were laid to rest.


I do plan on making chocolate chip cookies from scratch as they were my grandfather's favorite and I really want his spirit to find his way to my house for a short visit. I'll also put out a bowl of water for my dog that crossed over a long time ago. I feel it is important they they know I remember them. I know that they are happy as they send me messages a lot, but I want them to see my message to them.


As for my feelings on the God and Goddess myth for this holiday I feel that this is a celebration of life and love. I'm celebrating the the God is going into the Earth to rule the shadowy side of life. While, the Goddess is morning her loss, she is still ruling over the living. Grief is just as much as part of life as joy. I don't feel that the God dies, just takes on his next form as ruler of the underworld. For me, it is like the Goddess appearing in her three different forms. I think the God is like that as well. He is born as a child, he is a man, and then in his wise old years he rules the underworld.

I've been using my meditation times to also think about what my spiritual resolutions are. The main one that I want to focus on is working on centering myself in times of stress and connecting with the Divine anytime I feel my emotions getting out of hand. I think that by working on that I will learn to be calm and relaxed even under fire. It is something that I want to change about myself. I have a tendency to get worked up and run myself into the ground worrying and stressing about the wrong things. If I can learn to relax, center, and ground myself I think my emotions will come into the balance that I am striving for.

I hope that everyone has a wonderful Samhain!
Blessed be,
Autumn

Time Off

Hi and Merry Meet,
I'm sorry that I've been gone for so long! I needed some time away from my computer. I felt like I was just taking up too much time sitting here playing on it and not plugging into my real life. So, I've taken time to reconnect with real life and get my computer use back into balance.

Some of things that I've been working on in my mini-time out were reading up on astrology. I've always been interested in my horoscope but never really got into depth with it. I bought a great beginner book on and started to read about it. I found a website that would make up my natal chart so that I could really look into it. I'm fascinated by it! I've also started looking into palm reading. My husband has even taken an interest in this. I keep asking to see his hands so I have something to compare to besides my own. I've been explaining what I'm looking at and now he keeps looking at his hands and has asked to look at mine so we can compare our thoughts. It's kind of cool that he is interested in something that I'm learning.

Since I've stepped away from the computer I feel like my daily meditations are taking the extra time that I have in my day without the computer filling my time. I'm happy with that! I enjoy it and it is very relaxing to me. I'm working on tarot meditations. I pick a card randomly from the deck and then focus on that cards energy. I find that it is helping my with my readings and it is strengthening my relationship with individual cards. I've been using my Mystic Farey deck for this work. I am in love with the art on the cards and the colors of the cards. I have had a hard time reading these cards for others, but for myself I find it is no problem. I use this deck in my rituals since it seems partial to workings and not public readings.

Another thing that I've been working on is my definition and feelings about Samhain. Since this is my first Samhain I have a lot of thoughts about, but they are not very organized yet. I want to explore more about this in another post. I also want to look back at my thoughts on elements in my life.

I hope everyone has had a great weekend!
Blessed be,
Autumn