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Happy Halloween!


Happy Halloween and hope you all have a fantastic Witches New Year! :)


October 31st is known to Wiccans as the New Year; we call it Samhain and this is the end of our Wheel of the Year. The veil between us and the other planes of being is thin, and divination and spirit contact is much easier tonight than any other night of the year. As it is the New Year, spells for wishes and goals for the coming turn of the Wheel is appropriate at Samhain, as is contacting ancestral spirits. Many Witches believe that tonight spirits travel freely, and we therefor light their way with as many candles as we can spare and leave food out for them. Mostly these foods left out are mysteriously gone come the morning, but that may just be the ginger tom-cat cruising the neighbourhood at Witches' Hour...


It has been suggested that lighting pumpkin lanterns with scary faces was a way to deter these wandering spirits to enter your home! I just love the feeling of spirits and ghouls the image of the Jack-o-lantern conjure up :) So get carving that pumpkin, light it up and don't forget to leave some monkey nuts out for the passing spirits! Oh and a note of caution - with a pumpkin at the door you're totally inviting the kiddies to come and trick or treat you... :) So keep some sweets and monkey nuts handy at the door!


It is a good time to remember your physical and spiritual ancestors today. I will be lighting a candle for Ted Andrews who crossed the Veil on October 24th, he was one of the most well-read Witchy authors of recent times and I have numerous well-loved books by him. You are missed, Ted!


'Til next time, blessed be!
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