#Seasons Of The Witch Samhain

[amerwitchmagics]

Cards of the Day: Reversed 3 of Pumpkins, Dawn, Rebirth, and Apple of my eye.

I need to get my ass up and out there and enjoy a newer life.

[megmoonoracle]

[thefugitivesaint]

Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951), ''The Saturday Evening Post'', #17, Oct. 27, 1923 Source

[hexeandharmony]

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[violetmoondaughter]

The origins of the witch's hat as it is shown today are controversial.

In antiquity, the pointed hat may have been a symbol of power and wisdom. The conical figure points towards the sky, connecting the mind to the higher realm and conferring the ability to focus and concentrate energies.

According to some theories, the witch's hat originated from the Phrygian cap, associated with Mithraism, a Greek and later Roman mystery cult. Bronze Age priests wore tall conical hats made of gold and decorated with emblems of the stars and moon to show off their astronomical prowess.

This symbol of wisdom later became a sign of disgrace. Those who disobeyed the law, committed heresy or advocated religious ideas and practices at odds with the dominant theology of the time were required to wear a conical hat throughout the Middle Ages.

One theory is that the negative connotation arose from anti-Semitism: in the Middle Ages, an edict obliged all Jews to wear a pointed cap, called a Judenhut, to identify them and all heretics associated with black magic and Satan worship.

A similar theory holds that the image of the archetypal witch's hat arose from anti-quaker prejudice.

Another hypothesis proposes that witch hats originated as alewife hats, distinctive headgear worn by women who brewed beer at home for sale. Combined with the general suspicion that women with herbal knowledge worked in an occult sphere, the alewife hat may have been associated with witchcraft.

In modern times, the hat has become the main feature of the identity and power of witches and has recently been re-evaluated as an act of re-appropriation of female knowledge.

[hallowickit]

[slaytanicwitch]

Sally 🩵🥀🪦

[hedgewitchshit]

Mentally preparing myself for the dark season I made a little Samhain altar decoration 🌙🌑

[kereonn]

Samhain ☆

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[brew-moon]

[may-be-a-plant]

Happy Samhain/Halloween to those who celebrate!

And to everyone a happy boopening!!! 😆

[amerwitchmagics]

Cards of the Day: Wheel of Fortune, Forgiveness, Crystals and Herbs, Queen of the Dead, and Kitchen witchery.

I need to decide if I want to be better or stay the way I am.

[cosmicfaeriewitch]

Some fave moments of October ~ 🧙‍♀️🖤🕯️🍂✨

[tarottchotchkes]

Such a cool lamp! Maker unknown.

[hexeandharmony]

“𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝒾𝓈 𝐻𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃, 𝒾𝓈𝓃’𝓉 𝒾𝓉? 𝐹𝑜𝓇 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓊𝓈.” — 𝒯𝒾𝓂 𝐵𝓊𝓇𝓉𝑜𝓃 🎃👻🍂

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[natalieina]

On the eve of Samhain, a forest opened up in front of me, covered with a magical haze of fog. I breathed the cold, humid air, filled with the aromas of Autumn. The trees were plunged into darkness, as if into the depths of a dark lake. The silence froze and I was lost in this moment of peace, remembering my old dream...

Hands - Tamara Ganchevskaja.

Natalie Ina Photography.

October 2023.

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