#samhain celebrations

[enchantedliving]

Samhain Tea Ritual

By Whisper in the Wood

It is fall, and deep in the ancient groves of the enchanted wood, a woman gathers earthy roots and plump, fragrant mushrooms. She places them in her basket beside wild ruby-red rose hips, juicy dark-purple elderberries, and silvery mugwort gifted by the hedges.

Her hooded woolen cloak brushes against the soft ferns that line the path over spongy moss and pine needles as she makes her way home. There, at the edge of the wood, her small stone cottage is surrounded by goldenrod and purple aster swaying in the breeze. A black cat in the doorframe mews, eagerly awaiting her return.As the teakettle heats over the hearth fire, she crafts a Samhain tea blend with the flora and fungi she’s foraged in the wood. This autumnal tea ritual honors the bounties of harvest time and celebrates the Triple Goddess, who now begins her seasonal transformation from Mother to Crone. The spirit ancestors whisper to her from beyond the veil, which is at its thinnest this time of year.

Join her and the collective of ancestors who came before you by putting together your own Samhain tea ritual celebrating and honoring the vibrancy of autumn, the abundant gifts of the harvest, and the deep love given to and received by one’s ancestors in spirit.

KEEP READING AND GET THE RECIPE HERE

[walkawayinsin]

flashback friday to when I dressed up to honor Death and Samhain while going to TechNoir's Halloween party 2022. I modified the vest myself and added the skull and jewelry details on my horns. everything is diy or second hand (except the basic horns).

[silverity]

i'm gonna make my painful contribution to The Discourse and say i do not see the harm in women reclaiming female centric spirituality.

i am not a religious person nor do i want to become one but spirituality is also about culture, community and celebration. i would much rather women celebrate nature, the female form, and "divine femininity" than patriarchal phallocentric religions. that "divine femininity" is used pejoratively has always tickled me considering we live in a world hooked on divine masculinity. the old matricentric religions are really the only form of female culture devoid of male-centric worship we can grasp at, since men have dominated our belief systems for thousands of years. and women learning about the old religions is the best way to unravel the myth of the male creator, and realise it is really women who are the closest thing to a "god" on Earth.

there's also an element here, which i think is deeply capitalist, patriarchal, and a little racist, of people considering the connection to & celebration of nature as somehow primitive. i think that the lifestyles most of us live now, with none of us knowing anything about the land around us is actually very infantile and regressive for humanity as a whole. the ways of life we consider "primitive" (primitive communism, matrilineal societies) are really what we need to find ways to return to post-capitalism. they were in tune to nature, sustainable, and much more communal & equal. how can nature be primitive or ascientific when science *is* in nature, and the practices of these old societies were early scientific discoveries & practices. as a Black person, my community is often trying to reclaim our lost practices. it makes sense to me that women would try to do so too.

[heavenly-eclipse]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🎃

higher quality ones under cut 🧡

happy happy halloween to all and blessed samhain!!! i hope it was a good one for all of you!! 🧡🎃

[iridescent-witch-life]

Peaflowertea

[carcrashoutinthezones]

frank iero being born on halloween is so iconic of him and i think about this fact every goddamn year

[156shadesofscarlet]

Blessed Samhain!

[bruxasdebolso]

NOTE: The herb named as "blond" is actually bay leaf. Didn't notice the error in translation before lol 😬

[friendrat]

Welcome to the season of Christians affirming their Christianity by refusing to celebrate Christian holidays.

[pumpkindevourer]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN AND SAMHAIN EVERYONE!!!! I’ll drop more later, I had another essay due 💀

[psychopomp-recital]

Practitioners Busy During Samhain, how do you celebrate?

It’s almost that time of year again and I’m getting ready for Haunt Season. Since my Haunt runs through Samhain and I am both a scare actor and the costumer I don’t get to really celebrate my favorite fire festival.

Any suggestions? What do yall do?

[inshelliesworld]

Samhain Blessings! 🔮

[herbalgrimoire]

[ogrody-ilangory]

Samhain

[poll-nation]

Please, do NOT bash anyone’s religion or beliefs in the comments, reblogs, or tags. You WILL be blocked if you do so.

[halffootguildofficial]

Do you like Halloween? If so do you have a costume?

"Sort of. It's not one-to-one with Halloween, but the village where I come from always had a big festival every year celebrating the end of the harvest. Half-foots kind of go all out for our festivals. The whole town would get together around bonfires with costumes to scare away lingering spirits. I remember my mother would set an extra plate for my father at the table after he passed."

"As for costumes... I've dressed up as a lot of things to make my kids happy over the years... If you asked them, they'd probably say they liked that time I dressed up as a mimic the most..."

"I don't have a costume yet, but... huh. Maybe I'll take suggestions on what to dress up as this year."