Hallow'een
All Hallows Eve
Shadowfest (Strega)
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| Samhain | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date: 31st October | |||||||||||||||||||
| Also known as: Hallow'een All Hallows Eve Shadowfest (Strega) |
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| The final of the three harvest festivals and the last Sabbat of the Wheel of the Year. The death of the God occurs at Samhain. This festival is typically a time for reflection and communing with the dead. It is believed that at Samhain the boundary between the physical and spiritual planes is thin. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sabbat Deities: the goddess in her crone aspect, Hecate, Morrigan, Cernunnos, Osiris. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Colours: brown, black. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Herbs: apples, deadly nightshade, ferns, flax, mandrake, sage, straw. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Altar Decorations: pumpkins, apples and other fruit, cauldrons, scrying mirror, crystal ball. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Traditions: leaving a plate of food out for the dead, lighting a candle in a window to guide the dead "home". | |||||||||||||||||||
| Magick: divination. | |||||||||||||||||||
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