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Samhain means Summer's End for now nights lengthen, winter begins, and we work with the positive aspects of the dark tides as the Sun God and earth fall into slumber. In the increasing star and moonlight of longer nights, many hone their divinatory and psychic skills as the aid of spirits and guides from the other world can easily be enlisted at this time. Many Craft traditions as well as the ancient Celts considered this date as New Years Eve. It is the one night when the veil that separates our world from the next is at its thinnest allowing the dead to return to the world of the living where their spirit and memory is welcomed and celebrated by a feast attended by their kin. In some places and traditions, this was also the time when animals were harvested to ensure food throughout the winter. Traditional Foods Apples, Pears, Pomegranates, All Grains, Pumpkin-pie, Hazelnuts, Cakes for the dead, Corn, Cranberry muffins and breads, Ale, Cider, Herbal teas (especially Mugwort) and Meat unless vegetarian and then tofu will do. Herbs and Flowers Calendula, Cosmos, Chrysanthemum, Wormwood, Hazel, Thistle. Incense Mint, Heliotrope, Nutmeg, Sage or Floral's. Woods and Herbs Burned Apple, Heliotrope, Mint, Nutmeg, Sage Sacred Gemstone Aquamarine Special Activities - Make a jac-o-lantern!
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