Moon’s Spell October
2006
Samhain is one of the Greater
Wiccan Sabbats, it is one of the most Sacred of the Holidays
and the Witches New Year. Samhain has many names such as Shadowfest,
Martinmas, Old Hallowmas, All Hallow’s Eve, Halloween,
Day of the Dead, Feast of the Spirits, Third Harvest, All
Saint’s Eve, and the Celtic New Year.
Samhain, is the Third
and final Harvest and marks the end of Summer, and the beginning
of Winter. It is a time to study the Dark Mysteries, and is
a time marked by death, when the Dead are honored. It is the
Witches New Year, representing one full turn of the Wheel
of the Year. Samhain is a time outside of time when the boundaries
have been lifted, and the spirits from the other world can
enter into ours. The doors are open, it is a night for divination,
the past, present and future merge. The dead and the still
to be born are celebrated. As we bid the God a sad temporary
goodbye, as he goes to prepare himself for his rebirth at
Yule, we know that he will be born again of the Goddess, when
the wheel of life turns once again.
Let us remember and honor
those of the Burning times and cry for their sacrifices, all
those relatives and friends that have departed this life and
have gone to the Summerland. Know that they have brought us
these admonitions for herein lies the way of the Witch, we
walk not in the dark of doubt, but we walk in the light of
Wisdom and love, always climbing out of the shadows to achieve
the higher realms of the Spirit. As Witches we celebrate the
Wheel of Life, and we know that even as the body dies, the
spirit will survive to be born again. Spell works for Samhain
should be for protection, neutralizing harm, removing stress
and negative energy from your life, it is a time to reflect
and look within, recognize your own part in the eternal cycle
of Life, so that when you rise in the spring, you will be
transformed.
Life she teaches is meant
to be lived—it is beautiful and terrible, temporary…but
everlasting. Walk from one year to the next with hard earned
knowledge, and without regret.
This is the season of
the seed - it is a time of dormancy, but also a time of re-generation
for growth. As the seed rests in the earth, we should also
take time to rest and re-valuate our lives, planting only
those values which will enrich and enhance the growth within
the Divine Self.
In living we die - in dying we live
The fruit is first seed, yet seed comes from the fruit
In the mystery of life and death and rebirth
The Circle turns ever, and we are its root.
It is customary in a Samhain
Ritual to take an apple and cut it crosswise, as the apple
is the fruit of Wisdom and the Fruit of Death, and say, Whose
symbolism rewards us with life eternal. When cut the inner
of the apple displays the pentagragm, the five-fold star-
the promise of Rebirth, then one takes a piece of apple and
sips from the cup of wine- of life.
Samhain Chant:
The Moon is bright, the
Crone is old
The body lifeless - the bones so cold
We all live and pay our dues
To die in ones and threes and twos.
Death, dance and play
the harp
Piercing silence in the dark
The Woman's old with withered limbs
Death beckons Her to dance with Him
As She accepts the Dance
of Death
The Earth is cooled by ghostly breath
To lie in dormancy once more
To have Her strength and life restored
All ye spirits who walk this night -
Hearken! to my call!
I bid you in our Circle join!
Enter! - one and all!
Come ye, spirits of the
dead:
Be ye spirit of plant or pet
Or human being who still roams!
Into this Circle you are let!
Speak to us of things
unknown!
Lend your energies to this rite!
To speed your journey, we have joined
On this sacred Samhain night!
All ye spirits who walk
this night -
Hearken! to my call!
I bid you in our Circle join!
Enter! - one and all!
Bestow blessings upon
the dead, saying:
That someday, we as well, shall rove
We offer peace unto their souls
While resting in your arms, below
by Kalioppe
Wishing all who pass this way a Happy New Year! And a Blessed
and Magickal Samhain.
Aislyn
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