Samhain - Oct. 31st

Meat Harvest

Samhain, also known as All Hallows’ Eve and Halloween, is the final of the Harvest festivals - the meat harvest. The Veil is thin between the worlds, and communication with and celebration of the dead is traditionally done at this time.

Just about everything you associate with Halloween is a symbol or activity taken from Samhain.

Now is the time to carve pumpkins, bob for apples, have a roast (pork if you eat meat, nut roast if you don’t), make your own broom and spend time with the spirits of your ancestors.

THEMES: Winter becomes tangible, animals slaughtered, death, ancestors, divination

COLOUR: Reds, burnt orange, black

TIME of DAY: Sunset

TIME of LIFE: Old age

HERBS & FLOWERS: Allspice, Broom, Deadly nightshade, Mandrake, Mint, Nutmeg, Rosemary, Sage, Thistle, Wormwood

CRYSTALS: Bloodstone, carnelian, jet, obsidian, onyx, smoky quartz

SYMBOLS: Apples, cauldron, broom, nuts and berries, skulls, witches, crystal ball, black mirror, black cat, raven

INCENSE & OIL

Samhain smells like pumpkin spice, deep wet earth, musks and heavy resins.

Incense

2 parts Rosemary

1 part Frankincense

1 part Cinnamon

1 part Cloves

1 part Dragon’s Blood

1 part Patchouli

½ part Sage

¼ Hyssop

Pinch sea salt

(Samhain incense by Witchy Tips.)

Oil

3 drops Cedarwood

3 drops Clove

3 drops Frankincense

3 drops Patchouli

3 drops Rosemary