🌛Everything Samhain🌜

wayward-eclectic:

Hello lovelies! There are only FIVE DAYS left in September!! You know what that means! It’s time for my favorite month out of the year and my absolute favorite holiday! This year I want to do something a bit different! 30 different rituals and recipes for the 30 days of October, all centered around Samhain! (Side note: I still love you if you say Halloween. Halloween is more the secular holiday but it’s the same time of year and I know that I grew up with the day being called Halloween. Live your best life. Throw a crystal at whoever disagrees.) 

With that being said, I want to start this off with some quick facts to set the mood! 

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Samhain is a Gaelic word meaning summer’s end.
It is pronounced sow-in in Ireland, sow-een in Wales, and sav-en in Scotland.
Pronunciation is going to be different everywhere, especially since it is now celebrated world wide, so keep that in mind!

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There are traditional foods associated with this
such as soul cakes, soups and stews, and plenty of veggies because this is
around the time of the end of harvest! (Pumpkin flavored EVERYTHING)

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This is so much history in different cultures
for this time of year. Day of the Dead is one of the biggest that comes to
mind, so please be respectful. Even if you don’t celebrate the holiday or chose
to celebrate in a different way, respect the lifestyles and traditions of
others. 😊

      

🎃   Do keep in mind that while I said I would still love you if you said Halloween, Samhain is traditionally much more of a serious event in different practices. It is known as a Pagan holiday for a reason. 

     

🎃   In the northern hemisphere, many Pagans celebrate Samhain from sundown on October 31 through November 1. Others hold Samhain celebrations on the nearest weekend or on the Full or New Moon closest to this time. Some Pagans observe Samhain a bit later, or near November 6, to coincide more closely with the astronomical midpoint between Fall Equinox and Winter Solstice. Most Pagans in the southern hemisphere time their Samhain observances to coincide with the middle of their Autumn in late April and early May, rather than at the traditional European time of the holiday.

Final note: My posts over the next month are not going to be telling you how to practice or celebrate. They are merely ideas that I like or find interesting. How you chose to celebrate is completely up to you. After all, your path is your own and no one else can shape it for you. Stay lovely.