Halloween

[fluffymark]

Halloween involved lots of pretty carved pumpkins, candles, good music, nice people and party food. Yay! I'd even gothed up to college during the day, which got odd looks from the students I'm teaching, but they didn't run away screaming. Obviously I should try harder next year. *grin*

I'd been planning to perform just a small simple samhain prayer this year, when I got home, but when midnight came, I'd already felt an strong desire to go for something more elaborate. I take a very liberal view on these things, to the extent I was using jellybeans and Lemsip as offerings, which I admit is unusual, but they were the only things to hand. I had a very unexpected calling to the Samhain flame, and I'm still weirded out by that encounter. It was however, deeply moving, and very calming. I spread the seeds of new ideas, which are already bearing fruit and coming true (hooray!) and have high hopes for the future now. Old thoughts have hopefully been buried now. Still, I'm touched by what happened. *peacefulsmile*

Comments

[alektoeumenides.livejournal.com]

That sounds lovely. I forgot completely to do such a thing myself...dunno why, too busy? God knows. Ah well. But I am glad you were able to gain so much from it :)

[fluffymark]

It was good, and I think a first step to regaining my individuality again. My worship is totally spontaneous and totally me - I don't as a rule follow rules or rituals, I adapt and create new ones to suit the mood and situation. It's also got me in the right mindset to challege other aspects of my life that have begun to go stale.

[yvesilena.livejournal.com]

*bose* I bet whoever it was you were offering the jellybeans and Lemsip to was bloody *delighted* by them. :) *hugshugshugs* And it sounds like good things have happened to you, so I'm also delighted, though not sure what calling to the Samhain flame means... here in the penguin house it seemed to mean writing all our wishes on a massive candle, failing to burn it in the traditional candle manner and so making a massive pyre of it in the garden. And jumping over it. :)

[fluffymark]

*smallsmile* Jellybeans and Lemsip are very yummy, yes. :)

In case you're interested:

Calling to the Samhain flame is when I open my magic circle to allow any friendly deceased spirit to talk to me, if they so wish (it's not a summons, more of an open door). Sometimes I get nothing, sometimes there is a response.

My wishes for the future I transferred into the jellybeans (I thought this rather appropiate afterwards, as beans are seeds), which I then ate while lighting a candle. Usually i write down the desires and wishes of me I now think wise to put aside, and then burn them in the flame, but somehoew that did't seem right this time so I just transferred them directly into the burning altar flame, which worked just as well.

Of course, I'm in no way suggesting this is a good way for anyone else to do things. I find it works for me.

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[yvesilena.livejournal.com]

*grin* That sounds really good... I would imagine getting an answer from a deceased spirit would be a bit er, surprising even if it was a friendly one... :}