CORDIALLY
INVITE YOU TO ATTEND
5th Annual
NYC
OPEN SAMHAIN RITUAL
All
Hallow's Eve
By
Starr Ravenhawk
Halloween.
Sly does it. Tiptoe catspaws. Slide and creep.
But why? What for? How? Who? When! Where did it all begin?
'You don't know, do you?' asks Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud climbing
out
under the pile of leaves under the Halloween Tree. 'You don't REALLY
know!'
by Mike Nichols --Ray Bradbury
from 'The Halloween Tree'
Saturday
October 31st
3-5PM
IN
THE GARDEN AT AVENUE C AND EAST 9TH STREET
IN THE EAST VILLAGE
Samhain. All
Hallows. All Hallow's Eve. Hallow E'en. Halloween. The
most magical night of the year, Samhain
is the best-loved Sabbat for many of us, sometimes
called 'THE Great Sabbat.'
Exactly opposite Beltane on the wheel of the year, Halloween is Beltane's
dark twin. A 'spirit night', as they say.
The dark half of
the year commences on this night. The Witches' New Year's Eve, as well
as the third and final harvest festival in the Wheel of the Year.
A night of
power, when the veil that separates the
worlds of the living from the
Otherworld of the
dead,
becomes its thinnest.
A night to remember deceased loved ones and honor ancestors.
Samhain is
a night that exists outside of time and hence it may be used to view
any other point in time.
Not only is Samhain the end of autumn; it is also, more importantly,
the end of the old year and the beginning of the new. These two themes,
celebrating the dead and divining the future, are inexorably intertwined
in Samhain, as they are likely to be in any New Year's celebration.
Witches leave out
a candle to guide loved ones home, a glass of wine to remind them that
they are loved and remembered and a cake to remind them of the sweetness
of life that we shared together. But this is not a sad time, for we
have our loved ones back for a little
and so love and laughter, song, dance and drama, are the order of the
season, a time to celebrate.
All are welcome of whatever
path you follow, to share together the power of The Goddess and God,
if you are a newcomer, whether Pagan, Witch, Druid or Shaman or have
as yet not found your path.
Bring with you
pictures or such of your loved ones and come ready to do your Paper
of Regrets, to place into the cauldron to be burnt, ready to start a
new page in your book of life. For this is
a time to ponder on and celebrate the Dark Mysteries of ourselves and
nature, reflected in the wonderful salve of the Crone and the God of the Underworld.
Samhain is also known as Halloween,
All Hallow's Eve, Hallowmas, Day of the Dead, Third Harvest, Hallowstide,
and Celtic New Year.
Spell/ritual work: astral
projection, past life recall, Dark Moon mysteries, mirror spells, scrying,
protection, inner work, clearing obstacles, transition, culmination,
transformation. Releasing bad habits and toxic relationships, illness,
failure and poverty; everything you do not want to carry into the new
year.
BRING HAND
INSTRUMENTS -- drums, flutes, tambourines, claves, maracas, etc. AS IT IS A GREAT TIME
FOR DANCING AND MERRIMENT.
Attire: suggested
attire color white, black, yellow, orange (not required for attendance).
A fee of
$15.00 in person $16.00 via online payments is required. (please bring
receipt of online payment).
THANK YOU,
BLESSED BE.
Phone: 917-378-5012
