To all my friends from coast to coast and around the world...
have a Blessed Samhain!
On this night, raise a glass of hot apple cider to your ancestors and those who followed the Olde Ways.
Toast in the Celtic New Year,
Do divination upon this sacred night and listen to the Universe for the answers you seek.
Make rowdy merriment, build your bonfires, dance your circles...
Let the world know,
this is Our Night!
Bright Blessings to you all,Lady Amythyst Raine
If you need a Samhain ritual, follow this url:
http://ladyamythyst.webs.com/wheeloftheyear.htm
Follow these urls:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWwFVfd9kY8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZVVbGEOoCM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmYb6lVKTEk
Happy Mabon to all my friends!
If anyone needs a ritual for this holiday, you can find one at:
http://ladyamythyst.webs.com/wheeloftheyear
The right click option has been opened on this page. Feel free to copy/paste the ritual for your own use.
Blessings,Amythyst
Pagan Lore
Autumn Equinox is a ritual occasion marking the beginning of the fall season, a day when the periods of day and night are of equal length. In mainstream Wiccan mythology the Autumn Equinox marks the time of the Descent of the Goddess into the Underworld. With Her departure we see the decline of Nature and the coming of winter. This is a classic ancient mythos also reflected in the Sumerian myth of Inanna and in the ancient Greek and Roman legends of Demeter and Persephone.
In modern Celtic Wicca/Witchcraft, the Autumn Equinox also bids farewell to the Harvest Lord who is the mythos of some Traditions was slain at the time of Lughnasadh (a Festival marking the beginning of the Celtic harvest season.). Many modern Wiccans refer to the Autumn Equinox as Mabon, named for a legendary Celtic figure who was abducted and imprisoned in the basement dungeon of an enchanted castle. Through this mythos, modern Celtic Witches have established a connection to the traditional Underworld association connected with the Autumn Equinox.
In Italian Witchcraft, the Autumn Equinox marks the slaying of the Harvest Lord, and the resulting descent of the Goddess to find her lost love. The Eleusinian Mysteries, originating in Greece, involve themes of descent and ascent, loss and regain, light and darkness, and the cycles of life and death. Rites associated with these Mysteries were performed at midnight during the Spring and Autumn Equinoxes. This Mystery Tradition spread to Rome and to Britain where initiations into this mythos were given.
(From "Encyclopedia of Wicca & Witchcraft" by Raven Grimassi.)
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