10-02-2012, 05:00 AM
It's a toss up, Either as a wood elf hunter or a jaded old queen... Choices, choices....:tongue:
Seriously, nothing. I no longer do the dress up and Halloween party. Instead I do a few 'traditional rituals' around the house:
1. Carve the gourds, set in the candles and set them on the door steps - wait until night fall, ignite and run into the house.
2. Lay the brooms across the thresholds (one broom per door).
3. Cover the mirrors with black cloth (so I can't see my reflection, nor see the reflections of the dead or other things.)
4. Address, oil and set up my white candle in the center of the house with three circles of salt around them.
4b. Burn A thick orange and thick black candle on either side of the White Candle with soot around them.
5. I already have my wreath on the door, composed of wolfsbane and daisy (dried) with corn flowers and other warding herbs. Apples, grain and other things for prosperity in the new year.
6. About a week before this dire festival I will make a new witch's bottle. Bury it about 10-20 miles away at a cross roads.
There are a few other things I do in the month of October to prepare for this very worst day of the year. Such a clean house - this goes beyond moving the sofa and scrubbing the floor, it means sealing up the doors and windows and mirrors and other reflective surfaces, blessing the house and relaying a new circle of soot, salt and brick dust around the whole house.
Then cower in my home until dawns break and hope I make it through the night.... alive.
Why? Because stupid people do stupid thing on All Hallows/Halloween/Samhain.
Such as sacrifice black cats (although they are only killing in fun, it is sacrifice).
Play with Ouija Boards and do seances without knowing what they are doing.
Use "black" spells to craft things they shouldn't be bothering with.
Summoning thing they really shouldn't oughtta be doing.
And many other stupid things dealing with the occult.
And I'm not talking religious witches, I'm talking lay people who have no clue what they are doing thinking it is fun to test the spirits on this hallowed night.
IF you knew what I knew about 'stuff' like this, you too would be protecting yourself and your home on Samhain.
Seriously, nothing. I no longer do the dress up and Halloween party. Instead I do a few 'traditional rituals' around the house:
1. Carve the gourds, set in the candles and set them on the door steps - wait until night fall, ignite and run into the house.
2. Lay the brooms across the thresholds (one broom per door).
3. Cover the mirrors with black cloth (so I can't see my reflection, nor see the reflections of the dead or other things.)
4. Address, oil and set up my white candle in the center of the house with three circles of salt around them.
4b. Burn A thick orange and thick black candle on either side of the White Candle with soot around them.
5. I already have my wreath on the door, composed of wolfsbane and daisy (dried) with corn flowers and other warding herbs. Apples, grain and other things for prosperity in the new year.
6. About a week before this dire festival I will make a new witch's bottle. Bury it about 10-20 miles away at a cross roads.
There are a few other things I do in the month of October to prepare for this very worst day of the year. Such a clean house - this goes beyond moving the sofa and scrubbing the floor, it means sealing up the doors and windows and mirrors and other reflective surfaces, blessing the house and relaying a new circle of soot, salt and brick dust around the whole house.
Then cower in my home until dawns break and hope I make it through the night.... alive.
Why? Because stupid people do stupid thing on All Hallows/Halloween/Samhain.
Such as sacrifice black cats (although they are only killing in fun, it is sacrifice).
Play with Ouija Boards and do seances without knowing what they are doing.
Use "black" spells to craft things they shouldn't be bothering with.
Summoning thing they really shouldn't oughtta be doing.
And many other stupid things dealing with the occult.
And I'm not talking religious witches, I'm talking lay people who have no clue what they are doing thinking it is fun to test the spirits on this hallowed night.
IF you knew what I knew about 'stuff' like this, you too would be protecting yourself and your home on Samhain.
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