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Magickal Ideas for Samhain

• Carve a pumpkin and empower it to repel negativity or to protect the home
• Build a shrine to your ancestors
• Add divination to your ritual
• Drink apple cider warmed and spiced with cinnamon to honor the dead
• Research your family history and write a tribute to them to include in your ritual
• Set a place at the dinner table for the recently deceased
• Place small carved pumpkins at the four quarters
• Visit cemetery and place flowers on the graves of your loved ones
• Make a spirit candle.(White candle anointed with patchouli oil. Say:”with this candle and by its light, I welcome you spirits this Samhain night.” Place it inside jack o’lantern. This may be included in Ritual, or done separately.)
• Make resolutions and burn in a candle flame. This is not the same as ridding yourself of bad habits, but is more like New Years resolutions, as for many Samhain is the New Year.