3 Halloween / Samhain Spell Crafts To Do With The Family

There are some seasonal activities that are so common

to both Pagan, Chistian & even secular holiday celebrations,

- that they make wonderful 'crossover' activities

to incorporate into your own family's traditions.

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My children & I often take common activities, and infuse a bit of spirituality & magick into them.

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The 3 Halloween / Samhain Spell Crafts that we are about to share with you,

center around seasonal activies that are common in many homes;

Making Spiced Cider, Cleaning & Carving Pumpkins

& Roasting Pumkin Seeds-

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The simple addition of magickal intent & charged ingredients

is what transforms them from

simply fun Fall traditions,

into powerful Seasonal Magick!

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Prosperous New Year Autumn Cider

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Ingredients:

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Apple Juice, Clove studded Apples & Oranges,

Cinnamon Sticks, Nutmeg, Allspice

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Honey (to be added just before serving)

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Making the Cider

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-Gather materials, and prepare workspace.

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-Take a moment to wash your hands, and clear your mind.

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-Discuss the things you hope to draw into your life;

and how the fruits & spices to be used

carry the energy of the intention you charm them with.

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-The act of cooking, and then ingesting the cider

helps to bring about that change in your own physical body & life.

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-Explain that you are using Elemental Magick in this spell

-as the Earth is represtented by the fruits & spices;

Fire is used to simmer the Cider;

Water is represented by the liquids used

and Air is represented by the steam & aroma of the simmering Cider.

The energy used to charge the foods & work the spell

is the Element of Spirit.

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- Charge each ingredient with the desired quality.

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-Remind the kids that you are working for 'real life' magickal changes-

so be sure to visualize 'practical' qualities such as health & prosperity;

(as opposed to invisibility, or flying power.)

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-Set the ingredients onto the stove in a large pot, to simmer

for at least an hour, and the longer, the better. Stir the cider clockwise.

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-As you drink the cider, visualize yourself & your life

being filled with the positive attributes that you desire.

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Halloween / Samhain

New Year's Carved Pumpkin

Cleansing & Re-Filling Spell

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-begin by preparing the work space & materials

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-during this time, talk with the kids about how the ending of an old cycle,

and the begining of a new one,

is an oppourtunity to clear away unwanted things out of our lives

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- things like old habits, attitudes, people

and out moded aspects of ourselves can be cleared away,

to make room for a fresh start & for calling in positive things that we do want in our life.

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-I use the example of how a snake must shed his old skin,

before his new one can grow in;

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-when all is ready,take a minute to wash hands & calm the mind,

preparing yourself for the work to be done.

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- You can use a pumpkin for each individual, representing the self;

or one communal pumpkin to represent the family unit.

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-Wash the pumpkin, and consecrate it to symbolize the intended person.

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-With a permanent marker, write the full name & DOB of the intended person

(or the family members names), onto the backside of the pumpkin.

This ties the pumpkin to the person with sympathetic magick.

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-Sit with it in your lap,

and visualise your energy flowing into & combining with that of the pumpkin.
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-As you cut the circle into the top of the pumpkin;

see this as an act of opening yourself up,

to let out all of the stagnant & unwanted energy.

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-Kids of all ages can participate in the scooping out of the pumpkin guts.

Using a scoop, hands or large spoon, remove all of the innards,

while visualising this as removing the unwanted qualities from yourself & your life.

It is great to name the qualities you are releasing, as you work.

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-Thoroughly wash the seeds & then discard of the 'guts';

making sure to see this act as getting rid of the old, to make room for the new.

Set the clean seeds aside to be used in the second part of this spell.

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-draw a face on the pumkin that characterises the person it is meant to represent.

Then draw symbols in the empty spaces, that represent the positive energies & traits

that are being called into the self & life.
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-It may be helpful to have a simple chart prepared of the basic symbols

& their meanings. (ie: a heart for love, a smiley face for happiness;

dollar sign for prosperity; a 5 pointed star for protection;

a house shape with a heart around it for a loving home, an A+ for good grades, etc.)

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-You may also like to draw a few simple runes & their meanings

to choose from.

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-Visualise youself & your life being filled up

with the postive energy and traits you are drawing onto the pumpkin.

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-Now you are ready to decorate the pumpkin.

You can carve, draw or paint the face & symbols onto it.

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-This is personal choice, and really dictated by how much light you would like

to have shining through the pumpkin at night.

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*If you plan on using a candle- then you must carve at least a hole or two in order to have enough oxygen to keep the candle lit & to be able to see the light.

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-The act of removing the seeds provided the actions for the cleansing portion of the spell

and the face, name, DOB & symbols drawn or carved;

along with the visualization-

are the actions neccesary for the filling up and charging of the spell.

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-When the drawing, painting &/or carving is complete,

again sit quietly with the pumpkin creation;

& visualize the freshly cleansed pumpkin 'selves'

being filled with positive energy

& all of the qualities that you desire to have in your life.

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-See this as a bright white light that is pouring from nature, God & Goddess,

into the pumpkins & into yourself.

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-When the pumpkin is completely filled up & 'glowing' with the energy-

light a tealight (supervise the children), and place it within the pumpkin

(*if there are no carved portions, omit the candle step).

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-Replace the lid onto the pumpkin & see this as 'sealing in' the magick.

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-*If desired, you can preserve the pumpkin longer, by spraying a coat of Lysol,

or cooking spray onto the insides and all carved areas of the pumpkin-

(*before lighting the candle*)

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-As the candles burn each night- the magick is reinforced & the intended person is being charged up with good energy & attributes for the coming year.

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-When Halloween is over, and the pumpkins are to be disposed of,

they can either be bagged up and thrown away,

or better yet, ( & my prefered method)

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- they can be left outside in a natural spot (like a bush, or compost pile),

to decay & return to the earth.

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Halloween / Samhain

Prosperous New Year

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
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Possible Spices & Flavor Blends

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-There are many possible choices-

Spicy, Savory, Sweet & Salty, Garlic Lime, Pesto, Tex Mex,

and as with anything; each ingredient carries a distinct energy pattern & symbolic correspondences, which can be tapped in to for use in ritual & magick

-so use your imagination & intention; and prepare to taste.

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*Butter is used in all of these as a base to coat the seeds

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Garlic, Onion, Salt, Black Pepper, Red Pepper, Cayenne, Paprika, Curry, Cumin, Chili Powder, Lime, Seasoned Salt Blends, Parmesean Cheese, Rosemary, Basil, Thyme, Oregano

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Sugar, Pumpkin Flavor, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Cloves, Allspice, Chai Tea

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Preparing & Roasting the Pumpkin Seeds

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-Gather all materials needed; wash hands & clear mind for the work to be done.

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-Talk with the children about how we can infuse our foods with enegy & intenions & that when we eat them, we take those qualities into ourselves.

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-Explain how the different foods, herbs & spices have different meanings

& energy patterns that we can use to help boost our own

natural energy & personal power.

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-Make a list of the different herbs & spices that you have available;

and decide which flavor blends you care to try

& what energetic value they represent.

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-Kids are usually great at intuiting what energies the various foods contain.

(ie: spicy foods contain lots of energy; green foods are good for prosperity; red juicy fruits for love; sweet foods for kindness; seeds & eggs for fertility; & orange foods for happiness, etc.)

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-Have them try to figure out what energetic qualities the herbs & spices

that you have chosen to use contain.

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-Have them think & talk about what qualities they would like to call into themselves

for this next year.

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-Charge each one with the desired attributes.

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-Then, choose a spice blend; and take a moment to charge the blend

with your own personal energy.

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-Toss the pumpkin seeds in a bowl or ziploc bag with melted butter, to coat.

Then lay the coated seeds out onto a prepared baking pan.

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-Lightly sprinkle the spices over the pumpkin seeds;

shake & toss the seeds until they are fully coated with the blend;

while visualizing this act as the person being 'coated'

with the desired positive energy & traits.

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-Roast the pumpkin seeds in the oven at 375 degrees, cooking for 10-15 minutes, untill seeds are golden brown (I like to flip mine halfway thru, at about 6 minutes).

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-As you & the children eat the seeds;

tell them that they are ingesting their hopes & goals for the future-

and that each of the charmed seeds with take 'root' and 'grow'

into the positive attributes that they charged them with.

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~Danae <(:0) aka 'Crafty'