October 31/November 1.
This Sabbat is the 3rd of the harvest
festivals. This is also the witches new year, representing one full
turn of the wheel. This is a festival that honours
the dead. It is said that this is the time of year when the veil between the
two worlds is the thinest.
Use black candles to ward off negativity.
This is also a good time to buy a new broom. I prefer the old fashion
kind. On a recient trip to Tennessee I found a lovely little rustic
shop called Rustic Broom Shop.
It's located in the Great Smoky Arts & Craft's community in Gatlinburg.
They make wonderful brooms of different lengths, for a very excellent price.
If you care to take the few back roads to fing them, they're located at:
4267 Tatem Marr Way Sevierville, TN.
Jack-o-lanterns and gourds make
wonderful decorations, and well, they can be used in rituals.
Also reciently
I found a new book by Silver Ravenwolf titled, Halloween: Customs, spells
& recipes. Lot's of neat info in this book. ISBN:1-56718-719-6
for those of you who may wish to look for it.
Superstitions & Symbols
Black cat's, pitchforks, skeletons,
corn dolls, scarecrows, ghosts & haints, vampires & bats, wherewolves,
are all comon symbols of Halloween.
A couple of the superstitions you
might know are:
Do
not go hunting on Halloween Eve as you may wound a wandering spirit
Children
born on this daywill enjoy life of protection against evil spirits and
will be have with the gift of second sight>
To
ensure a fertile crop in the next year, circle your fields with a lighted
torch
