Samhain is a time for taking inventory of life and getting rid
of weeknesses and what is no longer desired..
Traditional Foods
Apples, pumpkin pie, hazelnuts, Cakes for the Dead, corn,
cranberry muffins and breads, ale, cider and herbal tea (especially mugwart).
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Traditional Ritual Herbs
acorns, apples, broom, deadly nightshade, dittany, ferns, flax
heather, mandrake, oak leaves, sage, and straw.
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Altar Decorations
a jack-o'-lantern, apples, candles in the shapes of Witches, ghosts
black cats, skulls, photos of deceased loved ones, tools of divination
a small statue or figure representing the Triple Goddess in Her Crone aspect.
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Incense
apple, heliotrope, cedar, pine, and rosemary
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Gemstones
all black gemstones, especially jet, obsidian, and onyx.
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Candle Colors
black, orange
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Ritual Potpourri
45 drops patchouli oil
1 cup oak moss
2 cups dried apple blossoms
2 cups dried heather flowers
1 cup dried and chopped apple peal
1 cup dried pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup dried and chopped mandrake root
Mix the patchouli oil with the oak moss, and then add
the remaining ingredients. Stir the potpourri well and
store in a tightly covered, ceramic or glass container
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