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Danae Song Moonchild Crew
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 Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:42 pm
as stole from wikipedia Samhain considered by most Wiccans to be the most important of the four 'greater Sabbats'. It is generally observed on October 31st in the Northern Hemisphere, starting at sundown. Samhain is considered by some Wiccans as a time to celebrate the lives of those who have passed on, and it often involves paying respect to ancestors, family members, elders of the faith, friends, pets and other loved ones who have died. In some rituals the spirits of the departed are invited to attend the festivities. It is seen as a festival of darkness, which is balanced at the opposite point of the wheel by the spring festival of Beltane, which Wiccans celebrate as a festival of light and fertility.[4] The Wiccan Samhain doesn't attempt to reconstruct a historical Celtic festival, but draws inspiration from both extinct and surviving Halloween folk traditions.[5] In this sticky you may discuss anything to do with Samhain. You are encouraged to talk about how you include your children and what activities you do with your children.
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:01 pm
Our holiday's activities change every year to suit our growing daughters needs, interests and level(s) of abilities. This year's activities are planned around a 2 year old. Some of the activities we are doing this year leading up to Samhain include the following:
- making special symbols to represent our Ancestors. For our daughter Anastasia this means mama will draw something and she gets to colour it in. These art pieces me and my daughter will be making will serve as our "guests" place mat for dinner on Samhain.
- We also buy the coloured scented wax beads to make candles and bowls and clear jars to make them in. I then let Anastasia place the wax beads into the jars/bowls how ever she sees fit. These candles are the very ones (and only ones) we light on Samhain to help guide the spirits.
- We also do baking, Anastasia helps with dry ingredients and stirring while making Soul Cakes which we place some outside for wandering spirits and we make one for our small family of 3's meal.
-now my parents aren't wiccan but they help us to celebrate our holidays any way they can (ie: while they're out for halloween night, we get their house with half an acre of yard to use for our samhain activities.) My parents happen to have crabapple trees which we let our daughter pick apple from and we place them in the freezer. These apples are what we bury on the side of the road infront of my parents house for lost souls.
-On samhain during the day me and my husband take our daugher into the small woods behind my parents house to collect an appropriate size broom handle and lots of small thing twigs to help our daugher make a broom which is later attached to her bedroom wall until the next year.
-On samhain day we will take Anastasia outside to find a stone, when she's found one she likes we take it inside, wash it, and let her paint it. That night she is encouraged to toss said stone into the bonfire we have. The following morning we let her retrieve the stone she painted, this also serves as a decoration for her bedroom for the year.
Now there a lot of other traditions we will not be able to follow until she's a bit older that will be a lot of fun especially for Samhain because we have a little girl but we try to include her as much as possible in the preparation and activities. We have rites and rituals we try to include her in, but sometimes we find ourselves putting her to bed first or having my sister watch her momentarily. We also participate in some rites to advanced for our daughter.
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Danae Song Moonchild Crew
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:31 am
AH! i love this time of year!!
Besides the silly tradition of going off trick 'o treating, I am happy to say that night will be my daughter's Wiccaning! I'm so excited, and have even been a bit overly excited, trying to find a gown so she's very pretty while being presented.
My son and I are going to be baking cakes for wandering souls, as well as small treats for any Fae folk who may be passing by. ((Since we have a new one, lots of Fae have been coming by to see))
I am hoping to find a way to a Pumkin patch so my little man can pick one out, and make a lantern. That way we can make a special candle to help spirits come rest at our place. We don't mind.
Last year we had three guests. Though one over stayed their welcome and had to be 'escorted' out. ^-^ Holidays are the best!!
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:23 pm
thanks for sharing stardust, Thats so sweet having your daughters wiccaning on samhain.
this samhain I must admit is going to be very hard cause last samhain was my handfasting, and my husband left me... so ya but me and my daughter will also be baking cakes and having a bonfire, we will only be trick or treaing for about an hour. As samhain is also my good friends birthday.
For the trick or treating my daughter will be dressed as artemis heart I'll be sure to post pictures!
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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 1:18 pm
Thank you. I thought no better day than that.
^-^ I pray mostly to Artemis, as my own virginity was stolen from at a young age. I believe in the power of being a woman who can stand on her own.
I am sorry that he left. I often fear I will not find someone to love me as deeply as Artemis and Apollo love eachother. That kind of love is so rare in our world, that I am often jealous of the Gods.
Weird as it sounds, my mythology thesis was on Artemis and Apollo having more than sibling love. Don't freak out, please..I had good standing reasons to believe so!!
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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:21 pm
no one here will ever try to argue or "crush" any of your personal beliefs. I actually agree with your belief. Artemis is my personal goddess too, our house's goddess's are artemis (maiden), aphrodite (mother) and hecate (crone) and aphrodite decorates my daughters room, to fill her life with love. The moon is everything to me, always has been which is why I pick artemis, reasons she over rules other moon goddess like diana are personal and I'm not in a state to share such information right now.
I have recently decided to try and book my bestfriend (a high priestess) to do my daughters wiccaning this samhain to help destroy the negitivity that has found itself in my heart around this blessed time of year.
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:05 am
I'm so sorry, and huzzah!! Yayie for someone else who share my belief of Artemis and Apollo. That makes me so happy. Would love to go into detail with you.
Awww, I understand. It is hard sometimes when memories of past hurt. I am excited for my Daughter's Wiccaning. I've been getting supplies and a bunch of other things. My best friend might be down for it. As well as my closest pagan friend will be helping me.
I'm not sure if I should leave out a bath for Fae. I don't mind them. They just tend to stick around for too long.
Oh, a random thing, have you heard Velvet Hammer's "Blessed Be"? Awesome song. My sister made a very cool Music Video to the song.
)O(
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:10 pm
No I've never heard the song but I'll look it up heart I use to make cool music videos when I had a mac... I'm not a PC girl LOL
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:37 am
Usually, I cook a dumb feast for my friends and family but this year, we're going to visit my mother-in-law. She's having a tough time fighting her lung cancer and really misses her grandkid. cry We may take the kid out for trick or treating though if we get back early enough. ^_^
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:32 pm
I hope she gets better soon ash heart
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:33 am
Not sure what y'all will think about it but I came across it while I was trying to get ideas for what to do for samhain ( Kids prayer for samhain)
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:01 am
a blessed Samhain to you all
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