HALLOWEEN TONITE!...

T-Man...
Do you carve turnips???

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When my mom was alive we used to watch the most absurd lame as hell movies and make wise crack like they do on Mystery Science Theater 3000. The goal was to see who could make the other laugh the most.
Sigh, maybe I watch a really lame movie tonight for old times sake.

Maybe somebody special could be with ya watching the movie, though you can't see her with your eyes. Our beloved ones are always with us and this is a magical night.

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There are many ways to celebrate Samhain. Here are a few:

Samhain Nature Walk.
Take a meditative walk in a natural area near your home. Observe and contemplate the colors, aromas, sounds, and other sensations of the season. Experience yourself as part of the Circle of Life and reflect on death and rebirth as being an important part of Nature. If the location you visit permits, gather some natural objects and upon your return use them to adorn your home.
Seasonal Imagery.
Decorate your home with Samhain seasonal symbols and the colors of orange and black. Place an Autumnal wreath on your front door. Create displays with pumpkins, cornstalks, gourds, acorns, and apples. Set candles in cauldrons.
Ancestors Altar.
Gather photographs, heirlooms, and other mementos of deceased family, friends, and companion creatures. Arrange them on a table, dresser, or other surface, along with several votive candles. Kindle the candles in their memory as you call out their names and express well wishes. Thank them for being part of your life. Sit quietly and pay attention to what you experience. Note any messages you receive in your journal. This Ancestors Altar can be created just for Samhain or kept year round.
Feast of the Dead.
Prepare a Samhain dinner. Include a place setting at your table or at a nearby altar for the Dead. Add an offering of a bit of each beverage being consumed to the cup at that place setting, and to the plate, add a bit of each food served. Invite your ancestors and other deceased loved ones to come and dine with you. To have this as a Samhain Dumb Supper experience, dine in silence. After the feast, place the contents of the plate and cup for the Dead outdoors in a natural location as an offering for the Dead.
Ancestor Stories.
Learn about family history. Contact one or more older relatives and ask them to share memories of family members now dead. Record them in some way and later write accounts of what they share. Give thanks. Share what you learned and have written with another family member or friend. Add names of those you learned about and wish to honor to your Ancestors Altar.
Cemetery Visit.
Visit and tend the gravesite of a loved one at a cemetery. Call to mind memories and consider ways the loved one continues to live on within you. Place an offering there such as fresh flowers, dried herbs, or a libation of water.
Reflections.
Reflect on you and your life over the past year. Review journals, planners, photographs, blogs, and other notations you have created during the past year. Consider how you have grown, accomplishments, challenges, adventures, travels, and learnings. Meditate. Journal about your year in review, your meditation, and your reflections.
Renovate.
Select an area of your home or life as a focus. Examine it. Re-organize it. Release what is no longer needed. Create a better pattern. Celebrate renewal and transformation.
Bonfire Magic.
Kindle a bonfire outdoors when possible or kindle flames in a fireplace or a small cauldron. Write down an outmoded habit that you wish to end and cast it into the Samhain flames as you imagine release. Imagine yourself adopting a new, healthier way of being as you move around the fire clockwise.
Divinatory Guidance.
Using Tarot, Runes, Scrying, or some other method of divination, seek and reflect on guidance for the year to come. Write a summary of your process and messages. Select something appropriate to act upon and do it.
Divine Invocations.
Honor and call upon the Divine in one or more Sacred Forms associated with Samhain, such as the Crone Goddess and Horned God of Nature. Invite Them to aid you in your remembrance of the Dead and in your understanding of the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. If you have lost loved ones in the past year, ask these Divine Ones to comfort and support you.
Transforming Expressions.
If you encounter distortions, misinformation, and/or false, negative stereotypes about Paganism and Samhain in the media, contact the source, express your concerns, and share accurate information. Help eradicate derogatory stereotyping with courteous, concise, and intelligent communications.
Community Connections.
Connect with others. Join in a group ritual in your area. Organize a Samhain potluck in your home. Research old and contemporary Samhain customs in books, periodicals, on-line, and through communications with others. Exchange ideas, information, and celebration experiences. Regardless of whether you practice solo or with others, as part of your festivities, reflect for a time on being part of the vast network of those celebrating Samhain around the world.

Last Edited by A r c on 10/31/2014 01:17 PM

Handing out candies and get drunk at the same time. I think my neighbors are having block parties. Who knows?

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I'm dressing up and that's all. That was the only option closest to my plans.

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Gotcha, Trick or Treat.

Kids have started to come around and I am giving out sweets, dressed up :)

My kids are out to collect sweets and when they come back I have the pumpkin soup and pumpkin cake ready. I also made a "vegetable graveyard" arrangement for the kids to enjoy and eat.

While having dinner we always set up the the table for a extra person, this is to honor and remember those who passed away.

So,

HAPPY HALLOWEEN to you all

Last Edited by °Lucy° on 10/31/2014 01:37 PM

Happy Halloween, Lucy!!!

Lol, this year my halloween's custom is my pajama

Playin' w/ my band near Harrisburg PA, costumes and some spooky setlist surprises. Although the real fun will be the afterparty :)

Tonight I'll be shaving my beard down to a goatee, putting on some wire-framed glasses, donning a Tyvek suit, gloves and gas mask which I'll keep up on my head, and sitting on my porch next to a clear tub of light blue rock candy (a prop) and handing out packets of blue pop rocks to the trick or treaters.

SAY MY NAME.

Can I smell your broom stick?

I shall spend this evening watching football on the outside,lamenting on the inside.

I was going to make a thread for this but this one is already pinned! Mow that they have the ISIS crap in ull swing, I think that the elitist might have some planned tonight! They like to have a blood sacrifice at this time of year. All this ISIS in America stuff is an excellent cover for illuminati evil acts. No matter who does the deeds I think they want to make a statement tonight. If ur out stay armed if u can, dont goit alone, have a camera and a flashlight and dont get pie-eyed stay sober!

You don't need money to celebrate Halloween. You can do so much to honor the original meaning of Samhain, without all the added stuff which was invented for commerce ;)

HAHA, thanks for that bud, I'm not drinking a lick at all tonight while on the drums, so I can drive to the party location sober and we will then proceed to listen to the Doors and drink whiskey and play acoustic music :)

I'm in another Country where only Little Kids do anything. So I will stay home and drink a schnapps and maybe watch some ghost movie and that's it.

I'll cook supper (by myself) and then have some cake (that I baked myself) while the kiddo's/hubby sing happy birthday (to me). Then I'll clean up the kitchen (by myself) and go to bed.

The right customs for tonite

I'm going to stay in and sit in the dark. Drink a bottle of vodka, cook dinner, be on the internet, watch a couple movies and not answer the door. So just like every night really.

What is this? A satanic holiday? What I am supposed to do? Bitch slap stupid mothers and their kids?

You forgot to say "...and go to bed (by myself, alone)".

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