October 31st
© Mara Freeman,1999
You need Pomegranates, Apples, and other late fall fruits.
You also need to write down on a piece of paper some bad things in your life that you want to be free of.
Also, the cauldron or other heat-proof container and a flat dish with an 8 spoked wheel drawn or painted on it.
Before you begin this ritual, sit and meditate on people you have been close to that have died.
Think of them in a positive way and remember the things that you liked most about them.
Fix the altar and your worship space.
Light your candles and incense.
Cast the Circle and invoke the Deities.
Take one of the pomegranates and cut it open with your boline.
Take out some of the seeds and put them on the Eight-Spoked Wheel dish.
With your wand raised towards the altar.
Say:
"On this night of Samhain,
I give honor to My Lord,
I give honor to those who have passed from this life,
Mother Goddess give me comfort,
Show me that death is only the beginning of new life."
As you eat some of the pomegranate seeds, look at the Eight-Spoked Wheel.
Think about the Circle of Life.
Light a fire in the cauldron or use a candle in it.
Hold the piece of paper and look into the fire.
Say:
"My Lady of the Moon,
I light this fire,
To change the negative in my life,
Change that which is bad into good."
Now light the paper in the fire and drop it into the cauldron and let it burn.
Visualize the trouble burning away until it is gone.
Now is a good time for divination or magick.
Release your pains for those who have passed on but do not call upon them.
Leave the dead in peace.
This is also a good time to try to look into past lives.
Perform any magick that is necessary at this time.
Perform the Simple Feast and release the Circle.
The Ritual is finished.
So Mote it Be!!!