If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you might remember these amazingly pristine views of Frederiksberg Have over the summer. I am back with another set of photos from the same park – but with autumn colours in full force. Notice how in the featured photo for this blog post you can see […]
Frederiksberg Have, Copenhagen (autumn edition) — Life in Copenhagen
Old gold is falling
Enriching the sacred earth
Awaiting rebirth
Copyright Francis 2020
Add some sweetness to your November 5th celebrations with these chocolate flake bonfires with orange buttercream flames If you’re not from the UK, you may not know that it’s traditional here to celebrate the night of November 5th with bonfires and fireworks. This cupcake decoration idea – using chocolate flakes to create the firewood and […]
Recipe | Bonfire night chocolate flake cupcakes — Art and Soul
Fae Friday is an awesome new weekly post created by Kristy at Caffeinated Fae. I’m super excited to participate in this (and to have been an avid supporter of it from the beginning)! A topic is provided each week, and Kristy is so welcoming to ideas from others. If you have any ideas for topics, […]
Fae Friday – Samhain — Leah’s Books
Samhain, also known as Halloween, is the final spoke in the Wheel of the Year. It is often viewed as the Witches’ New Year, and the final harvest before we plunge into the darkness of the coming months. Samhain is a time when the veil between the living and the dead becomes extremely thin and […]
Simple Samhain Celebrations & Rituals — Magick & Alchemy
The Celts celebrated Halloween as Samhain, ‘All Hallowtide’ – the ‘Feast of the Dead’, when the dead revisited the mortal world. The celebration marked the end of Summer and the start of the Winter months. During the eighth century the Catholic Church designated the first day of November as ‘All Saints Day’ (‘All Hallows’) – […]
Samhain Blessings, Spells and History — The Irish Jewelry Company’s Blog
*Christmas will soon be here, thinking of presents?
I have written quite a lot of posts about Samhain over the last few years. I thought I would collect them all into one post.
Samhain — Dowsing for Divinity
*Origins of Samhain.
In this post you will learn some facts about Samhain and Halloween.
Samhain Facts —
*The origins of Halloween and Samhain
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us. [Heb 12:1. NRSV] As we approach the celebration of Samhain as well as All Saint’s Day, […]
Samhain/All Saints: The Great Cloud of Witnesses — Sabbats and Sabbaths
*What saint’s day were you born on?
Cleanse, bless, and protect your home at Samhain season with this beautiful and fragrant ritual. As we approach Samhain (AKA Halloween), the veil thins. This is the veil between seen and unseen, known and unknown, living and dead. Naturally, this makes Samhain season a time of great magical power. As the Wheel of the Year […]
Home Blessing Ritual for Samhain Season — Tess Whitehurst
*More about Samhain.
31 Oct – 1 Nov Samhain, ‘Halloween,’ or All Hallows is a festival of death that occurs at the end of the Celtic agricultural cycle. It is also the Celtic New Year…
Wheel of the Year: Samhain — About the Jez of It
*Samhain festival and ‘Celtic’.
