A Mixture of Samhain Spells

A Janus Samhain Spell

By Edain McCoy

Thousands of rituals and spells have been composed for Samhain. On this night when the boundaries of life and death are blurred we honor our ancestors, and we remember others who have passed over that we never knew. What has been part of our past shapes our future. This Samhain we might also want to look forward. Someday we will be the past that helped shape someone else’s future. Janus was the two-faced Roman god for whom January is named. One face looks to the past, the other to the future. Turn to face the west, the land of the dead and the deities, saying:


Janus, who looks into the night toward the place where spirits seek light,

bless all souls who come now as they hear it, and dance in the circle of spirit.

Turn to face the east, the point of the rising Sun, away from death and into the promise of a new day, saying:

Janus, who into the day at dawn’s first glow and Sun’s first ray, bless this circle without hesitation, and fear not the past nor times not yet here.

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A Celtic Bonfire Spell

By James Kambos

Color of the day: White 

Incense of the day: Clove  

 

Traditionally, November 5th is Bonfire Night in England, which observes the failed Gunpowder Plot of Guy Fawkes. Many English Witches, however, believe the ritual bonfires burnt on this night date back to Celtic times. To the Celts, this day marked the end of the Samhain observance. 

 

The Celts believed this was the beginning of the dark half of the year. The bonfires were a way to pay tribute to the life-giving Sun before entering the dark season. Spells on this holy night should focus on burning away all problems and fears. This could be done in several ways. 

 

You could simply write down your problems and burn the paper in a ritual fire. Another way is to select small twigs from trees you feel are appropriate to your need. Then snap them in half before feeding them to the blaze. If you wish, poppets symbolizing your need may also be burnt in a fire. After your fires, save the ashes, for they are considered to be sacred. In late winter or early spring, they should be spread over a field or garden to ensure fertility.   

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A Samhain Spell To Let Go

Source Unknown

October is a good time to tidy up the soul. First, make a list/petition of things that have got to go, such as resentment of friends or enemies, anger at yourself (potent and common garbage). Just think through your life to see what you no longer need. Go through your soul as if it were a long forgotten attic and see where cleaning up is way overdue, then write down what you find. I am not talking about resentments like those you feel if you're just divorced; if you got ripped off, if you had to leave a job due to harassment. These oppressions are not your own doing, so please don't blame yourself for them. Find groups with which to work them through and channel your anger into your Craft or the earth, which can give your life more meaning.

Create an altar with black cloth, the color of the universe, the color of chaos, where everything comes from and to which everything must return. Place on the cloth some fallen leaves, representing the natural order of the seasons and the discarded past. The fallen leaves are beautiful, but they are meant to become compost. Place your list of psychic garbage on the table, light two black candles, one on either side, and some dispelling incense. If you can't find incense specifically made for this purpose, use sandalwood, frankincense, myrrh, or cedar.

When you pray to the Goddess, always talk normally and say:

"Dearest Goddess, I have come a long way this year, carrying my burdens. I would like to take them off my shoulders and give them back to you to recycle, to bury, to compost. Here, I offer you my resentments against friends, family, and [fill in your own needs here] and ask you to absorb them into your black universe. Relieve me of them and allow me to walk more lightly."

Burn your list in the flame of your candles. Now imagine all these feelings evaporating into smoke, and say something like:

"I feel all light, happy and cleansed now. Dearest Goddess, you are my true strength and guide. I thank you for being accessible and answering your children's call. I honor you and thank you."

Gather all the things that were part of your meditation and cast them into a living body of water. When you cast them off, don't look back. Even let go your thoughts about the ritual.

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Autumn Healing Spell

by Silver Ravenwolf; Halloween

 

You can prepare this lovely spell container by working magick as a group, or as an individual working alone. You will need one dried, hollowed out gourd. Cut off the top. Place a picture of the person who needs healing energy in the gourd. If you already have a lot of magickal supplies (herbs, powders, oils, gems, etc.) sit quietly and think about the person.

Ask your patron God or Goddess (or totem animal/guardian angel) to lead you in the right direction for what should be included in the healing gourd. Fill the gourd with empowered items thinking about the health of the individual. Add a few things that will make noise if you shake the gourd. When you are finished, seal the gourd by gluing the top back on.

Paint the person's name on the gourd along with any magickal symbols or sigils that matches the individual's personality. If you don't have magickal supplies, you might want to get out your copy of Scott Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Herbs. Tie dried flowers, herbs, charms, and amulets to a rawhide cord or silk cord around the neck of the gourd. When you give the gourd as a gift, shake it while you hand it to the person to activate the magick.

Here are some of the items you can put in your gourds:

1. A picture of the person.

2. Rosemary - banishing negativity, healing. (dried)

3. Orange Peel - success. (dried)

4. Basil - helps herbs and items work in tandem.

5. One rose petal - love.

6. One penny (from each person working on the healing).

7. One cowry shell (clear vision.)

8. Cloves (protection).

9. Cinnamon (success).

10. Goddess statue or charm for each gourd.

11. Amber and jet beads for those who reached the rank of HPS.

12. Three drops of healing oil.

13. Three drops of success oil.

14. Three crystals.

You don't have to use these exact ingredients. They are only listed here to give you and idea of what can be used. A bit of Orris Root will help the herbs retain their aroma.

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Autumn Stone Protection Spell

 

Every home can benefit from protection. This spell employs one of nature’s sturdiest objects, a stone. Choose a plain rock at least as big as your fist. Set it on your altar between a bowl of salt and a bowl of water. Behind these, light a black candle. Sprinkle the stone with salt, saying: “I consecrate this stone with the purifying power of salt.” Sprinkle it with water, saying: “I consecrate this stone with the cleansing power of water.” Pass it over the flame, saying: “I consecrate this stone with the attraction of flame to moth.” Finally, trace a pentagram on the stone with your finger, and say: 

 

To watch and guard around my home, 

I invoke the strength of stone. 

All evil thoughts be drawn within: 

Strike here and leave me alone! 

 

Blow out the candle; empty the salt and water outside. Keep the rock near your door 

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Calling The Pumpkins Spell

By Ellen Dugan; Spell-A-Day

Color of the day: Coral 

Incense of the day: Carnation 

Try carving up four small pumpkins and then tuck tea-light candles inside. Imagine using these for quarter candles on this October Full Moon. Halloween/Samhain is only a few days away—why not get into the spirit of things and add some enchantment to your group's Full Moon celebration? Carve the pumpkins in whatever design you prefer: simple faces, stars, a triple Moon, a pentagram, or elemental symbols. As you go to place them at the quarters, try this quarter call. 

In the eastern quarter I call knowledge and intuition true.

At the southern quarter I call for passion and courage in all that we do.

Here in the west grant us visions and bless us with love.

In the north I call for security and strength from the gods above.

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Clearing Your Home Spell

By Tammy Sullivan

Samhain is almost upon us. The indoor season will soon follow. To prepare for this we should do a clearing, so that stagnant energies cannot build up during the dormant time of the year. Set up a tray with a censer containing sage incense, a bell, and a small bowl with blessed water containing basil. You will also need your besom. Walk through your home in a clockwise manner beginning at the front door and ending at the back. Enter the first room and waft the sage smoke everywhere. Dip your fingers in the water and sprinkle it about. Next, walk the room in a clockwise fashion ringing the bell. Take your besom and sweep any leftover energy to the door saying: 

“I sweep the bad out, and good remains throughout.”

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Samhain

taken  from Halloween by Silver Ravenwolf

Prosperity Pumpkin Spell

If you need to harvest a little  money, this Samhain season, try this spell.

1 small (not miniature) sized  pumpkin

The amount of money that you need, written on a piece of plain white  paper 

in green ink (if you don't know how much you need, give a rough figure,  but 

don't make the request outrageous-the universe works on our needs, not  

necessarily on our wants)

1 bag fresh dirt

7 dimes

7 pumpkin seeds from  this pumpkin

7 ounces rain water or water from a stream (no tap or bottled  water)

Pencil

Lodestone, optional

Cut the top of the pumpkin off in  a scallop design (to aid in the flow of

money to you). Clean out the pumpkin.  (Save the seeds for other magickal

work.) Remember to keep seven seeds for  this spell. Place the pumpkin in

the refrigerator until Halloween  Eve.

One-half hour before Halloween Even (not after), bring out the  pumpkin, the

piece of paper with the dollar amount you need written on it,  the dirt,

dimes, seeds, and the water. Place the paper in the bottom of the  pumpkin.

Pour in the dirt. With the end of a pencil, make seven holes in the  dirt in

a circular pattern (keep the holes at least one inch apart). Hold the  fist

dime in your hand and think about the amount of money you need.  (Important:

do not think negative thoughts about the money you need, no  matter how

desperate you are.) Keep the dime in your hand until it grows warm  and you

feel good inside. With the pencil, push the fist dime in the hole  that

coincides with 12 o'clock. Follow the same procedure, going clockwise,  with

the other six dimes. (If you happen to have a lodestone hanging around,  bury

it in the middle of the dirt.)

Now, starting at 12 o'clock and  going clockwise, pour 1 ounce of water into

each hold think of your  prosperity as you pour the water into each hole.

When you are finished, hold  your hands over the pumpkin and say:

One Dime for beginnings

One dime  for drawing

One dime for growth

One dime for stability

One dime for  banishing negativity

One dime for luck

One dime to seal the spell.

So  mote it be!

Bury the pumpkin outside on your property the following night  one-half hour

before midnight (no later). 

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Halloween-Getting Rid Of Bad Habits Spell

For many witches throughout the world, Halloween is an ideal time to

magically do away with weaknesses. The Celts of old, for instance, on

Samhain slaughtered all livestock that were too weak to live through the

coming winter.

Using a quill pen and dragon's blood ink, write upon a piece of

parchment the weaknesses you wish to be rid of. As you concentrate on

your intent, crumple up the paper in your "power hand" and toss it into

a fire or set it ablaze by holding it above the flame of a black candle.

Place it into a fireproof container such as a cast iron cauldron, and as

the parchment burns away into ashes, so too shall your weaknesses be

consumed by the flames of magic.

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A Spell to See Spirits 

 

To see spirits, old European grimoires recommend mixing

together aloe, pepper, musk, vervain, and saffron and burning this

in a cemetery. We can adapt this for other locations (like those in

which the spirit lived) by adding a bit of sweet grass or tobacco to

a specially prepared incense. Create the incense on the

anniversary of the death of the individual you wish to contact.

This is then burned at 11 am, in the safety of a magic circle that

also holds symbolic items to connect you to the entity. 

 

An incantation to encourage the spirit's presence is 

 

"Guardians of the Spirit realm, hear and guide my plea. 

When the witching hour rings true, bring my friend (loved one, etc.)

 ________ to me. Other souls who hear my call are not welcome 

in this place. Only the one known as _____ may enter sacred space." 

 

Repeat the request three times, twenty minutes apart, then wait

quietly for indications of a presence. Signs include the scent of

flowers or a favored cologne, a cool wind, movement of curtains,

and candles going out or twitching erratically. Once you feel sure

the spirit is with you, do not make it tarry overly long. Take care of

your business, say farewell, and thank the guardians for their

assistance. 

 

 

Spell Usage 

Communication with and understanding the purposes of spirits. 

 

 

Word of Warning: 

Spiritual entities should not be banished or

called for amusement. It is best to contact a knowledgeable,

experienced psychic for advice or assistance before undertaking

any of these spells. 

 

 

Spell Timing

In-between times (noon, midnight, dusk, and dawn). Halloween.

 

Seasons of late fall and winter. Moon in Libra. Eclipses.

 

Wednesday. 

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The Samhain Spell

 

Be unafraid of Shadows dark 

And to their whispers 

Do Not Hark 

Unfriendly words 

You do Not hear 

No worry, trouble 

Loss or Fear 

No Shadow falls 

Upon your Heart 

We Stand Together 

Though Apart. 

We Stand Together 

Ever Winning 

All our spells 

Together Spinning 

For Every End 

A New Beginning 

Wealthy, Healthy, 

Happy, Free 

If this your Will 

So Mote It Be!

 

Copyright ) Maurice of Coventry Greens, 

Samhain, 1994 

Please feel free to copy and distribute this 

spell as long as credit is given.