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Purpose: to honor the ancestors and friends whom have gone before us. This ritual also gives honor the witches and pagans that died before us in the Burning Times. Materials: One large black candle in a high sitting holder Birthday candles (white) Sand Cauldron God and Goddess candle. Procedure: Gather all the supplies and place them on the alter table. Put the sand into the cauldron. Cast the circle. Call the quarters. Invoke the deities. Say: Crone, Goddess of the Cauldron of rebirth, on this night when the weil is thin we invoke you. Lady of the summerland, matron of death and rebirth, in this rite we honor you and our ancestors. We invoke yea wise crone! So mote it be! Lord of winter and of shadowed sleep, co-ruler of the under world we invoke thee! So mote it be! Light the black candle. Say: We light this candle to all the witches and pagans that died in the Burning Times. We honor their sacrifice for our freedom. So mote it be! We call our ancestors and...

Samhain is more than tricks and treats; it's a sacred night in which we teach our kids to honor their ancestors. Excerpted with permission from "Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions" by Starhawk, Diane Baker, and Anne Hill (Random House) On the night of Samhain we honor our ancestors and visit our beloved dead. Often we hold a feast to "feed the ancestors" and connect to our shared history. But try telling children they are going to miss trick-or-treating, costumes, and hauling home sacks of candy, just to sit home and talk about the past. We'd hear the howls all the way to Hawaii! Families have different solutions for Halloween. In my family, there is a surge of energy that belongs to that special time and adds power and relevance to our worship. It's a wave we have to catch if we want to ride. The adults in our home never accept invitations to secular Halloween parties. Our family treats Samhain as a sacred day spent with o...