Short essays on each of the eight ADF High Days including a discussion of the meaning of each feast. (125 words min. each)
Samhain is one of the celtic fire festivals - quite often seen as the most important - and marks the end of summer/harvest time and the beginning of a new year. Agriculturally, it was a time when the flock was culled to prepare for the long winter ahead. Physically, the festival marks the change in the balance of the sun and darkness, and spiritually marks the shift in power of the Kindred of light and the Kindred of darkness - it is seen as a time where the 'barriers' between both this mortal plane and the plane to the Kindreds is the thinnest. This festival is traditionally celebrated on October 31, and is celebrated oftentimes at twilight or in darkness.
My rite with my Grove this year included a journey through a candlelight labyrinth into the Nemeton. Our Grove called out to Cernunnos, the horned God, to guide us and help us open and close the Gates to the Otherworld. The patron of the rite was Cathubodua, and we had workings to open the Ancestors Box and to install our new Grove Officers.
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