Fàilte a charaidean (welcome friends) From Saturday October 29th through Monday October 31st the summer ends, the veils thin, and the winter time begins. Samhain. The final harvest of root and fruit. The death of the old year. The beginning of the new. Three days it takes, to transition a year. One to farewell; the death of the old year. One to welcome; the birth of the new year. One in between; belonging to no time, no place and no person.
The final episode of Season 2 offers three things:
1) A reflection on your own ancestral inheritance.
2) An honoring of the sacred trees and plants at Samhain: Elder, Blackthorn and Croneswort. These three are also known by other names; Tree of Witches, Dark Crone of the Woods and Wormwood.
3) A sharing of my recent pilgrimage to my maternal ancestral home - Scotland - where I visited magical islands, an ancient fairy flag in a remote castle and spent some time honoring the magnificent creatrix, winter crone and hag of the North - the Cailleach.
Samhain - The Final Harvest