{"id":5791,"date":"2011-11-01T01:10:39","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T06:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=6128"},"modified":"2011-10-16T16:58:09","modified_gmt":"2011-10-16T21:58:09","slug":"samhain-correspondences-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2011\/11\/01\/samhain-correspondences-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Samhain Correspondences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Other Names<\/strong>:<br \/>\nceltic ~ Summer\u2019s End, pronounced \u201csow\u201d (rhymes with now) \u201cen\u201d  (Ireland), sow-een (Wales) \u2013 \u201cmh\u201d in the middle is a \u201cw\u201d sound \u2013 Greater  Sabbat(High Holiday) \u2013 Fire Festival Oct 31-Nov 1(North Hemisphere) \u2013  Apr 30-May 1 \u2013 The Great Sabbat, Samhiunn, Samana, Samhuin, Sam-fuin,  Samonios, Halloween, Hallomas, All Hallows Eve, All Saints\/All Souls  Day(Catholic), Day of the Dead (Mexican), Witches New Year, Trinoux  Samonia, Celtic\/ Druid New Year, Shadowfest (Strega), Martinmas or Old  Hallowmas (Scotttish\/Celtic) L\u00e1 Samhna (Modern Irish), Festival of the  Dead, Feile Moingfinne (Snow Goddess), Hallowtide (Scottish Gaelis  Dictionary), Feast of All Souls, Nos Galen-gae-of Night of the Winter  Calends (Welsh), La Houney or Hollantide Day, Sauin or Souney ( Manx),  oidhche na h-aimil\u00e9ise-the night of mischief or confusion(Ireland),  Oidhche Shamna (Scotland)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rituals<\/strong>:<br \/>\nEnd of summer, honoring of the dead,scrying, divination, last harvest, meat harvest<\/p>\n<p><strong>Incense<\/strong>:<br \/>\nCopal, sandalwood, mastic resin, benzoin, sweetgrass, wormwood, mugwort, sage, myrrh or patchouli<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tools<\/strong>:<br \/>\nBesom, cauldron, tarot, obsidian ball, pendulum, runes, oghams, Ouija  boards, black cauldron or bowl filled with black ink or water, or magick  mirror<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stones\/Gems<\/strong>:<br \/>\nBlack obsidian, jasper, carnelian, onyx, smoky quartz, jet, bloodstone<\/p>\n<p><strong>Colors<\/strong>:<br \/>\nBlack, orange, red<\/p>\n<p><strong>Symbols &amp; Decorations<\/strong>:<br \/>\nApples, autumn flowers, acorns, bat, black cat, bones, corn stalks,  colored leaves, crows, death\/dying, divination and the tools associated  with it, ghosts, gourds, Indian corn, jack-o-lantern, nuts , oak leaves,  pomegranates, pumpkins, scarecrows, scythes, waning moon<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foods<\/strong>:<br \/>\nApples, apple dishes, cider, meat (traditionally this is the meat  harvest) especially pork, mulled cider with spices, nuts-representing  resurrection and rebirth, nuts, pomegranates, potatoes, pumpkins,  pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie, roasted pumpkin seeds, roasted pumpkin  seeds, squash.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goddesses<\/strong>:<br \/>\nThe Crone, Hecate(Greek), Cerridwen(Welsh-Scottish), Arianrhod(Welsh),  Caillech (Irish-Scottish), Baba Yaga (Russian), Al-Ilat(persian), Bast  (Egyptian), Persephone (Greek), Hel(Norse), Kali(Hindu), all Death &amp;  Otherworld Goddesses<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gods<\/strong>:<br \/>\nHorned Hunter(European), Cernnunos(Greco-Celtic), Osiris(Egyptian),  Hades (Greek), Gwynn ap Nudd (British), Anubis(Egyptian), Coyote Brother  (Native American), Loki (Norse), Dis (Roman), Arawn (Welsh),  acrificial\/Dying\/Aging<br \/>\nGods, Death and Otherworld Gods<\/p>\n<p><strong>Herbs and Flowers<\/strong>:<br \/>\nAlmond, apple leaf , autumn joy sedum, bay leaf, calendula, Cinnamon,  Cloves cosmos, garlic, ginger , hazelnut, hemlock cones, mandrake root,  marigold, mums, mugwort (to aid in divination), mullein seeds, nettle,  passionflower, pine needles, pumpkin seeds, rosemary (for remembrance of  our ancestors), rue, sage, sunflower petals and seeds, tarragon, wild  ginseng, wormwood<\/p>\n<p><strong>Animals<\/strong>:<br \/>\nStag, cat, bat, owl, jackal, elephant, ram, scorpion, heron, crow, robin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mythical Beings<\/strong>:<br \/>\nPooka, goblin,medusa, beansidhe, harpies<\/p>\n<p><strong>Essence<\/strong>:<br \/>\nMagick, plenty; knowledge, the night, death &amp; rebirth, success,  protection; rest, new beginning; ancestors; lifting of the veil, mundane  laws in abeyance, return, change<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dynamics\/Meaning<\/strong>:<br \/>\nDeath &amp; transformation, Wiccan new year,wisdom of the Crone, end of  summer, honoring, thinning of the veil between worlds, death of the  year, time outside of time, night of the Wild Hunt, begin new projects,  end old projects<\/p>\n<p><strong>Work<\/strong>:<br \/>\nSex magick, release of bad habits, banishing, fairy magick, divination  of any kind, candle magick, astral projection, past life work, dark moon  mysteries, mirror spells (reflection), casting protection , inner work,  propitiation, clearing obstacles, uncrossing, inspiration, workings of  transition or culmination, manifesting transformation,creative  visualization, contacting those who have departed this plane<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purpose<\/strong>:<br \/>\nHonoring the dead, especially departed ancestors, knowing we will not be  forgotten; clear knowledge of our path; guidance, protection,  celebrating reincarnation<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rituals\/Magicks<\/strong>:<br \/>\nForeseeing future, honoring\/consulting ancestors, releasing the old,  power, understanding death and rebirth, entering the underworld,  divination, dance of the dead, fire calling, past life recall<\/p>\n<p><strong>Customs:<\/strong><br \/>\nAncestor altar, costumes, divination, carving jack-o-lanterns, spirit  plate, the Feast of the Dead, feasting, paying debts, fairs, drying  winter herbs, masks, bonfires, apple games, tricks, washing clothes<\/p>\n<p><strong>Element<\/strong>:<br \/>\nWater<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gender<\/strong>:<br \/>\nMale<\/p>\n<p><strong>Threshold<\/strong>:<br \/>\nMidnight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Other Names: celtic ~ Summer\u2019s End, pronounced \u201csow\u201d (rhymes with now) \u201cen\u201d (Ireland), sow-een (Wales) \u2013 \u201cmh\u201d in the middle is a \u201cw\u201d sound \u2013 Greater Sabbat(High Holiday) \u2013 Fire Festival Oct 31-Nov 1(North Hemisphere) \u2013 Apr 30-May 1 \u2013 The Great Sabbat, Samhiunn, Samana, Samhuin, Sam-fuin, Samonios, Halloween, Hallomas, All Hallows Eve, All Saints\/All Souls Day(Catholic), Day of the Dead (Mexican), Witches New Year, Trinoux Samonia, Celtic\/ Druid New Year, Shadowfest (Strega), Martinmas or Old Hallowmas (Scotttish\/Celtic) L\u00e1 Samhna (Modern Irish), Festival of the Dead, Feile Moingfinne (Snow Goddess), Hallowtide (Scottish Gaelis Dictionary), Feast of All Souls, Nos Galen-gae-of Night of the Winter Calends (Welsh), La Houney or Hollantide Day, Sauin or Souney ( Manx), oidhche na h-aimil\u00e9ise-the night of mischief or confusion(Ireland), Oidhche Shamna (Scotland) Rituals: End of summer, honoring of the dead,scrying, divination, last harvest, meat harvest Incense: Copal, sandalwood, mastic resin, benzoin, sweetgrass, wormwood, mugwort, sage, myrrh or patchouli Tools: Besom, cauldron, tarot, obsidian ball, pendulum, runes, oghams, Ouija boards, black cauldron or bowl filled with black ink or water, or magick mirror Stones\/Gems: Black obsidian, jasper, carnelian, onyx, smoky quartz, jet, bloodstone Colors: Black, orange, red Symbols &amp; Decorations: Apples, autumn flowers, acorns, bat, black cat, bones, corn stalks, colored leaves, crows, death\/dying, divination and the tools associated with it, ghosts, gourds, Indian corn, jack-o-lantern, nuts , oak leaves, pomegranates, pumpkins, scarecrows, scythes, waning moon Foods: Apples, apple dishes, cider, meat (traditionally this is the meat harvest) especially pork, mulled cider with spices, nuts-representing resurrection and rebirth, nuts, pomegranates, potatoes, pumpkins, pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie, roasted pumpkin seeds, roasted pumpkin seeds, squash. Goddesses: The Crone, Hecate(Greek), Cerridwen(Welsh-Scottish), Arianrhod(Welsh), Caillech (Irish-Scottish), Baba Yaga (Russian), Al-Ilat(persian), Bast (Egyptian), Persephone (Greek), Hel(Norse), Kali(Hindu), all Death &amp; Otherworld Goddesses Gods: Horned Hunter(European), Cernnunos(Greco-Celtic), Osiris(Egyptian), Hades (Greek), Gwynn ap Nudd (British), Anubis(Egyptian), Coyote Brother (Native American), Loki (Norse), Dis (Roman), Arawn (Welsh), acrificial\/Dying\/Aging Gods, Death and Otherworld Gods Herbs and Flowers: Almond, apple leaf , autumn joy sedum, bay leaf, calendula, Cinnamon, Cloves cosmos, garlic, ginger , hazelnut, hemlock cones, mandrake root, marigold, mums, mugwort (to aid in divination), mullein seeds, nettle, passionflower, pine needles, pumpkin seeds, rosemary (for remembrance of our ancestors), rue, sage, sunflower petals and seeds, tarragon, wild ginseng, wormwood Animals: Stag, cat, bat, owl, jackal, elephant, ram, scorpion, heron, crow, robin Mythical Beings: Pooka, goblin,medusa, beansidhe, harpies Essence: Magick, plenty; knowledge, the night, death &amp; rebirth, success, protection; rest, new beginning; ancestors; lifting of the veil, mundane laws in abeyance, return, change Dynamics\/Meaning: Death &amp; transformation, Wiccan new year,wisdom of the Crone, end of summer, honoring, thinning of the veil between worlds, death of the year, time outside of time, night of the Wild Hunt, begin new projects, end old projects Work: Sex magick, release of bad habits, banishing, fairy magick, divination of any kind, candle magick, astral projection, past life work, dark moon mysteries, mirror spells (reflection), casting protection , inner work, propitiation, clearing obstacles, uncrossing, inspiration, workings of transition or culmination, manifesting transformation,creative visualization, contacting those who have departed this plane Purpose: Honoring the dead, especially departed ancestors, knowing we will not be forgotten; clear knowledge of our path; guidance, protection, celebrating reincarnation Rituals\/Magicks: Foreseeing future, honoring\/consulting ancestors, releasing the old, power, understanding death and rebirth, entering the underworld, divination, dance of the dead, fire calling, past life recall Customs: Ancestor altar, costumes, divination, carving jack-o-lanterns, spirit plate, the Feast of the Dead, feasting, paying debts, fairs, drying winter herbs, masks, bonfires, apple games, tricks, washing clothes Element: Water Gender: Male Threshold: Midnight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}