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Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Guest Post: Sephera Giron
A Simple Halloween Wish
By Sèphera Girón
Samhain is near and I couldn’t be more excited. Not only do I love Halloween, the spooky nights, the masquerades, the jack-o-lanterns but I also love the idea of the veils between worlds being thin enough to hop on a broomstick and go exploring.
October 31st can be a busy day for most people between trick-or-treating, costumes, parties, or working. It can be difficult to find a contemplative moment to explore the beauty of Samhain. The truth is, you can pick an evening close to the 31st that suits your schedule better. You may only need an hour to yourself in a quiet spot for your own little ritual. Samhain is a harvest ritual, a fall into winter ritual, so it’s not super specific that a meditation has to be on the 31st.
You may have a goal: a problem you’re trying to solve, a love you’re trying to find, and so on. Get focused on one idea for your meditation.
You may wish to create a short affirmation or have one created for you by a witch. Affirmations can be very simple: “I give and receive universal unconditional love.”
Or you may wish to create or have created for you, a much longer and more inclusive affirmation, spell, ritual, meditation, or poem to chant while you’re meditating.
You may wish to hold a crystal while you meditate which will charge it with vibrations for the challenges you are facing. You can choose from whatever type suits your purpose.
Quartz: general psychic connection, absorbs negativity
Carnelian: courage, passion
Rose Quartz: giving and receiving of universal unconditional love
Citrine: creativity, money growth
Malachite: money growth
Amethyst: harmony, health
Obsidian: absorb negative energy
Snowflake Obsidian: connecting the pieces of the puzzle of your life
Fluorite: brings order to chaos
You will want to burn a candle or two. Write your wish on your candle such as “money” “love” “career luck” and so on. You can rub scented oil on it such as rose, High John the Conqueror, or one you already enjoy using. Burn one white candle along with any other color that you choose.
Red: passion, ambition
Pink: love
Green: money
Purple: harmony
Burn your favorite incense.
Say a prayer, call upon the spirit motherfather or whatever system you use, before meditating.
Get comfortable and hold your stone in your fingers.
Close your eyes.
Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth slowly
Give thanks for all the blessings you have in your life. Give thanks for all of your challenges.
Visualize your goal. Repeat your mantra, affirmation, spell, poem or whatever you choose to call it many times.
Visualize you achieving your goal. How do you feel? What it is like? Is it what you thought it would be?
Let your mind wander. Be at one with the energy of the veil between worlds. Let your body flow through the universe.
Talk to your ancestors. Visit with your deceased loved ones.
Enjoy the magnificent energy of Samhain.
Relax into the sensations and experiences.
When you are ready, slowly bring your self back. You may even have set a timer for one hour so that you don’t have to worry about time.
Slowly open your eyes.
Be careful when you stand up again as you may be dizzy.
Give thanks to the spirit motherfather or whoever it was whose help you asked for at the opening of your ritual.
Use a snuffer to extinguish your candles. Never blow them out; not only is it dangerous, it will scatter all the energies you just spent an hour collecting and focusing towards your goal.
You can keep your stone on your altar, dresser, desk, wear it, keep it in a pocket or purse or car.
You may wish to repeat the affirmation you created for your mediation several times a day.
If you want to recharge your stone, you can put on the window sill during a full moon.
You may wish to record your meditation, affirmation, and experiences in a journal. Pay attention to messages from the universe, which may occur in dreams, visions, shadows, “coincidences” and other parts of your life.
If you have any questions or comments about this little Samhain ritual, please feel free to ask in the comments below. I will check back frequently.
Sèphera Girón is the author of A Penny Saved (Samhain 2015), Experiments in Terror (Samhain 2015), Flesh Failure (Samhain 2014), Captured Souls (Samhain 2015), Mistress of the Dark (Leisure), Borrowed Flesh (Leisure), The Birds and the Bees (Leisure) and House of Pain (Leisure).
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