Season Ritual

By: Willow Myst, White Moon School

This is a ritual for Hallows. I was thinking that, if he’s willing, my husband and I could do this together, late at night after our children are done with trick or treat and fast asleep.

Intent: Banish our fears and inspire our hopes for the new year

Need: Jack-O-Lantern already lit

        black and white candles

        Paper and pen/pencil for each person

        Bowl of cooked pumpkin seeds (from Jack-O-Lantern)

        Cauldron/pot for burning paper

Fold papers in half lengthwise. Then on the left half, write fears you’d like to banish and on the right half write your hopes for the future. Then light the black candle to represent banishing the fears. Tear the sheet in half and take the fear half and light it on fire from the Jack-O-Lantern. Light the white candle to represent your hopes. If you are doing this with a partner,  take turns reading out loud your hopes and eat a pumpkin seed for each one. Hang your lists of hopes somewhere you can read them everyday.

About the Author: Willow Myst is a mother of two wonderful children and currently studying to become a Priestess of the Order of the White Moon.