As we head into the times of most Dark Energy, the Crone and Sage delve into two of the Times of Samhain Connections writing prompts, each sharing their thoughts about one of them. In our Lunar Cycle, we are celebrating the Dark Times of the Moon with its receptive energies of mysteries and philosophy based on the fact that the Moon is moving from being in Scorpio astrologically to Sagittarius. The Sage also shares how he is much more in tune with the Lunar Energies in terms of its Waxing and Waning properties. Our Liturgy Reading is a Praise Poem celebrating Families since we have just finished with Thanksgiving and are moving into the “holiday” season. In our Ritualization of the Everyday segment, the Sage shares about some magickal work he is planning to further his connections with the Element of Water and the Crone is planning to return to a quick nightly connection with the Lunar Energies. Finally, the Sage finishes up with a Witchstone reading about some potential energies for one’s Sacred Three for the upcoming Solstice season.

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In the spirit of the craziness of the start of the holiday season and because we are in the Times of Samhain where we value the flow of connections, here’s a Quick Spell for “Going with the Flow”. At this time of year, many of us feel like we have to control everything to make the holidays perfect, but we do know somewhere inside that’s impossible! So here’s a spell about letting go of that control and just going with the flow. Happy Thanksgiving!

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The Crone & Sage share about their experience with rededication at Egress as well as letting some things go at the end of another ICE (Ingress, Congress, Egress) cycle and how grateful we are that we can be together in person. (Yes, doing this year of ritual practices has made us up our game a bit and we appreciate the changes we are creating). It’s the Full Ancestor Moon as we record and that seems to have exponentially increased the energy we have been experiencing. During our Ritualization of the Everyday, we discuss how we can potentially enhance those mundane rituals that are part of our daily lives that we may even be unaware of at this point because we have done them so often. The Crone shares a reading from the LIturgy which is a Praise Poem to the Ancestors. Finally, as always, our Sage gives a Witchstone Reading about energies that potentially influence us; he calls this one a Now, Near, and Far reading and wanted to see how to manage the changes in the current political climate.

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Many Witches perform some sort of rededication to their personal spiritual path at some point in their practices, often on a yearly basis. While the more “traditional” time is considered at Candlemas in February, those of us on The Path perform this during our Egress Ritual for the Times of Samhain. To us, it make the most sense to do so now as we continue down into the darkest energies of the year as a time of contemplation and study. The Crone shares our own personal rededication statement or oath if you prefer but we recommend writing one of your own and figuring out when (or if) you want to perform one. Some Witches we know do so on the anniversary of when they started practicing Witchcraft but it is up to you to choose the appropriate moment for yourself.

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In this episode, the Crone & Sage share their experiences from the Ritual of Congress for the Times of Samhain which they celebrated on October 31st during the Solar & Cross Quarter Times segment. The Lunar Cycle is sitting at the Dark Moon tonight with it located in the constellation of Sagittarius. In the Ritualization of the Everyday portion, the two of them talked about what they are doing for what we call the Times of Preparation, Contemplation, & Creation between Congress and Egress. The Liturgy Segment contains a reading about Samhain and finally our Sage, Dave, finishes up the episode with a Witchstones Reading. Happy Samhain!

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As part of our ritual practices on The Path, we share Housel together, eating and drinking something towards the end of any ritual. This practice serves two wonderful purposes. First, it is a way to celebrate being together and second, it is also a way to continue the process of grounding ourselves back into the mundane from the magickal experience we have shared. We are celebrating our Congress Ritual for the Times of Samhain on Halloween and it is now a “tradition” that the Crone makes Harvest Apple Bars for this particular Housel. We thought we would share the recipe with you in this extra. If you want a copy of the recipe, follow the link Harvest_Apple_Bars to get a copy. Happy Samhain!

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The Crone & Sage first talk about how the Solar Cycle seems to have speeded up after the Autumnal Equinox. Both of us have been somewhat startled by how much darker it is earlier in the evening and how late the sun seems to rising above the horizon in the morning. We are working towards our Congress Ritual for the Times of Samhain which we will celebrate on October 31st. We have all experienced the Super Moon this week and the energy has been seen as an amplifier for any type of magick. Those of us on The Path  call the October Moon the Thinned Veil Moon as it will be thinnest for hoping to connect with Ancestor Energy at Congress. The Crone shares a chant for The Esbat of the Full Moon from our Liturgy book, The LIturgy of The Path A Book of Prayer for Witches. The two of them then move on to a discussion of what they are up to currently in the small daily things that are “Witchy”. Finally, the Sage finishes off the episode with a Witchstones Cards Reading using a new expanded format. Please send us an email with your comments or suggestions to [email protected] or [email protected].

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We are entering the Times of Samhain, which we also know as the Times of the Flows of Connections, where we work more easily with the Element of Water. Water is often associated with emotions and other personal spiritual growth areas. So in that spirit, here is a Jar Spell for Wisdom. Wisdom is often associated with the accumulation of knowledge which we tend to do more often on The Path during the Dark Times of the Year. However, knowing which knowledge to use and when to do so or not to do so is truly wisdom.

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In this episode, the Crone & Sage share about their Ingress Ritual which is the start of the Times of Samhain season in our Ritual Year. Because Ingress rituals are celebrated on the actual Dark Night of the Moon, we didn’t do anything special for this part of the Lunar cycle, but did talk about the energies involved with it. We share a Praise Poem to the Element of Water because of the new season and realized we haven’t been doing too much everyday stuff at the moment because of all the major rituals and such going on. Finally, our Sage gives a Witchstone Reading about some potential upcoming energies.

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Since we are entering the Darker Times of the Year at this point and the Times of Samhain which we call the Times of Flow and Connection because we work with the Element of Water. We focus more on the emotional parts of our lives and practices so in that spirit, here is a Jar Spell for Personal Insight which you might want to have around for the upcoming season.

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