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Category Archives: Hallows

The Wheel Turns yet Once More

Posted on 18 October 2023 by Nemed Cuculatii18 July 2024
Old Jack (O'Lantern). Carved 2017 by Ash

The Hallowstide approaches and with it, the year ebbs and flows. Most of our Coven is now back “home”, but we are still in abeyance on our meeting schedule due to the vagaries of life.

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Posted in Hallows | Tagged Community, wheel of the year | Leave a reply

The Hallows Approaches

Posted on 25 October 2022 by Nemed Cuculatii18 July 2024
Vintage Halloween card

It’s been quite a while since we’ve had anything to post publicly on the site. That’s part of the ennui of being a group that’s existed for a long time (in our case, since 1992 as Nemed Cuculatii, and before that as StarMist Cuveen back to 1981, Ash was initiated in 1973 and Raven in 1980.)

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Posted in Hallows | Tagged Teaching, update

Samhain: When the Veil is Thin

Posted on 6 October 2019 by Nemed Cuculatii6 October 2019

Knowing how the ancient Celts might have celebrated Samhain can inform our own rituals and rites, but what’s most important is what Samhain means to us […] Source: Samhain: When the Veil is Thin from RAISE THE HORNS with Jason … Continue reading →

Posted in Hallows, Teaching, Wheel of the Year | Tagged noted elsewhere

The Wheel Turns, it’s Samhain Once Again

Posted on 31 October 2018 by Nemed Cuculatii31 October 2018

After an absence of several years, Nemed Cuculatii is observing Samhain this year. Due to work scheduling and the such, our observance will be on November 4, not quite the 15th degree of Scorpio, but as close as we can … Continue reading →

Posted in Hallows | Tagged Holidays, Samhain

The Hallows-tide Approaches

Posted on 26 October 2016 by Ash McSidhe26 October 2016

Halloween is just over a week from now. It’s odd, to not be making preparations for coven feast, and decorating the covenstead, but those activities have been in abeyance for the last few years. Life happens, as they say. As … Continue reading →

Posted in Hallows | Tagged Community, corby ingold, Holidays, Samhain, wheel of the year

Custom demised: Cakin Night | In search of traditional customs and ceremonies

Posted on 2 November 2015 by Nemed Cuculatii2 November 2015

It’s always terrible to hear about the demise of custom, especially as its one which may have very ancient origins and dies out not in the Victorian times, nor after the First World War, neither the Second World War…but the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feasts and Seasonal Lore, Hallows | Tagged lore, noted elsewhere, other people's thoughts, other traditions

HALLOWEEN AND OLD JACK

Posted on 1 October 2013 by Nemed Cuculatii1 October 2013

by Lady Gwen (Celtic-Trad. Wicca*) Who or What is Old Jack? Old Jack is another name for our Great Horned God of Wicca when he appears at the death of the year (Hallows) and takes complete charge over the winter … Continue reading →

Posted in Hallows | Tagged green egg, halloween and old jack, jack, lady gwen, noted elsewhere, old jack, Samhain, Teaching

It is the Eve of All Hallows

Posted on 31 October 2009 by Ash McSidhe31 October 2009

called by some Samhain, Hallowe’en and other names as well; I often refer to it as “Amateur Night”. The “end of the Celtic year” as the media informs us, along with much misinformation about its history, origins and such. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Hallows | Tagged Banking the Ashes, halloween, hallows, Holidays, Samhain

Samahin Blessings

Posted on 31 October 2009 by Raven31 October 2009

“Listen to the voices of your ancestors tonight the Beloved Dead. Hear the wisdom that they share, take it to heart. Celebrate their lives and how they have touched yours. Tonight is the night when the Veil is thin Samhain … Continue reading →

Posted in Hallows | Tagged poetry, Samhain

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